Japan refused US offer of nuclear experts in PM office

Source: The Sun Daily Malaysia

TOKYO (May 27, 2012): A "frustrated" US wanted to place nuclear experts in the prime minister's office in Tokyo after the Fukushima disaster last year but Japan refused citing sovereignty fears, a minister sai ...
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Japan minister defends quake information

Source: Big Pond News

The chief government spokesman during Japan's nuclear crisis has testified that he did not deliberately mislead the public about the extent of the accident. Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano told a parliamentary investigative panel on Sunday the g ...
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Top 10 stories: Quake vs the naked surfer

Source: Stuff.co.nz

Extreme acts of heroism, Christchurch shakes again and the naked kiwi surfer - here are the top 10 stories that piqued readers' interest last week. Christchurch's red zone was evacuated and shut down after a 5. ...
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Maori politicians clash over quake help

Source: Radio New Zealand

Rino Tirikatene's political record of representing Maori in Christchurch is coming under attack from the woman he ousted from the Te Tai Tonga electorate last year. Former Maori Party MP Rahui Katene says people affected b ...
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The First Person Shooter: Slow Evolution or Painful Degeneration

Source: N4G

I'm honestly slowly going into the camp that regenerative health is the worst thing to happen to FPS games. As much as I like Halo, it's not for every game. I'm especially getting sickened of it in Call of Duty. This ...
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Japan says Fukushima spent-fuel risk contained

Source: China Post

FUKUSHIMA, Japan -- Japanese officials said on Saturday the unprecedented effort to remove spent fuel rods from one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors was on track despite lingering concerns about the structure's vulnerability to a ...
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Aftershock a 'rude awakening' for city residents

Source: Stuff.co.nz

A magnitude-4.4 aftershock woke many Christchurch residents at 5am today. The aftershock was centred off the coast from Parklands at a depth of 8km. Grumpy tweets complained about "the rude awakening" and being "freaked out" by the pre-dawn jolt. By 6 ...
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More aftershocks hit Italy, thousands still homeless

Source: AlertNet

ROME, May 27 (Reuters) - A force 4.0 tremor hit northern Italy on Sunday, one of the strongest of a series of aftershocks that have hit the area since it was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake a week ago which killed seven peo ...
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Discuss the View That the Impact of Earthquake Hazards Depends Primarily on Human Factors

Source: BigNerds.com

It is impossible for anybody to argue that human factors do not have an effect on the impact caused by earthquake hazards; however the extent of the effect is debatable depending on the situation. This can depend on many ...
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