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No rise in cancer seen from Japan's nuclear disaster-UN experts
Reuters* U.N. scientific committee drafts report on Fukushima * Expects no increase in cancer rates as people left area * Report to be presented to U.N. General Assembly VIENNA, May 31 (Reuters) - Cancer rates are not expected to rise after Japan's...Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Chernobyl (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine), Nuclear Accidents, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly
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Rising radioactive spills leave Fukushima fishermen floundering
ReutersBy Antoni Slodkowski HISANOHAMA, Japan, May 31 (Reuters) - Dozens of crabs, three small sharks and scores of fish thump on the slippery deck of the fishing boat True Prosperity as captain Shohei Yaoita lands his latest haul, another catch headed not...Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Nuclear Power, Environmental Issues, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Nikkei bounces off two-month lows after early fall below 13,000
Reuters* Nikkei gains 0.7 pct, Topix up 0.2 pct * Trading remains volatile * Japan stocks' 12-mth forward P/E eases to 14.7 from 3-yr high-data By Dominic Lau TOKYO, June 6 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Thursday, recovering from an early drop...Tags: Federal Reserve, Tokyo (Japan), Thomson Corporation, Insurance, Japan
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Nikkei snaps back below 13,000 in choppy trade, nears bear market territory
Reuters* Nikkei falls 0.5 pct, Topix down 1 pct * Extreme volatility puts at risk Japan's ambitious growth plans * Nikkei on verge of entering a bear market By Dominic Lau TOKYO, June 6 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell below 13,000 for the first time...Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Federal Reserve, China Earthquake (2010), Thomson Corporation, Japan
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Nikkei falls below 13,000 to two-month low, nears bear market territory
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average ended below 13,000 for the first time in two months on Thursday in choppy trade, extending its decline from a 5-1/2 year high hit last month to the verge of bear-market territory. Analysts said that the sour...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Tokyo (Japan), Federal Reserve, Insurance, Automotive Equipment
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Nikkei hits new 5-1/2-year high but pace of gains slow, Bernanke cues eyed
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average edged up to a fresh 5-1/2-year high on Tuesday, reversing earlier losses, as retail investors scooped up underperforming stocks such as Sharp Corp and Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc . Trading was choppy, with...Tags: Nikkei, Federal Reserve, Tokyo (Japan), Sharp Corp, Economy, Business and Finance
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Out of the Blue: Speak up against San Onofre
Amid a spate of promising economic news, home values are climbing. Now for the bad news. For the first time in human history, the concentration of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is nearing the milestone level of 400 parts per million....Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Barbara Boxer, The New York Times, Nuclear Power, Electricity Production and Distribution
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Radioactive tuna from Fukushima? Scientists eat it up
Marine biologist Dan Madigan stood on a dock in San Diego and considered some freshly caught Pacific bluefin tuna. The fish had managed to swim 5,000 miles from their spawning grounds near Japan to California's shores, only to end up the catch of local...
Tags: Conservation, Ecosystems, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Issues
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Annapolis man to head FEMA grant program
President Barack Obama has named an Annapolis man to head the multibillion-dollar grant program through which the Federal Emergency Management Agency helps local governments prepare for disasters. Brian Kamoie, 41, will oversee a vast portfolio of...
Tags: George Washington University, Nuclear Power, U.S. Senate, Swine Flu, Annapolis
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. ECONOMISTS PREDICT STEADY JOB GAINS The Labor Department is set to release employment numbers later this morning, and many analysts think they'...Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Mumbai (India), Murder, Iran
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Fukushima nuclear disaster adds only small health risks, WHO says
The 9.0-magnitude Tohoku-Oki earthquake and resulting tsunami that triggered a meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station has resulted in only a small increase in lifetime cancer risks for people living nearby, and an even smaller...
Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), United Nations, Nuclear Power, Environmental Issues, Japan
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From disaster comes knowledge
Beverly Findlay-Kaneko has used her memories of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan two years ago to start making a change in her new home of Huntington Beach. Findlay-Kaneko was in Japan when those natural disasters led to three...Tags: Conservation, Students, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Energy and Resource Industries, Energy Saving
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