<rss><channel><item><title>Mystery tremors bring new twist to quake prediction</title><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/naturaldisasters/story/0,,2034180,00.html?gusrc=rss&amp;feed=11</link><description>· Cumulative effect takes on new significance · 'Separate phenomena' seen as the same thing</description><pubDate>2007-03-15T02:36+0100</pubDate><source>guardian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>guardian-7dc849cdf5158d829383e8589096ad0f</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Source of mysterious seismic rumblings revealed</title><link>http://environment.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11382&amp;feedId=online-news_rss20</link><description>The gentle tremors are caused by the very slow slide of tectonic plates past one another, and might help forecast major earthquakes</description><pubDate>2007-03-15T00:58+0100</pubDate><source>newscientist</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>newscientist-de570b24fc03438493dee96fe95ffd00</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Japanese officials red-faced after blossom error</title><link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/14/nspring114.xml</link><description>Japan’s meteorological agency was left red-faced today after it admitted it wrongly predicted an early start to the all-important cherry blossom season because of a computer glitch.</description><pubDate>2007-03-14T16:27+0100</pubDate><source>telegraph</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>telegraph-1a10d6cb9a7b52158d6d6a228156de7f</guid><category>ClimateChange</category></item><item><title>Domingo, at 66, still feels the passion</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311/ap_en_mu/domingo_s_next_act;_ylt=AqPYuUfuKjm9jKoVJUzfVX2s0NUE</link><description>Striding out in a tortoise-like armor costume, Domingo heads for the stage again. At 66, he's determined to keep going, maintaining a demanding schedule that still takes him around the world, outlasting the usual career span for a top tenor. "The voice is a mystery, you know? It puzzles me why I am....</description><pubDate>2007-03-12T10:05+0100</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-606429a204d55da6eaddf39182d030d1</guid><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category></item><item><title>Another strong quake rattles area near Kuril Islands</title><link>http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Mar/11/br/br9325180764.html</link><description>Posted at 3:57 a.m., Sunday, March 11, 2007 Another strong quake rattles area near Kuril Islands Advertiser Staff The sea floor below the Kuril Islands northeast of Japan continues to slip and slide, with another major earthquake reported at 9:09 p.m. Saturday night Hawaii time. 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On Tuesday morning, as One Raffles Quay was swaying, rocked by a 6.</description><pubDate>2007-03-09T11:29+0100</pubDate><source>alertnet</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>alertnet-eb8cea6e26024dc0d1b8d5ca30f30f07</guid></item><item><title>Minor quake in Russia's Far East, no casualties</title><link>http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/9/worldupdates/2007-03-09T124923Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-290412-1&amp;sec=Worldupdates</link><description>MOSCOW (Reuters) - A minor earthquake was felt in Russia's Far East on Friday and there were no reports of any casualties or damage, emergency services said.</description><pubDate>2007-03-09T08:49+0100</pubDate><source>thestar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>thestar-9bfa7a3dfcadbd114e691801581049ee</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China's Colonization of North Korea</title><link>http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200703/200703090036.html</link><description>It¡¯s hard to see ahead in a big earthquake. It takes time for the dust to settle and the view to clear. That is what Japan's reaction to the Feb. 13 six-party accord on North Korea's nuclear program suggests. The assessment of Japanese experts of the pact, including the fact that Japan won¡¯t have to shoulder any of the aid burden, has been mixed.</description><pubDate>2007-03-09T06:00+0100</pubDate><source>chosun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>chosun-66af79f3c576acb33db7bc23bb174dde</guid><category>JRCSafeguards</category></item><item><title>Twenty-three die as airliner crashes at Javanese airport</title><link>http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2338363.ece</link><description>Published: 08 March 2007 In the second disaster to strike Indonesia this week, an airliner overshot a runway and burst into flames, killing at least 23 people.</description><pubDate>2007-03-08T17:38+0100</pubDate><source>independent</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>independent-6b0f5fed9868449c96c0918f93fbd33a</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>MaritimeSafetyWorld</category><category>AgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibre</category></item><item><title>Strong Quake Hits Off Japan's Coast</title><link>http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=77619</link><description>A strong earthquake, pegged at 6.0 on the Richter scale took place in the Pacifc Ocean near Japan. ...</description><pubDate>2007-03-08T11:35+0100</pubDate><source>novinite</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>novinite-99df32fb1a6c2f2a7e1b61e515624fea</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Magnitude 6 quake off eastern Japan, no damage</title><link>http://news.asiaone.com/a1news/20070308_story23_1.html</link><description>Magnitude 6 quake off eastern Japan, no damage Mar 08, 2007 Reuters TOKYO, March 8 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6 earthquake was registered southeast of Japan's eastern coast, the Meteorological Agency said on Thursday. 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