Tsunami

Japan suspends dubious reconstruction projects

By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Japan's government has suspended 35 projects included in a budget for reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami after criticism the spending was not directly related to recovery from the disasters. As much as a fourth of

Iran criticizes Turkish request for Patriots

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Iran lashed out Friday at Turkey for requesting that NATO supply it with Patriot surface-to-air missiles to deploy along the border with Syria, denouncing the step by Ankara as counterproductive. Iranian parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani made the

Calif. city building a "tsunami-resistant" port

By JEFF BARNARDAssociated Press CRESCENT CITY, Calif. (AP) - It doesn't matter if the earth sways in Chile, Alaska or Japan, the formation of the sea floor along the U.S. West Coast generally aims any tsunami surges at the tiny California port town of Crescent City. Churning water rushes

Toshiba shows off robot meant to help at nuke site

By YURI KAGEYAMAAP Business Writer YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) - Toshiba Corp. has developed a robot it says can withstand high radiation to work in nuclear disasters, but it's not clear what exactly the robot is capable of doing if and when it gets the go-ahead to enter Japan's crippled