http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6VSEK4?OpenDocumentBEIJING, Nov 22, 2006 ( Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) passed an action plan on cooperation in disaster relief here on November 22, after a two-day discussion. The plan, which was passed at a ministerial meeting on emergency disaster relief,....2006-11-22T12:25+0100reliefWebenreliefWeb-bd916ac2acf88bd84042353f8ad511e3http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/21/business/fusion.phpPARIS: Countries representing half the world's population signed a long- awaited $12.8 billion agreement Tuesday to build an experimental nuclear fusion reactor for developing a less expensive, cleaner and safer energy source. President Jacques Chirac of France played host here as the United States,....2006-11-21T22:52+0100IHTenIHT-4316e0d9377a8116c1e0691568e448acJoseBarrosoECnewsClimateChangeJRCSafeguardsEnergyENVNuclearhttp://en.rian.ru/russia/20061121/55843189.htmlVLADIVOSTOK, November 21 (RIA Novosti) - Seismic activity near the Kuril Islands hit by a powerful earthquake last week will gradually abate within a few years, the local rescue service said Tuesday.2006-11-21T09:30+0100rianenrian-78eef58d54a2e5dfcb6789880fa22ebbNaturalDisastershttp://topix.net/0oi5th9PC8rpE=2Bp85=2BpffrMvlWGNXloXLMcInqkp=2BiUcBAtRFftVJCMhewU6mYoBQTHOTOEoqGshsRcizaZiHNmPaUAJA=2FXLOjHPqAWiRxvXUd2UvtyMrM7sAU5jIl5Qlmmz1S9E3ZagCC2ZkBtwRZw=3D=3DPresident Bush's unpopularity in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, has made intense security jitters and angry protests the hallmarks of Monday's six-hour trip to court Indonesian favor.It is ... Comment2006-11-20T18:04+0100topixentopix-963216c7abbd09bb98f7c23b1a13e532NaturalDisastersAvianFluTerroristAttackhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10362963/President Bush arrived to protests in Indonesia but he shrugged them off, saying it was a sign of a healthy democracy. [!]2006-11-20T14:10+0100msnbcenmsnbc-9d6e4a55b9f4b1fc8cebbd286f943611AvianFluNaturalDisastersTerroristAttackhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/51549018/index.htmlRead full story for latest details.2006-11-20T13:54+0100cnnencnn-8d6fcc5a318cc95a4581229eb4da4451AvianFluCommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisastersTerroristAttackhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/51549489/index.htmlRead full story for latest details.2006-11-20T13:31+0100cnnencnn-980f00fc2b91df297869c0e466e08955AvianFluNaturalDisastersTerroristAttackhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_mostpopular/~3/51555182/index.htmlRead full story for latest details.2006-11-20T12:00+0100cnnencnn-1261e0662bd6e0098818c59d9b855b2cAvianFluNaturalDisastersTerroristAttackhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10362963/President Bush’s unpopularity in Indonesia made intense security jitters and angry protests the hallmarks of his six-hour trip Monday to court Indonesian favor.2006-11-20T11:32+0100RSS-msnbcenRSS-msnbc-00b1935796f145a8341496103528919bAvianFluNaturalDisastersTerroristAttackhttp://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/%7Er/usatoday-NewsTopStories/%7E3/51550823/2006-11-20-bush-indonesia_x.htmPresident Bush's unpopularity here in the world's most populous Muslim nation made intense security jitters and angry protests ...2006-11-20T11:31+0100usaTodayenusaToday-cf13927201f077b0d7a745700dad33faAvianFluNaturalDisastersTerroristAttackhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10362963/Thousands on the march Before Bush’s arrival, thousands of police and rifle-toting soldiers patrolled Bogor’s streets. Demonstrations by Islamic hard-liners, students, housewives and taxi drivers alike have been staged every day this month, including a march by nearly 13,000 through Jakarta on....2006-11-20T11:01+0100newsweekennewsweek-00b1935796f145a8341496103528919bAvianFluNaturalDisastersTerroristAttackhttp://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/cnn_latest/%7E3/51549018/index.htmlBOGOR, Indonesia (AP) -- U.S. President George W. Bush's unpopularity here in the world's most populous Muslim nation made intense security jitters and angry protests the hallmarks of a six-hour trip to court Indonesian favor. Bush arrived Monday for the second Indonesian stop of his presidency.2006-11-20T10:54+0100RSS-cnnenRSS-cnn-1261e0662bd6e0098818c59d9b855b2cAvianFluNaturalDisastersTerroristAttackhttp://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=75451464&p=7545y7z8&n=75451756&x=20/11/2006 - 8:40:36 AM Bush arrives to angry sentiment in Indonesia US President George Bush’s unpopularity in the world’s most populous Muslim nation made intense security jitters and angry protests the hallmarks of a six-hour trip to court Indonesian favour. Bush was arriving today for the second Indonesian stop of his presidency.2006-11-20T10:11+0100examinerenexaminer-1d509c46677e54d9791d4ff343c65571AvianFluNaturalDisastersTerroristAttackhttp://news.yahoo.com/ap/20061120/ap_on_re_as/bushwar run hot. From a meeting and joint appearance before reporters with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono through a discussion with moderate civic leaders and a state dinner, Bush was not expected to interact with the general populace or do anything outside the confines of Bogor Palace, a graceful....2006-11-20T09:51+0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-95f8ce43ea131e91ff49e910b10156ffAvianFluNaturalDisastersTerroristAttackhttp://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1985403.ecePublished: 15 November 2006 Residents along Japan's Pacific coast were told to flee an impending tsunami after a powerful earthquake hit the Kuril islands north of Japan2006-11-17T19:55+0100independentenindependent-315f2a548b576da3b750336cd823a50aNaturalDisastershttp://www.financialmirror.com/more_news.php?id=5336&nt=PoliticsNational Guard Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Constantinos Bisbikas will pay an official visit to the Russian Federation , from November 21-25, at the invitation of the first deputy minister of defense and the Chief of the Russian General Staff Yury Baluyevsky.2006-11-17T10:36+0100FinancialMirrorenFinancialMirror-3f2af3ab7ee20e300e0485e3a8ea786ehttp://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=47311&NewsKind=Current%20AffairsLONDON, November 17 (IranMania) - An earthquake hit outskirts of Jask port city in Hormuzgan province.2006-11-17T10:06+0100iranmaniaeniranmania-30934f3e27fa93a34b71b96cd2be0631http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=47321&NewsKind=Current%20AffairsLONDON, November 17 (IranMania) - After three weeks of talks, the United States and key European countries remain locked in fundamental disagreement with Russia about the scope of UN sanctions that Iran should face for refusing to rein in its nuclear program, The Associated Press reported.2006-11-17T10:06+0100iranmaniaeniranmania-96e9e56e32c8c2db2a0bb22869dd94b7NuclearSecurityCouncilJRCSafeguardsIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=47307&NewsKind=Current%20AffairsLONDON, November 17 (IranMania) - An official said 97% of Iran faces threats earthquake and flood.2006-11-17T10:06+0100iranmaniaeniranmania-d5f8eb19f0f6bb3f9a6f7280283e1121NaturalDisastersExternalAffairshttp://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=290198Hardly any Japanese felt the earthquake in the distant north Pacific this week, but anyone watching television saw a tsunami warning almost instantly and thousands evacuated to higher ground within minutes. While the waves that later rolled ashore on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido were....2006-11-17T09:57+0100MailGuardianenMailGuardian-4de64ff43b3a3d732e8c1bc8de783a0fNaturalDisastershttp://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/worldNews/%7E3/50542245/newsarticle.aspxTOKYO (Reuters) - Hardly any Japanese felt the earthquake in the distant north Pacific this week, but anyone watching television saw a tsunami warning almost instantly and thousands evacuated to higher ground within minutes.2006-11-17T09:23+0100reutersenreuters-7a0fe554b9ea850fa905cc571f9441beNaturalDisastershttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T207110.htmSource: Reuters (17 minutes ago)2006-11-17T09:02+0100alertnetenalertnet-83b613e911f167d7e9221cf25d90c3c4NaturalDisastershttp://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1163717412463&call_pageid=968332188774&StarSource=RSSFar from disintegrating when the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia's vast international spy network remains in place and has flourished under President Vladimir Putin, an ex-KGB agent in East Germany.2006-11-17T08:58+0100TorontoStarenTorontoStar-badb825499a1d4e399513d04176961b6Energyhttp://www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=19512SKOPJE — Two first-half goals powered Russia to a 2-0 win over Macedonia in a Euro 2008 qualifier on Wednesday and revived their hopes of reaching the ...2006-11-17T08:26+0100sptimesrussiensptimesrussi-a8525292ef2326439795e811229a37dchttp://www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=19514MOSCOW — Russia should not permit the creation of so-called ethnic enclaves where foreigners outnumber native Russian citizens, a top migration official was quoted as saying in an interview published Thursday.Vyacheslav Postavnin, deputy director of the Federal Migration Service, was commenting on a new government move that bars immigrants from trading at street stalls and markets. "According to our calculations, compact habitation by citizens of another country in any district or region of the country should not surpass 17 to 20 percent, especially if they have a different national culture and religious faith. Exceeding this norm creates discomfort for the indigenous population," Postavnin was quoted as saying by the Vremya Novostei daily. President Vladimir Putin ordered his Cabinet last month to take steps to decrease the employment of foreign workers at Russian markets, alleging they were crowding out native Russian producers and retailers. Indoor and outdoor markets are staffed heavily by migrants from former Soviet republics, many of them working without official permission to reside in or work in Russia — and working long hours for pitifully low salaries. According to a new Cabinet order regulating labor migration for ...2006-11-17T08:26+0100sptimesrussiensptimesrussi-0b6e297fedcc573a7db02bc320ae4840Immigrationhttp://www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=19505Even before Gazprom demanded that Georgia sell its gas pipelines to the Russian gas monopoly, and before President Vladimir Putin invited Azeri President ...2006-11-17T08:26+0100sptimesrussiensptimesrussi-785582f52076a9fdfb2273329a30fbdbEnergySecurityTerroristAttackhttp://www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=19511OSAKA, Japan — Russia defeated tournament favorite Brazil in five sets Thursday to win the women's volleyball world championship.Ekaterina Gamova scored ...2006-11-17T08:26+0100sptimesrussiensptimesrussi-f14de60803ea73fa4dde1958d649f29fhttp://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0611179864102859.htmPakistan and Russia have agreed to promote bilateral relations in different fields particularly in oil and gas, railways and power generation. The two sides agreed in a meeting between Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Islamabad on Thursday.2006-11-17T08:12+0100irnaenirna-e1f690968e51c3b2973b00081180ba46PeaceProcessEnergyTerroristAttackhttp://english.people.com.cn/200611/17/eng20061117_322592.htmlIndonesia has agreed to purchase military equipment worth 1 billion U.S. dollars from Russia in an effort to diversify its arms sources, the English newspaper The Jakarta Post reported Friday.2006-11-17T08:06+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-6334add392f65eedb833788267ae4bf0http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0611177893091551.htmThe following headlines appeared in major Pakistani newspapers on Friday: ** THE NEWS - MMA to quit National Assembly - Baloch militants to face fierce retaliation, says Musharraf - Boost for Pak-Russia ties - Govt to give women rightful status: PM - India allowed to use Afghan soil against....2006-11-17T07:27+0100irnaenirna-ecbd0f797a2432604e7995aad2bb9f46http://english.newslab.ru/news/206335/6 of Russian football fans were forfeited in Macedonia, each for 100 euro, and are due to be expelled from the country. The fans are charged with attack on policemen, TV Channel "Rossia" reports. Russia's national team had gained a 2-0 victory over Macedonia on November, 16.2006-11-17T07:23+0100NewslabenNewslab-60563c7bfee3f036aaf84ce9694932a2http://www.washtimes.com//commentary/20061116-090022-3560r.htmCrystal ball on Sino-capitalism By Arnaud de Borchgrave November 17, 2006 China's capitalists are more rapacious than America's robber barons of the 19th century or Russia's bandit capitalists of the new Russia of the 1990s. More greedy than the multibillion-dollar fortunes accumulated on Wall....2006-11-17T07:13+0100washtimesenwashtimes-ba7f3bd4f6765c834c7a3b2a59bb0044TAXUDNuclearEnergyEnergyENVhttp://www.washtimes.com//op-ed/20061116-090026-9910r.htmRussia's role in Asia TODAY'S COLUMNIST By Vladimir Putin November 17, 2006 Since 1998, Russia has been a full-fledged member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). In the run-up to the APEC summit in Vietnam, I would like to share my views about the road traveled by this multilateral....2006-11-17T07:13+0100washtimesenwashtimes-45dc0fb54bbad7c45851509e9f464c62TradeLIFEENVWTOhttp://topix.net/0oi5th9PC8rpE=2Bp85=2BpffrMvlWGNXloXLMcInqkp=2BiUcBAtRFftVJCMhewU6mYoBQFtU02uc=2BmxiEokaHmgHXrMwsIy8S1UN0Um1=2FN9JG8ROeD3w0nIMdy1XnJyRcvspjX9VlKzB8jIzck3rRRm7=2BFg=3D=3DA powerful undersea earthquake prompted tsunami warnings Wednesday for Japan, Russia, and Alaska, but it was a false alarm. Comment2006-11-17T06:38+0100topixentopix-debe33aaf0e5ba117e7ce9db9b474f4aNaturalDisastershttp://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20061117.B09&irec=8The Indonesian government has agreed to purchase military equipment worth US$1 billion from Russia in an effort to diversify its arms sources, Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said Thursday.2006-11-17T05:52+0100JakartaPostenJakartaPost-5916eb20209f1a40c556793311d9b111Conflicthttp://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/11/17/2003336674An undersea earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked most of the country yesterday, seismologists said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake was centered 75km east of the town of Chengkung, and 220km from Taipei, the weather bureau said. It originated 35km under the sea.2006-11-17T05:35+0100taipeitimesentaipeitimes-469f2a78d11ed84f43c8dbca1f86c9ddNaturalDisastershttp://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1950132,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12President Vladimir Putin approves plans to ban foreigners from trading at street stalls and markets.2006-11-17T04:25+0100guardianenguardian-6649850b374697f8248cbbc08d46963ehttp://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1701432006RUSSIA will ban migrants from former Soviet states such as Uzbekistan from working in markets and street kiosks from April 2007, the Kremlin's website said.2006-11-17T03:34+0100TheScotsmanenTheScotsman-5b056d08617ebb5b0a31aed18cff3c4fhttp://news.ft.com/cms/c7983cd0-75e0-11db-aea1-0000779e2340.htmlThe presidency of the European Union will today attempt to heal the rift within the bloc over relations with Russia, writes Daniel Dombey in London Matti Vanhanen, Finland's prime minister and holder of the EU's rotating presidency, will fly to Warsaw in a bid to convince Poland to lift its veto on negotiating a new EU agreement with Moscow.2006-11-17T03:30+0100ftenft-32b214464e903de79645277e575831e3FinnishPresidencyEUEnergyENVhttp://news.ft.com/cms/d0d4d38a-75e0-11db-aea1-0000779e2340.htmlPoland's decision to veto European Union partnership talks with Russia was made in large part because ofthe growing frustration of people such as Jan Trzepanowski, one of the owners of a meat-exporting company. Mr Trzepanowski's company, Food Service, based in Rawa Mazowiecka, south of Warsaw, has....2006-11-17T03:30+0100ftenft-a7e0981d50515c32f5380f0ed3b6f360FoodSafetyEnergyMARS-STATFinnishPresidencyEUHealthENVAgricultureRuralDevelopmentEnergyENVMarketECnewsAgricultureRussiaAsiahttp://english.people.com.cn/200611/17/eng20061117_322438.htmlRussia will develop new weapons to continue maintaining its strategic deterrence forces in the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin said here on Thursday.2006-11-17T02:51+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-7db39e26b7752336f5833048567722a0SecurityJRCSafeguardshttp://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=162041&Sn=SPOR&IssueID=29242OSAKA, Japan: Russia won their sixth women's volleyball world title with a 3-2 victory over favourites Brazil yesterday. Less than a week after their 3-1 loss to Brazil in the group stages, the Russians turned the tables to score a 15-25, 25-23, 25-18, 20-25, 15-13 victory.2006-11-17T02:17+0100GulfDailyNewsenGulfDailyNews-8f43ead81678b7a22335670f1ce18adahttp://english.people.com.cn/200611/17/eng20061117_322358.htmlThe prime minister of Finland will visit Poland on Friday to persuade Warsaw to abandon its opposition to talks on a new partnership and cooperation agreement between the EU and Russia.2006-11-17T02:06+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-46e8d2b10581709d3faa0e517f750715FinnishPresidencyEUhttp://english.people.com.cn/200611/17/eng20061117_322393.htmlPakistan and Russia Thursday agreed to further expand economic and trade cooperation between the two sides.2006-11-17T02:06+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-c8a542e994add9c3444bce7c5a33d9d6Energyhttp://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_18950.shtmlThe United States and key European countries failed to make any progress with Russia on the scope of UN sanctions that Iran should face for refusing to rein in its nuclear program and suspend uranium enrichment. