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Japan's quake may impact time after altering its space
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
Japan's quake may impact time after altering its space
26 Mar 2011 08:53 Source: reuters // Reuters By Shinichi Saoshiro March 26 (Reuters) - Japan's cataclysmic earthquake and tsunami, which shattered towns and altered its coastline, may also have an impact on time in the country. Japan may shed its decades-old allergy to daylight savings time in an....Read Full Article ...
 
JAPAN SCIENCE MINISTRY SAYS IODINE 131 LEVELS IN SEAWATER 30 KM
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
JAPAN SCIENCE MINISTRY SAYS IODINE 131 LEVELS IN SEAWATER 30 KM
26 Mar 2011 09:50 Source: reuters // Reuters JAPAN SCIENCE MINISTRY SAYS IODINE 131 LEVELS IN SEAWATER 30 KM FROM PLANT WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS SPECIFIED BY R...
 
ANALYSIS-Japan PM safe in job for now, at risk when crisis over
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
ANALYSIS-Japan PM safe in job for now, at risk when crisis over
26 Mar 2011 08:05 Source: reuters // Reuters By Linda Sieg March 26 (Reuters) - Bit by bit, the gloves are starting to come off. The media and opposition polit...
 
High radiation levels found in seawater near Fukushima plant
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
High radiation levels found in seawater near Fukushima plant
(With Photos) TOKYO, March 26 (KUNA) -- Radiation levels in seawater near Japan's troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have soared to 1,250.8 times a...
 
Tsunami-hit rice farmers face challenges in Japan
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
Tsunami-hit rice farmers face challenges in Japan
SENDAI, Japan (AP) — The rice paddies on the outskirts of this tsunami-hit city are ankle-deep in a black, salty sludge. Crumpled cars and uprooted trees lie s...
 
Death toll rises to 10,418 from great quake-tsunami in Japan
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
Death toll rises to 10,418 from great quake-tsunami in Japan
The National Police Agency said on Saturday that the catastrophic earthquake and ensuing tsunami have left 10,418 people dead and 17,072 others unaccounted for...
 
Death toll rises to 10,151 from great quake-tsunami in Japan
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
Death toll rises to 10,151 from great quake-tsunami in Japan
The National Police Agency said on Saturday that the catastrophic earthquake and ensuing tsunami have left 10,151 people dead and 17,053 others unaccounted for...
 
Wheels of life
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
Wheels of life
: A man gets out of a bicycle parking space near a train station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Saturday following the March 11 earthquake, tsun...
 
UK PM David Cameron calls for Japan free trade pact with EU
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
UK PM David Cameron calls for Japan free trade pact with EU
Prime Minister David Cameron of the UK has called on the EU to offer Japan a free trade pact to aid its economic recovery.Read Full Article ...
 
09:39 Barges bring water to Japan reactor
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
09:39 Barges bring water to Japan reactor
US naval barges loaded with freshwater sped toward Japan’s overheated nuclear plant today to help workers scrambling to stem a worrying rise in radioactivity a...
 
Cold weather, leaders visit stricken north-east Japan - Summary
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
Cold weather, leaders visit stricken north-east Japan - Summary
Tokyo - Snow and cold weather fell across north-eastern Japan on Saturday, as leading politicians visited the area amid efforts to rehouse those displaced by t...
 
U.S. rushes freshwater to help Japan nuclear plant
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
U.S. rushes freshwater to help Japan nuclear plant
SENDAI, Japan (AP) U.S. naval barges loaded with freshwater sped toward Japan's overheated nuclear plant to help workers who scrambled Saturday to stem a worry...
 
High radiation levels found in Japan seawater
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
High radiation levels found in Japan seawater
Tests of seawater outside Fukushima plant show radiation levels 1,250 times higher than normal. US rushes freshwater to help remove contaminated water from pla...
 
Sea radioactive near Japan plant
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
Sea radioactive near Japan plant
Levels of radioactive iodine in the sea near the Fukushima nuclear plant are 1,250 times higher than the safety limit, Japanese officials say.Read Full Article...
 
6.4-magnitude quake hits near east coast of Honshu, Japan -- USGS
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
6.4-magnitude quake hits near east coast of Honshu, Japan -- USGS
An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted near the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 1136 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicen...
 
Philippines to send relief good to Japan
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
Philippines to send relief good to Japan
The Philippine government has donated 10.11 tons of relief goods to Japan, in line with the government's commitment to assist in the ongoing humanitarian effor...
 
Death toll rises to 10,066 in Japan's quake: police
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
Death toll rises to 10,066 in Japan's quake: police
The National Police Agency said Friday that the twin disasters of the catastrophic March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami have left 10,066 people dead and 17,...
 
Thai King donates for Japan's quake and tsunami victims
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
Thai King donates for Japan's quake and tsunami victims
The King and Queen of Thailand donated 5 million baht (about 165,000 U.S. dollars) to aid people affected by the powerful earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the ...
 
Japan gov't blasts nuke plant safety management after 2 workers expose to high radiation
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
Japan gov't blasts nuke plant safety management after 2 workers expose to high radiation
Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda on Friday slammed work management and safety protocols at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powe...
 
Pembrokeshire firefighter: 'Japan like a scene from the end of the world'
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
Pembrokeshire firefighter: 'Japan like a scene from the end of the world'
A Pembrokeshire firefighter who travelled to Japan as part of a search and rescue team has described the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami as li...
 
6.2-magnitude earthquake hits off east coast of Japan's Honshu
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
6.2-magnitude earthquake hits off east coast of Japan's Honshu
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted the waters off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, at 7:36 p.m. Beijing Time Friday, according to the Chin...
 
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