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Toxic substance in Fukushima water 
Map of Fukushima Japan High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says
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| Apr.5 |
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Japan nuclear plant loses power for hours |
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| Mar.20 |
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Rat linked to Fukushima power outage |
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| Mar.18 |
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Power failure hits Fukushima plant |
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| Mar.10 |
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Japan marks quake and tsunami anniversary |
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Japan quake 'heard at edge of space' |
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| Mar.4 |
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8 die in Japan snowstorm |
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| Feb.28 |
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Report outlines Fukushima's radiation toll. Japan
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| Oct.31 |
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Japan tsunami money 'misspent'
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| Oct.29 |
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WWII bomb closes Japan airport |
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| Oct.26 |
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Fish off Fukushima still contaminated |
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| Aug.22 |
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Record radiation found in fish near Fukushima |
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| Aug.19 |
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Tainted pickles kill six in Japan |
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| Jul.21 |
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Japan to probe Tepco 'cover-up' |
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| Jul.4 |
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Parliament releases Fukushima probe report 
Japan: A Japanese parliamentary panel releases its report into the handling of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, after months of hearings
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| Jun.15 |
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Japan PM orders reactor restart |
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| May.28 |
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Tuna record Fukushima pollution |
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| May.25 |
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Fukushima radiation worse than feared |
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| May.16 |
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Rebuilding spurs Japan economy |
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| May.5 |
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Japan closes last nuclear reactor |
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| Apr.5 |
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US Coast Guard sinks tsunami 'ghost ship' Map of Sitka Alaska USA Alaska: The US Coast Guard has used cannon to sink a crewless Japanese ship that drifted to Alaska after the 2011 tsunami
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| Mar.25 |
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Japan shuts down nuclear reactor |
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| Mar.10 |
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Japan marks deadly anniversary Japan is set to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck the north-eastern coast, killing thousands
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| Feb.13 |
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Stricken Fukushima nuclear plant 'heating up' |
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| Jan.30 |
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Japan's nuclear 'stress tests' get OK
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| Jan.19 |
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Radioactive material used in construction |
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| Dec.26 |
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Fukushima report notes failures |
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| Dec.15 |
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Japan declares Fukushima stable Engineers have brought the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to a 'cold shutdown condition', nine months after the earthquake and tsunami
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| Dec.5 |
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Radioactive water leaking at Fukushima |
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| Nov.18 |
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New radiation scare for rice in Japan |
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| Nov.14 |
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Japan radiation 'unsafe for farming'
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| Nov.1 |
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Fukushima cleanup may take decades |
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| Oct.18 |
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Reactors to shut down ahead of schedule |
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| Oct.9 |
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Fukushima children undergo tests |
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| Sep.10 |
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Trade minister Hachiro quits over gaffe |
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| Aug.25 |
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Japan's Prime Minister Kan quits
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| Aug.15 |
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Japan redesigns nuclear safety agency |
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| Aug.3 |
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Japan dismisses nuclear officials |
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| Aug.2 |
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Workers find ultra-high radiation levels |
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| Jul.30 |
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Earthquake hits off Japan coast |
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| Jul.18 |
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Japan scrambles to protect reactor |
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| Jul.15 |
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Ohi nuclear reactor shuts down after fault |
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| Jul.12 |
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Radioactive meat circulating on market |
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| Jul.10 |
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Slow progress at Japan's Fukushima plant |
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| Jul.9 |
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Japan quake sparks tsunami alert |
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| Jul.5 |
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Japan 'plans atomic stress tests' |
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| Jul.4 |
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Minister Matsumoto quits over rebuilding |
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| Jun.27 |
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Radiation in Fukushima residents |
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| Jun.22 |
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Magnitude 6.7 quake rattles N. Japan |
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| Jun.17 |
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Fukushima water clean-up halted |
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| Jun.14 |
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Japan to hand out radiation meters to kids |
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| Jun.2 |
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Prime minister survives no-confidence vote. Japan
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| May.31 |
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Japan 'underestimated risk' - UN |
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| May.29 |
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Germany pledges nuclear shutdown Berlin: Germany's ruling coalition says it has agreed a date of 2022 for the shutdown of all of its nuclear power plants
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| May.18 |
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Japan economy back in recession
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| May.4 |
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Workers enter Fukushima reactor
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| Apr.21 |
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Japan announces emergency budget The Japanese government has announced a 4 trillion yen emergency budget for disaster relief, after March's earthquake and tsunami
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| Apr.18 |
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Japan death toll rises to nearly 14,000 |
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| Apr.17 |
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Reactors could take 9 months to stop
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| Apr.16 |
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Nuclear crisis could last 2-3 more months |
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| Apr.12 |
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Japan disaster now on Chernobyl level| Japanese authorities 'provisionally' declared the country's nuclear accident a level-7 event on the international scale for nuclear disasters. The amount of radioactive iodine released by the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant was ... | |
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| Apr.11 |
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Japan raises nuclear crisis level
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| Apr.10 |
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Japan quake marked with silence |
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| Apr.9 |
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Japan tightens nuclear backup rules |
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| Apr.7 |
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New quake triggers tsunami warning Map of Miyagi Japan A powerful 7.4 earthquake struck Japan, triggering a tsunami warning for one prefecture and advisories in others
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| Apr.5 |
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Radioactive water leak stopped Map of Fukushima Japan The leak of highly radioactive water into the Pacific from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has stopped
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Water radiation millions of times over limit An attempt to plug a leak of highly radioactive water from a nuclear reactor has shown a significant difference, despite the material not setting
| Tokyo Electric: an attempt to plug the leak had shown a 'significant difference,' despite the material not setting as hoped.
