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Proactive measures needed against disasters
In the closing months of 2011, flash floods caused by the wayward Pacific typhoon, Washi, swept some 1,500 people to their deaths overnight and left at least 2,000 missing in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Typhoons strike Mindanao very rarely, every 40 years or so. But when it hit…
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West Asia
Major news in Israel on March 27 2012
Top news in <Jerusalem Post>: Jailed Palestinian leader Barghouti calls for new revolt
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West Asia
Major news in Qatar on March 27 2012
Top news in <Al Jazeera>: Annan ‘studying’ Syria response to peace plan
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South East Asia
Major news in Indonesia on March 27 2012
Top news in <Jakarta Posts>: Red Cross weighs decision to build hotel in Haiti
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South East Asia
Major news in Thailand on March 27 2012
Top news in <Bangkok Post>: True-CAT 3G deal found ‘tainted’
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World
Major news in Russia on March 27 2012
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Pundits Divided on Success of ‘Reset’
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on March 27 2012: Visa overstayers rally to maintain privileges
Top news in <Japan Times>: Visa overstayers rally to maintain privileges after immigration revision
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East Asia
Major news in China on March 27 2012
Top news in <CNTV>: Price of vintage Pu´er tea roars
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Column
Climate change causes water shortage in Pakistan
Two years of deluge and prolonged winter have caused water shortage in Pakistan The authorities of Southern Sindh province of Pakistan informed the agriculture community a few days back that there would be acute shortage of water in the coming days in the country in general and the province in…
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What we learnt from Fukushima
A Japanese nuclear engineering on a speaking tour of several Asian capitals to clear the cloud of controversy over the Fukushima accident was thrown this double-sided question: What is the cost to Japan of using nuclear energy and of not using it? It is a question that could apply…
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