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Cities like Seattle and St. Louis - which lie in seismological danger zones but where quakes haven't occurred for centuries - are even less prepared. And the worst disasters will continue to occur in the cities of the developing world, in places like Tehran and Gujarat, India, where sheer population density and virtually nonexistent building codes can lead to death tolls in the tens of thousands during a strong quake. That was clear during the May 2008 earthquake in western China, when some 20,000 children and teachers were killed in the collapse of shoddily constructed schools. "What happened in China...
...Ricci case starts over again in New Haven (Yale), with a black firefighter suing with the claim that New Haven's 2003 promotional exam unjustly prevented him from being promoted to lieutenant status...
...this favorable outlook for Canada is predicated on a loonie that pulls back about 10% to 89 cents. That's a risky bet in a marketplace where institutional investors are dumping U.S. dollars - which were seen as a safe haven during the darkest hours of the global recession - and moving into more attractive investment opportunities as financial markets rebound...
...There's talk you may stand for the Irish presidency. I really haven't thought about that because it's over two years away and God, have I learned that things can change...
...obviously haven't got out of that work ethic. You wrote your autobiography in record time. Last summer when I left office a lot of publishers asked if I'd write my autobiography and I said, 'Yeah, I'd like to do that, but don't ask me when.' Then exactly a year ago I fell downstairs and smashed my ankle badly. I was a lousy patient. It was bad enough not being Taoiseach and now to be told that now I had to hang around with a cast and crutches. So I got a notebook and started...