TOKYO, June 14 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake that rocked northern Japan on Saturday has killed two people, the government's top spokesman said. One of those killed was caught in a landslide, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura told reporters, adding that the government had set up an emergency response centre. The shallow quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 jolted a largely rural Iwate region 300 km (190 miles) north of Tokyo at 8:43 a.m. (2343 GMT), the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Houses sit on a flooded street in Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 13, 2008. Overflowing rivers in Iowa and other Midwest U.S. states forced evacuations and disrupted the region's economy on Friday ...