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said Wednesday that there were still "wide gaps" between the Russians and Europeans, a view echoed by Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin. Nov 16, 2006, 18:572006-11-17T01:59+0100iranianeniranian-c63f1c3f836e7faccc38290fad35becfUnitedNationsENVNuclearSecurityCouncilJRCSafeguardsIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://news.ft.com/cms/b4bf9602-75c8-11db-aea1-0000779e2340.htmlOn Wednesday evening, a massive earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale shook the seabed some 200 miles off the northern coast of Japan, triggering warnings of a potentially towering tsunami. In the event, the first wave to lash the coast measured all of 40cm, barely high enough to lap over one’s rubber boots.2006-11-17T01:58+0100ftenft-43fb1b85d915723b199ffe65c7356934NaturalDisastersEnterpriseEuropehttp://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article1990400.ecePublished: 17 November 2006 The Russian government has been accused of state-sponsored racism after it approved laws banning non-Russians from several key sectors of the economy.2006-11-17T01:48+0100independentenindependent-6fcb02cdcd97fed0ed7ee72bbac50fbdhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6498351&ft=1&f=1004President Bush is in Singapore for the start of a three-nation Asia trip. The centerpiece of that trip is the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, held this year in Vietnam. In President Bush's first trip to communist Vietnam, he will be joined by leaders of 20 other Pacific Rim nations, including China and Russia.2006-11-17T01:36+0100NPRnewsenNPRnews-f79d8b67c903f1efcbdd38313b6bf7ffhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/japantimes/%7E3/50357448/sp20061117a1.htmlOSAKA (Kyodo) Russia rallied from 13-11 down in the fifth set against tournament favorite Brazil to win the Women's Volleyball World Championship on Thursday. Read more . . .2006-11-17T01:18+0100japantimesenjapantimes-cb8dd8b8f344cb84ec114c51f34104c5http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C11%5C17%5Cstory_17-11-2006_pg7_2Russia interested in IPI gas pipeline * Russian FM shows interest in defence ties with Pakistan * Meets president and PM ISLAMABAD: Russia has expressed “political and economic” interest in the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline and is considering participating in the project, Foreign Minister....2006-11-17T00:48+0100dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-f248bd744ea67af77220447e2031e38aPeaceProcessEnergyhttp://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C11%5C17%5Cstory_17-11-2006_pg7_19Mild quake jolts Turbat ISLAMABAD: An earthquake measuring magnitude 5.3 jolted the coastal region of southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties, officials said. Tremors were felt in Turbat at 2:36 pm. Its epicentre was located about 370 kilometres south....2006-11-17T00:48+0100dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-2bde4a003e10734e9f5d18eabb3a69fahttp://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C11%5C17%5Cstory_17-11-2006_pg3_4VIEW: A Finnish aberration? — Jonathan Power Many European diplomats will admit in private that the EU has not always played it straight with Turkey. In contrast Finnish prime minister’s every word on Russia was couched in the most favourable way Will the Finnish presidency of the European Union end....2006-11-17T00:48+0100dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-552a35140df600b8c5fd02c606d20271Turkey-EUFinnishPresidencyEUEnergyENVhttp://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C11%5C17%5Cstory_17-11-2006_pg11_2ERRA makes contingency plan for camp residents in quake-hit areas Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (ERRA) has prepared a contingency plan to provide safe transitional camps in earthquake-hit areas during the winter, said ERRA Deputy Chairman Lt Gen....2006-11-17T00:48+0100dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-889364613a0fbd3a8c1f2e68c134f840UNbodieshttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6498348&ft=1&f=1001An 8.1-magnitude earthquake north of Japan created a small tsunami that found its way to Crescent City, Calif. Back-to-back surges destroyed two docks and rattled nerves in the small community, which lost 11 people to a tsunami in 1964. We hear from a local emergency services coordinator, as well as a witness to the pounding.2006-11-17T00:06+0100NPRnewsenNPRnews-cf5d437de59937b0f68aad8195534b40NaturalDisastershttp://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=72750Iliyan Vassilev is former Bulgarian Ambassador in Russia. He was Darik Radio to comment the issue of...2006-11-16T23:18+0100noviniteennovinite-0a157e20a6bdbcff00afa7c1fc7c0004Bulgaria-EUEconomicForecastingEUMarketNuclearEconomicForecastingEnlargementEnergyJRCSafeguardsEnergyENVhttp://topix.net/0oi5th9PC8rpE=2Bp85=2BpffrMvlWGNXloXLMcInqkp=2BiUcBAtRFftVJCMhewU6mYoBQfRPyXqyoER=2FwtjNWbdb2dts9im30Krjs84C0eIo=2BsEQNQeaWRyXuKJbZeZP7TA6Pt9ndkXx6pXzZxUUUCYZprA=3D=3DThousands of people living along northern Japan's Pacific coast fled to higher ground Wednesday after a powerful undersea earthquake prompted tsunami warnings as far away as Alaska. Comment2006-11-16T23:06+0100topixentopix-f152586ae2d1f6b1a9dab1cc65225781CommunicableDiseaseCasesNaturalDisastersEnergyWaterENVhttp://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76972Russia questioned on Thursday whether Lebanon's government had acted legitimately in approving a special court to try suspects in the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri."We are somewhat bothered" that the plan had been approved by the Lebanese government but opposed by its president, Russia's UN ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said.2006-11-16T23:01+0100LBdailystar-rssenLBdailystar-rss-6e40a8ce40ebcb45d4ef9507b3f90be7UnitedNationsENVSecurityCouncilKofiAnnanhttp://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/17/041.htmlPresident Vladimir Putin is widely expected to secure the United States' long-awaited agreement on Russia's World Trade Organization bid at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in Vietnam this weekend, a step that could ease bilateral ties and prompt Moscow to drop its opposition to tough sanctions on Iran.2006-11-16T22:40+0100MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-88a10f25c09d601a87978b8b7a492c89SecurityCouncilJRCSafeguardsAlternativeEnergyWTOTradeNuclearIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/17/252.htmlThe United States and key European countries failed to make any progress with Russia on the scope of UN sanctions that Iran should face for refusing to rein in its nuclear program and suspend uranium enrichment.2006-11-16T22:40+0100MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-05340570577fe1d1f0c5325aa2e77291UnitedNationsENVNuclearSecurityCouncilJRCSafeguardsIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/17/110.htmlThe Moscow residence of Ded Moroz - Russia's answer to Santa Claus - was formally opened in Kuzminki Park on Wednesday.2006-11-16T22:40+0100MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-2f98aaf1fd7438d0181569d64acc03a7http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/17/108.htmlIn a play based on Mikhail Bulgakov's "Morphine," a doctor succumbs to drug addiction as Russia descends into the chaos of the 1917 Revolution.2006-11-16T22:40+0100MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-2bb3456ed63d242297aea00b180b73a4LIFEENVManMadeDisastersmahbAirENVhttp://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/17/012.htmlA public congress of the Cherkess, an ethnic group that populates several provinces in the volatile south near Chechnya, on Thursday criticized a Kremlin plan to celebrate the 450th anniversary of their incorporation into Russia as an insult to their identity.2006-11-16T22:40+0100MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-1713ca053d01876c10a7fb3bf017a478ConflictEducationTraininghttp://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/17/091.htmlRussia won its sixth women's volleyball world title with a 3-2 victory over favorite Brazil on Thursday.2006-11-16T22:40+0100MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-7811867ad1476aae8103fa28c0ed0ac0http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/17/045.htmlCanadian car parts giant Magna International will sign a deal to form a strategic alliance with billionaire Oleg Deripaska's GAZ Group to cash in on the booming automotive market in Russia, the Federal Industry Agency said Thursday.2006-11-16T22:40+0100MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-618f3b92b9401ab65babf7b4cc8166c2IndustryENVEnergyhttp://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/17/006.htmlDomestic products are best promoted abroad within the WTO. The time has come for Russia to consider its future role in the WTO.2006-11-16T22:40+0100MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-1588f7c5c6e5df15150d46c1a9e46289TradeOHIMTAXUDMarketScientificStrategyAgricultureRuralDevelopmentWTOEnterpriseEuropeAgricultureRussiaAsiaAgricultureUSCANZhttp://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/17/106.htmlItalian cookbooks are a dime a dozen, but Yelena Kostyukovich's guidebook centered on food is something totally new for Russia.2006-11-16T22:40+0100MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-b610d3358364c59d4b42a0ce828e0ca8EducationTraininghttp://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76972Russia questioned on Thursday whether Lebanon's government had acted legitimately in approving a special court to try suspects in the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. "We are somewhat bothered" that the plan had been approved by the Lebanese government but opposed by its president,....2006-11-16T22:36+0100LBdailystarenLBdailystar-6e40a8ce40ebcb45d4ef9507b3f90be7UnitedNationsENVSecurityCouncilKofiAnnanhttp://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/16/business/gazprom.phpMOSCOW: State-controlled Gazprom and Lukoil, the biggest Russian natural gas and oil companies, will form a venture to acquire assets in Russia and abroad as the government uses energy riches to project its political and economic profile abroad. Vagit Alekperov, the Lukoil chief executive, announced....2006-11-16T22:24+0100IHTenIHT-50d8ee1b02477c7d3396652d4884723cEnergyEnergyENVhttp://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/%7Er/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/%7E3/50273809/2006-11-16-hawaii-tsunami_x.htmTsunamis generated by a major earthquake near Japan left behind little damage but offered a legitimate test of international ...2006-11-16T22:18+0100usaTodayenusaToday-e4f53935260614d50882ad6c0026183aWaterENVNaturalDisastershttp://www.washtimes.com//upi/20061116-012000-8319r.htmKamchatka coast battered by winds Nov. 16, 2006 at 3:29PM The Kamchatka Peninsula region in Russia's Far East was being battered by high winds Thursday ahead of an approaching cyclone. The south of the Ust-Bolsheretsky district of the region had registered wind gusts of more than 90 miles per hour, reports the Itar-Tass news agency.2006-11-16T22:00+0100washtimesenwashtimes-2fcef807698edad7e9a10821e863a420http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N16401137.htmSource: Reuters (19 minutes ago)2006-11-16T21:30+0100alertnetenalertnet-f0938a50a6347ebba9346c90c77f9704SecurityCouncilKofiAnnanUnitedNationsENVhttp://bangkokpost.net/News/17Nov2006_news28.phpGeorge Walker Bush still has more than two years to serve as president, but his foreign policy already is a failure. America no longer is seen as unbeatable; its moral authority has largely dissipated. What has been termed resolute will at home is seen as foolhardy arrogance abroad. US friends have grown distant, while China and Russia resist American initiatives. The finest military on earth is being wrecked in pursuit of secondary goals.2006-11-16T20:21+0100BangkokPostenBangkokPost-9ecab96f6c91bd067aefd40c9732a76fManMadeDisastersTerroristAttackhttp://bangkokpost.net/News/17Nov2006_news23.phpSince 1998 Russia has been a fully-fledged member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) organisation. On the eve of the Apec summit in Hanoi, I'd like to share my thoughts about the road traversed by this multilateral association and, naturally, about the prospects for our cooperation. In the 17 years since the creation of the forum, it has become one of the most representative and prestigious organisations to promote integration in Asia and the Pacific. Today, Apec member nations comprise the world's most dynamically developing economic zone, and our experts predict that the forum's leading positions will become even stronger.2006-11-16T20:21+0100BangkokPostenBangkokPost-84a1bab3467ce305dc28431d2ef89aeeScienceENVSeaENVIndustryENVSustainableDevelopmentENVResearchENVAirENVEnergyInnovationENVLIFEENVWaterENVUnitedNationsENVConsumerProtectionENVHealthENVWTOTradeTransportENVEnergyENVhttp://news.ft.com/cms/9ffef778-1298-11db-aecf-0000779e2340.htmlGazprom gains access to Hungary market By Arkady Ostrovsky in Moscow, Chris Condon in Budapest and Carola Hoyos in London Published: July 13 2006 19:06 | Last updated: July 13 2006 19:06 Gazprom, Russia’s gas monopoly, on Thursday gained direct access to more European customers in return for giving E.2006-11-16T19:54+0100ftenft-1a941f7bfa3844e0b6564086544345feEnergyhttp://news.ft.com/cms/fff0f6ce-7411-11db-8dd7-0000779e2340.htmlEni, the Italian energy company, and Russia’s Gazprom on Tuesday finally signed a wide-ranging strategy pact to replace a gas distribution deal that collapsed last year. The deal, which confirms Eni as Gazprom’s single largest customer, comes amid intensified concern about Gazprom’s ability to produce enough gas for domestic and export markets.2006-11-16T19:54+0100ftenft-1f6e70a2fbcf5e424695314c37532f87TREN-SecurityNuclearEnergyEnergyENVhttp://news.ft.com/cms/fff0f6ce-7411-11db-8dd7-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=70662e7c-3027-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.htmlA leaked report by ­Russia’s Ministry of Trade and Economic Development predicts the country will not have enough gas from next year to satisfy domestic demand and to cover all its export contracts to Europe. European Union officials say this explains why some European countries have been trying to negotiate bilateral deals directly with Gazprom.2006-11-16T19:54+0100ftenft-03dd699e8d90d6530f996c22815b5c3bTREN-SecurityNuclearEnergyEnergyENVhttp://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1163675229130&call_pageid=968332188854&StarSource=RSSHONOLULU — Tsunamis generated by a major earthquake near Japan left behind little damage but offered a legitimate test of international warning systems.2006-11-16T19:33+0100TorontoStarenTorontoStar-1eb6c93bb62aa11244ecf57bb72a69a2WaterENVNaturalDisastershttp://news.ft.com/cms/268c1e80-744e-11db-8dd7-0000779e2340.htmlCoincident with the latest James Bond movie - you know, our man foils fiendish plot to achieve world domination - comes a confidential study from Nato's economic committee claiming that Russia is trying to set up an "Opec for gas". The spectre conjured up is of the Russian bear with its claws all over Europe's energy choke points.2006-11-16T19:21+0100ftenft-87b44f2f956ccf3957955c6098cdb11bTREN-SecurityEnergyEnergyENVhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/programmes/hardtalk/6156112.stmStephen Sackur talks to Andrei Kostin, one Russia's most influential business leaders and close to President Putin.2006-11-16T19:10+0100bbc-televisionenbbc-television-9c48ef695402a79cc61bbe8ff1eab9b6Energyhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N16401137.htmSource: Reuters (12 minutes ago)2006-11-16T18:59+0100alertnetenalertnet-fbe8268f0ac76164855cec8e087d5e65SecurityCouncilhttp://www.euobserver.com/2289116.11.2006 - 18:03 CET Finnish prime minister Matti Vanhannen is flying to Warsaw on Friday (17 November) for a working dinner with prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski to try and break the deadlock on the EU-Russia summit.2006-11-16T18:33+0100euobservereneuobserver-0a8afe50cc0f03d56bd18c459e533df4ECnewsEnergyENVhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/16/sports/EU_SPT_SOC_England_McClaren.phpThings would have been worse if the Israelis had fought back for a 4-4 tie. That would have pushed England down to fourth in the seven-team group. Instead, McClaren's team is now three points behind Croatia and one behind Russia and level on points with Macedonia and Israel.2006-11-16T18:24+0100IHTenIHT-95ac4599e32c21ece8ad04880bbddedbhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/16/america/NA_GEN_US_California_Tsunami.phpCRESCENT CITY, California: The National Weather Service lifted a tsunami advisory hours before powerful waves damaged docks and tore boats from their moorings in Northern California. Forecasters said they were wary of causing chaos along the U.S. Pacific coast.2006-11-16T18:24+0100IHTenIHT-c6571990dc64f01625e02f97df0d1ea2NaturalDisastershttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/16/business/EU_FIN_COM_Germany_Deutsche_Boerse.phpFRANKFURT, Germany: Deutsche Boerse AG, which dropped its bid to acquire Euronext NV this week, wants to increase its presence in Russia along with Central and Eastern Europe, a senior executive said Thursday. "We've been in the region since 1992. We have worked on a lot of regulatory and....2006-11-16T17:24+0100IHTenIHT-02cd1fea7a0164da1dd54f4b51472e68OHIMMarketIndustryENVhttp://www.slovakspectator.sk/clanok-25104.htmlPRESIDENT Ivan Gašparovič told Russian leader Vladimir Putin yesterday that Slovakia would like to see Russia one day become part of the European Union. Following recent calls by Slovak government officials for better relations with Russia, Gašparovič told Putin that "European Union representatives....2006-11-16T17:15+0100TheSlovakSpectatorenTheSlovakSpectator-28ddc39379dd12d643c1d1fb35936bd6Nuclearhttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/16/br/br1046738529.htmlPosted at 5:19 a.m., Thursday, November 16, 2006 Tsunami experts to talk about quake's aftermath Advertiser Staff Tsunami experts will offer a review of yesterday's 8.1 earthquake in the Kuril Islands, sea level observations, operational procedures and answer other questions at a 3:30 p.m.2006-11-16T16:56+0100HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-8e7f09a5d8657109c537a9aa28114b2eNaturalDisastershttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/460857.cmsThere was no official word on the consultations, although a private television channel said Lavrov discussed steps to broaden bilateral ties.2006-11-16T16:34+0100indiatimesenindiatimes-a615b1c78193f8638da03b651bc900c3http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7005539094To access full stories from All Headline News (AHN) by RSS, it is necessary to subscribe. Please visit www.allheadlinenews.com/content-services or call 1-800-673-0179. If you are outside of the United States, please contact All Headline News (AHN) sales via email at sales@allheadlinenews.com. AHN offers content subscriptions to commercial, busiuness and corporate clients for websites, intranets and interactive properties, publishing and broadcast, digital signage and narrowcasting, wireless and other