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One Of Reactors At Crippled N-Plant Likely Damaged: Japan
World | Mar 25, 2011, 07:40 PM ISTTokyo/Fukushima, Mar 25: Concerns over more serious contamination mounted in Japan today as authorities said the core of one of the six reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant may have damaged, a day after three
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Three Workers At Japan's Crippled N-Plant Exposed To Radiation
World | Mar 24, 2011, 08:18 PM ISTTokyo/Fukushima, Mar 24: Three workers were today exposed to high radiation at Japan's troubled Fukushima nuclear plant, as authorities mulled plans to import bottled water amid a panicked rush to buy it after the tap
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All 6 Reactors At Fukushima Reconnected To Power Lines
World | Mar 23, 2011, 10:01 AM ISTTokyo/Fukushima, Mar 22 : Japanese workers struggling to avert a nuclear disaster today succeeded in reconnecting all six reactors to power lines at the quake-hit Fukushima plant, marking a significant progress in the tedious task
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Strong Quake Strikes Near Japan's Troubled Nuclear Plant
World | Mar 23, 2011, 07:55 AM ISTOsaka, Mar 23: A strong earthquake struck near the troubled nuclear power plant at the centre of Japan's radiation crisis early today, the meteorological agency said.The agency said there was no fear of a tsunami
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Efforts On To Restore Power At N-Plant; New Quakes Rock Japan
World | Mar 22, 2011, 09:25 PM ISTTokyo/Fukushima, Mar 22: Japanese workers scrambled hard today to restore power at the troubled Fukushima nuclear plant as smoke rose from two of its reactors in the tsunami-hit northeast, which was jolted by a series
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Japan Will Recover Soon, Says World Bank
World | Mar 21, 2011, 04:11 PM ISTBeijing, Mar 21: The short-term impact of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan over a week ago could be great, though it will be for a short period, World Bank Chief Economist and
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Japan Reconstruction May Take 5 Years: World Bank
World | Mar 21, 2011, 10:05 AM ISTSingapore, Mar 21: Japan may need five years to rebuild from the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that has caused up to $235 billion of damage, the World Bank said Monday. The March 11 disaster --
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Japan Disaster Death Toll To Top 18,000
World | Mar 21, 2011, 10:02 AM ISTTokyo, Mar 21: Police officials estimate that the toll from Japan's massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami will exceed 18,000 deaths. One of the of the hardest-hit prefectures, Miyagi, estimates that the deaths will top
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Japan Cites Radiation In Milk, Spinach Near Plant
World | Mar 19, 2011, 02:47 PM ISTTokyo, Mar 19: Spinach and milk taken from farms near Japan's crippled nuclear plant exceeded government-set safety limits for radiation, the government said Saturday, in the first report of food contamination from the accident.The tainted
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Radiation Levels In Japan Not Harmful: IAEA
World | Mar 19, 2011, 02:35 PM ISTVienna, Mar 19: Radiation levels currently detected in Japan and beyond in the wake of the nuclear crisis after last week's massive earthquake do not pose any harm to human health, an IAEA expert said."Regular
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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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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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US Nuclear Plants Located Near Geologic Faults
World | Mar 17, 2011, 08:53 AM ISTLos Angeles, Mar 17: Two years before an immense coastal earthquake plunged Japan into a nuclear crisis, a geologic fault was discovered about a half-mile from a California seaside reactor -- alarming regulators who say
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More Governments Advising Citizens To Leave Tokyo
World | Mar 17, 2011, 07:47 AM ISTTokyo, Mar 17: Australia, Britain and Germany advised their citizens in Japan to consider leaving Tokyo and earthquake-affected areas, joining a growing number of governments and businesses telling their people it may be safer elsewhere.The
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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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Japan Evacuates Emergency Workers, Prepares For The Worst
World | Mar 16, 2011, 02:34 PM ISTFukushima/Tokyo, Mar 16 : Radiation levels rose today in Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant where a new fire broke out, forcing the government to withdraw emergency workers engaged in efforts to cool overheating reactors at the
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Japan Suspends Work At Stricken Nuclear Plant
World | Mar 16, 2011, 01:33 PM ISTFukushima, Japan, Mar 16: Japan ordered emergency workers to withdraw from its stricken nuclear plant Wednesday amid a surge in radiation, temporarily suspending efforts to cool the overheating reactors.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the
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Mass Exodus At Tokyo Airport, Indians Head Home
World | Mar 16, 2011, 08:34 PM ISTTokyo, March 16: A large number of Indians stood in queues at the Narita International airport here on Wednesday in their desperate move to return home, reports Nishant Chaturvedi, India TV correspondent from Tokyo. The
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Germany Shuts Down 7 Nuke Reactors
World | Mar 16, 2011, 09:50 AM ISTBerlin, March 15: German today ordered a temporary shut-down of seven oldest nuclear reactors in the country, a day after it announced a thorough review of the safety systems of all 17 such units in
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Spent N-Fuel Pool May Be Boiling, Further Radiation Leak Feared
World | Mar 16, 2011, 07:52 AM ISTTokyo, March 15: A nuclear crisis at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant deepened Tuesday as fresh explosions occurred at the site and its operator said water in a pool storing spent nuclear fuel