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25 Apr 2010 20:56

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U.S., World: Japan complains loudly, again, about the U.S. military presence

  • 100,000 people protested the
    U.S. military presence on the
    island of Okinawa today
  • 47,000 U.S. troops are stationed
    in Japan, more than half at the Okinawa base source
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03 Mar 2010 20:49

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World: Taiwan earthquake: A little island feels a 6.4 tremor

  • No injuries have yet been reported. The quake, 22 miles from the surface, was about 155 miles south of the capital, Taipei, but near a handful of cities (including Taitung). Blackouts and aftershocks have both been reported. source
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01 Jan 2010 18:50

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World: Mudslides turn a Brazilian island resort into a disaster zone

  • 15+ have died in the mudslides, which hit on New Year’s Eve
  • 10+ were injured; authorities are searching for survivors now source
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09 Dec 2009 20:43

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World: Tuvalu now known for something besides their top-level domain

  • They took a pretty noteworthy stance in Copenhagen today. The 12,000 people of the island nation get the benefit of a voice at the climate change conference, and they used it to request that the treaty created be stronger than the 12-year-old Kyoto treaty, which the bulk of the world (but, notably, not the U.S.) agreed to. Tuvalu wants to see both developed and developing countries cut emissions. Why the tough stance? Well, they’re an island in the middle of the ocean susceptible to rising tides. Duh. souce
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30 Sep 2009 08:37

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World: The Samoan earthquake felt like “the end of the world”

  • I thought it was the end of the world. I have never felt an earthquake like that before.
  • Salamo Laumoli • The Director of Health Services at LBJ Tropical Medical Center, describing how it felt to be in Pago Pago, the capital of America Samoa, when the quake hit. The American-owned island’s governor, Togiola Tulafono, ranked Tuesday’s quake “right up there with some of the worst” natural disasters. • source
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14 Feb 2009 09:42

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Music: Grizzly Bear has an upcoming album. It’s named after an island.

“Veckatimest” is a small, uninhabited island off the coast of Massachusetts. Look it up, indie nerds! source
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