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Bangladesh: Why a disaster management act is vital' - Op-ed

In this article for the Independant, M. Mizanur Rahman and Javed Ameer show why, with the existing situation of the country, Bangladesh needs the enactment of a Disaster Management Act on an urgent basis...

Independent Publications Limited
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UN atom body wants wider nuclear safety checks

The U.N. atomic agency would carry out international safety checks of ten percent of the world's reactor units over a three-year period, under a draft action plan to prevent any repeat of Japan's nuclear crisis...

Thomson Reuters
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Myanmar: Construction experts drafting new building code

'Myanmar is prone to several natural disasters such as earthquakes and sudden strong winds. We need to prioritise protection against those disasters,' said U Than Myint, an MES member who is helping to draft the new code.

Myanmar Times, the - Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd
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En Argentina habilitan un programa de reducción del riesgo de desastres y adaptación al cambio climático

El gobierno de la provincia argentina elaboró los lineamientos de un programa provincial para reducir el riesgo de desastres y lograr una adaptación al cambio climático...

Diario el Argentino
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Malaysia: Have skills to face disasters - Raja Muda Of Perlis

The Raja Muda of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail, has urged the people to have basic skills to face natural disasters: 'loss of life could be minimised if the people had such skills,' he said...

Malaysian National News Agency/ Bernama
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Socio-economics put China and India at higher risk than the U.S.

Out of 196 countries, USA (1), followed by Japan (2), China (3) and Taiwan (4) are the only four countries rated as 'extreme risk' to economic exposure to natural hazards such as floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, according to the Maplecroft Natural Hazards Risk Atlas 2011...

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
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S Korea: Gov't to introduce training manual against compound disasters

The government is working on a new manual for national disaster training to better cope with multiple natural disasters similar to the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accidents in Japan, the home affairs ministry said Wednesday...

Yonhap News Agency
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La Russie aidera le Nicaragua à lutter contre les catastrophes naturelles

Selon Voix de la Russie, un accord a été signé à Managua entre la Russie et le Nicaragua pour moderniser le Système National pour la prévention et la maîtrise des catastrophes naturelles...

Voix de la Russie