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Japan marks anniversary of tsunami tragedyIshinomaki, Japan (AFP) March 11, 2012 Japan fell silent Sunday to honour the 19,000 people killed a year ago in a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis in a generation. Tearful families gathered in towns and villages across the country's shattered northeast to remember those they lost as the towering waves smashed ashore. At 2.46 pm (0546 GMT) the nation paused for a minute's silence to mark the moment nature's fury was visited on Japan, when the 9.0-magnitude quake set off a devastating ... read more |
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  Meltdown intel emerges ahead of Japan anniversary Japan was Saturday preparing to mark the first anniversary of its tsunami, as government papers revealed ministers were warned of the possibility of meltdowns at Fukushima just after the waves struck. ... more | .. |
 Nothing stirs in Japan's nuclear ghost town They used to raise premium beef cattle in Iitate. But a year after Japan's nuclear disaster it is an irradiated ghost town and those who used to call it home have no idea when they will be able to return. ... more | .. |
 Seismic waves converted to audio to study quake's traits Last year's 9.0-magnitude Tohoku-Oki, Japan, earthquake was the fourth largest since 1900. However, because of thousands of seismometers in the region and Japan's willingness to share their measurem ... more | .. |
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  Hot Meets Cold at New Deep-Sea Ecosystem: "Hydrothermal Seep" Decades ago, marine scientists made a startling discovery in the deep sea. They found environments known as hydrothermal vents, where hot water surges from the seafloor and life thrives without sunl ... more | .. |
  Seeing without eyes: Hydra stinging cells respond to light In the absence of eyes, the fresh water polyp, Hydra magnipapillata, nevertheless reacts to light. They are diurnal, hunting during the day, and are known to move, looping end over end, or contract, ... more | .. |
  UN scientists warn of increased groundwater demands due to climate change Climate change has been studied extensively, but a new body of research guided by a San Francisco State University hydrologist looks beneath the surface of the phenomenon and finds that climate chan ... more | .. |
  New Research Helps to Identify Ancient Droughts in China Drought events are largely unknown in Earth's history, because reconstruction of ancient hydrological conditions remains difficult due to lack of proxy. New GEOLOGY research supported by China's NNS ... more |
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  Chimp populations show great genetic diversity, with implications for conservation Chimpanzee populations living in close proximity are substantially more different genetically than humans living on different continents, according to a study published in PLoS Genetics. Resea ... more | .. |
 New study will help protect vulnerable birds from impacts of climate change Scientists from PRBO Conservation Science and the Department of Fish and Game have completed an innovative study on the effects of climate change on bird species of greatest concern. This first-of-i ... more | .. |
  NASA Finds Thickest Parts of Arctic Ice Cap Melting Faster A new NASA study revealed that the oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing at a faster rate than the younger and thinner ice at the edges of the Arctic Ocean's floating ice cap. The ... more | .. |
 Robotic Dinosaurs On the Way for Next-Gen Paleontology Researchers at Drexel University are bringing the latest technological advancements in 3-D printing to the study of ancient life. Using scale models of real fossils, for the first time, they will be ... more |
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  Questions linger in US on high-tech voting A series of problems with electronic voting machines has raised fresh questions about election technology as newer computerized systems gain ground for the 2012 US election. ... more | .. |
  Tibet exiles blame China 'hardliners' for immolations Tibet's government-in-exile on Saturday blamed China's "hardline" leaders for a string of Tibetan self-immolations as it marked the anniversary of the Dalai Lama's failed revolt against Chinese rule. ... more | .. |
  AU troops to replace Ethopian forces in key Somali cities African Union troops are set to replace Ethiopian forces in two Somali cities recently taken from Shebab rebels, the AU Commissioner for the Peace and Security Council said Friday. ... more | .. |
  UN says 145 'presumed dead' in Afghan avalanche At least 145 people are missing and "presumed dead" after an avalanche hit a remote village in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province last week, the United Nations said Saturday. ... more |
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Russia strikes Kyiv after first stage of major prisoner swap
Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland's reindeer herders
South Korea says concerned by China's 'no-sail zone' in overlapping waters | .. |
 'Uprising Day' plans muted by China clampdown As the anniversary of the Dalai Lama's flight into exile, March 10 has traditionally been a flashpoint for unrest in China's vast Tibetan-inhabited regions. ... more | .. |
  Planes battle forest fires in Spain Firefighters in planes and helicopters on Saturday battled to finish off forest blazes that have ravaged hundreds of hectares of land in northeastern Spain, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Former Ugandan child soldier backs viral video A former child soldier at the heart of a viral campaign to bring accused Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony to justice said Friday he backed the video and urged people to watch it. ... more | .. |
 Ice hockey feels the heat in Canada The future of Canadian outdoor ice hockey - a sport synonymous with the country's culture - is being threatened by anthropogenic climate change, new research suggests. As warmer winter tempera ... more |
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 Water Forum to place spotlight on looming crisis A global gathering of policymakers, corporations and specialists unfolds in this southern French city from Monday to ponder the future of water, fast emerging as one of the century's crunch challenges. ... more | .. |
 Dust linked to increased glacier melting and ocean productivity A University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science-led study shows a link between large dust storms on Iceland and glacial melting. The dust is both accelerating glacial ... more | .. |
 James Cameron to explore Earth's deepest ocean trench "Titanic" director James Cameron will try in the coming weeks to dive to the deepest place on Earth, further than any other human has on a solo mission, to return with specimens and images. ... more | .. |
  13 million people threatened by food crisis: Oxfam About 13 million people living in west and central Africa face a major food crisis unless immediate action is taken, humanitarian group Oxfam warned Thursday. ... more |
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Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet
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  Saboteurs blamed as Japan whale catch falls short Japan's Antarctic whaling fleet has killed less than a third of the animals it planned to because of sabotage by activists, Tokyo said Friday as it announced the end of the season's hunt. ... more | .. |
 Japan wants cuisine listed as UNESCO heritage Japan said Friday it was applying to UNESCO to have its cuisine listed as a global cultural treasure as part of a bid to restore global confidence in its food after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. ... more | .. |
 Overfishing leaves swaths of Mediterranean barren Centuries of overexploitation of fish and other marine resources - as well as invasion of fish from the Red Sea - have turned some formerly healthy ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea into barren pl ... more | .. |
 Chinese propaganda hero struggles in Internet age A Chinese government publicity campaign to promote selflessness using the model of soldier Lei Feng, who died 50 years ago, is encountering resistance from an increasingly media-savvy population. ... more |
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 Thousands rally in Iraq over Bahrain crackdown Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad and cities in the Shiite-majority south of the country on Friday to condemn Bahrain for crushing an uprising a year ago. ... more | .. |
  HIV infection rates lower in high treatment areas: study A new study shows that people living in areas where uptake of HIV treatment is high are less likely to acquire the virus than in places where few are given care, UNAIDS said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Depression: Evolutionary byproduct of the ability to fight infection? Depression is common enough - afflicting one in ten adults in the United States - that it seems the possibility of depression must be "hard-wired" into our brains. This has led biologists to propose ... more | .. |
 Contamination of La Selva geothermal system in Girona, Spain Monitoring the construction of wells, avoid over-exploiting cold groundwater close to hot groundwater, and controlling mineral water extraction. These are the recommendations from the Polytechnic Un ... more |
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