The company had injected a silica-based polymer, 'liquid glass' to reduce the leak
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| Apr.4 |
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Japan dumps radioactive water in sea Workers at quake-hit nuclear plant dump water with low levels of contamination into the sea so more highly radioactive water can be stored
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| Mar.31 |
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Warning on Japan evacuation zone |
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| Mar.30 |
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Japan to scrap stricken reactors |
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| Mar.29 |
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Workers scramble to prevent water leak
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| Mar.28 |
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New radiation leak at Japan plant |
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Radioactive water found outside plant Map of Fukushima Japan| Water found in a tunnel at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has alarmingly high radiation readings | |
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| Mar.27 |
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Japan quake prompts tsunami alert
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Japan radiation report 'mistaken' |
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| Mar.26 |
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Sea radiation 1,250 times normal
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| Mar.25 |
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Reactor core might be leaking Map of Fukushima Japan Authorities raised the prospect of a likely breach in the all-important containment vessel of the No. 3 reactor at the stricken nuclear power plant
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| Mar.24 |
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Plant workers' radiation exposure high |
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| Mar.23 |
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Japan nuclear plant work resumes |
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Tokyo tap water not safe for infants |
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| Mar.22 |
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Power restored to reactor's control room
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Japan tests food, seawater for radiation |
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| Mar.21 |
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Work resumes at Japanese reactor
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Hope dwindles as death toll mounts |
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| Mar.20 |
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Cooling efforts at nuclear reactor |
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Food products limited from nuclear area Japan slapped restrictions on some food produced in two provinces around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
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Rescue in Japan as 2 pulled from rubble
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Japan warns on quake deaths rise |
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| Mar.19 |
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Power hopes rise at Japan plant
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| Mar.18 |
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Nuclear plant's power restoration closer
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Japan raises threat level at nuclear plant Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency raised the level for the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Friday from a 4 to 5
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| Mar.17 |
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Japan nuclear plant progress slow |
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Cable reaches Japan nuclear plant |
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| Mar.16 |
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Water dumped on Japan nuclear plant Helicopters dumped water on and near the Nos. 3 and 4 units at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to halt the nuclear accident
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US alarm over Japan atomic crisis |
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Japan's emperor: Don't give up hope |
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| Mar.15 |
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New fire fuels nuclear fears in Japan
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Staff withdrawn from Japan plant
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| Mar.14 |
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Radiation fears after Japan blast
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New blast at Japan nuclear plant
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Meltdown alert at Japan reactor Map of Fukushima Japan| Technicians are battling to stabilise a third reactor at a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear plant, which has been rocked by a second blast in three days. | |
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| Mar.13 |
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Explosion at Japan nuclear plant
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PM: Japan crisis 'worst since WWII' |
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| Mar.12 |
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Fears for second Japanese reactor |
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Exodus from Japan nuclear plant An estimated 170,000 people have been evacuated from the area around a quake-damaged nuclear power station hat was hit by an explosion
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3,000 rescued; many more missing
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Japan scrambles to reach trapped victims
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| Mar.11 |
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Huge blast at nuclear power plant A massive explosion has struck a Japanese nuclear power plant after devastating earthquake. Officials fear a meltdown at one of the reactors
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Radioactive fears rise at Japan plants
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Massive quake, tsunami hit Japan Map of Sendai Japan A 8.9 earthquakeis causing a tsunami that swept debris miles inland. Dozens of nations, including the U.S., are under a tsunami warning
| The most powerful earthquake to hit Japan in 100 years unleashed walls of water that swept across rice fields, engulfing towns, dragging houses onto highways and tossing cars and boats, killing hundreds and forcing the evaucations of tens of thousands
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| Jul.8 |
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Summit approves climate 'vision' |
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G8 talks for developing nations |
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| Jul.6 |
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G-8 summit opens with focus on Africa Africa was in the spotlight, as leaders from the world's major economic powers gathered for an annual summit
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| Jun.14 |
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Powerful earthquake strikes
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| Jul.16 |
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Nuke plant leaked after earthquake A strong earthquake is setting off a fire at the world's most powerful nuclear power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into...
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| Jul.15 |
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Two dead from quake |
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| Nov.15 |
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Tsunami alerts lifted after quake |
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| Dec.25 |
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Deadly train derailment |
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| Sep.7 |
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Typhoon: 18 dead, 9 missing |
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| Sep.25 |
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Earthquake rocks island of Hokkaido |
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