applications.2006-11-16T16:20+0100RSS-allheadlinenewsenRSS-allheadlinenews-c9c3036b027386c66f018f90d7d0e4adhttp://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0611165459175725.htmAn earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale hit outskirts of Jask port city in Hormuzgan province on Thursday. The seismological base of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University registered the quake at 14:52 hours local time (1:122 GMT). The quake was epicentered in an area measuring 57.95 degrees in longitude and 26.2006-11-16T15:55+0100irnaenirna-df77e159c8dac55c4834c90084e853cehttp://www.kyivpost.com/bn/25506Putin: Russia must maintain nuclear capability guaranteeing destruction of any aggressor2006-11-16T15:45+0100kyivpostenkyivpost-d09553a8591479d2d3e14c346e480e12TREN-SecuritySecurityJRCSafeguardshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/TheGlobeAndMail-International/%7E3/50107415/United States and key European countries continue to have fundamental disagreements with Russia about scope of UN action2006-11-16T15:42+0100theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-f50dcd05c957039fe257dcc57d6cda18NuclearSecurityCouncilJRCSafeguardsIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/1/hi/world/europe/6154350.stmA top Russian migration official calls for limits on the concentration of ethnic minorities.2006-11-16T15:39+0100bbcenbbc-cc2c1eea4607d4ecdaaf1fe3553893c6Immigrationhttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/16/ln/FP611160365.htmlAs most of Hawai'i slept, a powerful, 8.3-magnitude earthquake near Japan triggered alarms thousands of miles away at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in 'Ewa Beach and launched a statewide network of anxious civil defense officials who feared the arrival of a killer wave.2006-11-16T15:25+0100HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-c223cd53a20414cf62cbd6214a869190SeaENVNaturalDisastersWaterENVhttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/16/ln/FP611160362.htmlTOKYO — Thousands of people living along northern Japan's Pacific coast fled to higher ground yesterday after a powerful undersea earthquake prompted tsunami warnings as far away as Alaska.2006-11-16T15:25+0100HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-7514f7c4c235f22ddc2cf9385dd6da73NaturalDisastershttp://article.wn.com/link/WNAT168616242DFA73E908305EBEA5F3C3C1?source=templategenerator&template=africaheadlines/headlines1.txtGazprom chief to visit Egypt RBC, 16.11.2006, Moscow 13:40:32. Gazprom President Alexei Miller will discuss specific projects with top managers of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) during his visit to Egypt in early December, the Egyptian Ambassador to Russia Izzat Saad El Sayed....2006-11-16T15:13+0100AfricaDailyenAfricaDaily-8ec6d12fc8c85cc8f77e98114624d29dEnergyhttp://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news5_nov17_2006Tsunami alert rattles Luzon folk A TSUNAMI alert raised after an 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Japan sent thousands of residents in Luzon fleeing to higher ground because of rumors and miscommunication, officials said yesterday. “At about 1 a.m., they all fled to the hills.2006-11-16T15:12+0100manilastandardtodayenmanilastandardtoday-16ff18cc16bcfdb15e1b5f12bb541a3fNaturalDisastersOHIMhttp://article.wn.com/link/WNAT5927C9A31E18FDE09A2D5EDEC4D92952?source=templategenerator&template=africafm/onephoto.txtGazprom chief to visit Egypt RBC, 16.11.2006, Moscow 13:40:32. Gazprom President Alexei Miller will discuss specific projects with top managers of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) during his visit to Egypt in early December, the Egyptian Ambassador to Russia Izzat Saad El Sayed....2006-11-16T15:10+0100africaFMenafricaFM-8ec6d12fc8c85cc8f77e98114624d29dEnergyhttp://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0611162527171659.htmThe diplomatic Quartet is optimistic a new Palestinian national unity government will lead to a renewed international engagement in the Middle East, the UN said on Thursday. The Quartet of the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States held what UN Special Coordinator for the....2006-11-16T15:10+0100irnaenirna-8aa2f7cf8753b1b776dd7c6cc00fb47fPeaceProcessSecurityhttp://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/13/news/fish.phpUTKHOLOK RIVER BIOLOGICAL STATION, Russia The wild salmon still rush the dark Utkholok and other rivers on Kamchatka, one of the last salmon strongholds on earth. They surge in spring and pulse in for months, often side by side in run after run. All six native species of Pacific salmon remain....2006-11-16T15:06+0100IHTenIHT-4369212e534a7df0330c2e90486bef43EnvironmentSeaENVBiodiversityENVEcologyEnergyhttp://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/oped/25498The cyclical effects of weak coalitions are bound to create some power vacuum that Russia will attempt to fulfill2006-11-16T15:00+0100kyivpostenkyivpost-3464a634c5c737aae3ca53bb7addb7c1http://www.poland.pl/news/article,Lithuania_France_back_Polish_veto,id,246218.htm2006-11-16 12:27 Lithuania has supported Poland in the trade dispute with Russia. Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas has said his country supports the Polish veto concerning the EU's new agreement with Moscow.2006-11-16T14:49+0100Poland-plenPoland-pl-f62b2c75e40f8435c5c681dcca084593ECnewsAgricultureRuralDevelopmentAgricultureRussiaAsiahttp://article.wn.com/link/WNAT2188EA67307F75CC33359F68C597A9B6?source=templategenerator&template=africafm/onephoto.txtRussia were today crowned world champions after edging out Brazil 3 sets to 2 in the final of the World women's volleyball championships in Japan. Russia fought back from a set down of 15-25 , to win the second set 25-23, and the third 25-18. Brazil claimed the 4th set 20-25 pushing the encounter to the 5 th set which Russia narrowly won 15-13.2006-11-16T14:39+0100africaFMenafricaFM-b79f4200f65583095b273de80b54fd20http://article.wn.com/link/WNATBF51ED2B2088783D2315F007E3960649?source=templategenerator&template=africafm/onephoto.txtBy Tim Murphy and Rachel Stohl for the Center for Defense Information (16/11/06) The CRS report (also known as the Grimmett Report after its author, CRS Specialist in National Defense Richard Grimmett) defines developing nations as all countries except the United States, Russia, the European nations, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.2006-11-16T14:39+0100africaFMenafricaFM-9483ff3b240b7d1bd44ed87ded24b642SecurityCouncilTerroristAttackhttp://news.yahoo.com/ap/20061116/ap_on_re_as/thailand_tsunamiDetection Center, said that Thai experts and U.S. colleagues from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plan to set out by ship from Thailand's Phuket island on Nov. 28 to install the new buoy off Thailand's Andaman coast, near the Nicobar islands, Smith said.2006-11-16T14:25+0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-f3f6874bf45902e8c9b4a20553b194a4MaritimeSafetyWorldNaturalDisastershttp://www.washtimes.com//upi/20061116-073118-5472r.htmTsunami hits Northern California Nov. 16, 2006 at 7:59AM The northern California coastal city of Crescent City was assessing damage Thursday from a tsunami created by an earthquake off northern Japan. Bill Steven, a commander with the Del Norte County Sheriff's Department, told the San Francisco....2006-11-16T14:20+0100washtimesenwashtimes-cb074cefcdf1585dc55df56a223cc42aNaturalDisastershttp://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2657575&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312Small Tsunami Hit Hawaii After Major Earthquake North of Japan; Surge Damages Docks in Calif.2006-11-16T14:17+0100ABCnewsenABCnews-581e376b8d4ee107e67f4134c2665fc6WaterENVNaturalDisastershttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/16/sports/EU_SPT_SOC_England_McClaren.phpThings would have been worse if the Israelis had fought back for a 4-4 tie. That would have pushed England down to fourth in the seven-team group. Instead, McClaren's team is now three points behind Croatia and one behind Russia and level on points with Macedonia and Israel.2006-11-16T14:05+0100IHTenIHT-881b57415698dd458a891966e2d6a3aehttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6VLFYN?OpenDocumentMANILA, Nov. 16 (Reuters) - Hundreds of residents of coastal towns in northern and central Philippines evacuated on Thursday despite official assurances that there was no threat of a tsunami following a major quake in the north Pacific. Entire villages were abandoned as mobile telephone text....2006-11-16T13:50+0100reliefWebenreliefWeb-703449a9f86a6f6ba6aa589e5d5ef2dcNaturalDisastershttp://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=2305Grigory Karasin, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, and Jean Arnault, UN Special representative in Georgia, have discussed the issue of Abkhazia on the meeting held in Moscow. According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the parties had discussed the issues concerning the....2006-11-16T13:47+0100geotimesengeotimes-97491192b83fd2f04a2d7753ef23aa06http://news.yahoo.com/ap/20061116/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iran_nuclearattempt to entice Iran into negotiations. In a comment showing his frustration with the deadlock, Bolton said Russia must understand that "the fight against nuclear proliferation is more important than commercial contracts." The Europeans circulated a draft resolution late last month that would....2006-11-16T13:23+0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-e8fe3fd526043772f47754737311a4f0NuclearJRCSafeguardsIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2657571&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312Russia Locked in Disagreement With U.S., Europe Over Sanctions Against Iran2006-11-16T13:15+0100ABCnewsenABCnews-5e3f5ecdccc65d0e5bac4538790c9396NuclearSecurityCouncilJRCSafeguardshttp://english.newslab.ru/news/206282/Manhattan District Court rejected a suit filed by Russian hockey clubs against National Hockey League (NHL), which "outbid" Yevgeni Malkin and other players, who were under contract in Russia, illegally. U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska based upon the fact that in accordance with the Russian labor code, any employee can resign in two weeks after notifying the company he or she is working for. Having informed his club about cancellation of the contract, Malkin acted in accordance with the law of his native country, the judge believes, RIA Novosti reported. Metallurg Magnitogorsk, a Russian Super League team, claims that Malkin is under contract in his native country's club, which made him a star rookie, until April, 2007. The club sought a preliminary injunction that would have banned the forward from playing for the Penguins. Manhattan District Court cleared the way for two other NHL clubs of minor league Andrei Taratukhin of the Calgary Flames and Alexei Mikhnov of the Edmonton Oilers too. "I am disappointed with the verdict passed by the judge, basing on out-of-date ideas about Russian hockey clubs, who seek compensations for lost players allegedly. Russian hockey has got enough sponsors willing to invest money into strong teams, nowadays," Alexander Berkovich, who represented Russia in the lawsuit, said. According to him, neither Metallurg, not Locomotive sought any financial compensation but claimed ensuring of contract discipline only. "Unfortunately, the judge did not admit our arguments, making her decision on the basis of the opposite party's," Berkovich said, doubting that the court's decision could be appealed. The reason for filing a suit by Metallurg against NHL was the incident, when Evgeni Malkin abruptly left camp in Helsinki to join the Pens this summer after signing a one-year contract with his team. The young Russian player, who had played for Russia at the Winter Olympic Games and had been the best junior rookie of the year, was met in the airport by a representative of the Penguins. The NHL club had been having talks with Malkin since 2004. In a letter presented in Manhattan Court on Malkin's behalf, he said, "I am proud of saying I am a member of Pittsburg Penguins and play for NHL now. The dream of my life has come true,' Malkin wrote.2006-11-16T13:03+0100NewslabenNewslab-2cea3bd3d7d3df2f6698d1eba8c7fac7http://www.nzz.ch/2006/11/16/eng/article7264737.htmlSwiss engineering company Sulzer says its pump division has won a large order from Russia's Transneft for oil pipelines.2006-11-16T13:01+0100NZZ-englishenNZZ-english-75124621efa5d0ad5c64d0c4bafa7facEnergyIndustryENVhttp://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0611165065134131.htmThe following headlines appeared in major German newspapers on Thursday: ** FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG -Annan slams industrial nations for failing to combat climate warming -Bush supports Russia's WTO membership -Police sweep through Siemens' offices in Germany ** FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU -Major....2006-11-16T12:53+0100irnaenirna-1f66cd8cb9ef23a4d33f418e9dde42f5TradeWTOhttp://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Sulzer_wins_contract_for_Siberian_oil_pipeline.html?siteSect=105&sid=7264737Swiss engineering company Sulzer says its pump division has won a large order from Russia's Transneft for oil pipelines.2006-11-16T12:44+0100swissinfoenswissinfo-8c06feea3bd06655f207f8241c467fcdEnergyIndustryENVhttp://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/%7Er/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/%7E3/50058749/2006-11-16-hawaii-tsunami_x.htmSmall tsunami, some measuring several feet high, crashed into Hawaii on Wednesday, slightly injuring one swimmer, as ocean surges ...2006-11-16T12:00+0100usaTodayenusaToday-29f7d57b8976a3e77ac9fc9287bf31f1WaterENVNaturalDisastershttp://article.wn.com/view/2006/11/16/Bush_Putin_agree_to_sign_Russia_WTO_deal/NZ Herald By Michael Stott MOSCOW - US President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir confirmed at an airport meeting today their plan to sign a bilateral deal next week for Russia's accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the presidents confirmed that....2006-11-16T11:48+0100arabworldnewsenarabworldnews-b9a79f6bd98cbd79a5cdd5ace591f983TradeWTOhttp://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/cnn_latest/%7E3/50058429/index.htmlLONDON, England (CNN) -- Waves of no higher than 40 centimeters washed up on some eastern Pacific coastal areas of Japan, less than a quarter of the size predicted by Japan's Meteorological Agency and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. 8.3: The magnitude of the earthquake on the Richter scale that struck an area near the northern coast of Japan.2006-11-16T11:23+0100RSS-cnnenRSS-cnn-0d8879764248387cbafb23caa64a1b3aNaturalDisastershttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/16/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_Migration.phpMOSCOW: Russia should not permit the creation of so-called ethnic enclaves where foreigners outnumber native Russian citizens, a top migration official was quoted as saying in an interview published Thursday. Vyacheslav Postavnin, deputy director of the Federal Migration Service, was commenting on a....2006-11-16T10:57+0100IHTenIHT-c000ee1e0721ae7eaeec5ca94ddc6f06Immigrationhttp://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=59260ANKARA - Turkish Daily News Ethiopian-born Turkish athlete Elvan Abeylegesse, who recently ceased working with her trainer Ertan Hatipoğlu, will be coached by her former trainer Anatoly Bychkov of Russia. Bychkov, a contract trainer for the Turkish Athletics Federation who has been living in Turkey....2006-11-16T10:10+0100TurkishDailyNewsenTurkishDailyNews-7c3612bb6a8722558d92f907e48fcaa9http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=59327A massive earthquake struck the northern Pacific Ocean Wednesday, triggering fears of tsunami waves from Japan to Canada to Indonesia, officials said.The earthquake was magnitude 8.1, some 6002006-11-16T10:10+0100TurkishDailyNewsenTurkishDailyNews-012fb496486e701a7b667f8996eafa9cNaturalDisastershttp://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=59317There were no immediate reports of more significant waves either in Japan or in the Kuriles, and the warning in Japan was downgraded hours after an estimated 8.1 magnitude quake in the north Pacific TOKYO - Reuters Small tsunami waves hit Japan's northernmost island late on Wednesday after a major....2006-11-16T10:10+0100TurkishDailyNewsenTurkishDailyNews-7c7f038c6c8428078216ead733ce3d1eEnergyEnergyENVWaterENVNaturalDisastershttp://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=59303Relations between the US and Russia have been at their lowest ebb in years with Washington criticizing Putin's record on human rights and Russia's opposition to the Iraq war MOSCOW - Reuters U.S. President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin confirmed at an airport meeting on Wednesday they....2006-11-16T10:10+0100TurkishDailyNewsenTurkishDailyNews-b429ee3b8939aa891fc07c30eec334acSecurityCouncilOHIMTradeJRCSafeguardsNuclearWTOhttp://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=59285OSAKA - The Associated Press Tournament favorite Brazil defeated Serbia and Montenegro on Wednesday to advance to the final of the women's world volleyball championships. Sheila Castro scored 20 points to lead the Brazilians to a 25-17, 25-14, 21-25, 25-20 win over Serbia-Montenegro and will meet Russia in the finals today.2006-11-16T10:10+0100TurkishDailyNewsenTurkishDailyNews-31807fee94e137296b9ca949f8566055http://www.mediafax.ro/english/articole-free/Duma-Extends-Moratorium-On-Death-Penalty-577232-9.htmlThe State Duma on Wednesday approved a concept for a draft law extending the moratorium on death penalty in Russia for three more years Itar-Tass Agency said. The Duma passed the first reading of a draft law that delays the introduction of trial by jury in Chechnya from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2010.2006-11-16T10:08+0100mediafaxenmediafax-cdfacd59735a0c869cce3a7d30dd942chttp://www.mediafax.ro/english/articole-free/Japan-Shows-How-Tsunami-Warning-Can-Work-577231-9.htmlWhen meteorologists in Tokyo learned that a massive earthquake had struck in a remote area of the Pacific Ocean, Yasukazu Imai on Japan''s northern island of Hokkaido knew exactly what to do, AFP said. Imai, the disaster response chief in the small coastal city of Nemuro, sounded an alert.2006-11-16T10:08+0100mediafaxenmediafax-c73d13d22487e3997e685d754ce2132dNaturalDisastershttp://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=243271Small tsunami waves hit Japan's northernmost island late yesterday after a major