﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.it" xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" version="2.0"><channel><description>
                                                        Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material
                                                    </description><title>GDACS EMM News Feed</title><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.0927138"><pubDate>2005-12-22T16:10+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051222</emm:day><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1672797,00.html</link><source>guardian</source><title>Tokyo dispatch: Shaken confidence</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Cost, size and location are the three factors most people consider when moving house. But Japanese house hunters ask themselves a crucial fourth question: will I get out of here alive if a powerful earthquake strikes? Their anxiety is understandable. Japan sits atop four tectonic plates and accounts....</description><category>IndustryTradeRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>sports</category><category>InformationCommunicationsRKW</category><category>Japan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><guid>guardian-a4e8ecbf47d8ccf05873bb58eb952357</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051222161000</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quake rocks northern Japan (NDTV)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=14ge3v4ou/*http%3A//www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=earthquake&amp;slug=NGOs+help+in+J&amp;K+quake+relief+efforts&amp;id=82798&amp;callid=1&amp;category=National</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=14ge3v4ou/*http%3A//www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=earthquake&amp;slug=NGOs+help+in+J&amp;K+quake+relief+efforts&amp;id=82798&amp;callid=1&amp;category=National</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A strong earthquake shook northern Japan on Saturday, injuring at least two people, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the Meteorological Agency said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051222140405</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.092684686"><pubDate>2005-12-22T12:40+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051222</emm:day><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1672797,00.html</link><source>guardian</source><title>Shaken confidence</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Cost, size and location are the three factors most people consider when moving house. But Japanese house hunters ask themselves a crucial fourth question: will I get out of here alive if a powerful earthquake strikes? Their anxiety is understandable. Japan sits atop four tectonic plates and accounts....</description><category>IndustryTradeRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>sports</category><category>InformationCommunicationsRKW</category><category>Japan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><guid>guardian-8eb47f6ebcd42025d9880a40fd266a73</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051222124000</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthquake Shakes East Indonesia, No Damage Reported (Planet Ark)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=126q8lmjv/*http%3A//www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34181/story.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=126q8lmjv/*http%3A//www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34181/story.htm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:51:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[JAKARTA - An undersea earthquake of magnitude 6.3 rocked parts of eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, causing some panic, but there no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051222005120</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan probes falsified quake data (MSNBC)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12pi8dmda/*http%3A//g.msn.com/0MN0RS9/3?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10562710/from/RSS/&amp;&amp;CE=3032506</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12pi8dmda/*http%3A//g.msn.com/0MN0RS9/3?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10562710/from/RSS/&amp;&amp;CE=3032506</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:57:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Police raided the offices of construction and architecture firms Wednesday as part of a widening investigation of buildings erected using falsified earthquake safety data.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051221225706</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia, no damage reported (The Star Online)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=147teos70/*http%3A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/22/worldupdates/2005-12-21T141438Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-228908-2&amp;sec=Worldupdates</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=147teos70/*http%3A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/22/worldupdates/2005-12-21T141438Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-228908-2&amp;sec=Worldupdates</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:09:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[JAKARTA (Reuters) - An undersea earthquake of magnitude 6.3 rocked parts of eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, causing some panic, but there no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051221170921</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthquake causes panic in Indonesia (UPI)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=127eu6361/*http%3A//www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051221-052922-6280r</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=127eu6361/*http%3A//www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051221-052922-6280r</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:47:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MANADO, Indonesia, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 caused panic among residents of Indonesia's eastern island of Sulawesi Wednesday. Officials said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, Australian newspaper The Age reported.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051221124709</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Steps up Probe into Quake-Proofing Scandal (Planet Ark)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=126ntbsnr/*http%3A//www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34106/story.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=126ntbsnr/*http%3A//www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34106/story.htm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:02:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO - Japan's Infrastructure Ministry said on Friday it would investigate whether more than one architect forged data to make buildings appear able to withstand earthquakes, the latest sign that a scandal that has shocked the tremor-prone country could widen further.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051221120224</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09260699"><pubDate>2005-12-21T10:05+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051221</emm:day><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK94351.htm</link><source>alertnet</source><title>Earthquake shakes E.Indonesia, no damage reported</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>(Adds details) JAKARTA, Dec 21 (Reuters) - An undersea earthquake of magnitude 6.3 rocked parts of eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, causing some panic, but there no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said. An official at Japan's Meteorological Agency said chances of a tsunami were very low given the small magnitude of the quake.</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>Indonesia</category><guid>alertnet-113eddd7b17f66aa07ddab83530001d2</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051221100500</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia (The Age)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=139vlvocr/*http%3A//www.theage.com.au/news/World/Earthquake-shakes-eastern-Indonesia/2005/12/21/1135032076200.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=139vlvocr/*http%3A//www.theage.com.au/news/World/Earthquake-shakes-eastern-Indonesia/2005/12/21/1135032076200.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:10:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An undersea earthquake of magnitude 6.3 rocked parts of eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, causing some panic, but there no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051221101056</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia (Sydney Morning Herald)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1365jh6od/*http%3A//www.smh.com.au/news/World/Earthquake-shakes-eastern-Indonesia/2005/12/21/1135032076200.