http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/24/business/AS_FIN_EARNS_Japan_Sanyo.phpTOKYO: Sanyo Electric Co. trimmed losses for the fiscal first-half from the previous year, but slashed 2,200 additional jobs Friday in a bid to return to profitability. The Japanese electronics maker racked up a 3.62 billion yen (US$31 million; €24 million) net loss for the six months through Sept. 30, compared to a loss of 142.2006-11-24T09:54+0100IHTenIHT-58a8513cde152e858858c6abfbcfd943TAXUDEnterpriseEuropehttp://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200611240237.htmlWooden homes that meet the legal standard for quake-resistance strength are still at risk of collapsing in a temblor as strong as the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, researchers have found. The team of researchers, the government-affiliated Japan Testing Center for Construction Materials and house....2006-11-24T06:22+0100asahienasahi-e2cc476f3c64629ab3d4cf72b7d9e0d5NaturalDisastersResearchENVTAXUDhttp://www.washtimes.com//upi/20061123-032955-2573r.htmUPI NewsTrack TopNews Nov. 23, 2006 at 5:00PM Many deaths in Baghdad slum attack BAGHDAD, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Baghdad was placed under an emergency curfew Thursday after a wave of mortar and bomb attacks killed more than 115 people in a Shiite slum neighborhood.2006-11-24T00:28+0100washtimesenwashtimes-a3e1c223f37a6b33b9074e75ab47e6eeTerroristAttackNuclearDecommissioningNaturalDisastershttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/52974665/index.htmlRead full story for latest details.2006-11-23T03:58+0100cnnencnn-4df9b426254e77c6291798621e367d58NaturalDisastersWaterENVhttp://news.yahoo.com/ap/20061122/ap_on_sc/tsunami_alert_systemThe low-cost devices would complement existing deep-water tsunami-detection buoys, providing measurements and analysis of seismic movements more quickly and accurately than the buoys alone, said Louise Comfort, a University of Pittsburgh professor working on the project.2006-11-23T00:46+0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-a2defb465de43485a3b6ebaefafd59d4WaterENVNaturalDisastershttp://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200611220414.htmlPrime Minister Shinzo Abe's dream of modeling his administration after the White House began to take shape Wednesday with the formation of a special panel to debate setting up an organization that would function like the U.S. National Security Council.2006-11-22T17:00+0100asahienasahi-0c0394a8deb47dfa9517451a774c788eTerroristAttackhttp://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://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200611200142.htmlThis is part of a series of interviews in which people with wide cross-cultural experience in Japan and China discuss their work, problems and hopes for the future. BEIJING--As his Japan-bound plane moved across the vast open land of northeastern China, Fang Peiyu could not hold back the tears.2006-11-20T03:00+0100asahienasahi-9e00391055bde91312abc68bbfae5704http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061113/full/061113-20.htmlDamaging wave hit after warnings were called off, despite accurate predictions.2006-11-19T01:02+0100natureennature-4445539daa48d4af38401e93df145f5dResearchENVNaturalDisastersWaterENVhttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/18/br/br1843597602.htmlPosted at 3:39 a.m., Saturday, November 18, 2006 Earthquakes continue near Kuril Islands Advertiser Staff An area north-northeast of Japan which was hit by a massive earthquake on Wednesday, resulting in unusual surges and ocean currents in Hawaii beginning about six hours later, is continuing to shake.2006-11-18T15:35+0100HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-c910e107e05931ac4ab8fe6bb61bc506http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/17/business/CB_GEN_Betting_on_Disaster.php"Usually by mid-November you can kind of take a deep sigh," said Greg Hagood, co-owner of Nephila Capital Ltd. The Bermuda-based hedge fund invests in the so-called cat bonds and is named for a type of spider that, according to island folklore, predicts the arrival of a churning cyclone by weaving its web near the ground.2006-11-17T23:29+0100IHTenIHT-b2c8a530db3c976c757af72feab53228AvianFluNaturalDisastersLIFEENVTerroristAttackhttp://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-315f2a548b576da3b750336cd823a50aNaturalDisasters