quake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's sparsely populated...2006-11-16T10:06+0100timesofmaltaentimesofmalta-f93a36e0f1dafa1eccf3f1453a38a557EnergyEnergyENVWaterENVNaturalDisastershttp://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=243269US President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin confirmed at an airport meeting yesterday they plan to sign a bilateral deal next week for Russia's accession to the World Trade...2006-11-16T10:06+0100timesofmaltaentimesofmalta-c00d11994f76f7bf54296f35d87e6b76TradeWTOhttp://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_18931.shtmlDeep divisions between Western nations and Russia have stalled talks on a draft U.N. resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said on Wednesday. "We had an exchange of views across the range of issues," Bolton said after a sixth round of talks among six nations. "I don't know that we've accomplished anything I would describe as progress today, but we did talk about a number of issues." Nov 15, 2006, 22:582006-11-16T10:04+0100iranianeniranian-4863ab352dc51526688d972ecb79b5fcTREN-SecuritySecurityJRCSafeguardsNuclearIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/TKAE-6VL9GV?OpenDocumentWith Russia pulling one way and the West another, agreement at big power summit has been postponed. By Jeta Xharra in New York and Krenar Gashi in Pristina (Balkan Insight, 10 Nov 06) Representatives of the world's most powerful states met Martti Ahtisaari, the UN's special envoy for Kosovo, on....2006-11-16T09:30+0100reliefWebenreliefWeb-06d4fd59463f5d28ba336634cff68ac1SecurityCouncilhttp://article.wn.com/view/2006/11/16/Bush_Putin_agree_to_sign_Russia_WTO_deal/| By Michael Stott | MOSCOW - US President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin confirmed at an airport meeting today their plan to sign a bilateral deal next week for Russia's acc... (photo: White House)2006-11-16T09:17+0100arabpoliticalenarabpolitical-a08977e5ae10e8a9ac9381275df7ce61TradeUNbodiesCommunicableDiseasesWTOhttp://www.washtimes.com//upi/20061116-124313-2300r.htmPoland threatens to block EU-Russia summit Nov. 16, 2006 at 2:03AM Poland said it will block negotiations between the European Union and Russia unless the EU takes action on Russia's ban on food trade with Poland. Poland announced its position on the eve of next week's EU-Russia summit on a new treaty, the EU Observer said.2006-11-16T09:15+0100washtimesenwashtimes-c48d5a8227b34c0db486c69051309fd7EnergyENVECnewshttp://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=47294&NewsKind=Current%20AffairsLONDON, November 16 (IranMania) - Deep divisions between Western nations and Russia have stalled talks on a draft UN resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program, US Ambassador John Bolton said, Reuters reported. "We had an exchange of views across the range of issues," Bolton said after a sixth round of talks among six nations.2006-11-16T09:09+0100iranmaniaeniranmania-035f783dba70eaa2264e539e2dfc3a7dSecurityCouncilSecurityJRCSafeguardsNuclearTREN-SecurityIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/worldNews/%7E3/50019860/newsarticle.aspxMANILA (Reuters) - Hundreds of residents of coastal towns in northern and central Philippines evacuated on Thursday despite official assurances that there was no threat of a tsunami following a major quake in the north Pacific.2006-11-16T09:02+0100reutersenreuters-822b7dd7aede13a7551b332ef944d0afNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastershttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN205304.htmSource: Reuters (25 minutes ago)2006-11-16T08:59+0100alertnetenalertnet-703449a9f86a6f6ba6aa589e5d5ef2dcNaturalDisastershttp://english.newslab.ru/news/206242/Russia's national team had the first out match under direction of Guus Hiddink on November, 15. Russia played with Macedonia's team in Euro-2008 qualifying campaign and gained a 2-0 victory. Vladimir Bystrov opened the scoring after 19 minutes, hitting the gates of goalie Jane Nikoloski. Then it was the turn of Zenith forward Andrei Arshavin, who completed the scoring after a superb solo run. It is worth noting that Macedonia's defender Igor Mitreski, well-known to Russians fans after matches for Moscow Spartak, did not show himself best in both the missed goals. The hosts did not manage to make any serious attack on the gates defended by Russia's Igor Akinfeyev. Russia might have led it to a defeating score unless Yegor Titov was a little bit more lucky in his attempt in the second half, REGNUM reports. So Russia gained 8 points after four matches and is the second in Group E. Croatia is leading after a 4-3 victory over Israel.2006-11-16T08:32+0100NewslabenNewslab-44083430481443b6f790bab4bee5ad20http://english.newslab.ru/news/206238/Moscow, Nov. 15 (RIA Novosti) - A meeting of Russian and U. S. presidents finished in Vnukovo-2 Airport in the evening. The meeting lasted for about 80 minutes. It had been planned the meeting would take about an hour. The meeting, where presidential wives took part too, was held as an informal breakfast. The U. S. President's airplane landed in Moscow for refueling on the way to Singapore. George Bush is to leave Moscow for Vietnam, where APEC forum would take place on November, 18-19. The Russian and U.S. presidents are meeting again in Hanoi on November, 19. The leaders are expected to sign a protocol about completion of bilateral talks on Russia's joining WTO and an agreement about intellectual property rights' protection in Hanoi, RIA Novosti reports. Russia is to assume duty to control law enforcement in this field. Putin and Bush are to discuss commercial and economic relations, struggle against terrorism, the situations in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan at Hanoi talks. The presidents are also going to touch upon Washington's sanctions against Rosoboronexport State Corporation and Development Design Office Sukhoy. A source in the presidential administration said the meeting of Putin and Bush in the capital of Russia had been caused by "necessity of contact" between the USA and Russia. Moscow finds it very important to maintain constant Russian-American dialogue, especially because of upcoming presidential poll in both the countries.2006-11-16T08:32+0100NewslabenNewslab-4a32365d908508c21a7e14f9976dab88OHIMTradeScientificStrategyWTOhttp://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=290062Small tsunami waves hit Japan's northernmost island late on Wednesday after a major quake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's sparsely populated Kurile islands. An initial tsunami of 40cm came ashore near Nemuro on the Pacific coast of....2006-11-16T08:07+0100MailGuardianenMailGuardian-cfd76ec45488f01f2199b6b92b56fd56EnergyEnergyENVWaterENVNaturalDisastershttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/YAOI-6VL7QJ?OpenDocumentISLAMABAD, Nov 15 (APP): Pakistan and France signed a financing agreement of Euro 40 millions here Wednesday to support rural housing reconstruction sector of the earthquake-affected areas. The financing agreement was signed by Secretary Economic Affairs Division (EAD) M.2006-11-16T07:28+0100reliefWebenreliefWeb-020720834e4465801d6e2b5ca15b3e50WaterENVLIFEENVNaturalDisastershttp://www.washtimes.com//upi/20061115-111219-8840r.htmRussia sets migrant labor quotas Nov. 16, 2006 at 12:50AM Russia is setting new limits on the number of migrant workers it will allow to enter the country. Six million work permits will be issued next year to foreign workers who enter the country without a visa, Interfax reported.2006-11-16T07:14+0100washtimesenwashtimes-9a63b2cbd9208e8f28269a743c4ca300http://www.sunstar.com.ph//static/net/2006/11/16/tsunami.alert.triggers.mass.evacuations.in.rp.exposes.communication.weaknesses.(1.03.p.m.).htmlMANILA -- A tsunami alert raised in the Philippines after an 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Japan sent thousands of residents fleeing to higher ground because of rumors and miscommunication, officials said Thursday. People in northern coastal towns reported receiving cell phone text messages....2006-11-16T06:46+0100sunstarensunstar-239caf03370c20cf199436f02c505bb1NaturalDisastershttp://english.people.com.cn/200611/16/eng20061116_322114.htmlUkraine should seek ways to forge stable, reliable relations with Russia, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said on Wednesday.2006-11-16T06:30+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-17747714383df57311010f56ce9cf939http://news.yahoo.com/ap/20061116/ap_on_re_as/japan_tsunamiWarning Center had earlier canceled a tsunami watch. Center geophysicist Stuart Koyanagi said the alert was ended when it became clear the waves were unlikely to top about 3 1/2 feet. "Usually things around a meter or less are not going to cause problems." Japan's meteorological agency also withdrew its tsunami warning after about three hours.2006-11-16T06:19+0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-7e0a251f8bc9e52b7c883130c93a225eEnergyWaterENVNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=47290&NewsKind=Current%20AffairsLONDON, November 16 (IranMania) - US President Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin met for brief talks at a Moscow airport which were to touch on trade and international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, Reuters reported. Putin greeted Bush warmly as the US leader stepped off Air Force....2006-11-16T06:09+0100iranmaniaeniranmania-6afc6e7cf9474fef030b4cff7e0afc51SecurityCouncilTradeJRCSafeguardsEconomicPolicyEUNuclearWTOhttp://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/topNews/%7E3/49947736/newsarticle.aspxUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Deep divisions between Western nations and Russia have stalled talks on a draft U.N. resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said on Wednesday.2006-11-16T06:02+0100reutersenreuters-b39b8b8bded13f9b5ab9ebbd404d1795SecurityCouncilSecurityJRCSafeguardsNuclearTREN-SecurityIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://topix.net/0oi5th9PC8rpE=2Bp85=2BpffrMvlWGNXloXLMcInqkp=2BiUcBAtRFftVJCMhewU6mYoBQYIBOm2dJOWwk4mMiTvvseDN8Wb3iNBP=2Fxrctz108CKWfbMr=2FVrypsUHbkNN6pCNXk1WKE1sbNGIFJ17Zcqg06g=3D=3DThousands of people living along northern Japan's Pacific coast fled to higher ground Wednesday after a powerful undersea earthquake prompted tsunami warnings as far away as Alaska. Comment2006-11-16T05:55+0100topixentopix-2c76717dcc386e6b81f04c5b6d0e3fa9EnergyNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006530323,00.htmlHERE’S the latest monument unveiled in Vodka-loving Russia — a tribute to the drunken man. The life-size metal boozer looks the worse for wear as he leans on a lamp-post in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, with only a scruffy hound for company and a tipsy passer-by.2006-11-16T05:44+0100thesunenthesun-eaf08ebe25bf98ce67c57287522e7c88http://news.com.au/story/0,23599,20768176-1702,00.htmlTWO docks were damaged and several boats were tossed onto dry land after surging tides caused by the Japan earthquake crashed into a northern California coastal town. 2:12pm (AEDT)2006-11-16T04:49+0100NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-616c953af282a61aa6fc051aa16e1af7NaturalDisastershttp://topix.net/0oi5th9PC8rpE=2Bp85=2BpffrMvlWGNXloXLMcInqkp=2BiUcBAtRFftVJCMhewU6mYoBQ77RVAlSq8GR=2Fxyzmg9ZiC376kuixVlQ4PBlhRumUZVDSW5ellEV6z3RUxtEh6CiE1YjmvSLa9mitXsAHrkW6ng=3D=3DBy Elaine LiesTOKYO - Small tsunami waves hit Japan's northernmost island late on Wednesday after a major quake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and ... Comment2006-11-16T04:25+0100topixentopix-f73bb4759b588bf3c3c8bea667b8c4a8EnergyEnergyENVWaterENVNaturalDisastershttp://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/11/16/2003336527A small tsunami wave hit Japan's northernmost island late yesterday after a major quake in the Kurile Islands triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's Pacific coast. Japanese media reported that a wave measuring about 40cm had come ashore at Nemuro, on the east coast of Japan's Hokkaido Island.2006-11-16T04:23+0100taipeitimesentaipeitimes-4a6c5ce9091607c28ccc79a1412fa3e7NaturalDisastershttp://news.ft.com/cms/c2008a5c-74b4-11db-bc76-0000779e2340.htmlUS president George W. Bush held an unusual airport meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin during a refuelling stop in Moscow, where they confirmed the two countries would this weekend sign a bilateral accord on Russian entry to the World Trade Organisation.2006-11-16T04:11+0100ftenft-4d4120ff2ab470087b0d9d954fb0d37eTradeWTOhttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/16/worldupdates/2006-11-16T063746Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-276455-1&sec=WorldupdatesUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Deep divisions between Western nations and Russia have stalled talks on a draft U.N. resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said on Wednesday.2006-11-16T04:02+0100thestarenthestar-af7d99948a9b7fe0f2f460c08685a581SecurityCouncilSecurityJRCSafeguardsNuclearTREN-SecurityIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/16/sports/SPT_SOC_International_Results.phpCyprus 1, Germany 1 Ireland 5, San Marino 0 Group E Israel 3, Croatia 4 Macedonia 0, Russia 2 2007 Asian Nations Cup Qualifying Group A Japan 3, Saudi Arabia 1 Yemen 2, India 1 Group B Iran 2, South Korea 0 Syria 3, Taiwain 0 Group C Jordan 3, Oman 0 United Arab Emirates 3, Pakistan 2 Group D....2006-11-16T03:42+0100IHTenIHT-b4f21fa06c6cb336b0eb3fc23a87def2http://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/cnn_latest/%7E3/49890528/index.html(CNN) -- Although tsunami warnings and watches for parts of Japan and the Pacific Basin were lifted Wednesday, hours after an 8.3-magnitude underwater earthquake struck the region, large waves were reported in Hawaii and on the western coast of the United States.2006-11-16T03:30+0100RSS-cnnenRSS-cnn-6c5e5dc3dea106c87622ef76f9422942NaturalDisastershttp://www.chinapost.com.tw/detail.asp?ID=95281&GRP=AA powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.1 rocked several remote islands off northern Japan on Wednesday, prompting thousands to evacuate to higher ground amid tsunami alerts. Initial waves were small and there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.2006-11-16T03:26+0100ChinaPostenChinaPost-e003265ff3b74283d055a7333dc22c8cEnergyNaturalDisastersTREN-Securityhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1948675,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12· Thousands evacuated from Hokkaido coastline · No casualties but agency urges continued caution2006-11-16T03:22+0100guardianenguardian-26ac15ef592ecdff7b9d22a2e271b3c0EnergyNaturalDisastershttp://article.wn.com/view/2006/11/16/Bush_Putin_agree_to_sign_Russia_WTO_deal/confirmed at an airport meeting today their plan to sign a bilateral deal next week for Russia's accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the presidents confirmed that they would sign a protocol paving the way for Russia to join the WTO on the sidelines....2006-11-16T03:16+0100arabworldnewsenarabworldnews-f694641fa206b010556740f7c2d4865bTradeWTOhttp://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2656841&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312Japan Issues Tsunami Warning After Powerful Undersea Earthquake2006-11-16T03:12+0100ABCnewsenABCnews-e4d2c244cc3e629283badbb84de217dfNaturalDisastershttp://article.wn.com/view/2006/11/16/Bush_Putin_agree_to_sign_Russia_WTO_deal/| By Michael Stott | MOSCOW - US President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin confirmed at an airport meeting today their plan to sign a bilateral deal next week for Russia's acc... (photo: White House)2006-11-16T02:46+0100arabpoliticalenarabpolitical-f694641fa206b010556740f7c2d4865bTradeWTOhttp://english.people.com.cn/200611/16/eng20061116_321906.htmlThe International Quartet on the Middle East, which groups the UN, the U.S., Russia and the EU, ended a two-hours-and-half meeting here on Wednesday without any communique or press statement.2006-11-16T02:44+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-438ca9b3a7e13472d3058dd70b411a34http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/16/sports/NA_SPT_HKY_NHL_Malkin_Lawsuit.phpNEW YORK: Evgeni Malkin was cleared to stay with the Pittsburgh Penguins after a federal judge denied a demand by Russian club Metallurg Magnitogorsk that he be barred from the National Hockey League. Magnitogorsk, a Russian Super League team, claims that Malkin is under contract in his native country.2006-11-16T02:41+0100IHTenIHT-dbda2183049aaeab9fe85731e45c5505EnterpriseEuropehttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/15/br/br5203198746.htmlUpdated at 3:02 p.m., Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Strange surges, currents close Hanauma Bay Advertiser Staff Hanauma Bay closed today after lifeguards reported strange currents and surges in the bay, apparently due to the earthquake in the Kuril Islands.2006-11-16T02:38+0100HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-5c2e93686c9a8dcec0edf3c188b1fbf9WaterENVhttp://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13552378,00.htmlDivisions between Western nations and Russia have stalled talks on a draft UN resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its nuclear programme. US Ambassador John Bolton said: "We had an exchange of views across the range of issues. "I don't know that we've accomplished anything I would describe as....2006-11-16T02:38+0100skynewsenskynews-c89a7c5f6f0cf2af74df25cc9ea606a6SecurityCouncilJRCSafeguardsTREN-SecurityIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/cnn_latest/%7E3/49864905/index.html(CNN Student News) November 16, 2006 Answer the following questions about today's featured news stories. Write your answers in the space provided. 1. What region of Japan was struck by an 8.3-magnitude earthquake yesterday? 