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1365jh6od/*http%3A//www.smh.com.au/news/World/Earthquake-shakes-eastern-Indonesia/2005/12/21/1135032076200.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:07:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An undersea earthquake of magnitude 6.3 rocked parts of eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, causing some panic, but there no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051221100704</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia (AAP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11fudvmg0/*http%3A//au.news.yahoo.com/051221/2/xb57.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11fudvmg0/*http%3A//au.news.yahoo.com/051221/2/xb57.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:54:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An undersea earthquake of magnitude 6.3 has rocked parts of eastern Indonesia, causing panic, but no immediate reports of casualties or damage.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051221095416</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthquake shakes E.Indonesia, no damage reported (AlertNet)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11pes5bev/*http%3A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK94351.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11pes5bev/*http%3A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK94351.htm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:51:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[JAKARTA, Dec 21 (Reuters) - An undersea earthquake of magnitude 6.3 rocked parts of eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, causing some panic, but there no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051221095143</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan battles data scandal (Business Day)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12tq2cqkl/*http%3A//www.biz-day.com/read/general_news/20_dec_05/issrb-n/japan_battles_data_scandal.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12tq2cqkl/*http%3A//www.biz-day.com/read/general_news/20_dec_05/issrb-n/japan_battles_data_scandal.htm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:11:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO – Hundreds of Japanese police Tuesday raided the offices of construction firms and an architect accused of lying about buildings’ earthquake resistance in a scandal that has shocked the quake-prone country.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220191131</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police raids mark escalation of Japan data scandal (Financial Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=126tppj4i/*http%3A//news.ft.com/cms/s/9b784caa-7143-11da-836e-0000779e2340.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=126tppj4i/*http%3A//news.ft.com/cms/s/9b784caa-7143-11da-836e-0000779e2340.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:06:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Japanese police officials raided more than 100 offices and homes on Tuesday in search of further evidence related to a widening scandal that has erupted over an architect who falsified earthquake safety data.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220120652</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mild quake shakes northeastern Japan; no reports of damages, injuries (The Star Online)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12oknsif3/*http%3A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/20/world/20051220150241&amp;sec=world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12oknsif3/*http%3A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/20/world/20051220150241&amp;sec=world</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 07:08:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AP) - A mild earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 shook northeastern Japan on Tuesday, the Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220080852</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan In Depth (ABC Asia Pacific)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12am3g983/*http%3A//abcasiapacific.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1535056.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12am3g983/*http%3A//abcasiapacific.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1535056.htm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 04:31:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of Japanese police have raided the offices of construction firms and an architect accused of lying over the earthquake resistance of buildings.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220053153</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan quake building scandal grows (AAP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11f9mipnb/*http%3A//au.news.yahoo.com/051220/2/xahh.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11f9mipnb/*http%3A//au.news.yahoo.com/051220/2/xahh.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:03:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There's a growing scandal in Japan over an architect who ignored safety standards for apartments and hotels, leaving them vulnerable to moderate earthquakes.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220040322</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan police stage raids as quake scandal grows (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1267ha3ta/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051220/wl_nm/japan_quake_scandal_dc_2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1267ha3ta/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051220/wl_nm/japan_quake_scandal_dc_2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 02:28:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Japanese police raided offices and homes on Tuesday looking for clues in a growing scandal centered on an architect who ignored safety standards for apartments and hotels, leaving them vulnerable to even moderate earthquakes.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220032806</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan police stage raids as quake scandal grows (Reuters)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11osckqfm/*http%3A//feeds.feedburner.com/reuters/worldNews?m=8217</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11osckqfm/*http%3A//feeds.feedburner.com/reuters/worldNews?m=8217</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 01:56:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The raids, which media reports said would involve 500 police at nearly 100 locations, marked an escalation in the investigation of a scandal that has shocked Japan, one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries.        ]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220025617</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan police stage raids as quake scandal grows (Reuters.co.uk)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11pmi8foh/*http%3A//feeds.feedburner.com/Reuters/UKWorldNews?m=447</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11pmi8foh/*http%3A//feeds.feedburner.com/Reuters/UKWorldNews?m=447</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 01:48:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The raids, which media reports said would involve 500 police at nearly 100 locations, marked an escalation in the investigation of a scandal that has shocked Japan, one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries. ]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220024813</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan police stage raids as quake scandal grows (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12691lluf/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051220/wl_nm/japan_quake_scandal_dc_1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12691lluf/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051220/wl_nm/japan_quake_scandal_dc_1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 01:28:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Japanese police raided offices and homes on Tuesday looking for clues in a growing scandal centered on an architect who ignored safety standards for apartments and hotels, leaving them vulnerable to even moderate earthquakes.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220022835</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (WIS-TV Columbia)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11su88afm/*http%3A//www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4257896&amp;nav=0RaP</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11su88afm/*http%3A//www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4257896&amp;nav=0RaP</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:46:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(Tokyo, Japan-AP) Dec. 17, 2005 - There appear to be few injuries from a strong earthquake that shook northern Japan early Saturday. So far there are reports of only two people being hurt in the 6.2 magnitude quake.