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			<title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (WIS-TV Columbia)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strong quake hits Japan (Capital News 9)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strong quake hits Japan (Capital News 9)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:40:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strong quake hits Japan (Capital News 9)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[6.9 Quake Rocks Japan (CBS News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (KBCI Boise)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (KRON 4 Bay Area)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (KBCI Boise)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (KTRE-TV East Texas)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO There appear to be few injuries from a strong earthquake that shook northern Japan early Saturday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (WINK TV Southwest Florida)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strong quake rocks northern Japan (The Times of India)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strong quake hits Japan, no danger of tsunami (Hindustan Times)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earthquake prediction still a guesswork, say experts (Gulf Times)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Seabed off Japan's Honshu Island Struck by 6.0 Quake, U.S. Says (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[M6.2 quake jolts northeastern Japan (Japan Today)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<pubDate>2005-12-16T21:32+0100</pubDate>
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			<title>6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan</title>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan (ABC News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:24:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earthquake rocks northern Japan (Pravda Ru)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quake jolts northeastern Japan (Channel NewsAsia)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan (ABC News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan (AP via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[2ND LD: M6.2 quake hits northeastern Japan (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:15:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ _ (EDS: ADDING MORE INFO AT 3RD GRAF)]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[M6.2 quake rocks northeastern Japan (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan-funded road project in Indonesia's Aceh gets under way (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<pubDate>2005-12-16T07:48+0100</pubDate>
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			<title>South Asia: Bilateral grant aid - Current status of procurement contracts (as of 12 Dec 2005)</title>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan Architect Admits Substandard Work (ABC News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan architect admits substandard work (Herald Online)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan Architect Admits Substandard Work (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<pubDate>2005-12-14T17:48+0100</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6K3KER?OpenDocument</link>
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			<title>Pakistan: Progress on relief, rehabilitation of quake victims reviewed</title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[UNICEF chief praises Japan, highlights new challenges (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan construction scandal widens (BBC News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:17:49 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A Japanese architect who admits breaching safety rules says he was not the only person ignoring standards.]]></description>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<pubDate>2005-12-14T03:06+0100</pubDate>
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			<title>What the world needs now is Japan's No. 1 kanji</title>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Powerful quake triggers panic (Otago Daily Times)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mild earthquake jolts northern Japan (The Star Online)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush speaks on Iraq; Japan lifts ban on U.S. beef (CNN.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:57:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>2005-12-13T01:53+0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Quake hits northern Japan</title>
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			<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>
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			<pubDate>2005-12-13T01:51+0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Quake hits northern Japan</title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quake hits northern Japan (News Interactive)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:24:45 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quake hits northern Japan (The Australian)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Moderate quake hits northern Japan (Channel NewsAsia)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[- DAWN - Latest Stories; December 12, 2005 (Dawn)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush's question-and-answer session (CNN.com)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Text of Bush Speech on Iraq, Part Two (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[National News (The Tucson Citizen)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:57:07 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[December 12, 2005]]></description>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Powerful earthquake hits Papua New Guinea (India Daily)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[If you want to build a home for the future then do it outside of Japan (The Japan Times)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[CORRECTION: Emergency ADRA Winter Provisions Being Rushed to Earthquake Survivors in Kashmir (AlertNet)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:52:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Silver Spring, Maryland–The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is providing emergency shelter provisions for desperate families in the Bagh District of Azad Kashmir-Pakistan as part of its continuing assistance to aid survivors of the earthquake that devastated Pakistani Kashmir on October 8.]]></description>
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			<title>Fears over false quake data scuttle 2 Japan IPOs</title>
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			<description>Fresh concern that scores of buildings throughout Japan may have been built using falsified earthquake-resistance data prompted two real estate companies to cancel share sales Tuesday and sent Japan's property trust stock index to a three-week low. The government filed a police complaint against the....</description>
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			<title>South Asia: Bilateral grant aid - Current status of procurement contracts (as of 5 Dec 2005)</title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan OKs package for shaky buildings (BusinessWeek)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:47:48 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[DEC. 6 9:42 A.M. ET Japan's Cabinet approved measures Tuesday to demolish buildings designed using falsified earthquake safety data and to relocate residents amid a widening construction scandal.]]></description>
