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West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter
By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Volunteers who patrol California beaches for plastic, cigarette butts and other litter will be on the lookout this winter for flotsam from last year's monstrous tsunami off Japan's coast. Armed with index-size cards, beachcombers will log

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The West Coast this winter is bracing for more sightings of debris washed away by the Japan tsunami. Last year's disaster swept about 5 million tons of debris into the Pacific. Most of that sank. No one knows how much tsunami debris is still adrift. Flotsam has already washed

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The West Coast this winter is bracing for more sightings of debris washed away by the Japan tsunami. Last year's disaster swept about 5 million tons of debris into the Pacific. Most of that sank. No one knows how much tsunami debris is still adrift. Flotsam has already washed

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The West Coast this winter is bracing for more sightings of debris washed away by the Japan tsunami. Last year's disaster swept about 5 million tons of debris into the Pacific. Most of that sank. No one knows how much tsunami debris is still adrift. Flotsam has already washed

Japan's Cabinet resigns to make way for new PM

Japan's Cabinet resigns to make way for new PM
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet resigned Wednesday to clear the way for a vote in parliament to formally install the nation's new leader, Shinzo Abe, a conservative whose nationalist positions have in the past angered Japan's

Japan's incoming PM promises fresh policies

Japan's incoming PM promises fresh policies
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime-minister-to-be announced his top lieutenants on Tuesday and promised his conservative party will pursue fresh policies to tackle the nation's chronic economic woes and bolster its sagging influence on the international stage.

Japan's incoming PM promises fresh policies

Japan's incoming PM promises fresh policies
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime-minister-to-be announced his top lieutenants on Tuesday and promised his conservative party will pursue fresh policies to tackle the nation's chronic economic woes and bolster its sagging influence on the international stage.

Japan's incoming PM promises fresh policies

Japan's incoming PM promises fresh policies
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime-minister-to-be announced his top lieutenants on Tuesday and promised his conservative party will pursue fresh policies to tackle the nation's chronic economic woes and bolster its sagging influence on the international stage.

Japan's Cabinet resigns to make way for new PM

Japan's Cabinet resigns to make way for new PM
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet resigned Wednesday to clear the way for a vote in parliament to formally install the nation's new leader, Shinzo Abe, a conservative whose nationalist positions have in the past angered Japan's

Japan's incoming PM promises fresh policies

Japan's incoming PM promises fresh policies
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime-minister-to-be announced his top lieutenants on Tuesday and promised his conservative party will pursue fresh policies to tackle the nation's chronic economic woes and bolster its sagging influence on the international stage.