To put it bluntly, the Bush Administration has been a disaster when it comes to telecommunications deregulation.
Both are a recipe for disaster when it comes to any giveaway, particularly when working with social media outlets.
The disaster, which comes after a fire in another Bangladesh factory killed 112 people last November, also highlights something just as troubling for socially conscious shoppers: It's nearly impossible to make sure the clothes you buy come from factories with safe working conditions.
The estimate of damage comes from disaster risk modelling firm Eqecat.
That comes on top of two disaster declarations previously in his administration -- one in 2009 and one in 2010, involving snowstorms and other severe weather.
For New Orleans' mayor Ray Nagin, the psyche of the people is the most critical issue when it comes to recovering from a disaster like Katrina, which devastated more than 90, 000 square miles of land and claimed about 1, 800 lives.
That's where the Natural Resource Damage Assessment, launched after the disaster and partly paid for by BP, comes in.
When it comes to health problems caused by the disaster in Japan, the lack of medical care, food, and clean water could dwarf the long-term death toll from radiation.
The decision comes after a critical report into the Nimrod disaster which killed 14 men in Afghanistan in 2006.
The move comes after a recent damning report into the way the disaster was handled.
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In her aftermath comes a newly urgent debate over how to fix the reeling disaster-insurance business and whether government should step in--or butt out.
The Eritrean appeal comes as leading British aid agencies launched an appeal to help avert disaster in Southern Africa.
The decision comes after months of deliberations and soul searching after the Japanese nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant in March had the whole world turning against nuclear energy.
Of course, a growth rate of 7% is hardly a disaster, and Rothman still counts himself firms in the optimist camp when it comes to investing in China, provided you back the right horse.
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But the danger is that central banks inflate another credit bubble, saving the economy from disaster in the short term but raising the stakes still further when the next crisis comes around.
Perhaps what comes as the biggest surprise is the number of people still displaced by the combined disaster.
The latest development comes after the Hillsborough Independent Panel revealed in September that 164 police statements had been altered after the disaster in April 1989 in which 96 Liverpool fans died.
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