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217224652</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong quake hits Japan (Capital News 9)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12b3gd416/*http%3A//www.capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=161095</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12b3gd416/*http%3A//www.capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=161095</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:44:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There appear to be few injuries from a strong earthquake that shook northern Japan early Saturday. So far, there are reports of only two people being hurt in the 6.2 magnitude quake. An elderly woman was hospitalized after falling and hitting her head.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217164411</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong quake hits Japan (Capital News 9)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1272v7vrl/*http%3A//www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=161090&amp;SecID=33</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1272v7vrl/*http%3A//www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=161090&amp;SecID=33</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:55:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There appear to be few injuries from a strong earthquake that shook northern Japan early Saturday. So far there are reports of only two people being hurt in the 6.2 magnitude quake. An elderly woman was hospitalized after falling and hitting her head.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217145514</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[6.9 Quake Rocks Japan (CBS News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=125j4p01g/*http%3A//www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/14/world/main1043280.shtml</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=125j4p01g/*http%3A//www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/14/world/main1043280.shtml</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:03:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A strong earthquake shook northern Japan early Tuesday and Japan's Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings. The magnitude 6.9 quake hit at 6:39 a.m. (2139 GMT) and was centered off the coast of Sanriku in northern Japan.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217130332</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (KBCI Boise)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=13lnbr0fq/*http%3A//www.kbcitv.com/x51828.xml?URL=http://localhost/APWIREFEED/d8ehrp5g0.xml&amp;NewsSection=InternationalHeadlines</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=13lnbr0fq/*http%3A//www.kbcitv.com/x51828.xml?URL=http://localhost/APWIREFEED/d8ehrp5g0.xml&amp;NewsSection=InternationalHeadlines</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 09:08:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO There appear to be few injuries from a strong earthquake that shook northern Japan early Saturday. So far there are reports of only two people being hurt in the six-point-two magnitude quake. An elderly woman was hospitalized after falling and hitting her head.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217100838</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11k3e7ka9/*http%3A//www.kristv.com/global/story.asp?s=4257068</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11k3e7ka9/*http%3A//www.kristv.com/global/story.asp?s=4257068</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:39:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  TOKYO There appear to be few injuries from a strong earthquake that shook northern Japan early Saturday. So far there are reports of only two people being hurt in the...]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217093956</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (KRON 4 Bay Area)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=120td1fe2/*http%3A//www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=4257068&amp;nav=5D7lBwNp</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=120td1fe2/*http%3A//www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=4257068&amp;nav=5D7lBwNp</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:41:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO There appear to be few injuries from a strong earthquake that shook northern Japan early Saturday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217084140</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (KRON 4 Bay Area)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11s07g8bc/*http%3A//www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=4257068&amp;nav=5D7l</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11s07g8bc/*http%3A//www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=4257068&amp;nav=5D7l</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:39:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO There appear to be few injuries from a strong earthquake that shook northern Japan early Saturday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217083907</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (KBCI Boise)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=13m69elm9/*http%3A//www.kbcitv.com/x51828.xml?URL=http://10.56.1.26/APWIREFEED/d8ehrp5g0.xml&amp;NewsSection=InternationalHeadlines</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=13m69elm9/*http%3A//www.kbcitv.com/x51828.xml?URL=http://10.56.1.26/APWIREFEED/d8ehrp5g0.xml&amp;NewsSection=InternationalHeadlines</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:38:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO TOKYO There appear to be few injuries from a strong earthquake that shook northern Japan early Saturday. So far there are reports of only two people being hurt in the six-point-two magnitude quake. An elderly woman was hospitalized after falling and hitting her head.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217083814</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (WINK TV Southwest Florida)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12gbel4hg/*http%3A//www.winktv.com/x466.xml?URL=http://localhost/APWIREFEED/d8ehrp5g0.xml</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12gbel4hg/*http%3A//www.winktv.com/x466.xml?URL=http://localhost/APWIREFEED/d8ehrp5g0.xml</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:28:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO There appear to be few injuries from a strong earthquake that shook northern Japan early Saturday. So far there are reports of only two people being hurt in the six-point-two magnitude quake. An elderly woman was hospitalized after falling and hitting her head.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217082857</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong quake rocks northern Japan (The Times of India)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11u487nok/*http%3A//timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1335620.cms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11u487nok/*http%3A//timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1335620.cms</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:12:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook northern Japan on Saturday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the Meteorological Agency said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217081219</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong quake hits Japan, no danger of tsunami (Hindustan Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11vbkuc4k/*http%3A//www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1575807,00050004.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11vbkuc4k/*http%3A//www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1575807,00050004.htm</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:02:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A strong earthquake shook northern Japan early on Saturday, injuring at least two people, but there was no danger of a tsunami, officials said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217080220</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthquake prediction still a guesswork, say experts (Gulf Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=13hffo4us/*http%3A//www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&amp;item_no=64832&amp;version=1&amp;template_id=40&amp;parent_id=22</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=13hffo4us/*http%3A//www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&amp;item_no=64832&amp;version=1&amp;template_id=40&amp;parent_id=22</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:30:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Earthquake prediction is still much like forecasting life span or investing in the stock market – data is available, but it’s largely guesswork, seismologists and experts say.