May Allah prevent calamities.

A shocking number of 191,836 people died in these calamities.

My mother always used to talk about calamities you don t wish even upon your enemies.

And, unlike Kobe, these calamities did affect Tokyo indirectly, fortunately where some 40 of Japan s industrial production is located.

Reiterating the importance of mounting prompt and effective relief operations in the aftermath of such deadly calamities in the future,

Black Sand Mining leads to coastal erosion, sea pollution, loss of habitat for marine life and reduced protection from natural calamities.

First, the economic damage from Japan s three calamities (a horrifying earthquake, a devastating tsunami, and a nuclear crisis) may well be double that of Kobe.

It has taken a tragedy of great proportions to prompt some leaders to act to avoid similar calamities at nuclear reactors elsewhere in the world.

Israel s consolation would be that the Palestinians, too, will have to come to terms with their share of responsibility for the calamities that have befallen them.

1. Expresses its solidarity with the peoples of the countries that have been struck by natural calamities as they cope with the consequences of these disasters

These deaths are not only human tragedies, but also calamities for economic development, systematically reducing economic growth and helping to keep the poorest countries trapped in poverty.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) proposed in December that each of America s 50 states should establish a disaster insurance fund to cover a wide range of big calamities.

This August, they passed up the opportunity to mark the 90th anniversary of the start of World War I, which led to calamities that echoed until the twentieth century's end.

This year is different there have been calamities the past years in the country and many parts of the world, which have claimed lives and properties, but not this way.

Even so, East Central Europeans, who are still recovering from the terrible political calamities caused by Europe s historical demons, find the intensity of their Western counterparts national egoism a bit frightening.

Scottish independence, the No campaign argues, would bring few if any of the claimed benefits on the contrary, it would cause many economic calamities, ranging from financial panics to the flight of jobs and industry from Scotland.

An event of this magnitude would likely cause the oceans to rise by perhaps 20 feet over the next hundred years precisely the sort of thing that environmental activists have in mind when they warn about potential end of the world calamities.

For, even if the calamities predicted by the prophets of doom are the most likely scenario, why are they a greater threat to the West than they are to regional powers like India, China, Russia, and Iran (for which the Sunni Taliban are a dangerous ideological challenge).

The nuclear power crisis at Japan s Fukushima power plant has served as a dreadful reminder that events thought unlikely can and do happen. It has taken a tragedy of great proportions to prompt some leaders to act to avoid similar calamities at nuclear reactors elsewhere in the world.

The Middle Eastern uprisings have pushed oil prices higher, eating up consumer purchasing power while raising input prices for many producers. At the same time, Japan s trifecta of calamities the massive earthquake, devastating tsunami, and paralyzing nuclear disaster have gutted consumer confidence and disrupted cross border production chains (especially in technology and car factories).