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High Radiation Levels Make Tokyo Water Unsafe For Babies
World | Mar 23, 2011, 08:46 PM ISTTokyo/Fukushima, Mar 23: High levels of radioactive iodine were detected in Tokyo's tap water prompting government today to declare it unsafe for infants, as rising smoke from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant forced another evacuation
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A Week After Quake, Japan's Leader Vows To Rebuild
World | Mar 19, 2011, 08:59 AM ISTTokyo, Mar 19: One week after an earthquake and tsunami spawned a nuclear crisis, the Japanese government conceded it was slow to respond to the disaster and welcomed ever-growing help from the United States in
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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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France Asks Its Nationals To Leave Tokyo
World | Mar 14, 2011, 12:25 PM ISTLondon, March 14 : The French government has advised its nationals to leave Tokyo "for a few days", reports The Daily Telegraph, London.The advice from Paris is the most alarmist response from any major country,
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Japan Volcano Again Sends Columns Of Ash In Air
World | Mar 13, 2011, 08:05 PM ISTTokyo, March 13: A volcano in southwestern Japan erupted Sunday after nearly two weeks of relative silence, sending ash and rocks up to four kilometres into the air, a local official said.It was not immediately
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Japan's Industrial Heart Escaped The Heaviest Blows : NYT
World | Mar 13, 2011, 11:45 AM ISTTokyo, March 13 : Japan's industrial heartland was saved from the heaviest blows of earthquake and tsunami on Friday, reports The New York Times. The report says, the epicenter was in and around the coastal
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Quake-Hit Nuke Plant 'May Be In Meltdown'
World | Mar 13, 2011, 11:18 AM ISTTokyo, Mar 12: Japan's nuclear authorities warned today that quake-hit atomic plant Fukushima No. 1, about 250 kilometres northeast of Tokyo, "may be experiencing a nuclear meltdown", media said.Kyodo News agency said radioactive caesium had
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All Indian Nationals Safe In Quake-Hit Japan: Govt
India | Mar 12, 2011, 07:57 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 12 (PTI) A day after Japan was hit by giant tidal waves caused by a massive earthquake which has left 1600 people dead or unaccounted for there, India today said all its
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215,000 People Homeless In Japan
World | Mar 13, 2011, 11:18 AM ISTTokyo, March 12 : The first wave of military rescuers began arriving by boats and helicopters.Prime Minister Naoto Kan said 50,000 troops would join rescue and recovery efforts following the quake that unleashed one of
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Millions Stuck In Tokyo As Quake Shuts Down Subways
World | Mar 11, 2011, 05:54 PM ISTTokyo, Mar 11: Millions of people in greater Tokyo were stranded far away from home today evening after Japan's biggest earthquake on record shut down the capital's massive subway system.Sirens wailed through Tokyo, television helicopters
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No Radioactive Leaks At Tohoku Nuke Plants
World | Mar 11, 2011, 02:49 PM ISTTokyo, March 11 : The Japanese government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has said no abnormal levels of radiation have been reported at four nuclear power plants in the quake-hit Tohoku region. Tokyo-based NHK news agency
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11,000 Evacuated In Russia After Japan Tsunami
World | Mar 11, 2011, 03:13 PM ISTMoscow, March 11 : Russian authorities on the fareastern Sakhalin Island and nearby territories have evacuated some 11,0000 residents from coastal areas in anticipation of tsunami waves unleashed by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off Japan's
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Death And Devastation In 10 Minutes
World | Mar 11, 2011, 03:12 PM ISTTokyo, March 11: People in cars tried to outrun the huge tsunami waves that lashed the coastal highways of Japan soon after the 8.9 temblor hit the island nation sitting on the Pacific Ring of
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No Defence Exchanges Till China Changes Position On JK: India
India | Oct 24, 2010, 06:03 PM ISTTokyo, Oct 24:) India has made it clear to China that the defence exchanges suspended in July will remain on "pause" till Beijing reverts to its long-held position on Jammu and Kashmir.The issue along with