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			<title><![CDATA[Quake in Japan remembered (Seattle Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:11:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Forty-five people marked the devastating earthquake that struck Kobe, Japan, 11 years ago by lighting candles and ringing a ceremonial bell...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan marks quake anniversary amid new safety fears (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:06:52 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Tearful mourners lit candles and prayed in silence in the western Japanese city of Kobe on Tuesday on the 11th anniversary of a devastating earthquake, while others held drills to try to prepare themselves for the next big quake.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan marks quake anniversary amid new safety fears (New Kerala)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 05:47:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO: Japan marked the 11th anniversary of a devastating earthquake with memorial ceremonies and disaster drills today as parliament prepared to hear more testimony on a construction industry scandal that has aroused fears that many buildings might not be able to withstand a big tremor.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan marks quake anniversary amid new safety fears (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Tearful mourners lit candles and prayed in silence in the western Japanese city of Kobe on Tuesday on the 11th anniversary of a devastating earthquake, while others held drills to try to prepare themselves for the next big quake.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Firefighters evacuate people from building during earthquake disaster drill in Tokyo (AlertNet)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:34:06 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Firefighters evacuate people from a building during an earthquake disaster drill in Tokyo January 17, 2006. Japan marked the 11th anniversary of a devastating earthquake with memorial ceremonies and disaster drills on Tuesday as parliament prepared to hear more testimony on a construction industry scandal that has aroused fears that many buildings might not be able to withstand a big tremor.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japanese women crawl under table inside a shaking earthquake simulator in Tokyo (AlertNet)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:33:56 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Japanese women crawl under a table inside a shaking earthquake simulator during an earthquake disaster drill in Tokyo January 17, 2006. Japan marked the 11th anniversary of a devastating earthquake with memorial ceremonies and disaster drills on Tuesday as parliament prepared to hear more testimony on a construction industry scandal that has aroused fears that many buildings might not be able to ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japanese woman is carried on stretcher during earthquake drill in Tokyo (AlertNet)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:33:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A Japanese office worker is carried on an improvised stretcher made out of blankets and poles during an earthquake disaster drill in Tokyo January 17, 2006. Japan marked the 11th anniversary of a devastating earthquake with memorial ceremonies and disaster drills on Tuesday as parliament prepared to hear more testimony on a construction industry scandal that has aroused fears that many buildings ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Firefighters strap mannequin onto stretcher during earthquake disaster drill in Tokyo (AlertNet)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:18:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Firefighters strap a mannequin onto a stretcher during an earthquake disaster drill in Tokyo January 17, 2006. Japan marked the 11th anniversary of a devastating earthquake with memorial ceremonies and disaster drills on Tuesday as parliament prepared to hear more testimony on a construction industry scandal that has aroused fears that many buildings might not be able to withstand a big tremor.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japanese office workers wearing helmets crawl under a table inside an earthquake simulator in Tokyo (AlertNet)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:18:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Japanese office workers wearing helmets crawl under a table inside a shaking earthquake simulator during an earthquake disaster drill in Tokyo January 17, 2006. Japan marked the 11th anniversary of a devastating earthquake with memorial ceremonies and disaster drills on Tuesday as parliament prepared to hear more testimony on a construction industry scandal that has aroused fears that many ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan marks quake anniversary amid new safety fears (Reuters)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:00:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan marked the 11th anniversary of a devastating earthquake with memorial ceremonies and disaster drills on Tuesday as parliament prepared to hear more testimony on a construction industry scandal that has aroused fears that many buildings might be able to withstand a big tremor.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan marks quake anniversary amid new safety fears (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 03:31:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Japan marked the 11th anniversary of a devastating earthquake with memorial ceremonies and disaster drills on Tuesday as parliament prepared to hear more testimony on a construction industry scandal that has aroused fears that many buildings might be able to withstand a big tremor.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan mourns 11th anniversary of killer earthquake in Kobe (Channel NewsAsia)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 03:09:48 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO : Japan mourned the 6,000 victims of the Kobe earthquake 11 years ago on Tuesday, with the anniversary stirring up anger over a scandal in which dozens of new buildings violated quake safety codes.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Around Japan/Shizuoka: Trash or treasure? Team traces legacy of 'hinomi yagura' (Asahi.com)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=122vd04rg/*http%3A//www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200601170126.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:47:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In a country where most of the houses were once made of wood, the hinomi yagura, watchtowers used to alert people to fires, played a vital role. But with advances in modern firefighting methods, many have come to regard the Edo-Period (1603-1867) wooden towers as white elephants.