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    Earthquakes in GCC An Earthquake known also as tremor is resulted from a sudden release of energy ‚which takes place in the earths crust‚ which then creates seismic waves. They are vibrations triggered by movement of rocks that have been strained (deformed) beyond their elastic limit. This activity called seismicity or seismism of an area refers to type ‚ size and frequency over a time period. Earthquakes are measured using many instruments ( up to atleast 20 different types

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    China | 2007 | 09/12 | 8.5 | 25 | Southern Sumatera‚ Indonesia | 2007 | 08/15 | 8.0 | 514 | Near the Coast of Central Peru | 2006 | 11/15 | 8.3 | 0 | Kuril Islands | 2006 | 05/26 | 6.3 | 5749 | Java‚ Indonesia | 2005 | 03/28 | 8.6 | 1313 | Northern Sumatra‚ Indonesia | 2005 | 10/08 | 7.6 | 80361 | Pakistan | 2004 | 12/26 | 9.1 | 227898 | Off West Coast of Northern Sumatra | 2004 | 12/26 | 9.1 | 227898 | Off West Coast of Northern Sumatra | 2003 | 09/25 | 8.3 | 0 | Hokkaido‚ Japan Region

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    Tehri Dam The Tehri Dam is the highest dam in India‚ 2nd highest in Asia and 8th highest in world. It is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand‚ India. It is the primary dam of the THDC India Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex. Phase 1 was completed in 2006‚ the Tehri Dam withholds a reservoir for irrigation‚ municipal water supply and the generation of 1‚000 MW of hydroelectricity. One more project of the installed capacity of

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    UNESCO Paper Final Project Manas National Park or Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is a Wildlife Sanctuary‚ UNESCO Natural World Heritage site‚ a Project Tiger Reserve‚ an Elephant Reserve and a Biosphere Reserve in Assam‚ India. Located in the Himalayan foothills‚ it is contiguous with the Royal Manas National park in Bhutan. The park is known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife such as the Assam Roofed Turtle‚ Hispid Hare‚ Golden Langur and Pygmy Hog. Their goal is to be able to fully fund

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    Public Policy towards Natural Disasters in India Disconnect Between Resolutions and Reality 2005 Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (A Programme of NCAS) B-64‚ Second Floor‚ Sarvodaya Enclave‚ New Delhi- 110 017‚ India Tel: 91-11-26537603 E-mail: cbadelhi@vsnl.net National Centre for Advocacy Studies (http://www.ncasindia.org) Serenity Complex‚ Ramnagar Colony‚ Pune- 411 021‚ India Tel: 91-20-22952003 / 4 E-mail: ncas@vsnl.com Public Policy towards Natural Disasters in India

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    Emergency Management Department. (n.d.). LA Emergencies and Threats. Retrieved September 5‚ 2013‚ from City Of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department: http://emergency.lacity.org/EmergencyCheckList/LAEmergenciesThreats/index.htm Livescience Staff. (2005‚ March 27). Deadliest Earthquakes in History. Retrieved September 6‚ 2013‚ from LiveScience: http://www.livescience.com/6932-deadliest-earthquakes-history.html Plate Tectonics. (2007). Retrieved September 6‚ 2013‚ from Arjuna Multimedia: http://www

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    distribution. The theory is based on Earth’s outermost layer‚ the lithosphere‚ and how this layer is broken into seven large plates. The plates include the African‚ North American‚ South American‚ Eurasian‚ Australian‚ Antarctic‚ and Pacific plates (COTF‚ 2005). The plates move in different directions and at different speeds sometimes crashing into one another. This crashing point is known as plate boundaries‚ and depending on how the plates meet or crash into each other depends on the type of plate boundary

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    INVESTMENT POLICY OF NEPALESE COMMERCIAL BANK (With reference to Himalayan Bank Ltd and Everest Bank Ltd) By: HEMA MAHARJAN Shanker Dev Campus Campus Roll No: 255/062 T.U. Regd. No: 7-1-22-439-97 Second Year Symbol No: 4539 A Thesis Submitted to: Office of the Dean Faculty of Management Tribhuvan University In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Business Studies (MBS) Kathmandu‚ Nepal May‚ 2010 RECOMMENDATION This is to certify that the Thesis

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    its biogeography is diverse. Northwestern thorn scrub forests and Himalayan subtropical pine forests are found in the low elevations of the far southwest. These give way to a broad band of western Himalayan broadleaf forests running from northwest-southeast across the Kashmir Valley. Rising into the mountains‚ the broadleaf forests grade into western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests. Above treeline are found northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows. Much of the northeast of the state is covered

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    Number of Earthquakes Worldwide for 2000 - 2012 Located by the US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center (M4.5+ for most of the world; doesn’t include US regional network contributions) Magnitude 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 8.0 to 9.9 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 4 0 1 1 1 2 7.0 to 7.9 14 15 13 14 14 10 9 14 12 16 23 19 12 6.0 to 6.9 146 121 127 140 141 140 142 178 168 144 150

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