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New Hospital bldg, Kyushu University (九州大学, Kyūshū Daigaku?), abbreviated to Kyudai (九大, Kyūdai?), is the largest public university on the island of Kyūshū.

2014 Earthquakes in Japan Kyushu Photos USGS Wikipedia: Kyushu

The Siasat Daily
Japan hit by 6.3-magnitude earthquake
Tokyo, March 14: A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's southern Kyushu island on Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicentre of... (photo: Creative Commons / 博多っ子)

Japan National Route 10 at Oita, Oita .The principal railway station of the city is Ōita Station where Nippō Main Line, Kyudai Main Line, and Hohi Main Line of JR Kyushu gathers.

2014 Earthquakes in Japan Kyushu Photos USGS Wikipedia: Kyushu

South China Morning Post
Strong 6.3-magnitude quake hits off southern Japan
A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s southern Kyushu island today, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicentre of the quake -- which... (photo: Creative Commons / Hide)

'Toxic stew' of militants lurk in Afghanistan as NATO heads home

Swissinfo
'Toxic stew' of militants lurk in Afghanistan as NATO heads home
Reuters March 13, 2014 - 16:01 By Mirwais Harooni and Missy Ryan KABUL, March xx (Reuters) - The soldiers were asleep when attackers struck their outpost, tucked in the mountains of... (photo: USMC / Lance Cpl. Zachery B. Martin)
Afghanistan Defence Nato Photos Wikipedia: Afghanistan

Somalia, peacekeepers launch offensive against militants - U.N.

Swissinfo
Somalia, peacekeepers launch offensive against militants - U.N.
Reuters Image Caption: A Djibouti soldier serving in the AMISOM patrols the south-central town of Beledweyne in Somalia (reuters tickers) March 12, 2014 - 20:44 By Drazen Jorgic NAIROBI... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
Djibouti Nairobi Peacekeepers Photos Somalia Wikipedia: Somalia

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin opens the Cabinet meeting in Moscow on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced plans Wednesday to set up a new anti-crisis body and put one of his top deputies in charge as Russia battles with its worst financial crisis in 10

Swissinfo
Putin says dissatisfied with Russia's economic growth rate
Unrest in Ukraine Reuters Image Caption: Russian President Putin takes part in a news conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow (reuters tickers)... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti,Alexei Druzhinin, pool)
Economy Photos Putin Russia Wikipedia: Vladimir Putin

French justice minister Christiane Taubira, left, addresses members of parliament during the questions to the government session, at the National Assembly in Paris, Tuesday April 23, 2013.

Swissinfo
French justice minister urged to quit over Sarkozy phone-taps
Reuters Image Caption: French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira attends the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris (reuters... (photo: AP / Remy de la Mauviniere)
France Justice Photos Sarkozy Wikipedia: Christiane Taubira

Chile's new President Michelle Bachelet waves from a car heading to La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Bachelet, who led Chile from 2006-2010, was sworn-in as president on Tuesday.

Swissinfo
Bachelet takes power in Chile, vows to fight inequality
Reuters Image Caption: Chile's President Michelle Bachelet stands with outgoing President Sebastian Pinera in Valparaiso (reuters tickers) March 12, 2014 - 00:04... (photo: AP / Victor Ruiz Caballero)
Chile Michelle Bachelet Photos Politics Wikipedia: Michelle Bachelet

Swissinfo
Death of Turkish boy hurt in protests triggers further unrest
Reuters Image Caption: A man looks on as riot policemen pass by during a demonstration in Ankara (reuters tickers) March 11, 2014 - 18:43 By Mehmet Emin Caliskan... (photo: AP / Petr David Josek)
Berkin Elvan Gezi Protests Photos Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wikipedia: 2013 protests in Turkey

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, speaks during a policy meeting of ruling party and top government officials at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 1, 2013.