2. How did Japanese officials respond to the earthquake? Why do you think that they responded in this way? 3.2006-11-16T02:22+0100RSS-cnnenRSS-cnn-51c8bcfd00e522a4756903af05c4f2dcHealthENVNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastershttp://english.people.com.cn/200611/16/eng20061116_321884.htmlPresident Vladimir Putin met his visiting U.S. counterpart George W. Bush on Wednesday for brief talks focused on Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Iranian nuclear program at a Moscow airport where the U.S. leader was making a refueling stopover en route to Asia.2006-11-16T01:59+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-911804e595bc2446c78db6a314936bbdSecurityCouncilTradeJRCSafeguardsEconomicPolicyEUWTOhttp://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C11%5C16%5Cstory_16-11-2006_pg2_13Sharapova to meet Davenport in South Korea SEOUL: Russia’s world number two Maria Sharapova will play Lindsay Davenport in an exhibition match in January in South Korea, an official at Seoul’s tennis association said on Wednesday. Sharapova, 19, will face American Davenport on Jan.2006-11-16T01:47+0100dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-c534816aab5aca9a2230d80a173e2e36http://article.wn.com/view/2006/11/15/Five_years_after_9_11_Moscows_war_on_terror_The_coordinated_/attacks. “What happened today underlines once again the importance of Russia's proposals to unite the efforts of the international community in the fight against terrorism , against this plague of the 21st ," Putin told Russian television viewers the same day.2006-11-16T01:46+0100arabworldnewsenarabworldnews-f21f630a404a944939d82873b5ade080TerroristAttackhttp://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1987633.ecePublished: 16 November 2006 A powerful earthquake has struck off the north of Japan, triggering a series of small tsunamis and forcing thousands of families to flee to higher ground.2006-11-16T01:40+0100independentenindependent-36a2b716d2fab50e2355b035649c2efbNaturalDisastersTREN-Securityhttp://www.iol.co.za/widgets/rss_redirect.php?artid=qw1163624763677B222&setid=1&sectid=&url=iol&vne=0&csect=WorldSmall tsunami waves have hit Japan's northernmost island after a major earthquake that triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for several island chains.2006-11-16T01:31+0100ioleniol-38ae4a78dda11d2f3ee4ad9487cf5d4eEnergyNaturalDisastersEnergyENVhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/japantimes/%7E3/49827857/ed20061116a1.htmlLast week, Russia passed a key hurdle in its effort to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). Moscow reached agreement with Washington, the lone major trading power with which it had not concluded... Read more . . .2006-11-16T01:22+0100japantimesenjapantimes-228fed25ccd15c62227e449a403e56d3OHIMTAXUDTradeScientificStrategyWTOhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/japantimes/%7E3/49827886/nn20061116a3.htmlThe Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning Wednesday covering a wide area of the Pacific coast from the Hokkaido to Honshu after a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.1... Read more . . .2006-11-16T01:22+0100japantimesenjapantimes-be4eb585b8a2c3c37aeeee7957b99171NaturalDisastershttp://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/japantimes/%7E3/49827882/sp20061116a2.htmlOSAKA (Kyodo) Tournament favorite Brazil beat Serbia and Montenegro and Russia downed defending champion Italy on Wednesday, moving into the final of the Women's Volleyball World Championship. Read more . . .2006-11-16T01:22+0100japantimesenjapantimes-96123103a6dad950391c865c5b162976http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/japantimes/%7E3/49827885/nn20061116f5.htmlAfter winning a Japanese award last month, St. Petersburg State University has renewed its resolve to play a key role in promoting Japanese studies and language training in Russia. Read more . . .2006-11-16T01:22+0100japantimesenjapantimes-32921615ea9dee9bd7ab8aa0814aaaaaEducationTraininghttp://www.iol.co.za/widgets/rss_redirect.php?artid=qw1163624763677B222&setid=1&sectid=&url=iol&vne=0&csect=WorldSmall tsunami waves have hit Japan's northernmost island after a major earthquake that triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for several island chains.2006-11-16T01:11+0100StarenStar-38ae4a78dda11d2f3ee4ad9487cf5d4eEnergyNaturalDisastersEnergyENVhttp://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C11%5C16%5Cstory_16-11-2006_pg11_8Better working conditions for doctors soon ISLAMABAD: Health Minister Muhammad Nasir Khan appreciated the role played by doctors and paramedics after the October 8 earthquake and and said that due to their commitment, the government will ensure provision of better working conditions for doctors and paramedical staff at the hospitals.2006-11-16T01:01+0100dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-bb92c52dee102fa6e512dcc27d6a320eEmploymenthttp://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=161932&Sn=SPOR&IssueID=29241OSAKA, Japan: Favourites Brazil face Olympic silver medallists Russia in the final of the women's World Volleyball Championships after they powered through their semi-final matches here yesterday. The Brazilians, gunning for their first ever major title, took advantage of a nervous Serbian outfit for a 25-17, 25-14, 21-25, 25-20 victory.2006-11-16T00:00+0100GulfDailyNewsenGulfDailyNews-d91061a7bf4b74841cf641a96c067c08http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=161964&Sn=WORL&IssueID=29241TOKYO: Small tsunami waves hit Japan's northernmost island early yesterday after a major quake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's sparsely populated Kurile islands.An initial tsunami of 40cm came ashore near Nemuro on the Pacific coast of Hokkaido island, just before 10pm, nearly two hours after the estimated 8.1 magnitude quake. Other waves of 10 to 20cm were also recorded.2006-11-16T00:00+0100GulfDailyNewsenGulfDailyNews-51f5e4c4a764f27766149bae3da53579NaturalDisastershttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2455730,00.html%23cid=OTC-RSS&attr=WorldRUSSIA took a step closer to rehabilitating its Royal Family yesterday after prosecutors were ordered to review the murder of Tsar Nicholas II....2006-11-15T23:39+0100thetimesenthetimes-99c6f8c4a44dcbfae1034be11dd08d58Securityhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2455132,00.html%23cid=OTC-RSS&attr=WorldTokyo An earthquake struck the northern Pacific Ocean yesterday, raising fears of a tsunami from Japan to Canada and Indonesia....2006-11-15T23:39+0100thetimesenthetimes-7637cbd681be0764f6def62744c14879NaturalDisastershttp://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=177746884&p=y777475x7&n=177747572&x=15/11/2006 - 9:25:03 PM Successful away days for Croatia and Russia :: latest Croatia and Russia both picked up impressive wins away from home to put pressure on their Group E rivals in Euro 2008 qualifying tonight. Croatia maintained their excellent form since Slaven Bilic took the reins with a 4-3 win against hosts Israel.2006-11-15T23:38+0100examinerenexaminer-a9b37044945b98da2df07a190aaf4d9dhttp://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/November/theworld_November510.xml&section=theworld(AP) 15 November 2006 TOKYO - Japan issued a tsunami alert on Wednesday and told Pacific coast residents to flee to higher ground after a powerful earthquake hit off sparsely populated islands between northern Japan and the Russian Far East. A tsunami about 2 meters (6 feet) tall or higher had been....2006-11-15T23:27+0100khaleejtimesenkhaleejtimes-30d13028686814d977bdc3cd1e733225EnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastershttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/15/br/br8354129760.htmlPosted at 11:20 a.m., Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Receding Waikiki waters leave visitor with knee injury Advertiser Staff A series of surges in coastal waters this morning resulting from a massive earthquake north of Japan led directly to at least one injury on O'ahu, said Bryan Cheplic, spokesman for the city Emergency Services Department.2006-11-15T22:53+0100HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-1e5923333292a8e74ae355678b569933WaterENVhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/sports/SPT_SOC_International_Results.phpCyprus 1, Germany 1 Ireland 5, San Marino 0 Group E Israel 3, Croatia 4 Macedonia 0, Russia 2 2007 Asian Nations Cup Qualifying Group A Japan 3, Saudi Arabia 1 Yemen 2, India 1 Group B Iran 2, South Korea 0 Syria 3, Taiwain 0 Group C Jordan 3, Oman 0 United Arab Emirates 3, Pakistan 2 Group D....2006-11-15T22:34+0100IHTenIHT-ad7c894987f9860a58155b1ffa269a4dhttp://topix.net/0oi5th9PC8rpE=2Bp85=2BpffrMvlWGNXloXLMcInqkp=2BiUcBAtRFftVJCMhewU6mYoBQL2yEH=2BihQNFTtpqylB8VYvggJdQto77B83az7rtwrn=2BEDZ3lvw4BrQ=2BjgVV1gqTqBVXyEYi9j5L7zd2DIXLehQ=3D=3DA powerful undersea earthquake prompted tsunami warnings Wednesday for Japan and Russia but the danger appeared to pass after a series of tiny waves hit the northern Japanese coast. Comment2006-11-15T22:24+0100topixentopix-05713d3c5220f1e48f99e63b09b78b0eEnergyNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/16/045.htmlPoland called on Wednesday for European Union mediation to help negotiate an end to its trade and energy dispute with Russia, which is holding up a landmark cooperation deal between the EU and Moscow.2006-11-15T22:21+0100MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-4251ddec23d2be5ad1c92dcbd5538235EnergyENVECnewshttp://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/16/044.htmlThe Dutch government is confident that Russia will solve a dispute over the $20 billion Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project and abide by international law, Dutch Economy Minister Joop Wijn said Wednesday.2006-11-15T22:21+0100MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-ae1af92779d5358587572ecb883b0416Energyhttp://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/16/091.htmlRussia beat FYR Macedonia 2-0 Wednesday night at Gradski stadium. The victory -- and Russia's pickup of three points -- catapulted Russia ahead of the other seven teams in its group in its bid to qualify for the Euro 2008 finals.2006-11-15T22:21+0100MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-416961e487c1f58a08a3918625f29d0dhttp://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/16/013.htmlSeveral of the Kuril Islands were evacuated Wednesday after a major earthquake in the Pacific Ocean triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for coastal areas and northern Japan.2006-11-15T22:21+0100MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-5b4bd4b3acb67e76b2f24b0bd93a1753EnergyNaturalDisastershttp://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/11/16/009.htmlThe last time Russia was knocking on the door of the World Trade Organization was at the very beginning of the decade.2006-11-15T22:21+0100MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-08d4fae056bb48e231245ba529379c74TAXUDEducationTrainingTradeHumanTrafficIndustryENVWTOhttp://news.ft.com/cms/dc1c759e-74e7-11db-bc76-0000779e2340.htmlGazprom fires top oil executive By Arkady Ostrovsky in Moscow Published: November 15 2006 21:13 | Last updated: November 15 2006 21:13 , Russia’s state-controlled gas giant, on Wednesday dismissed one of its most senior executives, replacing him with an ex-KGB officer.2006-11-15T22:14+0100ftenft-285ea557f8ac9d10168878ec15fd5e69Energyhttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/16/worldupdates/2006-11-16T015320Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-276439-1&sec=WorldupdatesMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's parliament warned on Wednesday that carrying out the death sentence imposed on former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein could provoke a new wave of violence in Iraq.2006-11-15T22:01+0100thestarenthestar-4597faafeb2bf9c5b8bf68de0e3cdcc3IraqCrisishttp://news.com.au/story/0,23599,20766068-1702,00.htmlA HUGE earthquake shook an isolated island chain north of Japan yesterday, triggering a Pacific-wide tsunami warning but only a wavelet hit the coast after thousands fled to higher ground. 7:20am (AEDT)2006-11-15T21:59+0100NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-121be6ee10b30727eb4fec49a98b7f63NaturalDisastersTREN-Securityhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15726732/The agency told Japanese coastal residents to flee to higher ground after initially predicting that a 6½-foot tsunami would hit the Pacific coast of its northernmost island of Hokkaido and main island of Honshu after 9:10 p.m. (7:10 a.m. EST). A wave that hit the port of Nemuro on Hokkaido at 9:29 p.2006-11-15T21:49+0100newsweekennewsweek-a8c5bb53d667675c790c7241f162d2e6EnergyNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/business/AS_GEN_Japan_Tsunami.phpTOKYO: Thousands of people living along northern Japan's Pacific coast fled to higher ground Wednesday after a tsunami alert warning of waves up to two meters high was issued following a powerful undersea earthquake. The 8.1-magnitude quake, which struck an area claimed by both Russia and Japan late....2006-11-15T21:33+0100IHTenIHT-e8341fb2caca14af96999de87972dfc0EnergyNaturalDisastershttp://www.mediafax.ro/english/articole-free/Bush--Putin-In--Extremely-Positive--Meeting-577129-9.htmlU.S. President Bush and Russia''s Vladimir Putin had an "extraordinarily positive" meeting on Wednesday and agreed to sign a bilateral deal next week for Russia''s accession to the World Trade Organization, Reuters reported. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the presidents would sign a protocol....2006-11-15T21:32+0100mediafaxenmediafax-9f84f6fcee22992b9fba1a43aec2c789TradeWTOhttp://rss1.mediafed.com/feed/mirror/Latest_News/?link=f79b773189e54fef56d2a45705b2c5f2By Michael Stott MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin had an "extraordinarily positive" meeting on Wednesday and agreed to sign a bilateral deal next week for Russia's accession to the World Trade Organisation. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the....2006-11-15T21:14+0100themirrorenthemirror-eb71f1cc94c567f9e5c36a90c39e4ba0SecurityCouncilOHIMTradeAirENVJRCSafeguardsNuclearWTOhttp://www.washtimes.com//upi/20061115-015808-5635r.htmBush, Putin discuss WTO, Iran, Middle East Nov. 15, 2006 at 2:11PM U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, meeting in Moscow, discussed the World Trade Organization, Iran and the Middle East. A Russian official said the U.S.-Russia bilateral protocol, which helps pave the....2006-11-15T21:07+0100washtimesenwashtimes-075b2093c5f203fe4495b57582a3bff1TradeWTOhttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/788553.htmlCroatia has 10 points in Group E, two more than Russia, which won 2-0 at Macedonia, and three more than idle England, Israel and Macedonia. Israel went ahead in the eighth due to a mistake in the Croatian defense. After an initial mix up with teammate Vedran Corluka, Josip Simunic prodded the ball to where he thought goalkeeper Vedran Runje was.2006-11-15T21:00+0100haaretzdailyenhaaretzdaily-d32f6da2f7913b5cf1ca8ccfa0c4f7d8http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1240877,00.htmlA series of small tsunami waves have hit the coast of Japan after a large underwater earthquake prompted fears that coastal regions would be deluged by a killer wave. Thousands of people living near the sea on the northern island of Hokkaido were urged to flee to higher ground.2006-11-15T20:53+0100skynewsenskynews-ac531889bb7483dcf5751669b273f0a7SeaENVNaturalDisastershttp://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/topNews/%7E3/49715691/newsarticle.aspxMOSCOW (Reuters) - President Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin had an "extraordinarily positive" meeting on Wednesday and agreed to sign a bilateral deal next week for Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization.2006-11-15T20:31+0100reutersenreuters-4d0ca261e32cc81918d48a36624ce806TradeAirENVWTOTREN-Securityhttp://news.yahoo.com/ap/20061115/ap_on_re_eu/rice, China, Japan and Russia have offered impoverished North Korea a package of economic, political and energy incentives if it gives up its nuclear weapons. The North agreed to the deal in September 2005, but then backed away. The North agreed in principle to return to arms control negotiations following its nuclear test Oct.2006-11-15T20:19+0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-c05ba9fa14025e39d53e5542959719f8JRCSafeguardsTREN-Securityhttp://kyivpost.com/bn/25490Russia's Gazprom dismisses deputy head responsible for expansion into oil sector2006-11-15T20:11+0100kyivpostenkyivpost-e7dab77facab284429e549c5ae0a3c80Energyhttp://www.washtimes.com//upi/20061115-125756-1080r.htmUPI NewsTrack TopNews Nov. 15, 2006 at 12:59PM Blair's Queen's speech centers on security LONDON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair's final policy address known as the Queen's speech focused on anti-terror and domestic security issues.2006-11-15T20:06+0100washtimesenwashtimes-817b0863ba77e23166c3a177d64c6726NuclearWaterENVNaturalDisastersJRCSafeguardsTAXUDSecurityCouncilhttp://article.wn.com/link/WNAT5E12263BEEB02A5AE77BFBEE89FFC6E3?source=templategenerator&template=africafm/onephoto.txtCyprus vs. Germany Ireland vs. San Marino Group E Israel vs. Croatia Macedonia vs. Russia 2007 Asian Nations Cup Qualifying Group A Japan 3, Saudi Arabia 1 Yemen 2, India 1 Group B Iran 2, South Korea 0 Syria 3, Taiwain 0 Group C Jordan 3, Oman 0 United Arab Emirates 3, Pakistan 2 Group D Bahrain 2, Kuwait 1 Group E China 1, Iraq 1 Singapore vs.2006-11-15T20:03+0100africaFMenafricaFM-4cf7e6bfc58cbc6e2daa48574993e7aahttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/15/br/br1506893724.htmlPosted at 8:01 a.m., Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Tiny tsunami rolls onto Kaua'i shores By Advertiser Staff Writer David Waite A tiny tsunami generated by a massive earthquake early this morning near Japan's Kuril Islands arrived about 7:20 a.m. on Kaua'i, according to officials at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.2006-11-15T19:53+0100HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-5165bc1616a61a276652f6444ddcee79NaturalDisastershttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/15/br/br2103568479.htmlPosted at 8:26 a.m., Wednesday, November 15, 2006 5-foot recession of Hale'iwa waters, followed by surge Advertiser Staff Police and Civil Defense officials are reporting unusual surge activity off Alii Beach Park in Hale'iwa believed to be related to a massive earthquake this morning near Japan's Kuril Islands.2006-11-15T19:53+0100HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-5db7572240acbc1bf6620501eb8a0182http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/business/EU_FIN_Russia_Gazprom.phpMOSCOW: Russia's state-controlled gas monopoly, OAO Gazprom, said Wednesday that it had dismissed a deputy chief executive. Alexander Ryazanov, who was responsible for the development of Gazprom's expansion into the oil sector, was the highest-ranking Gazprom official to leave the company since....2006-11-15T19:30+0100IHTenIHT-caca78000149c1ed35026968812570eaEnergyhttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/788503.htmlMembers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference were joined by China, Russia and Cuba in criticizing Israel for alleged rights abuses, deploring the IDF artillery barrage in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanun that killed 19 