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The 8.9-magnitude earthquake which triggered a massive tsunami and devastated coastal region of Japan was so powerful that it shifted the ocean floor sideways by 79 feet, scientists have claimed. HT Image The immense amount of seismic stress that remain there following the March 11 earthquake has also put the region at risk of further powerful earthquakes, the
stanley cup researchers warned. The journal Science has published three new papers about the effects and causes of the March 11 quake, which paints a picture of an earthquake hot spot much more complex and potentially dangerous than scientists had ever anticipated. In one paper, the Japanese Coast Guard has released data from five geodetic instruments that in 2000-04 they had placed underwater along the fault line responsible for the colossal quake, the Daily Mail reported. One of the instruments, according to the report, had actually been placed almost on top of the epicentre of the March-11 quake, at a station called MYGI. Measurements taken in the week after the earthquake showed that at the MYGI site, the sea floor had moved about 79 fe
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stanley cup rement in February. It had also risen about 10 feet. Dr Mariko Sato, a geodesist with the Japan Coast Guard in Tokyo, believes almost all this movement happened during the quake. The scale is almost double that estimated only from the terrestrial data, Dr Sato was quoted as saying. Under the seabed, the movement may have been even gre Jyyb Wounded veteran rallies Occupy protest
Soldiers sought to put down unrest in Libya s second city on Friday and opposition forces claimed to be fighting troops for control of a nearby town after days of crackdowns Human R
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air max revolts that brought down long-serving rulers of neighbouring Egypt and Tunisia have led to violence unprecedented in the 41-year rule of strongman leader Muammar Gaddafi. The New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch said that according to its sources inside Libya, security forces had killed at least 24 people over the past two days. Exile groups have given higher tolls which could not be confirmed. Opponents of Gaddafi had designated Thursday as a day of rage to try to emulate uprisings sweeping through North Africa and the Middle East. Unrest continued well into the night. The demonstrations have been focussed in the country s east, including its second largest city, Benghazi, where support for Gaddafi has been historically weaker than in the rest of the country. The area is largely cut-off from international media. Last night was very hard, there were a lot of people in the stree
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The security firm formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a fine of $7.5 million to avoid US prosecution for smuggling arms, the Justice Department said in a statement on Tuesday. HT Image The company, now known as Academi, will pay t
stanley cup he fine in addition to a previously agreed $42 million settlement with the State Department over violations of the Arms Export Control Act, the Justice Department said. Under the agreemen
stanley cup t, the company previously known as Blackwater Worldwide and as Xe Services admits certain facts following a five-year, multi-agency federal investigation, said Thomas Walker, a prosecutor in North Carolina. The probe covered an array of criminal allegations, some involving the manufacture and shipment of short-barreled rifles, fully automatic weapons, armored helicopters, armored personnel carriers, said the statement. The company had also faced allegations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act regarding its conduct in Iraq and Sudan in relation to unlicensed training of foreign nationals and firearms violations. Blackwater became notorious following a September 16, 2007 incident in which five of its guards protecting a US diplomatic convoy opened fire in Baghdad s busy Nisur Square, killing at least 14 Iraqi civilians. The company was then the largest private security firm employed by the Americans in Iraq, but it pulled
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Favouring nuclear energy to meet the future energy demands, Republican presidential nominee John McCain has said that he wants 45 new nuke reactors built in the United States by 2030. HT Image If I am elected president, I will set this nation on a course to building 45 new reactors by the year 2030, with the ultimate goal of 100 new plants to power the homes and factories and cities of America. This task will be as difficult as it is necessary, McCain said at Arlington, Virginia. Citing the examples of India and China, which are rapidly turning to nuclear power to fulfill their increasing fuel requirements, the Arizona senator said that the US too need to find new sources of power and a national campaign should be started achieve the energy security for America. China, Russia, and India are all planning to build more than a hundred new power plants among them in the coming decades, McCain said. Across Europe there are 197 reactors in operation, and nations including France and Belgium derive more than half their electricity from nuclear power. And if all of these nations can find a way to carry out great goals in energy po
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