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			<title><![CDATA[Tsunami warning within 30 minutes of quake says Met dept (Sunday Observer)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:32:08 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA["Tsunami Warning Centre in the Meteorology Department would be able to disseminate warning to Sri Lankan public within 30 minutes of the occurrence of any major earthquake that has the likelihood of triggering tsunamis" said Lalith Chandraperuma, Deputy Director of Meteorology.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy 2006: Australians, Asians Celebrate (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:19:14 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A pulsing heart of red lights shone from Sydney's Harbor Bridge early Sunday as tens of thousands watched fireworks ushering in the new year. Revelers around the world began partying, visited places of worship and gathered with family to welcome 2006.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Key Elections Ahead Around the World (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 18:54:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Iraqis are getting a lesson in the messiness of multiparty politics as they head into the new year trying to put together a broad-based government and take the steam from insurgents.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy 2006: Australia, Asia Celebrates (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 18:37:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A pulsing heart of red lights shone from Sydney's Harbor Bridge early Sunday as tens of thousands watched fireworks ushering in the new year. Revelers around the world began partying, visited places of worship and gathered with family to welcome 2006.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cities Around the World Ring in New Year (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 17:45:34 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A pulsing heart of red lights shone from Sydney's Harbor Bridge early Sunday as tens of thousands watched fireworks ushering in the new year. Revelers around the world began partying, visited places of worship and gathered with family to welcome 2006.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[World Welcomes 2006 (CBS News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 17:38:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[New Year's celebrations are under way around the world, most amid tight security. In Indonesia, a bomb killed eight people at a crowded market. Meanwhile, Rio de Janeiro is expected to put on the biggest fireworks display in the city's history.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Security Tight at Cities Around the World (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 16:18:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A pulsing heart of red lights shone from Sydney's Harbor Bridge early Sunday as tens of thousands watched fireworks ushering in the new year. Revelers around the world began partying, visited places of worship and gathered with family to welcome 2006.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sydney fireworks open worldwide New Year's festivities (Dallas Morning News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 15:47:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY, Australia — A pulsing heart of red lights shone from Sydney's Harbor Bridge early Sunday as tens of thousands watched fireworks ushering in the new year. Revelers around the world began partying, visited places of worship and gathered with family to welcome 2006.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Security Tight at New Year's Celebrations (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 15:20:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A pulsing heart of red lights shone from Sydney's Harbor Bridge early Sunday as tens of thousands watched fireworks ushering in the new year. Revelers around the world began partying, visited places of worship and gathered with family to welcome 2006.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Aussies Party Amid Heavy Police Presence (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:29:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A pulsing heart of red lights shone from Sydney's Harbor Bridge early Sunday as tens of thousands watched fireworks ushering in the new year. Revelers around the world began partying, visited places of worship and gathered with family to welcome 2006.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tsunami-alert staff upgrading to 24/7 (Honolulu Advertiser)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:11:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in 'Ewa Beach aim to slash the time it takes to respond to an earthquake by between 25 percent and 70 percent when daily round-the-clock staffing begins in the spring.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[We can minimize natural disasters (International Herald Tribune)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:04:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We can keep natural hazards from turning into full-fledged disasters by paying serious attention to the importance of disaster preparedness.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japanese scientists plan to drill deep into core of Earth (Channel NewsAsia)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:32:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[YOKOHAMA, Japan : Japan has announced ambitious plans to tunnel to the very core of planet Earth - a feat no human has ever achieved. The country's scientists are hoping to learn more about the planet's past and even its future.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Perfect pairing of sushi and stories (Chicago Tribune)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:35:38 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[After author Haruki Murakami returned home to Japan to see the destruction wrought by a disastrous 1995 earthquake, he penned a series of stories inspired by the grief, fear and resilience of the survivors in Kobe. Steppenwolf ensemble member Frank Galati brings stories from Murakami's "after the quake" to the Chicago stage in a world premiere literary adaptation.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japanese scientists plan to drill deep into core of Earth (Channel NewsAsia)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:36:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[YOKOHAMA, Japan : Japan has announced ambitious plans to tunnel to the very core of planet Earth - a feat no human has ever achieved. The country's scientists are hoping to learn more about the planet's past and even its future.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Good Scope Exists for Expansion of Pakistan-Japan Trade: PM (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Singapore News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11h5va1v2/*http%3A//sg.news.yahoo.com/051230/16/3xkog.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ ISLAMABAD, Dec 30 Asia Pulse - Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said there is good scope for the expansion of trade ties between Pakistan and Japan.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Image problems hamper US on goals abroad (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11o740m2f/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20051230/ts_csm/adiplo_1</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Stopping Iran's nuclear program. Limiting the growing influence of an increasingly authoritarian Russia over the former Soviet empire. Making more friends than enemies in the Arab world.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Timetable for quake-proofing tests accelerated (The Japan Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:44:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The government will have the earthquake resistance of up to 2 million residences checked in the next 10 years and renovate about half of them to make them stronger, the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry said Thursday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Image problems hamper US on goals abroad (The Christian Science Monitor)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:31:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Perceived missteps in foreign and domestic policy set diplomacy back for '06.