Tsunami waves that radiated out from a November 15 earthquake off Russia’s remote east coast struck as far away as New Zealand — 14 hours after the temblor, a scientist said Thursday.
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November 23, 2006
Chechen surgeon Khassan Baiev, who treated many Chechens and Russians in the conflict between Russia and Chechnya, is visiting Japan for the first time to give lectures across the country on the suffering of children in the hostilities.
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November 21, 2006An international agreement to build the world’s first fusion power reactor has been signed in Paris. The second most expensive scientific project after the International Space Station ($12.1 billion) will be launched in January 2007.
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Vladimir Putin has completed a visit to Vietnam and returned to Moscow, the presidential press secretary, Alexei Gromov told Itar-Tass.
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Russian women`s volleyball team has won the world championship title beating Brazil in the final match, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported on Thursday.
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November 16, 2006Russian authorities have launched a criminal investigation against a Japanese captain on charges of poaching and confiscated all fish from his boat.
Masuo Takagawa, the captain of Tomi Maru No. 53, has been accused of violation of fishing rules and his boat — currently anchored at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky harbor — has been seized.
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November 8, 2006Russian authorities seized four Japanese fishing boats in disputed waters off Russia’s Far East over alleged poachings.
The four boats were intercepted and searched by Russian border patrol boats off the Kamchatka peninsula “in the last several days†and have been taken to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii for further questioning, according to Japanese Foreign Ministry official Minori Okazaki.
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November 7, 2006Nintendo plans to launch its videogame business in Russia later this year in a growth market, japanese daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun said on Sunday.
With the U.S., European and Japanese game markets maturing, the Japanese video gamemaker known, for game characters such as Mario and Pokemon, needs fresh markets with strong growth potential.
Nintendo’s European unit has already appointed a local agency to start selling its game hardware and software in November, the newspaper said.
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November 3, 2006
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