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			<title><![CDATA[Police quiz Aneha case informant (Daily Yomiuri Online)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:45:57 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Police have questioned design firm President Tomoyuki Watanabe, who first pointed out disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha's fabrication of earthquake-resistance data in buildings, sources said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan's royals 'smile' but princess a no-show (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:54:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Japan's Crown Princess Masako, who is suffering from stress, skipped the imperial family's traditional New Year's poetry reading ceremony.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan's royals 'smile' but princess a no-show (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:23:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Japan's Crown Princess Masako, who is suffering from stress, skipped the imperial family's traditional New Year's poetry reading ceremony.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[- DAWN - Latest Stories; January 11, 2006 (Dawn)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:52:48 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Japan warns of avalanches as snow toll hits 77 TOKYO, Jan 12, 2006 (AFP) - The death toll from heavy snow in Japan reached 77 on Thursday as more elderly citizens died in the harsh weather, with officials warning that avalanches could bring further misery.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Emperor reflects on Norway visit in New Year poem (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:43:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ _ Emperor Akihito reflected on his visit to Norway last year, which marked the 100th anniversary of the start of Japan's diplomatic relations with the country, in a poem recited at the annual New Year poetry reading held Thursday at the Imperial Palace.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Va. well shakes to world's quakes (Richmond Times-Dispatch)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:21:55 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[Geophysicists revisit 'The Big One,' create new quake model (PhysOrg)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:32:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Almost a century after the 1906 earthquake, Stanford geophysicists have revisited San Francisco's "Big One" and now paint a new picture of a fault that was ready to go and that ruptured farther and faster than previously supposed.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Making possible the impossible: Miyazaki talks about 3 latest Ghibli films (Daily Yomiuri Online)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:41:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Hayao Miyazaki, Japan's leading animation writer and director, recently created three short films--Yadosagashi (House Hunting), Mizugumo Monmon (Mon Mon the Water Spider), and Hoshi o Katta Hi (The Day I Bought a Star). They were recently screened at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, western Tokyo, "allowing children to enjoy them without being influenced by commercialism," the director told The ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2006-01-11T15:07+0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Pakistan: Japan formally extends soft yen loan of 100 million for earthquake rehabilitation and reconstruction and initial grand for CMTI</title>
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			<description>PRESS RELEASE No: JPNEMPAK 06-001 Islamabad: January 5, 200 6 Upon the visit of Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, contracts for two projects for extension of Government of Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) were signed today. The agreements were signed by the Japanese Foreign Minister Mr.</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Va. well shakes to world's quakes (Richmond Times-Dispatch)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:20:28 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[Extreme weather in Asia: The Big Freeze (Independent)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:31:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ten feet of snow has fallen in Japan. Hundreds of thousands have been stranded by blizzards in China. And in India, a frost that made headlines may also prove fatal.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Geophysicists revisit 'The Big One,' create new quake model (Stanford Report)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12fp3e4l9/*http%3A//news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/january11/agu_beroza-011106.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:35:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On April 18, 1906, the Great San Francisco Earthquake hit the Bay Area at 5:13 a.m., causing more than $2 million in damage at Stanford. The men's gymnasium, above, sustained major damage.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Razing of Aneha buildings begins (The Japan Times)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12778t8ep/*http%3A//www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060111a4.htm</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:44:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Full-scale work began Tuesday on dismantling a residential building in Tokyo and a budget hotel in Aichi, whose quake safety parameters were falsified by disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha and deemed at risk of collapsing in a strong earthquake.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heavy snow expected in quake hit areas of Pakistan (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11v9pe94e/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060110/ts_nm/weather_asia_dc_2</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:21:56 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Over two million survivors of last year's South Asia earthquake, many living in tents, face heavy snow this week as unusually cold weather tightens its grip across much of Asia, weather officials said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heavy snow expected in quake hit areas of Pakistan (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11vgaqtem/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060110/wl_nm/weather_asia_dc_1</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:54:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Over two million survivors of last year's South Asia earthquake, many living in tents, face heavy snow this week as unusually cold weather tightens its grip across much of Asia, weather officials said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alito confirmation hearings, Asia cold wave (CNN.com)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=131ldife1/*http%3A//www.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/EDUCATION/01/09/transcript.tue/index.html?section=cnn_latest</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:42:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[January 10, 2006]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heavy Snow, Icy Winds Bring Winter Misery to Asia (Planet Ark)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=126moaglm/*http%3A//www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34406/story.htm</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:21:49 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Japan braced for more snow on Monday after record falls that have already killed dozens and Indian officials closed schools in the capital as an unusually severe winter racks Asia.