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Biden tours Japan quake area, confirms Okinawa military base deal

News DeskAugust 23, 2011 08:47
In Tokyo, Biden met with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan,who thanked the vice president for the "enormous assistance" provided by the U.S., including the deployment of a naval task force immediately after the March 11 disasters, and for technical assistance in dealing with the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant crisis.

Kate Winslet escapes fire at Richard Branson's island getaway

News DeskAugust 22, 2011 20:26
"All family and friends are well - which in the end is all that really matters," Branson said.

Haitian camps brace for massive storm

News DeskAugust 4, 2011 02:48
Cyclone Emily is headed towards makeshift camps in Haiti when around 300,000 impoverished Haitians are living following the January 2010 earthquake.

At least 41 die in South Korea deluge

News DeskJuly 28, 2011 03:22
South Korea has had at least 60 percent more rain this month than in the same period in July last year

South Korea landslides kill at least 36

News DeskJuly 27, 2011 02:22
Ten of those killed were college students staying in a resort cabin and doing volunteer work in the area.

6.2-magnitude quake hits Fukushima, as nuclear chief visits

News DeskJuly 25, 2011 07:12
Tremors were felt in Tokyo, about 150 miles away from the prefecture, although there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to properties, and no tsunami warning was issued.

Scorching heat grips half of U.S., with severe drought conditions in parts of the country

News DeskJuly 12, 2011 23:08
As a heat wave pounds half the U.S., meteorologists say the problem is a high-pressure pattern that has stayed stuck over much of the middle of the country, blocking an influx of cooler air from the north.
News DeskJuly 11, 2011 13:51

Ridley Scott films at Iceland volcano "ready to blow"

The Oscar-winning director is shooting scenes for his new film, "Prometheus,” at the foot of Iceland's Hekla volcano, one of the country's most active.
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Ridley Scott poses for a picture at the 18th Annual BAFTA Britannia Awards on November 4, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Scott on July 11, 2011 began shooting scenes for his next film at the foot of an active volcano in Iceland. Experts have warned that Iceland's Helka volcano is "ready to erupt." (Toby Canham/Getty Images)

Director Ridley Scott has started shooting scenes for his new sci-fi film, bringing actors and crew to the base of a volcano in Iceland that experts say is about to erupt.

The Oscar-winning director on Monday began filming part of “Prometheus,” his next film, at the foot of Iceland’s Hekla volcano, said to be one of the most active in the country.

Actors Charlize Theron, Michael Fessbender, Guy Pearce, Lisbeth Salander and Noomi Rice are in Iceland for the two-week shoot. The film is scheduled to hit U.S. screens in June 2012.

“If one is afraid of nature in this profession then it would be best to find a different job,” Scott told reporters in Iceland, according to the website IceNews.

According to Agence France-Presse, experts have warned that the Hekla volcano is ready to erupt at any moment, based on measurements showing magma movement.

Iceland’s volcanoes have gained recent notoriety for their tendency to blow ash into Europe’s airspace, disrupting air travel across the continent.

(More from GlobalPost in Reykjavik: Letter from Iceland)

The Oscar-winning director of "Blade Runner," "Gladiator," “Black Hawk Down” and "Thelma and Louise" said he was drawn to Iceland because of its rugged landscapes.

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Another earthquake strikes Japan's northeast, and tsunami alerts are issued, then canceled

News DeskJuly 10, 2011 00:23
Officials said there were no reports of further damage to the Fukushima plant resulting from the earthquake that hit northeastern Japan on Sunday, and though a tsunami alert was issued and residents in coastal areas were urged to evacuate, the alert was canceled later and a wave of only about four inches was recorded in Ofunato.
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