Asia s Post Tsunami Future

Sources are estimating that the tidal wave was five...

But you have to wonder, why is he so popular?

Mass protests are continuing for the sixth day in a row.

A peaceful resolution of the Cyprus problem, which has seemed to be elusive, continues to be our great desire.

Only an overwhelming desire not to feel anything ever again... not to be unhappy anymore.

Discussion of early warning systems for tsunamis has focused on government programs.

So let me tell you what aroused such irate responses, and I'll let you decide if whether they the claims are really that outrageous.

There can be no underestimating the scale of the human devastation wrought by Asia s horrific tsunamis.

Given the overwhelming desire to reform the Council, we welcome, Mr. President, your consultations to further the process.

A political environment of intense hatred and passionate desire for revenge is not fertile ground for a young and fragile democracy.

Rather, we have to learn to cope with them. There are now calls for improved tsunami early warning systems.

So let me tell you what aroused such irate responses, and I'll let you decide if whether they the claims are really that outrageous.

Netizens from around the world are holding their breath, as widespread demonstrations are scheduled to begin in Egypt in less than an hour.

The sight of army snipers with their firearms is as familiar to me as the loud chants of protests under the dome of Cairo University.

In the case of Japan s official response to the earthquake and tsunami related disasters, however, cultural exoticism is not an adequate explanation.

The economy was also badly hurt by the massive floods of 2010, which caused damage estimated at 10 billion.

I might say that I have this insane need to write about everything I know and see, and therefore I write stories, and that s why I blog.

They expressed concern over the living conditions of their people and their precarious environment which exposed them to natural disasters such as tidal waves and cyclones.

PRINCETON When the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in March, Brian Tucker was in Padang, Indonesia.

The fact is that there is still rampant lawlessness abroad on our planet, and we continue to be traumatized by the death and destruction it brings.

Iíd attended his sonís funeral when he was killed by a bomb last November, a month in which, according to Israel and the Western media, a ceasefire had been called.

Kal writes that the severe floods in Mauritania have cut off communication between many cities, impeding the transport of critical food supplies.

No one who had the privilege of attending the inauguration of Mr. Mandela as State President could fail to be impressed by the joyous zeal with which the South African people greeted their new life.

Or people think about North Korea s nuclear program, some terrorist incident, or the humanitarian consequences of the latest earthquake or tsunami.

So governments should ignore neither the valid interests of oil exporters, on whom consumers in their countries depend, nor exporters reaction to the rhetoric of energy independence or to steps taken to achieve it.

NEW HAVEN The devastation both human and physical from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan is unfathomable. It is impossible at this point to gauge the full extent of the damage with any degree of precision.

HUMANO is a documentary film that tells the story of the journey of a young man into the mountains of the Andes, accompanied only by a camera, two hundred questions and the longing to discover the origins .

Trinidad and Tobago joins the jubilation of the millions of proud Haitians at home and in the diaspora at the welcome news of the resignation of General Raoul Cedras and his Chief of Staff.

So many economies are vulnerable to natural disasters earthquakes, floods, typhoons, hurricanes, tsunamis that adding a man made disaster is all the more tragic.

Over the past six months, attention and worry have shifted from America s enormous trade deficit to its surging property markets and real estate bubble.

We have seen devastation from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, interpreted as a sign of crowding at the coasts.

We have helped people affected by severe flooding in Southeast Asia, and by drought in the Horn of Africa, where 14 million need emergency help.

TOKYO The scale of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March was far greater than even the authorities worst scenarios foresaw.

The politicians created new events, with lots and lots of gladiators and everyday we are doing that very same thing.

Both are surely aware that China s surging exports last year helped it surpass the US as Europe s largest foreign supplier.

The blackout on the Internet in Egypt was supposed to thwart efforts to let the world know what was happening on the ground, as massive demonstrations against president Hosni Mubarak enter their fourth day.

The solidarity that the international community demonstrated last year when many countries in the Indian Ocean rim were devastated by the tsunami was exemplary and is worth replicating in other areas.

CAMBRIDGE Financial commentators have likened Japan s earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear catastrophe to derivatives role in the 2008 financial meltdown.

This could well create a financial tsunami worth trillions of dollars, which explains the energy with which the European Central Bank and its president, Jean Claude Trichet, have tried to head off the worst.

And yet, even with damage to infrastructure such as road and rail links, the tsunamis overall economic impact is expected to be minor.

But the plant was not designed to withstand the 14 meter high tsunami waves that swept over its protective sea wall less than an hour later.

The countdown for mass protests across Egypt has started, with very little information trickling from the ground after the Egyptian authorities shut down the Internet and virtually all other communication with the outside world.

But when Mikhail Gorbachev refused to support a German crackdown, a mixture of overwhelming public protest and government bungling brought down the Berlin Wall.

This means that for the first three years of a presidency brought to power amidst great popular demands, López Obrador would be able to enact little reform legislation.