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sever winter wreaks havoc in Asia (TVNZ)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:19:08 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Japan braced for more snow after record falls that have already killed dozens and Indian officials closed schools in the capital as an unusually severe winter racks Asia.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sever winter wreaks havoc in Asia (TVNZ)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:09:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Japan braced for more snow after record falls that have already killed dozens and Indian officials closed schools in the capital as an unusually severe winter racks Asia.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Apartment dwellers reach for sky in Japan (International Herald Tribune)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11vsb0ikb/*http%3A//www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/03/news/retower.php?rss</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:43:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Nothing seems to underline the confidence of Japan's resurgent property market more than the "tower mansions."]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan loans Pakistan US$65 mln (Asia Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:39:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - Japan has announced additional assistance of US$65 million to Pakistan for humanitarian work and the construction of hospitals and schools in earthquake-hit areas.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heavy snow, icy winds bring winter misery to Asia (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:33:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Japan braced for more snow on Monday after record falls that have already killed dozens and Indian officials closed schools in the capital as an unusually severe winter racks Asia.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Experts Urge Action To Protect Istanbul From Earthquake (Science Daily)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=121m0lseu/*http%3A//www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/01/060108223950.htm</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 05:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A major earthquake is likely to strike Istanbul over the next 30 years, killing thousands of people and collapsing as many as 50,000 buildings because of vulnerable construction, according to a team of engineers and scientists who recommend immediate action to protect the city.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan Grants US$65 MLN Soft Loan To Pakistan (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11fo68v8l/*http%3A//au.news.yahoo.com/060109/3/xi68.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 02:52:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Japan has announced additional assistance of US$65 million to Pakistan for humanitarian work and the construction of hospitals and schools in earthquake-hit areas. Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso made the announcement after signing the US$100 million soft loan agreement with Pakistan here on January 5.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[JAPAN GRANTS US$65 MLN SOFT LOAN TO PAKISTAN (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11fucogif/*http%3A//au.biz.yahoo.com/060109/17/glw4.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 02:52:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[   Infrastructure       Japan has announced additional assistance of US$65 million to Pakistan for humanitarian work and the construction of hospitals and schools in earthquake-hit areas. Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso made the announcement after signing the US$100 million soft loan agreement with Pakistan here on January 5.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Avalanches feared as record snows fall (Asahi.com)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=122it3ffr/*http%3A//www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200601090089.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 01:47:49 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With yet another round of heavy snow falling Sunday along the Sea of Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a warning that avalanches could occur, especially in many mountainous areas capped with more than 3 meters of accumulated snow.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doubts over ‘killer condo’ architect (Financial Times)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=126h22npc/*http%3A//news.ft.com/cms/s/a1dcfa52-807d-11da-8f9d-0000779e2340.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:16:14 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The man at the centre of Japan’s “killer condo” scandal – in which the rules to prevent apartment blocks from collapsing during an earthquake were ignored – is not a registered architect and has only “dubious” qualifications as a structural engineer, it has emerged.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The orphan wave (Times-Standard)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11i27heum/*http%3A//www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3383126</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2006 12:36:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Three hundred and six years ago on Jan. 26, the massive earthquake fault that runs from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to Cape Mendocino slipped.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[International award to M M photographer (India Daily)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 15:35:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Malayala Manorama staff news photographer Josekutty Panackal, has bagged the Epson international digital imaging award. Mr Panackal said this was the second consecutive time that he was selected for the prestigious award of the Epson Japan.]]></description>
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			<title>Pakistan, Japan sign US 100 million agreement for rehabilitation of earthquake areas</title>
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			<description>ISLAMABAD, Jan 5 (APP): Pakistan and Japan Thursday signed two agreements formalizing 100 million dollar loan for earthquake rehabilitation and reconstruction and human resource development. The agreements, for two projects for extension of Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) were signed....</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Moderate earthquake shakes Andaman Islands, India (India Daily)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:35:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A moderate earthquake measuring magnitude 5.6 struck near India's Andaman Islands on Friday, the Hong Kong Observatory said. The quake struck at 0430 GMT and was centered about 270 kilometers (170 miles) northeast of Port Blair, the observatory said. No other information was immediately available.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Islamabad, Tokyo to enhance cooperation on disarmament (Dawn)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 03:54:57 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Pakistan and Japan on Thursday agreed to enhance bilateral security dialogue in talks between their foreign ministers when Tokyo also announced an additional $55 million package to help Pakistan’s post-earthquake reconstruction.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[$100 million loan deal inked with Japan (Business Recorder)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:57:07 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD (January 06 2006): Japan has announced additional assistance of 65 million dollars to Pakistan for humanitarian work and construction of hospitals and schools in earthquake-hit areas.