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JAPAN struggles with triple disaster

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/14/japan-struggles-with-nuclear-… TOKYO | Officials are struggling to prevent a meltdown of fuel rods in three of Japan’s crippled nuclear reactors, as … Continue reading JAPAN struggles with triple disaster

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JAPAN: Public demand truth about nuke crisis

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/13/ravaged-japan-faces-nuke-cris… TOKYO | Japan grieved Sunday over its losses in the wake of a massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated the … Continue reading JAPAN: Public demand truth about nuke crisis

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TRAVEL: photos of Koyo autumn leaves in Tokyo area

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TRAVEL: Two wheels better than four in Tokyo, cycling capital of Asia (CNN.com)

http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/life/two-wheels-better-four-tokyo-645357 Two wheels better than four in Tokyo Why the Japanese capital is the world’s best city for cycling By Christopher … Continue reading TRAVEL: Two wheels better than four in Tokyo, cycling capital of Asia (CNN.com)

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TRAVEL: Photographing Tokyo koyo autumn leaves

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fv20101205a1.html Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010   Light touch: At any time of day, “fill flash” can brighten the foreground without … Continue reading TRAVEL: Photographing Tokyo koyo autumn leaves

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ENVIRONMENT: Burma cyclone reports — US National Public Radio

http://multimedia.boston.com/pub/m/19890389/here_and_now_for_thursday_may_15_… Also  http://www.here-now.org/shows/2008/05/20080515.asp > On Point: http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2008/05/20080519_a_main.asp http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2008/05/20080519_a_main.asp> Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: Burma cyclone reports — US National Public Radio

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ENVIRONMENT: The pregnant mother who climbed a tree backwards during Cyclone Nargis in Burma

http://www.thestar.com/article/439073 Storm victims face new misery Burma forces thousands to leave refugee camps and return to villages obliterated by cyclone … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: The pregnant mother who climbed a tree backwards during Cyclone Nargis in Burma

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ENVIRONMENT: Without surnames, Cyclone Orphans struggle to find parents in Burma

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2008/0609/p07s03-woap.html Rangoon, Burma — Like thousands of orphans, Jo Jo was fit enough to survive last month’s cyclone Nargis. Sheltered now … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: Without surnames, Cyclone Orphans struggle to find parents in Burma

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ENVIRONMENT: Burma’s corporate relief corps

http://www.thestar.com/article/436557 http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2008/0610/p01s05-woap.html Private-sector teams serving as a lifeline for cyclone survivors in remote delta areas RANGOON–With detailed maps and charts … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: Burma’s corporate relief corps

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ENVIRONMENT: After Cyclone Nargis, Rangoon endures a month of darkness

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0603/p07s02-wosc.html?page=1 http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2008/0603/p07s02-wosc.html By a correspondent / June 3, 2008 Rangoon, Burma — Unable to read street signs at 8 p.m., a Burmese driver … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: After Cyclone Nargis, Rangoon endures a month of darkness

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ENVIRONMENT: Foreign relief workers begin trickling into flooded Irrawaddy Delta

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2008/0602/p07s02-woap.html June 2, 2008 Rangoon, Burma — Flying home, Burmese sailors are awestruck when they see the Irrawaddy Delta below them. … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: Foreign relief workers begin trickling into flooded Irrawaddy Delta

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ENVIRONMENT: UN chief flies to Burma to seek meeting with Than Shwe

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2008/0523/p01s04-woap.html United Nations chief Ban Ki Moon arrived Thursday and hopes to meet Burma’s leader Gen. Than Shwe today. By Christopher … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: UN chief flies to Burma to seek meeting with Than Shwe

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ECONOMY: Tsunami wipes out Thai fisheries

Fear Of The Sea Printed on January 21, 2005, http://www.alternet.org/story/21045/ A fisherman his whole life, Somkiat Baanperm never wants to see … Continue reading ECONOMY: Tsunami wipes out Thai fisheries

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TRAVEL: After tsunami, tourism recovers in Koh Phi Phi, Phuket, southern Thailand

CHRIS JOHNSON finds the Andaman coast to be cleaner, friendlier and cheaper than it was prior to December’s devastating tsunami … Continue reading TRAVEL: After tsunami, tourism recovers in Koh Phi Phi, Phuket, southern Thailand

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ECONOMY: Sockeye salmon disaster amid low water levels, hot weather

Vancouver Sun 2004 Fisheries officials and environmentalists are worried that hundreds of thousands of sockeye salmon did not reach their … Continue reading ECONOMY: Sockeye salmon disaster amid low water levels, hot weather

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BC photos

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Nepal photos — road to heaven

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Tokyo Koyo cycling guide — Japan Times

Painting Tokyo red and gold In times past, some Native Americans believed the autumn colors were made when the Great … Continue reading Tokyo Koyo cycling guide — Japan Times

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