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Japan (villages at risk)
Study shows higher ground not high enough for some tsunami-prone communities. At least 21 of the dozens of communities in northeastern Japan whose residents had moved to higher ground after being swamped by massive tsunamis in the past were flooded by the March 11 tsunami, officials of the Cabinet Office said at a panel meeting Sunday. $$$
Japan (reconstruction efforts)
Japan is inviting foreign journalists to Japan to show them reconstruction efforts in the northeastern part of the country following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Tohoku region, government officials said Wednesday. $$$
China (Yushu, Tibet donations)
Ten billion yuan (about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars) in donations to a quake-hit area in northwest China’s Qinghai Province has been strictly managed and supervised to prevent embezzlement, local authorities said. The region has received more than 10 billion yuan in donations since then, none of which has been embezzled or used illegally, according to Zhang Guangrong, the province’s vice governor. $$$
Armenia (building stability)
Instead of large-scale construction of new buildings in the North Avenue, the government of Armenia should spend money to provide seismic stability of buildings in Yerevan, according to Gurgen Namalyan , representative of National Seismic Protection Service. $$$
Serbia (Kraljevo reconstruction)
A big job has been done regarding the reconstruction of Kraljevo after the earthquake on November 3, 2010, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković said on Friday. During a visit to the central Serbian town he said that a total amount of the state aid to Kraljevo would be more than RSD 2bn. $$$
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