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The World Next Week: The One-Year Anniversary of the Tsunami Disaster in Japan

<p>A girl walks through rows of candles at a September 2011 event in Kesennuma, Japan, to commemorate those who died in the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011. (Kim Kyung Hoon/courtesy Reuters)</p>
A girl walks through rows of candles at a September 2011 event in Kesennuma, Japan, to commemorate those who died in the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011. (Kim Kyung Hoon/courtesy Reuters)

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The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the one-year anniversaries of the tsunami in Japan and the start of the Syrian uprising; British Prime Minister David Cameron’s two-day visit to Washington; and Pi Day.

[audio: https://www.cfr.org/content/publications/media/editorial/2012/20120308_T…]

The highlights:

Tom Chivers of the Telegraph hopes that scientists get better at predicting disasters in order to save lives, and David Lochbaum and Edwin Lyman write on CNN that nuclear reactors are still vulnerable. CBS reports that Bashar al-Assad is defying pressure to end fighting in Syria, and RIA Novosti says that newly-elected Russian president Vladimir Putin will not change his stance on Syria. The Guardian details Prime Minster David Cameron’s view that Iran is seeking to build a nuclear weapon, and the White House outlines the agenda for President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron’s meetings. Jon Borwein discusses on ABC Science why you should care about Pi Day, and PiDay.org tells you everything you need to know about pi.