Nuclear Crisis
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Evacuation Zone At Nuclear Plant Declared Restricted Area
World | Apr 21, 2011, 12:02 PM ISTTokyo, Japan Apr 21: Japan declared a 12-mile (20-kilometre) area evacuated around its radiation-spewing nuclear power plant a no-go zone on Thursday, urging residents to abide by the order for their own safety or possibly
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Toxic Water Leak Plugged At Japan's Crippled N-plant
World | Apr 06, 2011, 05:55 PM ISTTokyo/Fukushima, Apr 6: Japanese workers at the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant today plugged a crack leaking highly toxic water into the sea from a concrete pit, though authorities were concerned about a possible hydrogen blast
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Japan Disaster Sparks Social Media Innovation
World | Mar 31, 2011, 05:56 PM ISTTokyo, Mar 31: As Japan grapples with an unprecedented triple disaster—earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis—the Web has spawned creativity and innovation online amid a collective desire to ease suffering.Once the magnitude of the March 11 disaster
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Japan On 'Maximum Alert' Over Nuclear Crisis: PM
World | Mar 29, 2011, 10:28 AM ISTOsaka, Mar 29 : Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan today said his government is in a "state of maximum alert" over the crisis at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, Jiji Press reported. Kan told a
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Japanese Radiation Level Extremely High: US
World | Mar 17, 2011, 02:06 PM ISTWashington, Mar 17: Expressing deep concern over Japan's nuclear crisis, the US today said that the radiation level of the damaged Fukushima atomic plants is extremely dangerous and pose serious health hazard to a broader
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Thousands Flee Fukushima : Telegraph Report
World | Mar 16, 2011, 02:48 PM ISTTokyo, March 16: Thousands of people have been fleeing nuclear-stricken Fukushima Daiichi due to radiation fears, reports the British daily The Telegraph, whose corerspondent Andrew Gilligan has filed this report from Nasushiobara:"The railway station at
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Nuclear Crisis Fears Batter Stocks In Japan
World | Mar 15, 2011, 10:32 AM ISTBangkok, Mar 15 -- Japan's Nikkei stock index dived more than 12 percent Tuesday, plunging precipitously as fears of a nuclear crisis escalate. Other Asian markets also tumbled. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average shed