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japanese scientists journey to 'centre of Earth' (People's Daily)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=122k724k3/*http%3A//english.people.com.cn/200601/17/eng20060117_236045.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:27:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The world's most technologically advanced exploration ship sailed yesterday on a mission that may reveal the origin of life on Earth.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Today in History - Jan. 17 (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=120saoh0h/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060117/ap_on_to_in_hi/history_1</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:00:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Today is Tuesday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2006. There are 348 days left in the year.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kobe fears quake being forgotten (The Japan Times)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=127kl1r58/*http%3A//www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060117b2.htm</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:40:58 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[KOBE (Kyodo) Fully 85 percent of the survivors of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake think the disaster and its lessons are being forgotten, even by themselves, according to a recent survey of 200 people.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[‘JBIC will continue to help Pakistan’ (Daily Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:25:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Staff Report ISLAMABAD: A seven-member delegation led by Kyosuke Shinozawa, President of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), called on adviser to the prime minister on finance, revenue, economic affairs and statistics Salman Shah here on Monday. Offering condolences]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drilling for answers to Earth's origin (News Interactive)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:40:47 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[THE world's most technologically advanced exploration ship sailed yesterday on a mission that may reveal the origin of life on Earth.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rugby World's Christmas Quiz (Planet Rugby)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:53:58 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[How did you fare? A. Which trio won Lions caps this year having not made the original squad? [3] Ans: Ryan Jones, Mark Cueto, Simon Easterby B. Who scored the first Lions try of the year?]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mother Nature's Voice (Bandera Bulletin)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:14:46 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[On this day (The Sunday Mail)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:13:58 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[1377 – Pope Gregory XI restores the Papal See to Rome after it was removed from Avignon. 1562 – Michel de l'Hopital promulgates Edict of St Germain, which recognises Huguenots in France.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[On this day (Sunday Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:04:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[1377 – Pope Gregory XI restores the Papal See to Rome after it was removed from Avignon. 1562 – Michel de l'Hopital promulgates Edict of St Germain, which recognises Huguenots in France.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Scientists dig toward center of the earth (PhysOrg)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=118ivi464/*http%3A//www.physorg.com/news9904.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:50:40 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A Japanese ship is setting sail on a mission to reveal the origin of life on earth.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan to remind Indonesia of tsunami with wave-high poles (Jakarta Post)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:36:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AFP): Japan will build memorial poles in Aceh as high as the tsunami waves that ravaged the Indonesian province in 2004 in a bid to remind residents of the dangers, a researcher said Monday.About 85 concrete poles will be erected this year across Aceh, which was hardest hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people around the Indian Ocean.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan to remind Indonesia of tsunami with wave-high poles (Jakarta Post)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:51:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AFP): Japan will build memorial poles in Aceh as high as the tsunami waves that ravaged the Indonesian province in 2004 in a bid to remind residents of the dangers, a researcher said Monday.About 85 concrete poles will be erected this year across Aceh, which was hardest hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people around the Indian Ocean.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Singapore unlikely to be hit by a tsunami: Yaacob (Channel NewsAsia)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:20:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE : The government has assured Singaporeans the island is unlikely to be hit by a tsunami in future. This is because of the country's geographical position and the relatively shallow waters in the Malacca Straits and South China Sea.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan to remind Indonesia of tsunami with wave-high poles (Jakarta Post)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 08:51:07 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AFP): Japan will build memorial poles in Aceh as high as the tsunami waves that ravaged the Indonesian province in 2004 in a bid to remind residents of the dangers, a researcher said Monday.About 85 concrete poles will be erected this year across Aceh, which was hardest hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people around the Indian Ocean.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan to remind Indonesia of tsunami with wave-high poles (Jakarta Post)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 06:20:52 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AFP): Japan will build memorial poles in Aceh as high as the tsunami waves that ravaged the Indonesian province in 2004 in a bid to remind residents of the dangers, a researcher said Monday.About 85 concrete poles will be erected this year across Aceh, which was hardest hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people around the Indian Ocean.