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Earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.</description><pubDate>2007-01-13T08:10+0100</pubDate><source>skynews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>skynews-27f8902bfa7a164cfb0f39df9ae5d490</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Japanese Residents Told to Flee Tsunami</title><link>http://www.topix.net/content/ap/1673856646170894810534313990673361128674</link><description>Japan's Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings Saturday following a powerful 8.3 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean and officials ordered coastal residents to flee to higher ground. Comment</description><pubDate>2007-01-13T08:00+0100</pubDate><source>topix</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>topix-8d1882258f9a1fa8f97ac0bfc47d723b</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Thousands in Japan flee possible tsunami</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070113/ap_on_re_as/japan_earthquake</link><description>TOKYO - Japan's Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings Saturday following a powerful 8.3 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean and said that tidal levels had fallen 4 inches in Nemuro in northeastern Japan, a sign of a possible tsunami.

The tsunami warnings sent thousands of residents....</description><pubDate>2007-01-13T07:51+0100</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-acd5055bbe084749ad56904936fb8755</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Tsunami alerts issued following huge quake</title><link>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/74769526/index.html</link><description>A tsunami warning was issued Saturday for Japan and a broad area surrounding the Pacific Ocean, including Alaska, after a major undersea earthquake east of the Kuril Islands, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and the West Coast &amp; Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.</description><pubDate>2007-01-13T07:46+0100</pubDate><source>cnn</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>cnn-b1132d9c8cf184e21b14372ec8a7eb0c</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Pacific tsunami warning issued after strong quake</title><link>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/74769892/index.html</link><description>A tsunami warning was issued Saturday for Japan and a broad area surrounding the Pacific Ocean, including Alaska, after a major undersea earthquake east of the Kuril Islands, according to two warning centers. The earthquake was measured at a massive 8.2 magnitude at 11:23 p.m. ET, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.</description><pubDate>2007-01-13T07:24+0100</pubDate><source>cnn</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>cnn-83bcb149c568368ef8caf2a82f44d840</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Japanese Residents Told to Flee Tsunami</title><link>http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2792390&amp;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312</link><description>Tsunami Warnings Issued in Japan Following 8.3 Magnitude Quake; Residents Told to Evacuate</description><pubDate>2007-01-13T07:13+0100</pubDate><source>ABCnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ABCnews-82ac78fb0b361cd6e6133cc22e91c22d</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Tsunami warnings issued in Japan</title><link>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070113.wtsunami13/BNStory/International/?page=rss&amp;id=RTGAM.20070113.wtsunami13</link><description>Northeastern coast bracing for impact following 8.3 quake</description><pubDate>2007-01-13T07:11+0100</pubDate><source>theglobeandmail</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>theglobeandmail-f8995d3bc2783c41fc410ea1af6b98fe</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Tsunami warnings issued in Japan after 8.3 magnitude earthquake</title><link>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/13/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-Tsunami.php</link><description>TOKYO: Japan's Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings Saturday following a powerful 8.3 magnitude earthquake that hit off the country's northern coast in the Pacific. The agency said waves as high as one-meter (3.3-feet) could hit the northeastern coast of Japan's northern island of Hokkaido around 2 p.</description><pubDate>2007-01-13T06:52+0100</pubDate><source>IHT</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>IHT-67920eb8f9ec3ff5837af8f7b142674e</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Japanese residents told to flee tsunami</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070113/ap_on_re_as/japan_earthquake</link><description>The agency said waves as high as 3.3 feet could hit the northeastern coast of Japan's northern island of Hokkaido around 2 p.m. (12 a.m. EST). The quake struck around 1:24 p.m. about 310 miles east of Etorofu, part of a disputed four-island chain known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Kuril islands in Russia, the agency said.</description><pubDate>2007-01-13T06:51+0100</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-c6da5ffddc9b3e97c9f050e15f9f98ab</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>SBY's East Asia snub: Cynicism or summit fatigue?</title><link>http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20070113.A07&amp;irec=6</link><description>"Summit diplomacy," Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda declared Monday, "is an import element of present-day diplomacy."</description><pubDate>2007-01-13T06:24+0100</pubDate><source>JakartaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>JakartaPost-034e4a8bc55fb7a5c6f33f9218589320</guid><category>SecurityCouncil</category><category>ExternalAffairs</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Indonesia: More than 1,000 Habitat homes in earthquake-hit Yogyakarta completed ahead of schedule</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/YAOI-6XD2ZG?OpenDocument</link><description>Smart Response Allows HFH Indonesia To Raise House And Funding Targets YOGYAKARTA, 10th January 2007: Racing ahead of schedule, Habitat for Humanity Indonesia has achieved its target of building 1,000 houses for survivors of last year's massive earthquake in Central Java, six months ahead of time.</description><pubDate>2007-01-12T05:35+0100</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-2e128c6dbc9a9b49d6585a81b0ffa60f</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Indonesia: Dengue outbreak reported among Yogyakarta earthquake survivors</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6XD4Z5?OpenDocument</link><description>Slamet Susanto , The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Multiple cases of dengue fever have been reported in Yogyakarta, where one person has died so far. The Bantul Health and Communicable Diseases Handling Office said it did not have concrete data on infection numbers.</description><pubDate>2007-01-12T05:35+0100</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-01cd815d919a13e7a7ea26f0a0b4b882</guid><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>Allow for children of Lahewa to study in reasonable conditions</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SNAO-6XCSB5?OpenDocument</link><description>Following the devastating earthquake in March 2005, most infrastructures are yet to be built. Thousands of homes, hundreds of kilometres of roads and many buildings are still waiting to be reconstructed. After having constructed hundreds of temporary shelters in the sub-district of Lahewa, ACTED is....</description><pubDate>2007-01-11T23:35+0100</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-387a451888a18df313a802918e4fc42b</guid><category>UNbodies</category></item><item><title>Strong quake hits near Ambon in eastern Indonesia</title><link>http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/1/12/worldupdates/2007-01-11T221055Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-283201-1&amp;sec=Worldupdates</link><description>JAKARTA (Reuters) - A strong undersea earthquake of a magnitude 6.2 struck eastern Indonesia, around 70 km southwest of the provincial capital of Ambon, an official at the country's Meteorological and Geophysical agency said on Thursday.</description><pubDate>2007-01-11T19:17+0100</pubDate><source>thestar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>thestar-e47bb29376e50eff3720d853954451de</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Strong quake hits near Ambon in eastern Indonesia</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK198376.htm</link><description>JAKARTA, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A strong undersea earthquake of a magnitude 6.2 struck eastern Indonesia, around 70 km (44 miles) southwest of the provincial capital of Ambon, an official at the country's Meteorological and Geophysical agency said on Thursday. The official said by telephone the quake struck at 9:31 p.</description><pubDate>2007-01-11T18:26+0100</pubDate><source>alertnet</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>alertnet-72148321f4114e4886db8d0191a71577</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Strong quake hits in eastern Indonesia</title><link>http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&amp;articleid=295455</link><description>A strong undersea earthquake of a magnitude 6,2 struck eastern Indonesia, about 70km south-west of the provincial capital of Ambon, an official at the country's Meteorological and Geophysical agency said on Thursday. The official said by telephone the quake struck at 9.31pm local time and was at a depth of 57km.</description><pubDate>2007-01-11T17:57+0100</pubDate><source>MailGuardian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>MailGuardian-e889491da9c4af189b01a585aaaa516e</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item></channel></rss>