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gov't to expedite checking, improving quake resistance of residences (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ _ The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry intends to set a target of having the earthquake resistance of up to 2 million residences checked in the next 10 years and about half of them renovated to make them more quake-proof, ministry officials said Thursday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wedding bells ring through Kobe's old Western homes (Asahi.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:29:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[KOBE--Old stately homes like the Sassoon have been drawing tourists to this port city for decades. The former residence of an Israeli merchant, the architecture is a reminder of Kobe's leading role in opening Japan to the outside world at the end of the 19th century.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Today in History - Dec. 29 (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Today is Thursday, Dec. 29, the 363rd day of 2005. There are two days left in the year.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Va. well shakes to world's quakes (Richmond Times-Dispatch)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:18:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In the year since the Sumatran earthquake sent a Southwest Virginia well sloshing, the well has gained an international reputation for its oscillating antics.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S., Europe, Japan end tapping of oil reserves (World Peace Herald)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 15:07:20 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The United States, Europe and Japan recently stopped releasing oil and gasoline from their strategic reserves as fuel prices retreated from record post-hurricane highs.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Moderate earthquake hits northeast Japan (The Star Online)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:54:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO: A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 shook northeast Japan Wednesday evening, the Meteorological Agency said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[(AFX UK Focus) 2005-12-28 10:35 GMT: Mild earthquake rocks central Japan (Interactive Investor)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12sr6nipt/*http%3A//www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&amp;articleid=5507481&amp;subject=general&amp;action=article</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AFX) - A moderate earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted central Japan Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Living and giving after the tsunami (Guardian Unlimited)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The day after the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated Lisbon in 1755, killing perhaps 100,000 people, the Portuguese prime minister Sebastião de Melo considered the ruins of one of Europe's great cities. "What now?" he declared. "Bury the dead and feed the living."]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[(AFX UK Focus) 2005-12-28 10:35 GMT: Mild earthquake rocks central Japan (Interactive Investor)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 10:49:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AFX) - A moderate earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted central Japan Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[HISTORY OF HELP (New Orleans Times-Picayune)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:07:21 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In the spring of 1947, Secretary of State George C. Marshall spoke of the halting recovery -- and a new threat of political chaos -- in European nations already torn apart by World War II and disabled by an especially harsh winter.]]></description>
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			<title>South Asia: Bilateral grant aid - Current status of procurement contracts (as of 26 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[Tohoku Electric to restart Onagawa nuclear unit (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11ijr3rbc/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051228/3/2d2u3.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:31:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ TOKYO, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Tohoku Electric Power Co. will restart the No. 2 nuclear power generation unit at its Onagawa plant in northern Japan after an unexpected shutdown caused by an earthquake in August, the Japan's fifth-largest utility said on Monday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pakistan-Japan-FM WRD/ Japan's FM to visit Pakistan on Jan 4-5 (Islamic Republic News Agency)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=121u11apa/*http%3A//www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-235/0512282866085103.htm</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:28:57 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso will pay an official visit to Pakistan from January 4-5, 2006, it was officially announced on Tuesday. This will be his first visit abroad after assuming office, a Foreign Office statement said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[News Focus/Feature Advisory for First Week of 2006 -2- (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 04:48:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ _ On Jan. 4, Wednesday:]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan FM to visit India, Pakistan (Dawn)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 03:48:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO, Dec 27: Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday he will visit India and Pakistan in January in a bid to strengthen bilateral ties with the South Asian nations.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Snow-storm chills spark power sales on exchange (Asahi.com)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=1222ippa5/*http%3A//www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200512280142.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 01:44:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Transactions on the Japan Electric Power Exchange have surged to a profitable level thanks to heavy snowfalls across Japan and participation by a major power supplier.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[» More (New Orleans Times-Picayune)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11fb6p8il/*http%3A//www.nola.com/speced/ruinandrecovery/</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 01:03:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Homestead, FL - Hurricane Andrew nearly wiped Homestead off the map. But after early stumbles, and a lot of help from private enterprise, the town is stronger than ever]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Year On From The Asian Tsunami, Satellites Are Aiding Regional Rebuilding (Science Daily)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=121jq6ohq/*http%3A//www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051226095033.htm</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:06:46 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The deadly Indian Ocean tsunami that swept across coastlines on 26 December 2004 took the lives of more than 200 000 people. The sheer scale of the catastrophe meant that Earth Observation was vital both for damage assessment and for co-ordinating emergency activities. Through the year that followed, satellite-based maps from ESA's Respond consortium continued to support rebuilding efforts.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Va. well shakes to world's quakes (Richmond Times-Dispatch)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:02:23 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In the year since the Sumatran earthquake sent a Southwest Virginia well sloshing, the well has gained an international reputation for its oscillating antics.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan to address gender discrimination (World Peace Herald)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:37:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO -- A government panel in Japan has come up with recommendations to fight gender discrimination in the workplace.