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217073014</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seabed off Japan's Honshu Island Struck by 6.0 Quake, U.S. Says (Bloomberg.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1245b2b2j/*http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&amp;sid=apRsfDqYamRQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1245b2b2j/*http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&amp;sid=apRsfDqYamRQ</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 00:16:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck off the east coast of Japan's Honshu Island, the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake center said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217011643</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[M6.2 quake jolts northeastern Japan (Japan Today)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11tfqkqd2/*http%3A//www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&amp;cat=1&amp;id=358804</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11tfqkqd2/*http%3A//www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&amp;cat=1&amp;id=358804</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:09:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO — An earthquake, registering a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The 3:32 a.m. quake registered 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in northern Miyagi Prefecture and southern Iwate Prefecture, the agency said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216230956</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="1.0"><pubDate>2005-12-16T21:32+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051216</emm:day><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5484820,00.html</link><source>guardian</source><title>6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan Friday December 16, 2005 8:16 PM TOKYO (AP) - An undersea earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook northern Japan early Saturday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.</description><category>SMSAuto</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>HUmanDevelopmentRKW</category><category>Japan</category><guid>guardian-b285decf3db7a48dddafea8eed4412e0</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216213200</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.9799113"><pubDate>2005-12-16T20:34+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051216</emm:day><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051216/ap_on_re_as/japan_earthquake;_ylt=Auin57.TUkSF5b479Cka9Gas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE-</link><source>news-yahoo</source><title>6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>The quake occurred shortly after 3:30 a.m. and was centered about 30 miles below the seabed off the coast of Miyagi prefecture, about 180 miles northeast of Tokyo, the agency said. Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries because it sits atop four tectonic plates.</description><category>SMSAuto</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>HUmanDevelopmentRKW</category><category>Japan</category><guid>news-yahoo-c1ddf4ee2bfb7b2e1c5875187b2bee2e</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216203400</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan (ABC News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12hnaaekb/*http%3A//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1413907&amp;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12hnaaekb/*http%3A//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1413907&amp;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:24:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan; No Danger of Tsunami, Meteorological Agency Says]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216212435</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1264541tm/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051216/ap_on_re_as/japan_earthquake_2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1264541tm/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051216/ap_on_re_as/japan_earthquake_2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:01:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ An undersea earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook northern Japan early Saturday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216210129</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthquake rocks northern Japan (Pravda Ru)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11t7f5g0i/*http%3A//newsfromrussia.com/accidents/2005/12/16/70025.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11t7f5g0i/*http%3A//newsfromrussia.com/accidents/2005/12/16/70025.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:57:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[22:41 2005-12-16 An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook northern Japan early Saturday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the Meteorological Agency said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216205708</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quake jolts northeastern Japan (Channel NewsAsia)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12es0h53i/*http%3A//www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/184070/1/.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12es0h53i/*http%3A//www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/184070/1/.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:34:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO - An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the open-ended Richter scale shook northeastern Japan early Saturday, the country's meteorological agency said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216203444</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan (ABC News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12hq9nbik/*http%3A//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1413811&amp;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12hq9nbik/*http%3A//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1413811&amp;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:34:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan; No Danger of Tsunami, Meteorological Agency Says]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216203433</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan (AP via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11nhm1rl3/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051216/ap/d8ehh6go0.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11nhm1rl3/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051216/ap/d8ehh6go0.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:19:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ An undersea earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook northern Japan early Saturday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the Meteorological Agency said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216201927</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=126226c86/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051216/ap_on_re_as/japan_earthquake_1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=126226c86/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051216/ap_on_re_as/japan_earthquake_1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:19:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ An undersea earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook northern Japan early Saturday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216201927</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[M6.2 quake rocks northeastern Japan (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11q8f046s/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051216/kyodo/d8ehgoto2.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11q8f046s/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051216/kyodo/d8ehgoto2.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ _ A fairly strong earthquake, registering a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216195027</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japanese Architect Admits to Falsifying Earthquake Resistance Documents (Architectural Record)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12ao9e8k3/*http%3A//archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/051216japan.asp</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12ao9e8k3/*http%3A//archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/051216japan.asp</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:33:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Japanese Architect Hidetsugu Aneha recently admitted to falsifying earthquake building resistance data on several projects in order to save money and win contracts, causing a national scandal in Japan.