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Riddle of rising sea solved
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Monday, 21 May 2012
Riddle of rising sea solved
PARIS: Massive extraction of groundwater can resolve a puzzle over a rise in sea levels in past decades, scientists in Japan said on Sunday. Global
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UPDATE1: Annular solar eclipse observed across Japan
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Monday, 21 May 2012
UPDATE1: Annular solar eclipse observed across Japan
(EDS: ADDING INFO) An annular solar eclipse was observed over a wide area of Japan on Monday morning, including major cities on the Pacific coast of the Japane...
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Tests show freshwater fish take in radioactive cesium via feeds
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Monday, 21 May 2012
Tests show freshwater fish take in radioactive cesium via feeds
A lab examining the impact of the Fukushima nuclear crisis on fish has confirmed by tests that a type of freshwater salmon found in a wide area of Japan absorb...
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2012 Olympic Profile: Hiroshi Hoketsu
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Monday, 21 May 2012
2012 Olympic Profile: Hiroshi Hoketsu
With the London Olympics fast upon us, JRT introduces the athletes who will represent Japan at the 2012 Summer Games. This week: Hiroshi Hoketsu, who will comp...
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Medicated Skin Care in Japan - Market Research Report - new market research report published
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Monday, 21 May 2012
Medicated Skin Care in Japan - Market Research Report - new market research report published
(PR-inside.com) Value sales of vaginal antifungals rose by 6% in 2011. Female consumers are switching from prescription to OTC medications due to the sensitive...
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Crisis watch

  • CrisisWatch N°105
    On 12 April soldiers deposed the government in Guinea-Bissau, marking another coup in a country in which no leader since independence has completed a full term. Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior, widely expected to win...
  • CrisisWatch N°104
    In Mali military officers overthrew President Amadou Toumani Touré in a coup on 22 March. The takeover followed a mutiny demanding better weapons to fight the Tuareg rebellion advancing across the north. Throughout the month...
  • CrisisWatch N°103
    In Syria, the Assad regime?s brutal crackdown on protesters and civilians, including the continued shelling of central city Homs, reached an unprecedented scale, exacerbating fears of outright civil war. The UN reported over 7,500 killed...
  • CrisisWatch N°102
    In Syria prospects of ending the crisis look bleak, with the UN Security Council struggling to agree on an appropriate response. The Assad regime?s brutal crackdown, including shelling of central city Homs, shows no sign...
  • CrisisWatch N°101
    In Iraq, the official withdrawal of the last U.S. combat troops, nearly nine years after the invasion, was quickly followed by a political crisis. Authorities issued an arrest warrant for the country?s top Sunni politician,...