civilians last week.2006-11-15T19:30+0100haaretzdailyenhaaretzdaily-921ce5f808db8f14f8d188ab51e05d14ConflictSocietyhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/sports/EU_SPT_SOC_Macedonia_Russia.phpSKOPJE, Macedonia: Vladimir Bystrov and Andrei Arshavin scored a goal each Wednesday to lead Russia over Macedonia 2-0 in a European Championship qualifying match. Bystrov scored the first goal in the 18th minute at Gradski Stadium, picking up a loose ball near the penalty spot and beating Macedonia goalkeeper Jane Nikoloski.2006-11-15T19:30+0100IHTenIHT-748f424cf8231ec86b8f0dfb924a584ehttp://topix.net/0oi5th9PC8rpE=2Bp85=2BpffrMvlWGNXloXLMcInqkp=2BiUcBAtRFftVJCMhewU6mYoBQjN=2Fr6u80PDeYnOxAPJUrSnws4qNjVNZX8JsLV=2FEfKDT6HAEMaYeFPlxdmMDcLX7W06PZVg5jDiIwHYNYYOF0rA=3D=3DJapan's meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning and told the country's Pacific coast residents to flee to higher ground after a powerful earthquake hit hundreds of miles away. Comment2006-11-15T19:23+0100topixentopix-e3ce93c6f288a9a675762eca4f5f1a95NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LTIO-6VKP8L?OpenDocumentPakistan -- In the village of Bhangli, the houses cling to the mountainside at an altitude of 2,000 metres. You can just about make them out, hidden between the trees and the fields of maize. Medair is the only NGO to work here, just 100 km from the epicentre of the earthquake.2006-11-15T19:17+0100reliefWebenreliefWeb-9e001d5ef4e6944642375c6400d9f94dEchoNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersMARS-STAThttp://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2655310&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312Undersea Quake Prompts Tsunami Warnings for Japan, Russia, Alaska; Small Waves Hit Japan Coast2006-11-15T18:36+0100ABCnewsenABCnews-29e35510d55d9abbffbeb4fe17f0e795NaturalDisastershttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/1/hi/business/6151912.stmPresident George W Bush and Russia's President Putin are to sign an agreement on Russia's WTO membership bid.2006-11-15T18:31+0100bbcenbbc-b903fc601842961534615521f1422984JRCSafeguardsNuclearSecurityCouncilTradeWTOIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/15/br/br2915378046.htmlUpdated at 7:09 a.m., Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Beachgoers asked to stay out of water Advertiser Staff State Civil Defense is warning beachgoers to stay out of the water from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. because of possible strong currents and potential rough conditions brought about by the 8.1 magnitude earthquake near Japan early this morning.2006-11-15T18:23+0100HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-50691a4042a46accf53beba189a19e64WaterENVNaturalDisastershttp://news.yahoo.com/ap/20061115/ap_on_re_as/japan_tsunamiSeveral thousand people fled to higher ground on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido. The waves, however, did not swell higher than 16 inches and rapidly diminished in size, and Japan's meteorological agency later withdrew its tsunami warning after about three hours, although it urged continued caution.2006-11-15T18:18+0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-012fa3b2ade3350313c21b0c7238f72cNaturalDisastersEnergyCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/16/worldupdates/2006-11-15T215854Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-276378-6&sec=WorldupdatesTOKYO (Reuters) - Small tsunami waves hit Japan's northernmost island late on Wednesday after a major quake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's sparsely populated Kurile islands.2006-11-15T18:16+0100thestarenthestar-b97d000f7e43fcee4fdac789f95d9973NaturalDisastersEnergyEnergyENVWaterENVhttp://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1844725,00050004.htmJapan's Meteorological Agency had issued the warning after an earthquake with magnitude 8.1 hit remote islands.2006-11-15T18:02+0100HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-d8e916c131a3d9cc639d5fdcd4ddc89cTREN-SecurityNaturalDisastershttp://www.mediafax.ro/english/articole-free/Japan--Russia-On-Tsunami-Alert-But-No-Big-Waves-Seen-576999-9.htmlSmall tsunami waves hit Japan''s northernmost island late on Wednesday after a major quake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia''s sparsely populated Kurile islands, Reuters reported. Authorities on the Russian island of Sakhalin said the....2006-11-15T18:01+0100mediafaxenmediafax-5548fada67cbb0225a811eccd602ac73NaturalDisastershttp://www.mediafax.ro/english/articole-free/Small-Tsunami-Hits-Japan-576998-9.htmlA small tsunami has hit Japan''s northernmost island after a massive undersea earthquake triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for northern Japan and Russia''s Pacific coast, AFP reported. The Japan Meteorological Agency says a wave measuring about 40 centimeters has struck Nemuro, a city on the north-eastern coast of the island of Hokkaido.2006-11-15T18:01+0100mediafaxenmediafax-732c4592ab3df74adb79b3c5ffa612bcNaturalDisastershttp://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/worldNews/%7E3/49641822/newsarticle.aspxTOKYO (Reuters) - Small tsunami waves hit Japan's northernmost island late on Wednesday after a major quake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's sparsely populated Kurile islands.2006-11-15T18:01+0100reutersenreuters-36abba7e97558e36ca98f05fde167efbNaturalDisastershttp://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/&articleid=290054United States President George Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin confirmed at an airport meeting on Wednesday they plan to sign a bilateral deal next week for Russia's accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the presidents confirmed that they would....2006-11-15T17:59+0100MailGuardianenMailGuardian-78bdd37bc810e7a49a296ff1ed95b7aeJRCSafeguardsNuclearSecurityCouncilTradeWTOOHIMhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L15716797.htmSource: Reuters (7 minutes ago)2006-11-15T17:57+0100alertnetenalertnet-553e6b281496491707c013c4fabfae6cECnewsEnergyEnergyENVhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15706271/So yeah, Blofeld. His character shows up in “From Russia With Love” (as a disembodied voice stroking the soon-to-be-iconic fluffy white kitty), “Diamonds Are Forever” (where he’s played by Charles Grey), in “You Only Live Twice” (Donald Pleasance), and then, finally, in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (a pre-“Kojak” Telly Savalas).2006-11-15T17:48+0100newsweekennewsweek-49dc460b2fe68432ee803abdbb3bd46fhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/15/russia.us.ap/index.htmlMOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- President Bush, eager for Russian help in ongoing nuclear disputes with North Korea and Iran, tended to the sometimes frosty Washington-Moscow relationship Wednesday by paying a quick call on President Vladimir Putin. Bush paused to visit the Russian leader for an hour and a....2006-11-15T17:46+0100cnnencnn-2b1cdba30781505576af53807f1774ddJRCSafeguardsTradeWTOhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/japan.tsunami/index.html(CNN) -- Tsunami alerts issued after an 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Japan's northern coast have been lifted, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. However, Japan's Meteorological Agency, on its Web site, showed watches were still in effect for most of the eastern Pacific coast of Hokkaido.2006-11-15T17:46+0100cnnencnn-ae719d242cada8473ef191bb7ba30979NaturalDisastershttp://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1115/tsunami.htmlMexico storm becomes Hurricane 15 November 2006 16:41 Tropical Storm Sergio in the Pacific Ocean has been upgraded to a Hurricane as it approaches the Mexican coast. The Miami-based US National Hurricane Center said additional intensification was likely during the next day or two before the storm hits land over the weekend.2006-11-15T17:44+0100RTERadioenRTERadio-20e9f62667fd416b19776f6c0b2ab9bcNaturalDisastershttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP230495.htmSource: Reuters (4 minutes ago)2006-11-15T17:27+0100alertnetenalertnet-fb044524b965c3b72ae62b61424b324bNaturalDisastersEnergyEnergyENVWaterENVhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/business/EU_FIN_Russia_Gazprom.phpMOSCOW: Russia's state-controlled gas monopoly, OAO Gazprom, said Wednesday that it had dismissed a deputy chief executive. Alexander Ryazanov, who was responsible for the development of Gazprom's expansion into the oil sector, was the highest-ranking Gazprom official to leave the company since....2006-11-15T17:27+0100IHTenIHT-72902baae97e6cef11c0c145b8951459Energyhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/458375.cmsRussia doesn't have an 'allergy' to New Delhi's growing closeness to Washington but Moscow does not want a 'zero-sum'game.2006-11-15T17:16+0100indiatimesenindiatimes-a119daa2bc6aa7d253055409aaca70b3EnergyENVJRCSafeguardsTradeWTOhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/458338.cmsThere is no threat of tsunami hitting the Indian coast following a massive earthquake in Japan, disaster management officials said.2006-11-15T17:16+0100indiatimesenindiatimes-bd9ce1fd1071067af0d1bdba68c8d833NaturalDisastershttp://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006530174,00.htmlRESIDENTS flee to higher ground as experts warn of earthquake tidal wave2006-11-15T17:08+0100thesunenthesun-7551dffc97f713820fe4ce7fdef65ccfNaturalDisastershttp://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1240877,00.htmlA series of small tsunamis have hit the coast of Japan after an underwater earthquake prompted fears coastal regions would be deluged by a killer wave. Thousands of people living near the sea on the northern island of Hokkaido were urged to flee to higher land.2006-11-15T17:07+0100skynewsenskynews-faf4a030f20ef35632d5b666a08bc983SeaENVNaturalDisastershttp://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/cnn_latest/%7E3/49576399/index.html(CNN) -- Tsunami alerts issued after an 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Japan's northern coast have been lifted, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. However, Japan's Meteorological Agency, on its Web site, showed watches were still in effect for most of the eastern Pacific coast of Hokkaido.2006-11-15T16:55+0100RSS-cnnenRSS-cnn-ae719d242cada8473ef191bb7ba30979NaturalDisastershttp://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,,1948372,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1World: Earthquake rocks remote islands off northern Japan, prompting thousands to evacuate to higher ground amid warnings of a tsunami.2006-11-15T16:51+0100guardianenguardian-fda7ca364923eae01e34801887571ec5NaturalDisastershttp://rss1.mediafed.com/feed/mirror/Latest_News/?link=78dadd7dccc2c44f9476cd2e0ed5ad44By Michael Stott MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin confirmed at an airport meeting on Wednesday they plan to sign a bilateral deal next week for Russia's accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the presidents....2006-11-15T16:44+0100themirrorenthemirror-25b15b38088f590d7fe5b0cc7697c590TradeNuclearOHIMSecurityCouncilWTOJRCSafeguardshttp://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/cnn_mostpopular/%7E3/49586035/index.htmlMOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- President Bush, eager for Russian help in ongoing nuclear disputes with North Korea and Iran, tended to the sometimes frosty Washington-Moscow relationship Wednesday by paying a quick call on President Vladimir Putin. Bush paused to visit the Russian leader for an hour and a....2006-11-15T16:40+0100RSS-cnnenRSS-cnn-2b1cdba30781505576af53807f1774ddTradeWTOJRCSafeguardshttp://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7005524727To access full stories from All Headline News (AHN) by RSS, it is necessary to subscribe. Please visit www.allheadlinenews.com/content-services or call 1-800-673-0179. If you are outside of the United States, please contact All Headline News (AHN) sales via email at sales@allheadlinenews.com. AHN offers content subscriptions to commercial, busiuness and corporate clients for websites, intranets and interactive properties, publishing and broadcast, digital signage and narrowcasting, wireless and other applications.2006-11-15T16:33+0100RSS-allheadlinenewsenRSS-allheadlinenews-61baf04f36cc330320e78ae237761bdbNaturalDisastershttp://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0611158174183352.htmThe Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday condemned Israeli violence against Palestinians living in Gaza Strip. Members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference were joined by China, Russia and Cuba in criticizing Israel for use of excessive force against civilians in Beit Hanoun.2006-11-15T16:32+0100irnaenirna-d704c2c6483456de1f898192f2468707Societyhttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/788466.htmlTOKYO - Small tsunami waves hit Japan's northernmost island late Wednesday after a major quake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's sparsely populated Kurile islands. An initial tsunami of 40 cm (16 inches) came ashore near Nemuro on....2006-11-15T16:30+0100haaretzdailyenhaaretzdaily-0037ea31a9321e47c98da7db31801bebEnergyENVNaturalDisastersEnergyWaterENVhttp://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=290045&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/Small tsunami waves hit Japan's northern-most island late on Wednesday after a major quake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's sparsely populated Kurile islands. An initial tsunami of 40cm came ashore near Nemuro on the Pacific Coast....2006-11-15T16:29+0100MailGuardianenMailGuardian-932bf0439ee7dab55ceab3d00b7ccae0EnergyENVNaturalDisastersEnergyWaterENVhttp://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/topNews/%7E3/49617064/newsarticle.aspxMOSCOW (Reuters) - President Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin confirmed at an airport meeting on Wednesday they plan to sign a bilateral deal next week for Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).2006-11-15T16:29+0100reutersenreuters-2c8fe2474d361d78a49ff9e3dc6a9fc5TradeWTOhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP230495.htm(Updates with warning downgraded) By Elaine Lies TOKYO, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Small tsunami waves hit Japan's northernmost island late on Wednesday after a major quake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's sparsely populated Kurile islands.2006-11-15T16:27+0100alertnetenalertnet-b8815114ea31940ee42ccb660756359fEnergyENVNaturalDisastersEnergyWaterENVhttp://kyivpost.com/top/25487Ukraine has been debating how to use the pipeline for years, with Russia lobbying for it to pump Russian oil in the opposite direction2006-11-15T16:25+0100kyivpostenkyivpost-1643e1a43255d462bedbe64a6fcdfe96EnergySeaENVTransportENVhttp://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/15/business/view.phpThere is no mystery about the causes of the new boom. The rich have done very well over the last decade, and some of them, including hedge fund managers like Steven Cohen, are spending large sums of their money on art. New billionaires in China, India and, above all, Russia have also entered the market.2006-11-15T16:25+0100IHTenIHT-0c55171b7e213a2c839d7ef62e1a6baaEnterpriseEuropeLIFEENVhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_Journalist_Killed.phpMOSCOW: Russia's chief prosecutor said investigators were considering the possibility of foreign involvement in the killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Russian news agencies reported Wednesday. Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika's comments echoed President Vladimir Putin's suggestion....2006-11-15T16:25+0100IHTenIHT-e0e6732da470e54e64908b2d11d4bf86Securityhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_US.phpMOSCOW: U.S. President George W. Bush, eager for Russia's help in resolving nuclear disputes with North Korea and Iran, tended to the sometimes frosty Washington-Moscow relationship Wednesday by paying a quick call on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Bush stopped to see Putin on his way to Asia for....2006-11-15T16:25+0100IHTenIHT-ac1b8448b57d323ea7ebf2fec8fe9e47TradeNuclearWTOJRCSafeguardsIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15726732/A powerful undersea earthquake prompted tsunami warnings Wednesday for Japan and Russia but the danger appeared to pass after a series of tiny waves hit the northern Japanese coast.2006-11-15T16:22+0100RSS-msnbcenRSS-msnbc-e0634fe6b25bd00ee212b0e12aeabc43NaturalDisastersEnergyCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/16710/Discussion about the Kremlin’s drive to entice diaspora Russians to pack up their bags and move to the motherland has gained momentum in recent days, particularly after a recent congress of foreign Russians in St. Petersburg. Naturally, the ethnic Russian communities in Estonia and Latvia are astir in conversations about whether or not Moscow’s offer is worth considering, let alone accepting. The Kremlin, which is facing one of the worst demographic slumps in the world, needs people. Russia’s population is diminishing by about 700,000 per year, and soon there won’t be enough workers to maintain a vast country that spans 11 time zones.2006-11-15T16:16+0100BalticTimesenBalticTimes-ca99ca9f6ad5ce76ddd5e7a2c95c6430Securityhttp://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/16703/RIGA - Two died and over 60 were hospitalized in Latvia last week after drinking toxic alcohol made from industrial chemicals, apparently part of the same batch that killed dozens and hospitalized over 1,000 in Russia during the month of October. Nearly all of Latvia’s poisoning cases originated in Preili County, part of the eastern Latgale region, and affected members of society’s lower stratum, who buy the green-tinted liquid since it is 50 percent less expensive than the cheapest brand-name vodka.2006-11-15T16:16+0100BalticTimesenBalticTimes-46f3789b912348c82bfc1972ae9b4f71mahbTAXUDPoliticalUnresthttp://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/16737/Filmmaker Boris Frumin was born in Riga in 1947, and emigrated to the U.S.A. in the late ’70s, where he eventually earned a name for himself as a teacher at the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU). Last month, he moved to Tallinn, where he heads the new Baltic Film and Media School at Tallinn University. It’s an inexpensive program funded by the Nordic Film Fund that hopes to nurture young filmmakers in the Baltics. Most of his students are Estonian, but he has some Latvians as well, and a few from Israel, Norway