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216183310</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan-funded road project in Indonesia's Aceh gets under way (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11qdvl1k7/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051216/kyodo/d8eh9qno9.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11qdvl1k7/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051216/kyodo/d8eh9qno9.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:56:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ _ A Japan-funded project to rebuild a road on the west coast of the tsunami-damaged Indonesian province of Aceh began Friday, the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216115626</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.098268196"><pubDate>2005-12-16T07:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051216</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6K53KC?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>South Asia: Bilateral grant aid - Current status of procurement contracts (as of 12 Dec 2005)</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>In response to the Major Earthquake off the Coast of Sumatra and Great Tsunami in the Indian Ocean, the Government of Japan extended Bilateral Grant Aids totaling 24.6 billion yen to the Governments of Indonesia (14.6 billion yen), Sri Lanka (8 billion yen), and Maldives (2 billion yen).</description><category>SMSAuto</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Indonesia</category><category>Maldives</category><category>SriLanka</category><category>Japan</category><guid>reliefWeb-b3a37bde6ba1bea39357796a5e4d63cd</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216074800</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Predicting earthquakes still guesswork: experts (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12fcvkj8k/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051216/sc_afp/asiaquakeunscience_051216015534</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12fcvkj8k/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051216/sc_afp/asiaquakeunscience_051216015534</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:55:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Earthquake prediction is still much like forecasting life span or investing in the stock market -- data is available, but it's largely guesswork, seismologists and experts say.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216025534</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan hopes to predict 'Big One' with journey to center of Earth (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12e4rvghb/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051215/sc_afp/japansciencequake_051215172859</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12e4rvghb/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051215/sc_afp/japansciencequake_051215172859</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:28:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ An ambitious Japanese-led project to dig deeper into the Earth's surface than ever before will be a breakthrough in detecting earthquakes including Tokyo's dreaded "Big One," officials said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215182859</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summary-Japan's ruling coalition 06/07 tax proposals (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11ia31icd/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051215/3/2cgw7.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11ia31icd/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051215/3/2cgw7.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:48:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TOKYO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Japan's ruling coalition parties finalised on Thursday a series of tax reform proposals for the fiscal year starting on April 1.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215104850</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan to collect first samples of Earth's mantle (Mail and Guardian)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=13guphfv6/*http%3A//www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=259313&amp;area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=13guphfv6/*http%3A//www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=259313&amp;area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:45:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An ambitious Japanese-led project to dig deeper into the Earth's surface than ever before will be a breakthrough in detecting earthquakes, including Tokyo's dreaded "Big One", officials said on Thursday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215094507</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Architect Admits Substandard Work (ABC News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12hqp1ln0/*http%3A//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1406134&amp;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12hqp1ln0/*http%3A//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1406134&amp;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:55:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Architect at Center of Japan Construction Scandal Blames Developers for Making Him Cut Corners]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051214225515</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan architect admits substandard work (Herald Online)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12a8vh4o5/*http%3A//www.heraldonline.com/24hour/world/story/2979887p-11657873c.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12a8vh4o5/*http%3A//www.heraldonline.com/24hour/world/story/2979887p-11657873c.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:35:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) - An architect at the center of a major construction scandal admitted Wednesday to covering up potentially catastrophic defects in buildings across Japan, but accused profit-hungry developers of pressuring him to cut corners.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051214223500</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Architect Admits Substandard Work (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12b4fqpf9/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051214/ap_on_re_as/japan_shaky_buildings_1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12b4fqpf9/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051214/ap_on_re_as/japan_shaky_buildings_1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:19:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ An architect at the center of a major construction scandal admitted Wednesday to covering up potentially catastrophic defects in buildings across Japan, but accused profit-hungry developers of pressuring him to cut corners.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051214221933</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09843722"><pubDate>2005-12-14T17:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051214</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6K3KER?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Progress on relief, rehabilitation of quake victims reviewed</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Adviser to PM on Finance and Economic Affairs Dr. Salman Shah Tuesday had a meeting with international donors and representatives from multilateral organizations including World Bank, ADB, DFID-UK, USAID, JBIC Japan and UNDP to review the progress on relief and rehabilitation of earthquake victims of AJK and NWFP.</description><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Japan</category><category>WaterSanitationRKW</category><category>TransportationInfrastructureRKW</category><category>HealthSocialServicesRKW</category><category>Pakistan</category><guid>reliefWeb-a348fd115d92ce04ce8a5411c1169edb</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051214174800</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[UNICEF chief praises Japan, highlights new challenges (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11qajl9lc/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051214/kyodo/d8efv9d80.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11qajl9lc/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051214/kyodo/d8efv9d80.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:32:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ _ The head of the U.N. Children's Fund thanked Japan on Wednesday for its support of her organization, but warned that the international community needs to do more to help the world's "invisible" children.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051214113219</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan construction scandal widens (BBC News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=126db8081/*http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4527294.