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan to remind Indonesia of tsunami with wave-high poles (Jakarta Post)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 06:05:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AFP): Japan will build memorial poles in Aceh as high as the tsunami waves that ravaged the Indonesian province in 2004 in a bid to remind residents of the dangers, a researcher said Monday.About 85 concrete poles will be erected this year across Aceh, which was hardest hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people around the Indian Ocean.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Indonesia In Depth (ABC Asia Pacific)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:59:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Japan plans to build giant memorial poles in Aceh as a reminder of the dangers of tsunamis. Professor of earthquake engineering at Japan's Kyoto University, Hirokazu Iemura, who proposed the plan, says about 85 concrete poles will be erected across Aceh.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan to remind Indonesia of tsunami with wave-high poles (Jakarta Post)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:50:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AFP): Japan will build memorial poles in Aceh as high as the tsunami waves that ravaged the Indonesian province in 2004 in a bid to remind residents of the dangers, a researcher said Monday.About 85 concrete poles will be erected this year across Aceh, which was hardest hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people around the Indian Ocean.]]></description>
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			<title>Japan 'makes' earthquake on a table</title>
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			<description>TOKYO: Japanese researchers tested a huge quake simulator capable of jolting a six-storey building in a project that could help improve earthquake-resistant construction methods. The E-Defence simulator, with a 300-square-metre 'shaking table' powered by 24 pistons, can jolt buildings up to 12,000....</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Scientists dig toward center of the earth (UPI)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:42:21 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[LONDON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A Japanese ship is setting sail on a mission to reveal the origin of life on earth.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stone lanterns produced in time-honoured way (Asia News Network)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:26:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[More than 100 ishidoro stone lanterns stand in an area surrounded by cedar trees at the foot of Mt. Kurama in Kyoto. Standing among the lanterns makes a person feel so serene that the noise of cars driving up a nearby slope seems to just fade away.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[69 Kobe quake survivors die alone (The Japan Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2006 23:40:58 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[KOBE (Kyodo) Sixty-nine people who lost their homes in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake died alone last year in Hyogo Prefecture, according to a police study.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[A golfer's slice of heaven (Denver Post)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:01:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[KOHALA COAST, HAWAII - Upon my untimely demise, my ashes will be sprinkled off the edge of the third green at Mauna Kea Golf Course and into the Pacific Ocean.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japanese royal poetry session highlights children as succession crisis looms (The Manila Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:13:52 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO: With a potential succession crisis facing Japan’s royal family, some of the poems at Thursday’s annual imperial verse reading ceremony focused on a likely theme: children.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO / Japantown rounds out a century / Heyday passed long ago, but area still cultural, social hub (San Francisco Chronicle)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=130pmp5oi/*http%3A//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/14/BAGBJGN6TR1.DTL&amp;feed=rss.bayarea</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:49:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[San Francisco's Japantown celebrates its 100th birthday this year, but two perplexing questions hang over the upcoming festivities: What exactly is Japantown, and will it survive? The shrinking district anchored by the Japan Center mall at Post and...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japanese test world's biggest quake simulator (Hindustan Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2006 05:18:23 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Japanese researchers tested a huge quake simulator capable of jolting a six-storey building in a project that could help improve earthquake-resistant construction methods.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[13 ZILHAJJ 1426 AH, SRINAGAR SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2006 (Greater Kashmir)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2006 04:22:34 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Muzaffarabad, Jan 13: Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has reiterated Pakistan’s desire for a peaceful settlement of long running Kashmir dispute as he toured the devastated capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir to express solidarity with the earthquake stricken people.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan Scientists Simulate Quake in Condo (ABC News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2006 03:29:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Japanese Scientists Jolt Six-Story Condo on World's Biggest Earthquake Simulator]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan Scientists Simulate Quake in Condo (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2006 02:30:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Japanese researchers on Friday tested a huge quake simulator capable of jolting a six-storey building in a project that could help improve earthquake-resistant construction methods.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Japan to give $100m loan for quake recovery (Daily Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:51:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The Japanese government will extend $100 million (11.22 billion yen) to Pakistan in soft loans for earthquake rehabilitation under its Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme. The loan agreement was signed on Friday by Economic Affairs Division Secretary]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Scientists jolt condo on world's biggest quake simulator (INQ7.net)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO -- Japanese researchers on Friday tested a huge quake simulator capable of jolting a six-story building in a project that could help improve earthquake-resistant construction methods.