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Australia (tsunami risk)
A powerful tsunami, much bigger than the ones seen in the recent centuries, would ‘inevitably’ hit eastern Australia, the Australian Tsunami Research Centre has claimed. James Goff, one of the world’s foremost authorities on tsunamis, said lessons can be learned from history. $$$
Australia (mapping seismic data)
Australia’s Octanex, through its subsidiary Goldsborough Energy, has awarded Seabird Exploration a contract to carry out 2D and 3D shoots over four permits in the South Bonaparte basin, Western Australia. Under the contract, Seabird will acquire 600km² of 3D seismic data and 1,000km of 2D seismic data. Octanex has completed the reprocessing of 11,000 line kilometres of good quality 2D seismic data acquired by previous operators over its suite of South Bonaparte permits. $$$
Haiti (Cholera origin)
Evidence strongly suggests U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal were the source of a cholera epidemic in Haiti that has killed more than 5,500 people, according to a new report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. $$$
Japan (power cuts)
The Japanese government has directed large-scale electricity users to curb their consumption by 15 percent of what they used last year. The government order, which went into effect Friday, requires large-lot businesses to cut electricity use from 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. weekdays, The Yomiuri Shimbun reported. $$$
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