and Russia. Frumin recently sat down with The Baltic Times in Riga. A retrospective of his work was showing at the Russian Film Festival, but he talked more about his work as a teacher.2006-11-15T16:16+0100BalticTimesenBalticTimes-de2e9c4d7823f0d73733a01052ec6fa5LIFEENVEducationTrainingIndustryENVhttp://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/16723/RIGA - A recent meeting between EU leaders and Russia in Helsinki demonstrated just how feeble the union can be when face-to-face with Russia on energy issues. During an Oct. 21 luncheon, the EU failed to defend Baltic energy interests when discussing the issue with Russia, much to the disappointment of Baltic leaders.2006-11-15T16:16+0100BalticTimesenBalticTimes-1ae7e6c6036b2e037377b1d3fdbc9833EnergyENVhttp://article.wn.com/view/2006/11/15/Bush_Visits_Putin_on_Way_to_Asia_d/By JENNIFER LOVEN | ASSOCIATED PRESS | MOSCOW (AP) - | 1115dvs-bush-russia President Bush, eager for Russian help in ongoing nuclear disputes with North Korea and Iran, tended to the sometimes frosty ... (photo: g8russia.ru)2006-11-15T16:16+0100arabpoliticalenarabpolitical-9e81f07e9aabc0d6a31d85a68e52c0ffUNbodieshttp://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/16776/RIGA - Russian health authorities leveled a sales ban on canned fish products of five more Latvian canneries last week, dealing a further blow to the Baltic state’s canning industry and triggering charges of protectionism. Rospotrebnadzor, the state-run consumer protection service, announced on Nov. 2 that canned fish products of five Latvian firms - Ventspils Fish Cannery, Unda, Licis-93, Kolumbija and Ulmes - pose a health hazard and had to be pulled from Russian store shelves.2006-11-15T16:16+0100BalticTimesenBalticTimes-67e8bef0ae043304f0b2ab7315fe6c80HealthENVIndustryENVOHIMMarketConsumerAffairshttp://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=72660A small tsunami has hit northern Japan, according to the country's meteorological agency (JMA) as qu...2006-11-15T16:14+0100noviniteennovinite-f2da8e5d5dcbb5019b6b28926be04491NaturalDisastershttp://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=72654A tsunami is expected to hit Russia and northern Japan, the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center alarme...2006-11-15T16:14+0100noviniteennovinite-456554f6e5c00fb17410271484173237NaturalDisastersWaterENVhttp://rss1.mediafed.com/feed/mirror/Latest_News/?link=129b1e07e6e190993a1932c161f29269By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Small tsunami waves hit Japan's northernmost island late on Wednesday after a major quake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's sparsely populated Kurile islands.2006-11-15T16:14+0100themirrorenthemirror-eecb0d72bae59b67e89f552ad186965eEnergyENVNaturalDisastersEnergyWaterENVhttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=41ad7571db35b74af061aa65716c492fThe test - conducted in a New York laboratory - could help architects design safer buildings for quake-prone areas2006-11-15T16:05+0100newscientistennewscientist-8be14346783d1eca6258ad2912a72f3aResearchENVNaturalDisastershttp://www.washtimes.com//upi/20061115-071311-8393r.htmQuake spawns 2 minor tsunamis in Japan Nov. 15, 2006 at 9:59AM A strong Pacific earthquake Wednesday created two minor tsunami that hit Japan's northern and eastern coasts, meteorologists said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the first rush of water at 9:29 p.m.2006-11-15T16:03+0100washtimesenwashtimes-08efd8a906e7445ae4fc4b460362cf74NaturalDisastersWaterENVhttp://www.timesofoman.com/newsdetails.asp?newsid=37677TOKYO –– A massive earthquake struck the northern Pacific Ocean Wednesday, triggering fears of tsunami waves from Japan to Canada to Indonesia, officials said.2006-11-15T16:02+0100timesofomanentimesofoman-173177dde452272ee54e424d8855160dNaturalDisastershttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/15/worldupdates/2006-11-15T200502Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-276395-1&sec=WorldupdatesMOSCOW (Reuters) - A major earthquake in the north Pacific on Wednesday had no impact on Russia's Sakhalin Island, site of some of the world's largest energy projects, Russian emergency services said.2006-11-15T16:00+0100thestarenthestar-b0809983608b7991d54353848b01b3dbNaturalDisastersEnergyEnergyENVhttp://news.ert.gr/en/newsDetails.asp?id=21804Small tsunami waves hit the eastern coast of Hokkaido island, northern Japan, after a major earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale2006-11-15T16:00+0100ert-enenert-en-06ab7272d00c38e95975957e7edec5c5NaturalDisastershttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/15/worldupdates/2006-11-15T194434Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-276378-4&sec=WorldupdatesTOKYO (Reuters) - Small tsunami waves hit Japan's northernmost island late on Wednesday after a major quake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's sparsely populated Kurile islands.2006-11-15T16:00+0100thestarenthestar-ac20339bfaa07313d2e863389c782892EnergyENVNaturalDisastersEnergyWaterENVhttp://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/topNews/%7E3/49597643/newsarticle.aspxTOKYO (Reuters) - Small tsunami waves hit Japan's northernmost island late on Wednesday after a major quake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's sparsely populated Kurile islands.2006-11-15T15:59+0100reutersenreuters-9bee3f929c433374302fb4c0c88bdefeNaturalDisastershttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L15686086.htmSource: Reuters (30 minutes ago)2006-11-15T15:57+0100alertnetenalertnet-1777129f5fd7b0dce1876315671d1056NaturalDisastersEnergyEnergyENVhttp://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/November/theworld_November511.xml&section=theworld>> News >> THE WORLD Russian islanders take shelter after tsunami warning (AFP) 15 November 2006 VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Some 10,000 inhabitants of the Kuril Islands in far eastern Russia were taken to higher ground on Wednesday after a strong earthquake prompted a tsunami warning, officials said.2006-11-15T15:54+0100khaleejtimesenkhaleejtimes-4e0ffe50450ec17376b9c139f308cd1eNaturalDisastershttp://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/November/theworld_November510.xml&section=theworld(AP) 15 November 2006 TOKYO - Japan issued a tsunami alert Wednesday and told Pacific coast residents to flee to higher ground after a powerful earthquake hit off sparsely populated islands between northern Japan and the Russian Far East. A tsunami about 2 meters (6 feet) tall or higher had been....2006-11-15T15:54+0100khaleejtimesenkhaleejtimes-ea1ae589c5c248556478ec56bc537836NaturalDisastersEnergyManMadeDisastershttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15726732/A wave that hit the port of Nemuro on Hokkaido at 9:29 p.m. was measured at 16 inches, and live footage from the area showed calm seas. A few minutes later, a second, 8-inch wave hit the nearby port city of Kushiro, the agency said, and the waves got progressively smaller. A magnitude 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia on Dec.2006-11-15T15:48+0100newsweekennewsweek-e0634fe6b25bd00ee212b0e12aeabc43NaturalDisastersEnergyCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1844725,00050004.htmJapan's Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning after an 8.1 quake was recorded in the Kurile islands on Wednesday in eastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, NHK public television said. The first waves of the tsunami, which was expected to arrive shortly after 9 pm local, were predicted to range from 1 to 2 metres in Hokkaido.2006-11-15T15:47+0100HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-39800953351ecea758a5c0c38a4da023NaturalDisastershttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6150538.stmResidents of Japan's Pacific coast are urged to flee amid warnings that a tsunami will hit the north and east.2006-11-15T15:46+0100bbcenbbc-c0c452d6a7042e76b47730a6432bdfd6NaturalDisastershttp://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1115/tsunami.htmlSmall tsunami hits Japanese island 15 November 2006 14:27 Small tsunami waves have hit Japan's northernmost island after a major earthquake in the north Pacific triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's sparsely populated Kurile Ilands.2006-11-15T15:44+0100RTERadioenRTERadio-85eeb6f50ac607d7e7eaba1488b8582cNaturalDisastershttp://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200611/15a7a623-3e77-4f90-9f64-fe713cdddc6f.htmPoland continues to uphold its veto on a new EU-Russia treaty ahead of a crucial summit between Brussels and Moscow next week.2006-11-15T15:43+0100EUpolitixenEUpolitix-c314cfb9183e93398f4e2de8e16e8bd3ECnewshttp://kyivpost.com/top/25486Russia is Ukraine's biggest trading partner, and Ukraine is heavily dependent on natural gas supplies from Russia2006-11-15T15:39+0100kyivpostenkyivpost-64b9c9551ac260ba777633062856cc57Energyhttp://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2654585&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds03125 Small Tsunamis Hit Northern Japan, None Larger Than 16 Inches Tall2006-11-15T15:35+0100ABCnewsenABCnews-626203f243eb1f70df1f62f4b7977917NaturalDisastershttp://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2654596&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312Tsunami Warning Is Issued for Japan After Offshore Earthquake but Only Small Waves Hit Shore2006-11-15T15:35+0100ABCnewsenABCnews-f5779eb6888821f9dd58598605a488daNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://www.euobserver.com/2287515.11.2006 - 15:19 CET France is siding with Poland in complaints the European Commission has not done enough to help break Russia's food trade embargo, as Finnish PM Matti Vanhannen attempts to salvage next week's EU-Russia summit.2006-11-15T15:33+0100euobservereneuobserver-6c755bc053bb1eb8069cac21831400c5PeterMandelsonEnergyENVhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/TheGlobeAndMail-International/%7E3/49596648/Earthquake triggers warnings in Japan, Russia but threat seen as minimal; agency issues watch for northern tip of British Columbia2006-11-15T15:31+0100theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-01258e87007525b26b556b228dd790c3NaturalDisastersEnergyCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP230495.htmSource: Reuters (16 minutes ago)2006-11-15T15:27+0100alertnetenalertnet-9c23416ba9d03b946c0dd0d5919241c8EnergyENVNaturalDisastersEnergyWaterENVhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6490355&ft=1&f=1001An earthquake with a magnitude of at least 7.7, and possibly as high as 8.1, was recorded in the Pacific Ocean off of Japan. Officials issued a tsunami warning after the quake, advising Pacific-coast residents on the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu to move to higher ground. When the tsunami came ashore, it measured only 16 inches in height.2006-11-15T15:25+0100NPRnewsenNPRnews-49704e8eb9c1f2a9a6d7c42c6814d8c3NaturalDisastershttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/15/world/main2182418.shtml(CBS/AP) Residents along Japan's Pacific coast were told to flee an impending tsunami after a powerful earthquake with preliminary magnitude 8.1 hit the Kuril Islands north of Japan late Wednesday. A couple hours after the initial scare, Japan's meteorological agency said a tsunami, estimated to be 16 inches high, hit northern Japan.2006-11-15T15:25+0100CBSnewsenCBSnews-f0733572eeedb14dfa743edd0d59ee6cNaturalDisastersEnergyhttp://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/cnn_latest/%7E3/49595294/index.html(CNN) -- The following is a list of tsunami warnings and watches following a major earthquake on Wednesday in the Kuril Islands. Japan's Meteorological Agency measured the quake at 8.1, the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center measured it at 7.8.2006-11-15T15:24+0100RSS-cnnenRSS-cnn-850f1ee2169c9c711034d33a4771d573SeaENVNaturalDisastershttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/business/AS_GEN_Japan_Tsunami.phpAn official from the town of Shibetsu on Hokkaido, Kiyoshi Takimoto, told public broadcaster NHK that about 4,000 of the town's 6,100 residents lived along the coast and had been told to flee to higher ground. Takimoto said he didn't notice the quake. The government set up an emergency task force at....2006-11-15T15:23+0100IHTenIHT-70684860cc8c34c1ae49743ae2164a38NaturalDisastersEnergyhttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/15/br/br8574396210.htmlUpdated at 4:11 a.m., Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Japan quake leads to tsunami watch in Hawai'i Advertiser Staff and News Services TOKYO — A powerful undersea earthquake prompted tsunami warnings this morning for Japan and Russia but the danger appeared to pass after a series of tiny waves hit the northern Japanese coast.2006-11-15T15:23+0100HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-1e2727a03ddc1121f3f2dfc48bcc892eNaturalDisastersEnergyhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/sports/AS_SPT_TEN_Masters_Cup_Results.phpSHANGHAI, China: Results Wednesday from the US$4.45 million (€3.48 million) Tennis Masters Cup tournament at Qi Zhong Stadium: Singles Round Robin Gold Group James Blake (8), United States, def. Nikolay Davydenko (3), Russia, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5. Standings: Blake 2-0 (sets 4-1); Davydenko 1-1 (3-3); Robredo 0-1 (1-2); Nadal 0-1 (0-2).2006-11-15T15:23+0100IHTenIHT-7054a790d0476f5fb7181a69154fd2f1http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=4278960&p=4z78975&n=427905215/11/2006 - 1:52:33 PM Small tsunamis hit northern Japan :: latest Japan issued a tsunami alert today and told Pacific coast residents to flee to higher ground after a powerful earthquake hit off sparsely populated islands between northern Japan and the Russian Far East.2006-11-15T15:22+0100examinerenexaminer-4683de880640432f8156cb1efe692722NaturalDisastersEnergyhttp://news.yahoo.com/ap/20061115/ap_on_re_as/japan_tsunamiThe waves did not swell higher than 16 inches and rapidly diminished in size, but Japan's meteorological agency said that it would wait for at least several hours before withdrawing its warning of possible larger waves. The agency told coast residents to flee to higher ground after initially....2006-11-15T15:17+0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-9312952057aee44ac3b73ce25d1a089cNaturalDisastersEnergyCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/japan.tsunami/index.htmlTOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A small 40-centimeter (16-inch) tsunami has hit northern Japan after an 8.1 magnitude earthquake shook the Russian-controlled Kuril islands, according to Japan's Meteorological Agency. Residents along Japan's Pacific coast were told to flee the tsunami after the quake hit Wednesday at 8:14 p.2006-11-15T15:16+0100cnnencnn-3037bb492fcca5691627fe91103ea737NaturalDisastershttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/15/worldupdates/2006-11-15T185059Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-276378-3&sec=WorldupdatesTOKYO (Reuters) - A small tsunami wave hit Japan's northernmost island late on Wednesday after a major quake in the Kurile islands triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's Pacific coast.2006-11-15T15:15+0100thestarenthestar-9847a32ca4d5e519b4fdde4d66b245d1NaturalDisastersEnergyhttp://news.ert.gr/en/newsDetails.asp?id=21802A tsunami warning was issued at noon today for Hokkaido island in northern Japan, Russia's northeastern coast and the American state of Alaska after the major earthquake in Japan2006-11-15T15:15+0100ert-enenert-en-531e71e26e1b67ad4b839b2101c05469NaturalDisastershttp://news.com.au/story/0,23599,20766068-1702,00.htmlTWO small tsunamis hit coastal areas of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido following a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.1 near Etorofu Island, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. 