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Gallery (12 pictures) , 16 Apr 2012: Residents of Kawauchi, in the shadow of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, have been returning to the village after restrictions were lifted.
Natural disasters & extreme weather
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A video detailing the project in Bastrop County to monitor for the endangered Houston toad amid survivor recovery operations following the historic wildfires of 2011.
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Un puissant séisme de magnitude de 7,6 sur l'échelle du moment (mW), a été localisé dans l'Etat de Guerrero, à 25 km d'Ometepec, non loin de la frontière de l'Etat d'Oaxaca. Le foyer de la secousse est estimé à 18 km de profondeur.
CATastrophes NATurelles
Versión en Español This list contains all earthquakes with magnitude greater than 2.5 located by the USGS and contributing networks in the last week (168 hours). Magnitudes 4.5 and above are in bold font. Magnitudes 6 and above are in red.
Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days
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News On Japan
It's an unlikely job for a white girl from Melbourne, Australia. Fiona Graham is the first ever fully trained non-Japanese geisha. She entered the unusual line of work - a 400-year-old tradition - after a lifelong passion for all things Japanese. But her refusal to stick to tradition has ruffled feathers in the tight-knit world of the ceremonial tea servers. Miss Graham, who holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from Oxford, formally debuted as a geisha in 2007, after a year of preparation and training. (Daily Mail)
The U.S. and Afghanistan have agreed to a deal that will put Afghan troops in charge of deeply unpopular night raids on local homes by special forces in Afghanistan. FULL STORY