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Musharraf appreciates Japan’s substantive assistance (Business Recorder)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:56:58 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday appreciated the ‘swift and substantive assistance’ provided by Japan for the earthquake-affected areas. ....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Musharraf appreciates Japan’s substantive assistance (Business Recorder)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:56:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday appreciated the ‘swift and substantive assistance’ provided by Japan for the earthquake-affected areas. ....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pakistan, Japan vow to fight terror, proliferation (The Japan Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:45:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD (Kyodo) Japan and Pakistan have agreed to cover "prevention of terrorism" and issues of nonproliferation in their regular security dialogue, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said here Thursday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tsunami centers to go on 24-hour alert (CNN.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:42:07 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[PALMER, Alaska (AP) -- When word of a big earthquake comes in the middle of the night, geophysicist Bruce Turner takes five minutes to fumble for his beeper, throw on a coat, scrape the ice off his windshield, drive a mile to work and transmit a tsunami alert.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. Tsunami Alert System Streamlined (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:40:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ When word of a big earthquake comes in the middle of the night, geophysicist Bruce Turner takes five minutes to fumble for his beeper, throw on a coat, scrape the ice off his windshield, drive a mile to work and transmit a tsunami alert.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. tsunami alert system streamlined (USA Today)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:16:49 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[When word of a big earthquake comes in the middle of the night, one geophysicist takes five minutes to fumble for his beeper, throw on a coat, scrape the ice off his windshield, drive a mile to work and transmit an alert. Those few minutes will be a thing of the past when the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center goes to round-the-clock staffing in April.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. Tsunami Alert System Streamlined (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:46:23 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ When word of a big earthquake comes in the middle of the night, geophysicist Bruce Turner takes five minutes to fumble for his beeper, throw on a coat, scrape the ice off his windshield, drive a mile to work and transmit a tsunami alert.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2006-01-05T17:19+0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Pakistan, Japan sign agreements for earthquake rehabilitation, training program</title>
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			<description>ISLAMABAD, Jan 5, 2006 ( Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Pakistan and Japan on Thursday signed two agreements formalizing a loan of 100 million US dollars for earthquake rehabilitation and reconstruction and human resource development. The agreements were signed in Islamabad by Pakistani Foreign Minister....</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pakistan, Japan sign agreements for $100m loan for earthquake rehabilitation (The Pakistan Link)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11p2vgibf/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Jan06/05/06.htm</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:15:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heavy snow paralyses northern Japan (SABC News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=124l7h2s5/*http%3A//www.sabcnews.com/world/asia1pacific/0,2172,118962,00.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:29:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Heavy snows continued to batter much of western and northern Japan today as the nation faced its coldest winter in recent years.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pakistan, Japan agree to cooperate to prevent terrorism (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11qeekia2/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/060105/kyodo/d8euf0mg0.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:09:21 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ _ Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said here Thursday that Japan and Pakistan have agreed to cover "prevention of terrorism" and issues of nonproliferation in their regular dialogue on security matters.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[2005 a year of biz scandals (Asia News Network)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 01:04:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Last year saw a recurrence of corporate scandals, accidents and disturbances that rocked the foundations of Japan's socioeconomic structure.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Experts Urge Action to Protect Istanbul from Earthquake (Newswise)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:22:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A major earthquake is likely to strike Istanbul over the next 30 years, killing thousands of people and collapsing as many as 50,000 buildings because of vulnerable construction, according to a team of engineers and scientists who recommend immediate action to protect the city.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ECONOMIC FORUM / 2005 a year of biz scandals (Daily Yomiuri Online)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 18:46:56 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Last year saw a recurrence of corporate scandals, accidents and disturbances that rocked the foundations of Japan's socioeconomic structure.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lady Sukarno donates relief goods to PRCS for victims (The Pakistan Link)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:15:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD Jan 04 : Earth Aid Society Japan President and wife of former Indonesian President Rata Sari Dewi Sukarno Tuesday handed over two containers of relief goods to Pakistan Red Crescent Society Chairman Lt. Gen ® Jahan Dad Khan for the earthquake victims here at the PRCS National Headquarters.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Google expected to feature (Market Watch)]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Global shares surge, dollar sags as US rate peak eyed (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earthquake worries boost Eurozone bonds (FT.com via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Eurozone government bonds rose on Wednesday, sending yields lower, following news of an earthquake off the coast of Mexico and a rise in US Treasuries overnight.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Copper hits fresh record after earthquake (Market Watch)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Copper futures struck a fresh record in early electronic trade Wednesday after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Gulf of California overnight.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dollar Falls on Speculation Fed Closer to Halting Rate Policy (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar had the biggest two-day drop against the euro in almost two years after the Federal Reserve suggested it's closer to halting its interest rate increases.