Philippine Sea
The Philippine Sea is a section of the western Pacific Ocean, located to the east and north of the Philippines. It occupies a total area of around 5,726,000 square kilometers (2,700,000...
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Taipei/Shanghai (dpa) - Typhoon Krosa left at least 7 dead, 2
missing and 53 injured as it lashed Taiwan Saturday, authorities said
on Sunday.
Most of the vic...
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Beijing/Taipei (dpa) - Typhoon Krosa, which wreaked havoc in
Taiwan over the weekend, brought strong winds, rain and floods to
south-eastern China on Sunday and Monday, affe...
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Manila (dpa) - Power outages, flash floods and landslides hit the
northern Philippines Monday amid heavy rains and strong winds brought
by a powerful typhoon that has alread...
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Manila (dpa) - Power outages, flash floods and landslides hit the
northern Philippines Monday amid heavy rains and strong winds brought
by a powerful typhoon that has alread...
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Sixty-two years after Japanese torpedoes sank the USS Indianapolis in shark-infested waters, an exhibit in the vessel's namesake city documents its tragic end in the final weeks of World War II.The...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
SAFETY ASSURANCES NOT FAULT-FREE (The Japan Times, an
English-language daily)
The Shizuoka District Court ruled Oct. 26 that reactors...
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Typhoon Mitag, packing winds of 109 mph, barreled toward the northern Philippines on Saturday, prompting thousands of panicked east coast residents to evacuate. A separate typhoon meanwhile weakene...
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