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Va. well shakes to world's quakes (Richmond Times-Dispatch)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:30:48 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 extend $100m loans for Earthquake Recovery (The Pakistan Link)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:21:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Jan 13 : Japan has decided to extend $100 million (11.22 billion yens) loans on soft terms as the Emergency Earthquake Recovery Loan under Japan's official development assistance programme (ODA).]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. Tsunami Alert System Streamlined (Terre Haute Tribune Star)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:17:09 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[The long march (Sydney Morning Herald)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:10:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[China has come a long way in a short time. Former Herald correspondent Hamish McDonald reflects on a country in a hurry. -]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Asia primed for next big quake (New Scientist)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:16:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Since the giant quake that triggered last year's tsunami, stress has been building along the Sumatra fault line]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Environmental Hazards Jeopardize Pakistan Earthquake Survivors (Environment News Service)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11tg9g56d/*http%3A//www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-05-06.asp</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:24:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[GLAND, Switzerland , January 5, 2006 (ENS) - Environmental hazards persist in the areas of northern Pakistan shaken by a severe earthquake on October 8, 2005, according to a joint statement issued today by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), the Worldwide Fund for Nature, and CARE International.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heavy snow expected from January 14 in quake areas (Daily Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:02:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI: 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. In Pakistan, weather officials said the areas affected by October’s]]></description>
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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>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=15abf34bs/*http%3A//www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&amp;c=MGArticle&amp;cid=1128768923095&amp;path=!health!healthology&amp;path=!health!healthology</link>
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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>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11810diap/*http%3A//www.physorg.com/news9800.html</link>
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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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			<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>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=15taifs1j/*http%3A//www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&amp;%09s=1045855935235&amp;c=MGArticle&amp;cid=1128768923095&amp;path=!health!healthology&amp;path=!health!healthology</link>
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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>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11vbqo6ph/*http%3A//news.independent.co.uk/environment/article337788.ece</link>
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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>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11ddvgtkq/*http%3A//tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411366/647305</link>
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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>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=11dvr40ug/*http%3A//tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/647305</link>
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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>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12sht2seg/*http%3A//uk.news.yahoo.com/09012006/325/heavy-snow-icy-winds-bring-winter-misery-asia.html</link>
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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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			<pubDate>2006-01-06T23:19+0100</pubDate>
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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[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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			<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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			<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>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:15:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Jan 05 : Pakistan and Japan have signed two agreements formalizing 100 million dollar loan for earthquake rehabilitation and reconstruction and human resource development.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heavy snow paralyses northern Japan (SABC News)]]></title>
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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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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:32:40 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ 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[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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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:16:22 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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
			<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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			<pubDate>2006-01-03T00:50+0100</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060103f1.htm</link>
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			<title>Japan's quake-preparedness quest never-ending By Kaho Shimizu</title>
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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>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Japan+Earthquake/SIG=12i247ov5/*http%3A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/1/3/nation/13010817&amp;sec=nation</link>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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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