The Japan News
Abe vows mental care as part of recovery
Jiji Press Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Monday to promote mental health care for survivors of the March 2011 disasters, many of whom are exhausted from prolonged... (photo: AP / Kyodo News JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT)
Japan Photos Shinzo Abe Tsunami Wikipedia: Shinzō Abe

Weather

	Veteran Meteorologist Dave Schwartz Returns to The Weather Channel (The Weather Channel Companies) noodls
	The Weather Channel reimagines morning San Francisco Chronicle
	Warm weather makes for ideal avalanche conditions, warn experts CBC
	Dave Schwartz Returns to Weather Channel mediabistro

Global Warming

	India's Rahul Gandhi compares opposition PM candidate to Hitler Swissinfo
	3 Years After Fukushima, Nuclear Industry Still Recalibrating Mashable
	Japan remembers disaster victims Independent online (SA)

Environment

	Environment issues rising on the list of employees' worries China Daily
	Family of wild beavers seen in England for first time in centuries The Independent
	United Kingdom Gets A Spectacular View Of The Northern Lights Business Insider

Storms and Hurricanes

	Medieval multiverse heralded modern puzzles New Scientist
	Red-hot Hurricane winning with up-tempo pace Tulsa World
	Weekend: Most sunny, breezy and warm Sun Sentinel

Earthquakes

	Where's the Best Place to Feel an Earthquake? Yahoo Daily News
	Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hits Nicobar Islands Zeenews

Search for missing airliner expanded to Indian Ocean (Roundup)

US official: Missing Malaysian Airlines plane is at ‘bottom of Indian Ocean’

China notes 'seismic event' near Malaysian jet's last location

Malaysia widening search for missing plane, says minister Newstrack India
'Seafloor event' crops up for missing jet, search continues Newstrack India
ASU geophysicists kick off new Earth, planetary speaker seri noodls
Cross-strait meteorological, seismological cooperation pacts noodls
Loud underground noises heard in Chile: Is Chile 'in the kno The Examiner
Opportunity to Conduct Research on Induced Seismicity at the noodls
Bohol tourist arrivals plummet Sun Star
4 quakes jolt Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao Sun Star
New study reveals insights on plate tectonics, the forces be noodls
Cross-strait pacts on meteorology, seismology signed in Taip noodls
Taiwan and China sign agreements on meteorology and earthqua South China Morning Post
Tremor jolts northwestern Iran Irna
What our region has not learned from the Japan earthquake an noodls
Opinion Seattle Times
Low intensity earthquake hits northeast Newstrack India
Dalian inputs most in seismic prevention and disaster mitiga noodls
Quake hits northeast Headlines India
Magnitude 5.4 earthquake rocks north Taipei Times
Magnitude 4.1 quake jolts Bohol, Cebu Sun Star
Earthquake Hits South West And Wales Skynews

Estry Yew, Normandy, around 1600 years old. The Llangernyw yew tree in Llangernyw Village, Conwy, Wales. It is considered by several authors[citation needed] that the oldest yew tree in Spain is located in Bermiego, Asturias.

Older trees grow faster and store more carbon than younger ones

Green space in the Uvalde town square

Having green space near house can improve mental health

Artist concept of MAVEN spacecraft.

Nasa Mars mission launches: Maven's journey begins

What Would A Rocky Exoplanet Look Like? Atmosphere Models Se Space
UAlbany names new atmospheric center chief Times Union
Four new 'ozone layer-destructing' man-made gases found in a Newstrack India
New ozone-depleting gases found in atmosphere The Australian
New ozone-destroying chemicals found in atmosphere The Guardian
New method can help gauge atmospheric pressure of exoplanets Newstrack India
New Mexico WIPP leaking plutonium in atmosphere The Verge
A soil actinobacterium scavenges atmospheric H2 using two me PNAS
Water Found in Atmosphere of Nearby Alien Planet Space
Global warming continues, but volcanoes are slowing down the The Guardian
Could life exist in Venus' atmosphere? The Examiner
Cricket broadcasting’s finest phrasemaker, Arlott delivered The Australian
How NASA's MAVEN Probe Will Investigate Mars Atmosphere Myst Space
In Their Own Words: More carbon dioxide needed in atmosphere The Salt Lake Tribune
Oxygen may have first accumulated in Earth's atmosphere 3 bl Newstrack India
GOP Lawmaker Says We Actually Need More CO2 in the Atmospher Inhabitat
Utah lawmaker: Our atmosphere needs more carbon dioxide The Salt Lake Tribune
Russian satellite Kosmos-1220 'burned up in atmosphere', cla The Independent
Fragments of Soviet-Era Satellite Burn Up in Earth's Atmosph Mashable
Nepal cuts prices on Everest as climbers warn of ‘circus atm The Australian