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			<description>Japan OKs Package for Shaky Buildings Tuesday December 6, 2005 9:16 AM By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Cabinet approved measures Tuesday to demolish buildings designed using falsified earthquake safety data and to relocate residents amid a widening construction scandal.</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan OKs package for shaky buildings (Herald Online)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:27:52 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Cabinet approved measures Tuesday to demolish buildings designed using falsified earthquake safety data and to relocate residents amid a widening construction scandal.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan OKs Package for Shaky Buildings (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Japan's Cabinet approved measures Tuesday to demolish buildings designed using falsified earthquake safety data and to relocate residents amid a widening construction scandal.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan Govt to Provide Aid to Owners of Unsafe Condos (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=124jk7bqe/*http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&amp;sid=aqQcN4PfcM6o</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 05:01:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's government will provide housing for condominium owners whose apartments do not meet earthquake-resistance standards because they were built using falsified structural data, Cabinet official Akira Kotaki said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan Govt to Provide Aid to Owners of Unsafe Condos (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 04:56:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's government will provide housing for condominium owners whose apartments do not meet earthquake-resistance standards because they were built using falsified structural data, Cabinet official Akira Kotaki said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan Govt to Provide Aid to Owners of Unsafe Condos (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:48:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's government will provide public housing for condominium owners whose apartments do not meet earthquake requirement because they were built using bogus structural data, Akira Kotaki, a cabinet official said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan to Provide Aid to Owners of Unsafe Condos, Official Says (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 02:31:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's government will provide public housing for condominium owners whose apartments do not meet earthquake requirement because they were built using bogus structural data, a government official said.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2005-12-05T21:56+0100</pubDate>
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			<source>prensa-latina</source>
			<title>Quake Rocks Northern Japan</title>
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			<description>Tokyo, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Japan´s meteorological agency said a strong earthquake shook northern Japan late Friday night, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported.</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strong Earthquake Hits Northern Japan (WINK TV Southwest Florida)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:59:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO A strong earthquake rocked northern Japan on Friday, the country's meteorological agency said. No tsunami warning was issued. The quake with preliminary magnitude 6.4 struck at 10:17 p.m. (1317 GMT) and was centered off the coast of Miyagi prefecture (state) in northern Japan, the agency said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mild earthquake jars northeastern Japan (Hindustan Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:03:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A mild earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 shook northeastern Japan early on Monday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the Meteorological Agency said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan steps up probe of building safety scandal (AlertNet)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 08:51:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Infrastructure Ministry on Monday filed a criminal complaint with police against an architect who had faked quake-proof data in a widening scandal that has stunned home owners in the earthquake-prone country.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2005-12-05T03:01+0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Quake hits northern Japan</title>
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			<description>12:16 (AEDT) A MODERATE earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit northern Japan today, the meteorological agency said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.</description>
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			<pubDate>2005-12-05T02:38+0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Quake hits northern Japan</title>
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			<description>A MODERATE earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit northern Japan today, the meteorological agency said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mild earthquake jars northeastern Japan (Pravda Ru)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 01:31:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[04:23 2005-12-05 A mild earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 shook northeastern Japan early Monday, but no tsunami alert has been issued.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2005-12-05T00:08+0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Mild earthquake jars northeastern Japan</title>
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			<description>A mild earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 shook northeastern Japan early Monday, but no tsunami alert has been issued, Kyodo News reported. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake struck at 7:20</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Strikes off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2005 23:16:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, at 7:20 a.m. local time, the nation's Meteorological Agency said on its Web site.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Strikes off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2005 23:15:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, at 7:20 a.m. local time, the nation's Meteorological Agency said on its Web site.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Moderate earthquake shakes southern Japan (TurkishPress.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2005 02:57:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO - A moderate earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit southern Japan Sunday, the meteorological agency said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.]]></description>
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