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dollar Falls on Speculation Fed Closer to Halting Rate Policy (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 12:54:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar had the biggest two-day drop against the euro in almost two years after the Federal Reserve suggested it's closer to halting its interest rate increases.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dollar Falls on Speculation Fed Closer to Halting Rate Policy (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar had the biggest two-day drop against the euro in four months after the Federal Reserve suggested it's closer to halting its interest rate increases.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dollar Falls on Speculation Fed Closer to Halting Rate Policy (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 12:11:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar had the biggest two-day drop against the euro in four months after the Federal Reserve suggested it's closer to halting its interest rate increases.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shares surge, dlr sags as U.S rate peak eyed (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:11:58 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Global stock markets surged on Wednesday while the dollar hit a two-month low against the euro after minutes from the Federal Reserve showed it had nearly finished raising U.S. interest rates.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dollar Falls on Speculation Fed Closer to Halting Rate Policy (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:01:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell to a two-month low against the euro after the Federal Reserve suggested it's closer to halting an 18-month policy of raising interest rates.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dollar Falls on Speculation Fed Closer to Halting Rate Policy (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:54:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell to a two-month low against the euro after the Federal Reserve suggested it's closer to halting an 18-month policy of raising interest rates.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dollar Falls on Speculation Fed Closer to Halting Rate Policy (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:16:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell to a two-month low against the euro after the Federal Reserve suggested it's closer to halting an 18-month policy of raising interest rates.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dollar Falls on Speculation Fed Closer to Halting Rate Policy (Bloomberg.com)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:11:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell to a two-month low against the euro after the Federal Reserve suggested it's closer to halting an 18-month policy of raising interest rates.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[M7.0 quake hits N. America (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 09:51:20 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ _ An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 jolted North America at around 5:32 p.m.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Twenty-five of Japan's 47 prefectural governments have been providing subsidies, technical help ... (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 09:48:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Twenty-five of Japan's 47 prefectural governments have been providing subsidies, technical help or both to owners of houses and buildings for earthquake-resistance checks, a Kyodo News tally shows Wednesday. Among the 25, 21 prefectural governments give subsidies, 12 send engineers, and eight provide both, according to the tally based on responses to Kyodo's inquiries to the prefectural ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mother Nature's Voice (Bandera Bulletin)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 08:42:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By now, the news of the tsunami that devastated a dozen countries from Asia to Africa is global and the stories of the animals that escaped the giant waves are legend.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mexico opens probe into border death (Seattle Times)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12sgqnlcn/*http%3A//seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002719111_wdig04.html?syndication=rss</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 08:15:40 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Mexico took the unusual step of opening an investigation into the killing of a man officials said was shot while sneaking into California, using the death...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[FOCUS: Condo scandal further shakes Japanese trust in contemporary society (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:06:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ _ (EDS: ONE PHOTO ACCOMPANYING THIS STORY IS AVAILABLE VIA E-MAIL. THE PHOTO ADVISORY IS TO FOLLOW.)]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan foreign minister starts trip to India and Pakistan (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:34:38 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso left for a four-day visit to India and Pakistan as part of an attempt to strengthen relations with South Asia.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pakistan, Japan to ink quake loan pact (The Pakistan Link)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:15:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Jan 03 : The foreign ministers of Japan and Pakistan will sign here an Earthquake Recovery Loan agreement on Thursday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tsunami centers go on 24-hour alert (Casper Star-Tribune)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2006 09:22:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description>FRAMING THE FUTURE Japan's quake-preparedness quest never-ending By KAHO SHIMIZU Staff writer Amid the scores of shoddily built high-rises connected to disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha, the fraud scandal may have had one positive outcome -- reawakening society's sense of urgency to prepare for a major earthquake.</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Full seismic monitoring (The Star Online)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:03:20 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[New seismic reading stations will be built in Lahad Datu in Sabah and in Kota Tinggi in Johor to complement the 12 stations nationwide.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan's quake-preparedness quest never-ending (The Japan Times)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=127b1shbo/*http%3A//www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060103f1.htm</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 23:45:20 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Amid the scores of shoddily built high-rises connected to disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha, the fraud scandal may have had one positive outcome -- reawakening society's sense of urgency to prepare for a major earthquake.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[IIT team prepares tsunami warning atlas (Hindustan Times)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12349cnhd/*http%3A//www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1572261,001302060000.htm</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:14:23 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A team of researchers have created a tsunami travel time atlas to assist in predicting the time taken by a giant wave to travel in the Indian Ocean.