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan and a $1,300,000 donation to Bam Citadel (IranMania.com)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=133v5lb9g/*http%3A//www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=39146&amp;NewsKind=Current%20Affairs</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 08:24:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[LONDON, December 27 (IranMania) - Japan is to extend a cultural grant of US$1,300,000 to Iran for the reconstruction of the ancient citadel of Bam in southern Iran which was almost reduced to rubble on 26th of December 2003 due to a massive earthquake that struke the region, said CHN.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Electric transactions rise sharply on JEPX. (Asahi.com)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12294url3/*http%3A//www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200512270282.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 06:15:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Electricity transactions finally surged to a profitable level on the Japan Electric Power Exchange (JEPX) thanks to the heavy snowstorms across Japan and heightened participation among power companies.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Virginia well keeps pulse of earthquakes (Manassas Journal Messenger)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 03:53:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In the year since the Sumatran earthquake sent a Southwest Virginia well sloshing, the well has gained an international reputation for its oscillating antics.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[International briefs (The Olympian)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:23:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — An express train derailed in northern Japan on Sunday, killing two women and injuring more than two dozen other people, officials said. Strong winds were reportedly suspected as a cause.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tsunami warning system gets boost (Honolulu Advertiser)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:09:47 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The earthquake and tsunami that devastated the coastlines of nations on the Indian Ocean a year ago shook up local civil defense officials and tsunami warning system scientists — and loosened purse strings for tsunami warning gear.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Some of the deadliest natural disasters since 1900 (Hindustan Times)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11v9t1lmr/*http%3A//www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1582566,00050004.htm</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:47:20 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dec 28, 1908: A magnitude-7.2 earthquake kills 123,000 people in the Messina-Reggio Calabria area of eastern Sicily and southernmost Italy. Jan 13, 1915: A 7.5-magnitude earthquake kills 29,980 in Avezzano, Italy.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush makes holiday calls to U.S. military servicemen and women (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=132pfu0cp/*http%3A//www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2005/12/26/news/breaking_news/doc43ae060ca6c06198404342.txt</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush called nine U.S. service members deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf on Saturday to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush makes holiday calls to U.S. military (Mohave Valley News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 10:08:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush called nine U.S. service members deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf on Saturday to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sports in brief (Salt Lake Tribune)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 07:56:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Suguri wins Japan title, Olympic spot       Fumie Suguri  won her fifth national figure skating title Sunday at Tokyo, gaining one of three spots for Japanese women at the Turin Olympics.     She will be joined at the Winter Games by former world champion  Shizuka Arakawa  and  Miki Ando .     Suguri, a two-time world bronze medalist, has struggled recently with injuries.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Suguri Wins Fifth Japanese Figure Skating Crown (Washington Post)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=137lkp2fv/*http%3A//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/25/AR2005122500636.html?nav=rss_sports</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 02:33:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Fumie Suguri won her fifth national figure skating title yesterday in Tokyo, gaining one of three spots for Japanese women at the Turin Olympics.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush phones U.S. troops for holidays (Miami Herald)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=13djurgln/*http%3A//www.mercurynews.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/13484004.htm?source=rss&amp;channel=miamiherald_nation</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 00:32:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[President Bush called nine U.S. troops deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf on Saturday to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush phones U.S. troops for holidays (Miami Herald)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:32:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[President Bush called nine U.S. troops deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf on Saturday to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush calls troops for holidays (Baltimore Sun)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:43:40 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[President joined by relatives for celebration at Camp David   President Bush called yesterday nine U.S. troops deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer.         ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush phones U.S. troops for holidays (Miami Herald)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:02:34 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[President Bush called nine U.S. troops deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf on Saturday to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush Phones Christmas Wishes to Military (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 01:13:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ President Bush called nine U.S. service members deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf on Saturday to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush Phones Christmas Wishes to Military (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 22:21:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ President Bush called nine U.S. service members deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf on Saturday to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush Phones Nine U.S. Service Members (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 22:03:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ President Bush called nine U.S. service members deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf on Saturday to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer. Placing the telephone calls from his mountaintop presidential retreat at Camp David, Md., Bush talked to eight men and one woman, a member of the Coast Guard stationed in the Gulf.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush Makes Holiday Calls to Nine Troops (The San Francisco Examiner)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:57:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - President Bush called nine U.S. troops deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf on Saturday to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[President Bush called nine U.S. troops deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf on Saturday to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:24:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ President Bush called nine U.S. troops deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf on Saturday to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer. Placing the telephone calls from his mountaintop presidential retreat at Camp David, Md., Bush talked to eight men and one woman, a member of the Coast Guard stationed in the Gulf.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[2ND LD: 5 killed in heavy snow along Sea of Japan coastal area (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:22:21 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tsunami relief spending to increase (The Sunday Mail)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[THE pace of welfare expenditure will increase next year to help restore communities shattered by the Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami a year ago, the Australian Red Cross (ARC) says.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:04:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[THE pace of welfare expenditure will increase next year to help restore communities shattered by the Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami a year ago, the Australian Red Cross (ARC) says.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mild earthquake rocks Japan, one injured (Hindustan Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:02:40 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A mild earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 shook central Japan on Saturday, leaving one person slightly injured. Officials said there was no danger of a tsunami.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2005-12-24T08:31+0100</pubDate>
