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Niigata: Where kids have fun,
learn how to deal with disasters

by Karol Anne M. Ilagan

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Read more… | Posted Monday, March 7th, 2011
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When Kobe rose from the ruins

by Karol Anne M. Ilagan

[simpleviewer id=10 width=640 height=550]KOBE – When the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck on Jan. 17, 1995, this port city in western Japan was devastated in an instant, leaving 6,437 either dead or missing and about $100 billion worth of infrastructures damaged.Today there is not a trace of the tragic event in this city nestled in between […]

Read more… | Posted Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011