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=126db8081/*http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4527294.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:15:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Japanese architect who admits breaching safety rules says he was not the only person ignoring standards.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051214111529</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan construction scandal widens (BBC News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=120slg8ob/*http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/4527294.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=120slg8ob/*http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/4527294.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:13:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Japanese architect who admits breaching safety rules says he was not the only person ignoring standards.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051214111341</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09848476"><pubDate>2005-12-14T03:06+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051214</emm:day><link>http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200512140151.html</link><source>asahi</source><title>What the world needs now is Japan's No. 1 kanji</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>The kanji character for ai (love) has been chosen as the kanji of the year. The announcement was made Monday by the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, which has been sponsoring the poll since 1995, the year of the Great Hanshin Earthquake. That year, shin (shake, quake) was chosen as the most representative kanji.</description><category>TerrorismBiological</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>Japan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><guid>asahi-4cb9a88f0fde1456c0bc24a112b0af2d</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051214030600</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Architect Aneha Says He Was Under Pressure to Fake Data (Bloomberg.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=124b84qsp/*http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&amp;sid=av2HQfKxD3oM</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=124b84qsp/*http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&amp;sid=av2HQfKxD3oM</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:31:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The Japanese architect who fabricated structural data for buildings in Tokyo and other cities, leaving them vulnerable to earthquakes, said he did so because he was under pressure from clients.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051214033143</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian News in Brief (San Jose Mercury News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=13f3bul8t/*http%3A//www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13387958.htm?source=rss&amp;channel=mercurynews_world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=13f3bul8t/*http%3A//www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13387958.htm?source=rss&amp;channel=mercurynews_world</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:10:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A powerful undersea earthquake shook Papua New Guinea early today, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate indications of whether it caused damage, injuries or a tsunami. The quake had an initial magnitude of 6.8 and struck at 12:20 a.m., the USGS said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213201045</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[San Andreas Fault Observatory At Depth Reveals New Insights Into The 'Earthquake Machine' (Science Daily)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=121htsktm/*http%3A//www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051213082828.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=121htsktm/*http%3A//www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051213082828.htm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:07:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) -- the first underground observatory to provide physical samples and real-time seismological data from deep inside an active fault zone -- is yielding surprising new clues about the origin of earthquakes. SAFOD scientists from around the world met to discuss these new findings recently at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) ]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213180707</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taylor Devices awarded $3.3M Japan contract (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11modi842/*http%3A//biz.yahoo.com/bizj/051213/1202388.html?.v=1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11modi842/*http%3A//biz.yahoo.com/bizj/051213/1202388.html?.v=1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:35:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A new train station in Japan will include earthquake shock absorbers manufactured by Taylor Devices Inc.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213173550</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taylor Devices Announces Receipt of $3.3 Million Contract From Japan (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11p4enucl/*http%3A//biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051213/nytu099.html?.v=35</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11p4enucl/*http%3A//biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051213/nytu099.html?.v=35</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Taylor Devices, Inc. of North Tonawanda, NY announced today the receipt of a $3.3 million contract for earthquake dampers to be used at the new Shin-Yokohama Bullet Train Station located in Yokohama, Japan.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213155600</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Koizumi won’t budge on war  shrine dispute with China (The Manila Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12ce5djg9/*http%3A//www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/dec/14/yehey/world/mainwor.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12ce5djg9/*http%3A//www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/dec/14/yehey/world/mainwor.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:29:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR: Japan’s leader stuck to his guns Tuesday in a bitter and emotional dispute with China, as lingering resentment over his visits to a Tokyo war shrine clouded day two of a Southeast Asian summit.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213152902</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Powerful quake triggers panic (Otago Daily Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=136ut9gqt/*http%3A//www.odt.co.nz/article.php?refid=2005,12,14,12,01200,15ee446f9a2a23433a983ecd283cdf8d&amp;sect=3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=136ut9gqt/*http%3A//www.odt.co.nz/article.php?refid=2005,12,14,12,01200,15ee446f9a2a23433a983ecd283cdf8d&amp;sect=3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:19:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Islamabad: An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck Pakistan and Afghanistan yesterday, triggering panic among survivors of the tremor in October that killed more than 70,000 people in the region.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213121944</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[(AFX UK Focus) 2005-12-13 07:31 GMT: Japan hit by moderate earthquake; no reported casualties (Interactive Investor)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12s6imrbb/*http%3A//www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&amp;articleid=5494255&amp;subject=general&amp;action=article</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12s6imrbb/*http%3A//www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&amp;articleid=5494255&amp;subject=general&amp;action=article</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 07:50:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AFX) - A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit northern Japan on Tuesday, the meteorological agency said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213085058</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman rescued 2 months after earthquake in Pakistan (Japan Today)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11tqkdj8v/*http%3A//www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&amp;cat=7&amp;id=358300</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11tqkdj8v/*http%3A//www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&amp;cat=7&amp;id=358300</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 07:14:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — A 40-year-old woman in the Pakistan-controlled portion of Kashmir was rescued Monday, more than two months after a powerful earthquake hit the country Oct 8, officials said Tuesday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213081436</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mild earthquake jolts northern Japan (The Star Online)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12om58r02/*http%3A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/13/world/20051213141423&amp;sec=world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12om58r02/*http%3A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/13/world/20051213141423&amp;sec=world</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 06:54:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO: A mild earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted northern Japan Tuesday morning, the Meteorological Agency said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213075413</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush speaks on Iraq; Japan lifts ban on U.S. beef (CNN.