Value of U.S. Mineral Production Decreased in 2013 (USGS - US Geological Survey)

Arian Resources Corp. Announces First Hole Complete at Gold Exploration License in Albania

LIO Seram Oilfield Production Boost (Lion Energy Limited)

Nexus Energy Half Year Results Announcement (Nexus Energy Li noodls
Drilling Commences at Blair North Northern Zone (Northern Mi noodls
Axiom Mining West Guadalcanal Project Update (Axiom Mining L noodls
New Potential Graphite Zones Identified at Balama North Proj noodls
Elevated Platinum, Palladium, Gold in drilling at New Target noodls
Garibaldi Broadens Mineralized Corridor At Grizzly, Prepares noodls
Garibaldi broadens mineralized corridor at Grizzly, prepares Canada Newswire
Ferrex hopes African iron-ore projects will generate ‘signif Mining Weekly
Jangamo Subsequent Assays Results - 13/03/2014 (Savannah Res noodls
EAPS to host Theodore Madden Symposium and Memorial Service noodls
Drilling commenced at the Area 1 Prospect North of Okvau Dep noodls
Midland Commences an Exploration Program on its James Bay Go noodls
Capital Raising (Nagambie Mining Limited) noodls
CAMAC Energy Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Res noodls
Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. Announces Year End 2013 Financial noodls
CAMAC Energy Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Res Stockhouse
Cerro Del Medio Strongly Rejects Exeter Resources Subsidiary PR Newswire
Cerro Del Medio Strongly Rejects Exeter Resources Subsidiary Canada Newswire
DORIEMUS PLC - Reserves and Resources Reports Stockhouse
Loan Facility (Orion Gold NL) noodls

Study: Arctic getting darker, making Earth warmer

Study: Arctic getting darker, making Earth warmer

A wild rat Rodenticides are a category of pest control chemicals intended to kill rodents.

Will Rats Become Earth's New Overlords After the Next Mass Extinction?

A new Boeing 747 configured to be a cargo plane for China Airlines takes off Friday, May 14, 2004 from Boeing´s Everett, Wash., assembly facility. Even as the Boeing Company touts its sleek new 7E7 as the future of flying, the company is considerin

Ofcom Greenlights the Use of Vehicle-Mounted Earth Stations to Enable Solid Train, Boat and Plane Broadband Speeds

Iron ore comes down to earth as new production hits industry The Australian
‘Oceans’ flow deep beneath Earth’s crust The Times of India
Rare Diamond Points To Mass Quantities Of Water In Earth's M National Public Radio
This Island Earth: Amazing Astronaut Views to Shine in 'Live Space
Earth's treasures will shine at gem and mineral show The Examiner
Rare Diamond Reveals Clues About Earth’s Interior The Inquisitr
48 earth microbes to be launched into space March16th The Examiner
'Live From Space': How Astronauts Use Tech to Share Orbital Space
Rare Diamond Reveals Earth's Interior is All Wet Space
Tiny T-Rex: Fossils reveal Tyrannosaurus mini-me roamed Eart The Independent
Earth to get hotter despite global warming slowdown The Siasat Daily
Earth may have a 'secret' reservoir of water, scientists say The Australian
Earth's moon is no cosmic accident WorldNetDaily
Earth has a secret reservoir of water, scientists say Sydney Morning Herald
Scientists Say Earth Could Have A Massive Secret Reservoir O Business Insider
Earth has a secret reservoir of water, say scientists The Oklahoman
Pew! Pew! Pew! Space Station Laser to Beam HD Video to Earth Space
Space trio defy bad weather to return to Earth after 166 day South China Morning Post
Soyuz Spacecraft Returns US-Russian Space Crew to Earth Amid Space
Space debris orbiting Earth to be destroyed with giant laser The Independent

