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  • We had all the early-warning systems many months ago, but perhaps everyone thought, "Things will not be that bad."

    Jayshree Bajoria: Al-Shabaab and Somalia's Famine Jayshree Bajoria 2011

  • We had all the early-warning systems many months ago, but perhaps everyone thought, "Things will not be that bad."

    Jayshree Bajoria: Al-Shabaab and Somalia's Famine Jayshree Bajoria 2011

  • In late 2007, the Japanese completed the world's most sophisticated early-warning system for earthquakes, which was credited Friday with signaling Tokyo's residents—via TV, radio and cellphone—that a quake was coming.

    Sturdy Japan 2011

  • We had all the early-warning systems many months ago, but perhaps everyone thought, "Things will not be that bad."

    Jayshree Bajoria: Al-Shabaab and Somalia's Famine Jayshree Bajoria 2011

  • Another post-Kobe step seen as an advance in preparedness, despite a mixed record, is an early-warning system launched by the Japan Meteorological Agency in October 2007.

    Steps Taken After Kobe Abated Toll Andrew Monahan 2011

  • Citizens also got some advance warning from the world's first early-warning system, developed by the country's meteorological agency.

    Quake, Tsunami Slam Japan Chester Dawson 2011

  • While the exact techniques under consideration remain classified, the goal would have been to break through the firewalls of the Libyan governmentâ™s computer networks to sever military communications links and prevent the early-warning radars from gathering information and relaying it to missile batteries aiming at NATO warplanes.

    U.S. Debated Cyberwarfare Against Libya The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Many entries highlighted needs for preventive technology such as EventLab, an early-warning water system monitor from Optiqua Technologies Pte., in collaboration with Singapore's national water agency.

    Innovators Target Global Challenges Emily Veach 2011

  • Many entries highlighted needs for preventive technology such as EventLab, an early-warning water system monitor from Optiqua Technologies Pte., in collaboration with Singapore's national water agency.

    Innovators Target Global Challenges Emily Veach 2011

  • More Cuadrilla statement Earlier: U.K. Gets Big Shale Find The Staffordshire, England-based company said the report vindicated its stance that its operations pose "no threat to people or property in the local area," but it pledged to implement an early-warning system and other recommendations to mitigate the risk.

    Study Ties Fracking to Quakes in England Alexis Flynn 2011

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