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  1. [FORBES] Disaster In Japan: Tech Companies Assess The Damage

    The global electronics industry continues to assess the damage to the supply chain. Here’s a rundown on some of the company’s that issued statements on their business in Japan on Thursday. Link Removed Cabot Corp. (CBT): All employees safe; minimal facilities damage. The company, which makes...
  2. Japan sees some stabilization in nuclear crisis

    Link Removed due to 404 Error 20:00 JST March 19: One of six tsunami-crippled nuclear reactors appeared to stabilize on Saturday as Japan raced to restore power to the stricken power plant to cool it and prevent a greater catastrophe. Engineers reported some rare success after fire trucks...
  3. Japanese media pull story of "miracle" tsunami survivor

    TOKYO (Reuters) – It seemed too good to be true. A young man pulled alive from the rubble on Saturday eight days after Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami. Hours after the man made international headlines on Saturday, a glimmer of hope in Japan's worst tragedy since World War Two...
  4. Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant alert level raised from 4 to 5

    Japan has reclassified the situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant, now placing it at five on the International Nuclear Events Scale. A level four event is classified by the International Atomic Energy Agency as being an accident with local consequences, while a level five incident is...
  5. Japan baseball league to play on despite crisis

    TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's baseball players' union has hit out at the decision of the Central League to start its season on schedule on March 25 while the country continues to battle the aftermath of last week's earthquake. Thousands died when a 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit Japan last Friday...
  6. ♨ Fire at fourth reactor: Is worse yet to come in the Fukushima nuclear disaster?

    Chernobyl, the infamous atomic power plant in northern Ukraine, is getting ready for an anniversary. It will be 25 years next month since Reactor No. 4 exploded, causing the worst nuclear disaster in human history. A huge section of Europe was covered in a carcinogenic haze after the April 1986...
  7. Japan 2011 Earthquake Animation

    A German geoscience centre has produced an animation of the flash of earthquakes that have affected Japan in the last eight days. It's available here Link Removed
  8. ♨ Japan: Fourth Reactor on Fire ♨

    A spokesman says the fourth reactor at a damaged nuclear plant is now on fire; more radiation has been released, and it's enough in nearby areas to have an impact on health. Japan's prime minister says radiation has spread from the damaged reactors and warned of risks of more leaks. People...
  9. ☂☁ Ways to Help Tsunami Victims ☁☂

    You are all very aware now of the problems facing Japan after an Link Removed - Invalid URL pretty much destroyed a large area of the country. Many of you are wishing there was more you could do than just Link Removed - Invalid URL too. If you are handy at making DIY tech projects, you may be...
  10. Japan earthquake: Relief amid horror for British survivors of tsunami

    Worried families of Britons feared dead in the Japanese tsunami have spoken of their huge relief as they finally heard from their loved ones. Dawn Pearson, 66, had an agonising wait over the weekend until son Adam, who had been teaching English in the town of Kuji, got in touch. ‘It...
  11. ⚠ Japan quake: Radiation warning after third blast ⚠

    Prime minister Naoto Kan warned there is danger of more leaks and told people living within 19 miles (30 kilometers) of Fukushima complex to stay indoors to avoid exposure that could make people sick. Around 70,000 people had already been evacuated from a 12-mile (20-kilometer) radius, and...
  12. Overwhelmed by the scale of damage: Thousands more bodies found in Japan

    1,000 bodies are found scattered across coastline; officials run out of body bags, coffins Link Removed
  13. Japan earthquake is country's 'worst crisis since World War II'

    The aftermath of the huge earthquake and tsunami is Japan's worst crisis since World War II, the country's prime minister Naoto Kan has declared. It also resulted in a tsunami that saw huge waves obliterate towns along Japan's north-east coast and officials now believe the final death...
  14. VIDEO Japanese Sunami

    Some footage of how severe this sunami is, especially after the quake they had. Whatever form of praying you do, make it for these guys. Warnings are being issued worldwide.
  15. Major tsunami damage in N. Japan after 8.9 quake

    TOKYO – Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that washed away cars and tore away buildings along the coast near the epicenter. There were reports of injuries in Tokyo. Link Removed due to 404 Error In...
  16. Windows 7 STALKER £0.75p on GFWL marketplace one day special

    STALKER £0.75p on GFWL marketplace one day special S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Games For Windows BUY NOW! Daily Deal bargain price ends 7 December 2010 at 16:30. In 1986, the world's worst nuclear disaster occurred at the Chernobyl power station. Soviet authorities established a 30km 'Exclusion Zone'...
  17. BP Oil Slick Covers Dolphins And Whales( Excellent Video Shows Real Magnitude Of The Diaster)

    Link Removed I would of preferred to use "Johns" video without Rachel Maddows comments, but already his video is being conscripted by major news media. (Major News Can Be So Cold)
  18. VIDEO (June 23, 2010) Oil Leak Unstoppable

    YouTube - MSNBC: Oil Spill Unstoppable??
  19. VIDEO Recent News On Oil Spill

    YouTube - URGENT!! BP SPILL - VOLCANIC TSUNAMI AND POISON GAS ALERT!! They said millions of people could be killed....
  20. Linux will stop working in 2038

    http://www.y2k38.info/ QUICK!! Everyone go back to windows before it's too late! :P