A gold medal in oceanography (MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

National Institute of Oceanography bags ONGC project

National Institute of Oceanography bags its largest ever industry-sponsored project for oil field project

Research Project Will Use Underwater Drones To Map The World Business Insider
Global Warming: Who Pressed The Pause Button? Business Insider
Hope to build $3m subantarctic research station Otago Daily Times
China scientists build new camera to help discover mystery c South China Morning Post
Zhejiang scientists on mission to record mysteries of the de South China Morning Post
Premier picks new ministers in reshuffle Taipei Times
Former Obama Science Official Backs Keystone XL Pipeline National Journal
A Darker Arctic is Making the Earth Warm Faster Inhabitat
A Look at the ‘Shills,’ ‘Skeptics’ and ‘Hobbyists’ Lumped To The New York Times
A look at Penn State's new president, Eric Barron STL Today
TROUBLED WATERS Denver Post
Int’l confab on Persian Gulf oceanography starts in Tehran Irna
With less ice, Arctic looking darker Detroit news
Study: Arctic gets darker, makes Earth warmer Sun Star
Melting Arctic ice has climate impact The Salt Lake Tribune
Earth warming as Arctic ice melts The Salt Lake Tribune
Penn State president-elect Eric Barron was renowned research Penn Live
Vuda preparing blueprint for managing coastal zone The Times of India
A look at Penn State’s new president, Eric Barron The Washington Times
Eric Barron chosen as new president at Penn State Celebrity Café

File - In this photo released by Japan Coast Guard 11th Regional Headquarters, a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat uses water cannon to warn a Taiwan's leisure boat, left, and Taiwan Coast Guard boat off Uotsuri in Japanese and Diaoyu Dao in Chinese, the biggest island in the disputed Senkaku or Diaoyu islands in East China Sea, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013.

Is Japan Committing Cartographic Aggression?

File - In this Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 photo head of research for Greenpeace Tony Sadownichik speaks at an oil spill near the town of Usinsk, 1,500 km (930 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia.

A Specter Is Haunting the Winter Games, the Specter of Gaia

File - U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945.

Islands of Illusions and the Damned

In the spirit of Pi Day, Charles Hotel offering discount The Boston Globe
Local teachers seek votes for grant money The Examiner
Houston, We're 'Live From Space': National Geographic to Go Space
>World Titanium Dioxide Production to Reach 6.7 Mln Tonnes i Seattle Post
>Ground Handling Management Market worth $456.76 Million by Seattle Post
Names+Faces: National Geographic to broadcast live show from Detroit Free Press
Park City neighborhood is among nation’s richest The Salt Lake Tribune
Cult of Karl Lagerfeld comes to the capital: Designer launch The Independent
National Geographic Channel will air 'Live From Space' speci Celebrity Café
>Iconic Building That Spawned The Z-Boys Is Now Home to Dogt Seattle Post
Juventus vs Fiorentina: A rivalry based on bitterness, rathe FourFourTwo
Crimea: The Revenge of Geography? Real Clear Politics
Text to Text | ‘Is the Wolf a Real American Hero?’ and ‘Hunt The New York Times
Resisters of Sykes-Picot Land Grab Fighting in Syria Scoop
Sign of the Times | The Geopolitics of Name-Dropping The New York Times
>Global Continuous Glucose Monitoring Market Expected to Rea Seattle Post
Ohio Sens. Brown, Portman say no whey to EU cheese changes The Examiner
>Food Flavors Market by Type (Natural & Synthetic) Worth $13 Seattle Post
The Selfiest Cities in the World The Oklahoman
Good news, MSU: NCAA selection committee is well-aware of in Detroit Free Press

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