Berlin proposes tsunami warning system for Asia
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A system involving 30 to 40 new monitoring stations in the region would cost an initial 40m ($52m) and could be in place in three years, according to Edelgard Bulmahn, Germany's education and research minister.
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Caribbean and Atlantic coastlines &#151; not just the Indian Ocean's tsunami-ravaged shores &#151; would benefit from a tsunami warning system like the one in the Pacific, says the chief of the U.S. weather research agency.
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Other nations could learn from Japan's well-established tsunami warning system, writes Jamie Miyazaki.
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World leaders have concluded a summit in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, designed to set out priorities for dealing with Asia's tsunami disaster.
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The Asian tsunami disaster has been a uniquely continental catastrophe, striking hard from Thailand to the Maldives, and has stirred debate about how Asia should react as a region.
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Senators from states most vulnerable to tsunami activity introduced legislation Monday to upgrade and modernize the nation's tsunami warning system.
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The Commonwealth's Don McKinnon backs calls for an Indian Ocean tsunami warning system after Sunday's disaster.
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By Kozo Mizoguchi Associated Press  TOKYO -- Japan has launched a satellite-based alert system that will instantly send warnings of tsunamis and updates on volcanic activity to help speed evacuations, an emergency official said.
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A tsunami warning was issued for a group  of islands south of Tokyo on Wednesday after a strong  earthquake off Japan's eastern coast, and authorities urged  local residents to evacuate to higher ground.
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A computer model that can predict the impact of a tsunami from the San Francisco Bay area to Alaska is helping scientists plot danger zones in coastal cities to guide emergency planning.
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A tsunami warning system is now in place for Indian Ocean countries, but experts said Wednesday there is still room for improvement in methods to convey the alerts to coastal communities.
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Officials in charge of the existing international tsunami warning system, have taken an initial step to broaden the network to the Indian Ocean and other possible trouble spots.
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Congress will consider a &#36;30 million network of buoys, wave gauges and seismic sensors to warn of tsunamis globally, a plan that would build on U.S. and international efforts to avert another catastrophe.
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To help create warning systems to detect catastrophic events such as the tsunamis in south Asia, scientific research needs adequate support.
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Smaller Commonwealth countries will next month discuss setting up a global early-warning system for tidal waves like the one which has just devastated countries around Asia, the organisation's chief permanent official said.
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The extraordinary loss of life from Sunday&#39;s earthquake and tsunami waves is prompting Asian governments to consider developing a more comprehensive and effective warning system.
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A global warning system could have lowered the catastrophic death toll from the recent Asian tsunami,Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi said on Monday.