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=131ibrl9j/*http%3A//www.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/EDUCATION/12/12/transcript.tue/index.html?section=cnn_latest</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=131ibrl9j/*http%3A//www.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/EDUCATION/12/12/transcript.tue/index.html?section=cnn_latest</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:57:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[December 13, 2005]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213025709</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11814824"><pubDate>2005-12-13T01:53+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051213</emm:day><link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17552414%25255E1702,00.html</link><source>TheAustralian</source><title>Quake hits northern Japan</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>11:08 (AEDT) A MODERATE earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit northern Japan today, the meteorological agency said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties.</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Japan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><guid>TheAustralian-95dce0a7e2d274a1a678f05077432e59</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213015300</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.13783962"><pubDate>2005-12-13T01:51+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051213</emm:day><link>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17552414-23109,00.html</link><source>NEWScomAU</source><title>Quake hits northern Japan</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>A MODERATE earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit northern Japan today, the meteorological agency said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties.</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Japan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><guid>NEWScomAU-e7d2c333dac71a337ab4bcb7506d5dae</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213015100</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quake hits northern Japan (News Interactive)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1276m5mti/*http%3A//www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17552414-1702,00.html?from=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1276m5mti/*http%3A//www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17552414-1702,00.html?from=rss</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:24:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A MODERATE earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit northern Japan today, the meteorological agency said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213012445</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quake hits northern Japan (The Australian)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12rv226mb/*http%3A//www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17552414%255E1702,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12rv226mb/*http%3A//www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17552414%255E1702,00.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:24:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A MODERATE earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit northern Japan today, the meteorological agency said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213012416</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderate quake hits northern Japan (Channel NewsAsia)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12e22do2r/*http%3A//www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/183380/1/.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12e22do2r/*http%3A//www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/183380/1/.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO : A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit northern Japan on Tuesday, the meteorological agency said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213012119</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[- DAWN - Latest Stories; December 12, 2005 (Dawn)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11emokfb1/*http%3A//www.dawn.com/2005/12/12/welcome.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11emokfb1/*http%3A//www.dawn.com/2005/12/12/welcome.htm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:52:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Quake hits Afghan Hindu Kush, residents flee homes ISLAMABAD, Dec 13 (Reuters) - An earthquake of 6.7 magnitude struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan early on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212235248</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian News in Brief (San Jose Mercury News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1390hhmhc/*http%3A//www.sunherald.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13387958.htm?source=rss&amp;channel=mercurynews_world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1390hhmhc/*http%3A//www.sunherald.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13387958.htm?source=rss&amp;channel=mercurynews_world</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:54:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A powerful undersea earthquake shook Papua New Guinea early today, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate indications of whether it caused damage, injuries or a tsunami. The quake had an initial magnitude of 6.8 and struck at 12:20 a.m., the USGS said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212195425</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[93% fear false bldg data tip of iceberg (Daily Yomiuri Online)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11tilkro4/*http%3A//www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20051213TDY02010.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11tilkro4/*http%3A//www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20051213TDY02010.htm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:45:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ninety-three percent of people polled in a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey are worried that the falsification of earthquake-resistance data of buildings might not be limited to certain builders, developers and architects.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212194546</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush's question-and-answer session (CNN.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=133l6490n/*http%3A//www.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/POLITICS/12/12/bush.qanda.philly/index.html?section=cnn_latest</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=133l6490n/*http%3A//www.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/POLITICS/12/12/bush.qanda.philly/index.html?section=cnn_latest</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:12:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Following his speech, the president offered to answer questions from the audience.