People will be having trouble being able to get to medical facilities, "the utilities and local government agencies need to examine available routes to these and other critical facilities and identify the most probable access routes.... This study also reported that the fault that caused the earthquake in Japan wasn't supposed to rupture but it did. San Andreas Fault is believed to have been building stress over time and most likely in the next years will rupture, just as the earthquake in Japan. ... In Japan the earthquake was due to a small fault and there were thousands of dead an...

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The term "globalization" refers to the process in which people, governments and companies of different countries interact and integrate with each other through various processes such as trade, investment and information technology. ... Prior to globalization, governments and politicians only had to scrutinize the security and military of their own country, however with the growth of globalization the borders between nations becoming more indistinct and countries now have to manage things on a greater global scale. ... There are many military alliances existent today such as the Unite...

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Among the advanced economies, two patterns seem to emerge: the United States, Canada, and Japan are expected to grow at a gentle pace, while the prospects for the euro zone are more uncertain, especially as tight credit conditions continue to limit domestic demand. ... In advanced economies, the potential consequences of a tapering and eventual halt of quantitative easing in the United States, the aggressive yet still incomplete financial and structural measures adopted in Japan, and the persistent unemployment and economic recovery challenges in Europe are factors that could put future econom...

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