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Singing in the rain (Games Asylum)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11tlng3df/*http%3A//www.gamesasylum.com/showarticle.php?articleID=4615</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:12:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Survival romp SOS: The Final Escape (known as Disaster Report in the States) was probably the best PlayStation 2 game that Bigben published. A sequel was announced ages ago, and to be honest until now we had forgotten all about it.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earth Institute News (Columbia Earth Institute)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11gsaj02e/*http%3A//www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/news/</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:06:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered that one of the few remaining populations of Asian elephants in India is actually two genetically distinct groups. This could have far-reaching implications in conservation plans for the endangered elephants as well as other species on the Subcontinent.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Seeing America from Portland perch (Portland Oregonian)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12thi3hgk/*http%3A//www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1136174110287880.xml&amp;coll=7</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 12:05:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[When the U.S. military death toll in Iraq reached 2,000, the Hokkaido Shimbun's Washington, D.C.-based correspondent cranked out a news story with facts and figures. But his Portland colleague -- the first Oregon-based staff writer for a Japanese newspaper -- did just what he came to do.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tsunami centers go on 24-hour alert (Casper Star-Tribune)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=13bpegkla/*http%3A//www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2006/01/02/news/regional/087bb5eafe8e886e872570e80026a03c.txt</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 09:18:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[PALMER, Alaska -- When news of a big earthquake hits in the middle of the night, it takes geophysicist Bruce Turner five minutes to fumble for his beeper, throw on a coat, scrape ice off his car windshield, drive a mile to work and transmit a tsunami alert from the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Around the world, quests for peace and prosperity (Seattle Times)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=130fij0bl/*http%3A//seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002716060_nextyear02.html?syndication=rss</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 08:12:47 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press asked some of its correspondents around the world to assess the prospects for 2006. Here are their reports: ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Seeing America from Portland perch (Portland Oregonian)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 05:02:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[When the U.S. military death toll in Iraq reached 2,000, the Hokkaido Shimbun's Washington, D.C.-based correspondent cranked out a news story with facts and figures. But his Portland colleague -- the first Oregon-based staff writer for a Japanese newspaper -- did just what he came to do.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[MUSIC TO SOOTHE THE SOUL (Miami Herald)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:27:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[He has to work from a makeshift studio in a tent, but the soft voice and soothing music of Mohammed Subhan Rathar are providing comfort and hope to people in earthquake-ravaged Pakistani Kashmir.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Key elections ahead around the world (USA Today)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 11:30:57 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Lessons in multiparty politics and fiercely contested elections involving populist candidates are among events that will play broadly on national and geopolitical stages this year, according to assessments by Associated Press correspondents.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[MUSIC TO SOOTHE THE SOUL (Miami Herald)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 09:27:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[He has to work from a makeshift studio in a tent, but the soft voice and soothing music of Mohammed Subhan Rathar are providing comfort and hope to people in earthquake-ravaged Pakistani Kashmir.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tsunami centers go on 24-hour alert (Casper Star-Tribune)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 08:35:56 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[PALMER, Alaska -- When news of a big earthquake hits in the middle of the night, it takes geophysicist Bruce Turner five minutes to fumble for his beeper, throw on a coat, scrape ice off his car windshield, drive a mile to work and transmit a tsunami alert from the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[MUSIC TO SOOTHE THE SOUL (Miami Herald)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[He has to work from a makeshift studio in a tent, but the soft voice and soothing music of Mohammed Subhan Rathar are providing comfort and hope to people in earthquake-ravaged Pakistani Kashmir.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[World Welcomes 2006 (CBS News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:18:57 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[Tsunami warning within 30 minutes of quake says Met dept (Sunday Observer)]]></title>
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			<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>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12a7if712/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051231/ap_on_re_mi_ea/world_symposium06_1</link>
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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[Happy 2006: Australia, Asia Celebrates (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 18:10:09 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 17:04:54 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>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12d21mgu0/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051231/ap_on_re_au_an/world_new_year_s_eve_1</link>
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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>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12dh6d7rk/*http%3A//the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Dec/31/ln/FP512310344.html</link>
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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[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>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:53:50 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[We can minimize natural disasters (International Herald Tribune)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11tk3528g/*http%3A//www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/30/opinion/edwijk.php</link>
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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>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=127stkkt7/*http%3A//www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eastasia/view/185937/1/.html</link>
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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[Good Scope Exists for Expansion of Pakistan-Japan Trade: PM (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11icpseln/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051230/4/2d6ux.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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