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			<description>Mild quake rocks central Japan First posted 02:50pm (Mla time) Dec 24, 2005 Agence France-Presse

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			<title><![CDATA[Mild quake rocks central Japan (INQ7.net)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 07:11:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO -- A moderate earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted central Japan Saturday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, officials said. There was no fear of tidal waves.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[One slightly injured as magnitude 4.8 earthquake shakes central Japan (The Star Online)]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mild quake rocks central Japan (INQ7.net)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 06:56:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO -- A moderate earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted central Japan Saturday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, officials said. There was no fear of tidal waves.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mild quake rocks central Japan (Channel NewsAsia)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 03:36:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO : A moderate earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted central Japan on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, officials said. There was no fear of tidal waves.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[M4.8 quake jolts Aichi, Mie prefectures (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:36:48 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ _ An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 jolted Aichi, Mie prefectures and adjacent areas on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Marin coast not prepared for tsunami (Point Reyes Light)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:08:34 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[An earthquake off the coast of California could create a tsunami that would strike areas inhabited by more than a million people and shut down California’s major ports, causing deaths and the loss of billions of dollars from the state and national economies, a new report on tsunami readiness states.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tsunami donations around $13 billion (AlertNet)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:06:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dec 23 (Reuters) - Government and multilateral agencies have pledged more than $7.3 billion in aid for nations hit by the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean, while global private donations amount to more than $5.7 billion.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA['Kanagawa condo built with weakened concrete' (Daily Yomiuri Online)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:45:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Grand Stage Fujisawa, one of the condominiums built based on falsified earthquake-resistance data, may have been constructed using concrete that contained more water than allowed, Mitsu Shimojo of the Democratic Party of Japan said Thursday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[100-foot tsunami a myth, Hawley says (Newport News-Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:22:49 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Joel Gallob. Of the News-Times\ The idea that a major offshore earthquake could send a wall of water 100 feet high against the Oregon coast is a myth, Lincoln County Emergency Management Coordinator Jim Hawley told the county board of commissioners this week.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reconstruction in earthquake-hit areas from March next year: PM (The Pakistan Link)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Dec 23 : Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that reconstruction activities in earthquake-affected areas will begin from first of March next year.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Landslide victory of LDP voted top Japan story in 2005 (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:02:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ _ The Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election was voted as the top domestic news of 2005, according to a Kyodo News poll released Friday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earthquake Shakes East Indonesia, No Damage Reported (Planet Ark)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:51:20 GMT</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:09:21 GMT</pubDate>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan Steps up Probe into Quake-Proofing Scandal (Planet Ark)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<pubDate>2005-12-21T10:05+0100</pubDate>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia (The Age)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:10:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia (Sydney Morning Herald)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia (AAP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earthquake shakes E.Indonesia, no damage reported (AlertNet)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:51:43 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan battles data scandal (Business Day)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mild quake shakes northeastern Japan; no reports of damages, injuries (The Star Online)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan In Depth (ABC Asia Pacific)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan quake building scandal grows (AAP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan police stage raids as quake scandal grows (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan police stage raids as quake scandal grows (Reuters)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan police stage raids as quake scandal grows (Reuters.co.uk)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan police stage raids as quake scandal grows (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan (KTRE-TV East Texas)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:06:30 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 (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 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 07:41:40 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 (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 (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>
			<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>
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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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			<pubDate>2005-12-16T20:34+0100</pubDate>
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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>
			<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 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>
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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[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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