12:45am (AEDT)2006-11-15T15:12+0100NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-2f3f3e5e77c239e0a7417f4ffd209c5dNaturalDisastershttp://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/cnn_allpolitics/%7E3/49576598/index.htmlMOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- President Bush, eager for Russian help in ongoing nuclear disputes with North Korea and Iran, tended to the sometimes frosty Washington-Moscow relationship Wednesday by paying a quick call on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Bush stopped to see Putin on his way to Asia for an....2006-11-15T15:09+0100RSS-cnnenRSS-cnn-eb8a66eb71b303ebc5fcab65a95d74baTradeWTOJRCSafeguardshttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2454424,00.html%23cid=OTC-RSS&attr=WorldA massive undersea earthquake off the coasts of Russia and Japan in the northern Pacific triggered a tsunami warning today but only appeared to cause a series of small waves....2006-11-15T15:09+0100thetimesenthetimes-18379212af10b263d3b6fea264d31143NaturalDisastersSeaENVhttp://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1240877,00.htmlA series of small waves have hit the coast of Japan after an underwater earthquake prompted fears of a destructive tsunami. Thousands of people living near the sea on the northern island of Hokkaido were urged to flee to higher land. Experts issued a tsunami warning for parts of Japan - and the Russian coast - after the 8.2006-11-15T15:07+0100skynewsenskynews-f9774b0b2ca23bd6c1e92e5e30f7bc1bSeaENVNaturalDisastershttp://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2654596&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312Series of Small Tsunami Waves Hit Japan After Offshore Earthquake2006-11-15T15:05+0100ABCnewsenABCnews-689f8bb223bbe32a95913d63a9e724b9NaturalDisastershttp://www.washtimes.com//upi/20061115-071311-8393r.htmQuake spawns minor tsunami in Japan Nov. 15, 2006 at 8:17AM A strong Pacific earthquake Wednesday created a minor tsunami that hit Japan's northern and eastern coasts, meteorologists said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the first rush of water Wednesday night was about 16 inches on the islands....2006-11-15T15:03+0100washtimesenwashtimes-777213d46333fe469c3a840efb49ee65NaturalDisastershttp://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1163588585891&call_pageid=968332188492&StarSource=RSSJapan issued a tsunami warning Wednesday and told Pacific coast residents to flee to higher ground after a powerful earthquake hit off sparsely populated islands to the north.2006-11-15T15:00+0100TorontoStarenTorontoStar-8a5df74cfcb68b7348db89522c8fc92cNaturalDisastersEnergyCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://rss1.mediafed.com/feed/mirror/Latest_News/?link=508f795989f0abfe5a5e1bedd6754dceTOKYO (Reuters) - A tsunami warning was issued for northern Japan and Russia's northeastern coast after a major quake shook the Kurile islands on Wednesday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii said.2006-11-15T14:59+0100themirrorenthemirror-26c9dd7425c143bb17cfc67379e0c5bdNaturalDisastershttp://rss1.mediafed.com/feed/mirror/Latest_News/?link=9b1e7dd3d78761cae0c83ca8048f74f2Corrects 2nd paragraph to read ... roughly 1,700 km northeast of Tokyo ... instead of ... northwest. Corrects 4th paragraph to make clear the territorial dispute concerns only the Southern Kuriles2006-11-15T14:59+0100themirrorenthemirror-8c70db222284e240669c1749e57e0772NaturalDisastershttp://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/topNews/%7E3/49578414/newsarticle.aspxTOKYO (Reuters) - A small tsunami wave hit Japan's northernmost island late on Wednesday after a major quake in the Kurile islands triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia's Pacific coast.2006-11-15T14:58+0100reutersenreuters-e336596c4cc2cad2502c4d8a5dfd9ae0NaturalDisastershttp://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/%7Er/usatoday-NewsTopStories/%7E3/49551526/2006-11-15-japan-quake_x.htmJapan issued a tsunami warning Wednesday and told Pacific coast residents to flee to higher ground after a powerful earthquake ...2006-11-15T14:55+0100usaTodayenusaToday-79a2dc8619b19a835a45553b7e9fb211NaturalDisastersEnergyhttp://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/cnn_latest/%7E3/49584728/index.htmlMOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- Insomniac bears are roaming the forests of southwestern Siberia scaring local people, as the weather stays too warm for the animals to fall into their usual winter slumber. The furry mammals escape harsh winters by going to sleep in October-November for around six months,....2006-11-15T14:54+0100RSS-cnnenRSS-cnn-cc67c2ab85a0f8e4c4f37e997289e36dhttp://www.euronews.net/create_html.php?article=390882&lng=1An 8.1 quake was recorded in the Kuril islands and a tsunami warning issued for eastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, Japanese public TV said.2006-11-15T14:54+0100euronews-eneneuronews-en-a403d8338cda8b1c2833b00e675a3694NaturalDisastershttp://news.ft.com/cms/f03a48ae-74a0-11db-bc76-0000779e2340.htmlTOKYO, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A small tsunami wave hit Japan’s northernmost island late on Wednesday after a major quake in the Kurile islands triggered a full-scale tsunami warning for areas of northern Japan and Russia’s Pacific coast. Japanese media reported that a wave measuring about 40 cm (16....2006-11-15T14:53+0100ftenft-166bc76e55caa9bcdd7fd6671d53dd92NaturalDisastersEnergyhttp://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1240877,00.htmlA series of small waves have hit the coast of Japan after an underwater earthquake prompted fears of a destructive tsunami. Thousands of people living near the sea on the northern island of Hokkaido were urged to flee to higher land. Experts issued a tsunami warning for parts of Japan - and the Russian coast - after the 8.2006-11-15T14:52+0100skynewsenskynews-cd9a033592a29b104ac33fcc09eee85bSeaENVNaturalDisastershttp://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,,1948372,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1Coastal residents told to flee.2006-11-15T14:50+0100guardianenguardian-1e8934198e1dfb2be845c13a4f96c73cNaturalDisastershttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15726732/The agency warned that larger waves could follow. Before the tsunami struck, an official from the town of Shibetsu on Hokkaido, Kiyoshi Takimoto, told public broadcaster NHK that about 4,000 of the town’s 6,100 residents lived along the coast and had been told to flee to higher ground. Takimoto said he didn’t notice the quake.2006-11-15T14:47+0100newsweekennewsweek-29348c18e18fddd54acc4b513ffcd233NaturalDisastersEnergyCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/TheGlobeAndMail-International/%7E3/49559870/Japanese meteorological agency tells Pacific coast residents to move to higher ground2006-11-15T14:45+0100theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-253a7470de46800b90c2e626135bfe86NaturalDisastersEnergyhttp://news.yahoo.com/ap/20061115/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclearWhile six-party talks on North Korea stalled last year after the United States imposed economic sanctions on Pyongyang, diplomats said they were focused on renewing negotiations in the wake of the communist country's Oct. 9 nuclear test. "No one — China, nor Russia nor any of the three of us — has....2006-11-15T14:45+0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-dcda22945470085d118719323e939ecbTAXUDTREN-SecurityOHIMJRCSafeguardshttp://rss1.mediafed.com/feed/mirror/Latest_News/?link=0e35a94e91e7139eb398d10f90b31a23By Richard Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin met for brief talks at a Moscow airport on Wednesday which were to touch on trade and international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. Putin greeted Bush warmly as the U.S.2006-11-15T14:44+0100themirrorenthemirror-ac5fd5babac533bb36619431b704697aTradeNuclearSecurityCouncilWTOEconomicPolicyEUJRCSafeguardshttp://rss1.mediafed.com/feed/mirror/Latest_News/?link=3a5dc8dc2085d6971e70db2566947973TOKYO (Reuters) - An 8.1 quake was recorded in the Kurile islands on Wednesday, and a tsunami warning issued for eastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, NHK public television said.2006-11-15T14:44+0100themirrorenthemirror-39f415effa821277712eaf3c8851833dNaturalDisastershttp://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/11/15/earthquake-japan.html?ref=rssA small tsunami, less than half a metre high, struck parts of northern Japan Wednesday after a powerful earthquake shook the region.2006-11-15T14:44+0100RSS-CBCenRSS-CBC-70ad459896564e1e65af93001dbec749NaturalDisastershttp://english.people.com.cn/200611/15/eng20061115_321825.htmlThe U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday for northern Japan and Russia after a major earthquake hit near Kurile Islands north of Japan.2006-11-15T14:43+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-b7b7bd0a3b8a904a680d910e74f27df0NaturalDisastershttp://english.people.com.cn/200611/15/eng20061115_321823.htmlA strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.1 hits the disputed Etorofu Island off Hokkaido of northern Japan.2006-11-15T14:43+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-a216fb4403924c47adb4c2ec906346a5NaturalDisastershttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2454424,00.html%23cid=OTC-RSS&attr=WorldJapan's meteorological agency has issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific Coast, according to reports. The warning said the wave is expected to measure at least 2m (6....2006-11-15T14:39+0100thetimesenthetimes-0a6cba6e93b5cf592276636fc343c07fWaterENVSeaENVNaturalDisastershttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/15/br/br5861723904.htmlPosted at 2:27 a.m., Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Tsunami advisory upgraded to watch for Hawai'i Advertiser Staff The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami watch at 2:21 a.m. for the state of Hawai'i following an 8.1 magnitude earthquake off the Kuril Islands.2006-11-15T14:38+0100HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-53d7c05afd7758cf2554f0c817d5347aNaturalDisastershttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/15/br/br9487102653.htmlPosted at 3:13 a.m., Wednesday, November 15, 2006 16-inch tsunami hits Japan, more could follow Associated Press TOKYO — Japan issued a tsunami warning this morning and told Pacific coast residents to flee to higher ground after a powerful earthquake hit off sparsely populated islands to the north.2006-11-15T14:38+0100HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-1c9c08c7d1c5b20e51f5425d7e31ce75NaturalDisastershttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/15/br/br4126953708.htmlAdvertiser Staff If the tsunami watch issued for Hawai'i is upgraded to a warning State Civil Defense will sound the sirens and initiate the Emergency Alert System, said State Civil Defense spokesman Ray Lovell. Lovell said Civil Defense is monitoring the tsunami threat, which was generated early this morning after a 8.2006-11-15T14:38+0100HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-e2fb37f01f9167cc67c8169a6bdb19e4NaturalDisastershttp://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006530174,00.htmlRESIDENTS along Japan's Pacific coast today fled to higher ground after warnings of a devastating tidal wave. Experts warned a tsunami was about to strike after a powerful earthquake hit the Kuril islands north of the country. The quake, which measured 8.1 on the Richter scale, was said to have triggered a 2m-high wall of water.2006-11-15T14:36+0100thesunenthesun-3e95dd81b2d03018d0960927f77f43e0NaturalDisastershttp://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2654585&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds03122 Small Tsunamis Hits Northern Japan, Estimated at 16 Inches and 8 Inches Tall2006-11-15T14:35+0100ABCnewsenABCnews-b9d6aa4783bf69c556ca67d1e9afdfd3NaturalDisastershttp://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/cnn_latest/%7E3/49576399/index.htmlTOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A small 40-centimeter (16-inch) tsunami hit northern Japan after an 8.1 magnitude earthquake shook the Russian-owned Kuril islands on Wednesday, according to Japan's Meteorological Agency. Residents along Japan's Pacific coast were told to flee the tsunami after the quake hit at 8:14 p.2006-11-15T14:31+0100RSS-cnnenRSS-cnn-31874dffcbb6a826180c4d777e870693NaturalDisastershttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6150538.stmResidents of Japan's Pacific coast are urged to flee amid warnings that a tsunami will hit the north and east.2006-11-15T14:31+0100bbcenbbc-c75116daac7699f9cefa4fd8ac971fdaNaturalDisastershttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/15/russia.us.ap/index.htmlMOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- U.S. President George W. Bush was expected to hold a highly unusual meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday when the U.S. leader's plane makes a refueling stop at a Moscow airport enroute to Asia. The United States and Russia are on the verge of signing an....2006-11-15T14:31+0100cnnencnn-500cfd09c2ffd0b234731ed7c7540720TradeNuclearWTOEnterpriseEuropeJRCSafeguardsIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://www.mediafax.ro/english/articole-free/Japan-And-Russia-On-Tsunami-Alert-576861-9.htmlA tsunami is expected to hit northern Japan and Russia''s Pacific coast, the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says, quoted by BBC News online. Japan''s meteorological agency says a tsunami of at least two meters (6.5 feet) high could hit the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu.2006-11-15T14:30+0100mediafaxenmediafax-38bb1417c95ca8482d7b867fa209c422NaturalDisastershttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/15/worldupdates/2006-11-15T183024Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-276384-1&sec=WorldupdatesMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian emergency services went on high alert and evacuated a small settlement after a major earthquake struck on Wednesday in the middle of the sparsely populated Kurile Islands off its Pacific Coast.2006-11-15T14:30+0100thestarenthestar-2b154a514dd087756a7f3b9f5d0a10b2NaturalDisastersEnergyEnergyENVhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T108029.htmSource: Reuters (7 minutes ago)2006-11-15T14:26+0100alertnetenalertnet-a050fc967365bc2d6d6851b232a3cb99NaturalDisastersEnergyhttp://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/cnn_world/%7E3/49570248/index.htmlTOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A small 40-centimeter (16-inch) tsunami hit northern Japan after an 8.1 magnitude earthquake shook the Russian-owned Kuril islands on Wednesday, according to Japan's Meteorological Agency. Residents along Japan's Pacific coast were told to flee the tsunami after the quake.2006-11-15T14:23+0100RSS-cnnenRSS-cnn-f290b650527345cb734474507ea84884NaturalDisastershttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15726732/Japan’s meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning and told the country’s Pacific coast residents to flee to higher ground after a powerful earthquake hit hundreds of miles away.2006-11-15T14:21+0100RSS-msnbcenRSS-msnbc-3852b8c39b7b0476885f97055e328c6fNaturalDisastersEnergyCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://news.yahoo.com/ap/20061115/ap_on_re_as/japan_tsunamiTOKYO - Japan issued a tsunami warning Wednesday and told Pacific coast residents to flee to higher ground after a powerful earthquake hit off sparsely populated islands to the north. Japan's meteorological agency initially predicted that a 6 1/2-foot tsunami would hit the Pacific coast of Japan's....2006-11-15T14:15+0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-a866a6eaccfcaf79b64e13f688d22bd0NaturalDisastershttp://www.phantis.com/news/read.html?newsID=2006111574257A tsunami is expected to hit northern Japan and Russia's Pacific coast, the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says. Japan's meteorological agency (JMA) says a tsunami of at least two metres (6.5 feet) high could hit the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu. Warnings are being broadcast on all Japanese TV....2006-11-15T14:12+0100phantisenphantis-47c77d79e2c382ba3ed12355dea2bdf3NaturalDisastershttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/japan.tsunami/index.htmlTOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Residents along Japan's Pacific coast have been told to flee an impending tsunami after an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 8.1 hit the Kuril islands north of the country. The warning was issued on Wednesday for eastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, the U.S.2006-11-15T14:09+0100cnnencnn-e9a0db7ca77f9e2f6d13156e102087ceNaturalDisastershttp://www.washtimes.com//upi/20061115-071311-8393r.htmQuake spawns tsunami warning for Japan Nov. 15, 2006 at 7:55AM A strong Pacific earthquake Wednesday created a tsunami bound for Japan's northern and eastern coasts, meteorologists said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the rush of water was expected to be more than 6 feet high Wednesday night....2006-11-15T14:03+0100washtimesenwashtimes-6d10021bc27f7845a13f4973aeb94a88NaturalDisastershttp://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1985403.ecePublished: 15 November 2006 Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning after an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 8.1 hit the Kuril islands north of Japan2006-11-15T13:59+0100independentenindependent-69d012d77e6ffee27332b93fef8508d2NaturalDisastershttp://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/worldNews/%7E3/49566861/newsarticle.aspxTOKYO (Reuters) - A tsunami warning was issued for northern Japan and Russia's northeastern coast after a major quake shook the Kurile islands on Wednesday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said.2006-11-15T13:58+0100reutersenreuters-bf8630986c750741c0abd7da81dd468fNaturalDisastershttp://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/topNews/%7E3/49560264/newsarticle.aspxMOSCOW (Reuters) - President Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin met for brief talks at a Moscow airport on Wednesday which were to touch on trade and international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.2006-11-15T13:58+0100reutersenreuters-53deec73784b74a14e577c4060d68f71http://rss1.mediafed.com/feed/mirror/Latest_News/?link=79dd7f94b4e81093d4e766ec984beacaBy Richard Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iran's nuclear ambitions will figure in talks on Wednesday between U.S. President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin that follow a visit to Moscow by a top Iranian official, the Kremlin said. Putin, in an unusual move not required by protocol, will go....2006-11-15T13:58+0100themirrorenthemirror-f62568d8ea20dfc3cb9dbf7b1fb7d9ddTradeNuclearSecurityCouncilWTOEconomicPolicyEUJRCSafeguardsIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://feeds.reuters.com/%7Er/reuters/topNews/%7E3/49566863/newsarticle.aspxTOKYO (Reuters) - A tsunami warning was issued for northern Japan and Russia's northeastern coast after a major quake shook the Kurile islands on Wednesday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said.2006-11-15T13:58+0100reutersenreuters-d8891f04390ea5362b1982219396a83bNaturalDisastershttp://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/TheGlobeAndMail-International/%7E3/49559870/Japanese meteorological agency tells Pacific coast residents told to move to higher ground2006-11-15T13:58+0100theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-744fe1828a54d32b6bc7e89718cdbcf2NaturalDisastersEnergyCommunicableDiseaseCaseshttp://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=290024&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/A massive earthquake struck in the northern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami warning for the coasts of Japan and Russia, officials said. The earthquake registered 8,1 on the Richter scale at 8.15pm (11.15am GMT) in the Pacific, about 600km north-east of Japan's main northern island....2006-11-15T13:57+0100MailGuardianenMailGuardian-3e09e349a323115be24c8fe40c2106cbNaturalDisastershttp://www.iol.co.za/widgets/rss_redirect.php?artid=qw1163592001355B215&setid=1&sectid=&url=iol&vne=0&csect=WorldResidents have been urged to head to higher ground after a massive earthquake near the Kuril islands triggered a tsunami warning for Japan's coast.2006-11-15T13:56+0100ioleniol-5bcdd471530026e125c332cb3fbc414fNaturalDisastershttp://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/%7Er/usatoday-NewsTopStories/%7E3/49551526/2006-11-15-japan-quake_x.htmResidents along Japan's Pacific coast were told to flee an impending tsunami after a powerful earthquake with preliminary magnitude ...2006-11-15T13:54+0100usaTodayenusaToday-a66a434616b8ddcf44a0da6810f26038NaturalDisastersEnergyhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1115/tsunami.htmlTsunami warning issued for Japan, Russia 15 November 2006 12:41 A tsunami warning issued for northern Japan and Russia has been upgraded after an 8.1 earthquake was recorded in the Kurile Islands. The first waves of the tsunami were predicted to range from one to two metres in Hokkaido.2006-11-15T13:43+0100RTERadioenRTERadio-1697ee26cb61d9b1d177300e2b965c34NaturalDisasters