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212191227</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Text of Bush Speech on Iraq, Part Two (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12agpi90m/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051212/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_text2nd_take_1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12agpi90m/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051212/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_text2nd_take_1</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:11:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Text of President Bush's speech Monday on Iraq, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions:]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212191121</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Bush Delivers Remarks on the War on Terrorism (Washington Post)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=139qbpif9/*http%3A//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/12/AR2005121200603.html?nav=rss_politics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=139qbpif9/*http%3A//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/12/AR2005121200603.html?nav=rss_politics</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:44:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA DECEMBER 12, 2005 SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212184459</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[National News (The Tucson Citizen)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11u9sakf6/*http%3A//www.tucsoncitizen.com/news/national/121205b2_briefs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11u9sakf6/*http%3A//www.tucsoncitizen.com/news/national/121205b2_briefs</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:07:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[TOKYO - Japan agreed today to ease the country's ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports, two years after the first case of mad cow disease was discovered in the U.S. herd.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212150744</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Japan builders swept up in data scandal (Financial Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=126a9t2ts/*http%3A//news.ft.com/cms/s/f4e711a8-6aff-11da-8aee-0000779e2340.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=126a9t2ts/*http%3A//news.ft.com/cms/s/f4e711a8-6aff-11da-8aee-0000779e2340.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:32:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some of Japan’s best-known construction companies have unwittingly become embroiled in a widening scandal involving the falsification of buildings’ earthquake-resistance data.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212123236</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian News in Brief (San Jose Mercury News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=13bmnut2v/*http%3A//www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13387958.htm?source=rss&amp;channel=mercurynews_world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=13bmnut2v/*http%3A//www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13387958.htm?source=rss&amp;channel=mercurynews_world</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:09:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A powerful undersea earthquake shook Papua New Guinea early today, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate indications of whether it caused damage, injuries or a tsunami. The quake had an initial magnitude of 6.8 and struck at 12:20 a.m., the USGS said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212120952</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK oil depot blasts, Cameras in the Supreme Court? (CNN.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=131e9ve4c/*http%3A//www.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/EDUCATION/12/11/transcript.mon/index.html?section=cnn_latest</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=131e9ve4c/*http%3A//www.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/EDUCATION/12/11/transcript.mon/index.html?section=cnn_latest</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:57:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[December 12, 2005]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212035707</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tsunami warning after PNG quake (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12odpka2n/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17537900%255E23109,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12odpka2n/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17537900%255E23109,00.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[AN earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted an area off the north coast of Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific today, seismologists said, prompting a warning of local tsunamis.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051211211611</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan offers to host peace talks (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12ovp0o5l/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17537906%255E23109,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12ovp0o5l/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17537906%255E23109,00.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:15:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[JAPAN is willing to host direct talks between Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tigers to revive a flagging peace process, a Japanese envoy said today, as suspected rebels launched several attacks across the island.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051211211551</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan offers to host peace talks (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12ndkfs0n/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17537906%255E1702,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12ndkfs0n/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17537906%255E1702,00.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:47:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[JAPAN is willing to host direct talks between Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tigers to revive a flagging peace process, a Japanese envoy said today, as suspected rebels launched several attacks across the island.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051211204728</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Powerful earthquake hits Papua New Guinea (India Daily)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11lnmdko3/*http%3A//www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/53176.asp</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11lnmdko3/*http%3A//www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/53176.asp</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 16:51:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A powerful earthquake shook Papua New Guinea early Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of whether it caused any damage or injuries.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051211175118</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[KANSAI: Who & What (The Japan Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1277kop91/*http%3A//www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20051211k1.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1277kop91/*http%3A//www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20051211k1.htm</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:00:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Kobe light show is now aglow: The 11th Kobe Luminarie is being held every evening through Dec. 22 in Chuo Ward. This sculptural art of illuminations, originating from the Renaissance Period, was launched to commemorate the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake and attracts millions of people each year.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051210180020</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to build a home for the future then do it outside of Japan (The Japan Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1275ju54u/*http%3A//www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fd20051211pb.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1275ju54u/*http%3A//www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fd20051211pb.htm</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:57:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Shortly after the quake-proofing scandal broke, Shukan Bunshun referred to the "hairstyle" of architect Hidetsugu Aneha as being just as much a "fabrication" (gizo) as the structural calculations he drew up for all those doomed condominiums. The joke was a telling one.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051210175706</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[REITs mushroom across Japan (International Herald Tribune)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11v1ao7uq/*http%3A//www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/08/bloomberg/sxreit.php</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11v1ao7uq/*http%3A//www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/08/bloomberg/sxreit.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:04:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dan Papia, a U.S. screenwriter living in Wales, said he started comparing major cities for investment properties last year.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051208150441</sortelement></item></channel></rss>