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    One Month After Tsunami, What Are Japan's Biggest Needs?

    Apr 12, 2011 12:13 AM EDT

    ... changes there? JAMES ACTON: No. I think the analysis there hasn't changed. The chances of significant radiation injury to people in the rest of Japan, let alone foreign countries, is still very slim. JEFFREY BROWN: Nan Buzard, let me ask you the same question. When you put -- you listen ...

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    World Week Ahead: Brokering a Deal in Libya; One Month Since Japan's Quake

    Apr 11, 2011 02:03 PM EDT

    ... reports on how rebels are unlikely to accept the deal, which would have a continued role for Gadhafi. His opponents, however, are demanding his removal. JAPAN: Monday marks one month since the deadly earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan. A 6.6-magnitude aftershock rattled the region once again Monday ...

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    Strong Aftershock Jolts Japan on One Month Anniversary of Tsunami, Earthquake Disaster

    Apr 11, 2011 01:05 PM EDT

    One month after the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, 2-year-old Ayaka and family members pray for her missing grandmother and great-grandmother at a vacant lot where they lived in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture. Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images. As Japan somberly marked the one month anniversary ...

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    NATO Confirms Air Strike Killed Libyan Rebels, Aftershock Kills 3 in Japan

    Apr 08, 2011 11:21 AM EDT

    ... in the city. Aid organizations are concerned about the humanitarian conditions in the city after a weeks-long state of siege. Aftershock Kills 3 in Japan, Power Outages Compound Misery A 7.1-magnitude aftershock that hit northeastern Japan on Thursday killed three people and caused widespread power outages in ...

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    7.1-Magnitude Quake Hits off Japan's Coast

    Apr 07, 2011 04:00 PM EDT

    A tsunami warning has been lifted after a 7.1-magnitude quake hit off Japan's northeastern coast. Officials had warned those in low-lying areas to move to higher ground.

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    7.1-Magnitude Quake Hits off Japan Coast

    Apr 07, 2011 03:32 PM EDT

    ... aftershocks in the wake of the 9.0-magnitude quake March 11, but Thursday's is one of only a handful to exceed the 7.0-magnitude mark. Track seismic data from Japan by clicking on the following image: View all of our Japan coverage and follow us on Twitter.

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    Libyan Rebels Say NATO Strike Hit Their Fighters, Japan Searches for Victims

    Apr 07, 2011 11:37 AM EDT

    ... army units and recruitment of fighters, the opposition's forces remain out-gunned by Gadhafi's more heavily equipped military. Search for Bodies Continues in Japan Despite high levels of radiation along eastern coastal areas in Japan, searchers are working to recover the bodies of the more than 15,000 ...

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    Gbagbo's Home Under Attack in Ivory Coast; Japan: Leak Into Pacific Stopped

    Apr 06, 2011 11:30 AM EDT

    ... The French military, which has maintained a peacekeeping presence in the country since 1960, when Ivory Coast became independent, has been authorized to assist foreigners. Japan Says Radioactive Leak into Pacific Ocean Plugged Officials say that a leak of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean at the badly damaged Fukushima ...

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    Japan Sets New Radiation Limits for Seafood, Italy Recognizes Libyan Rebels

    Apr 05, 2011 11:44 AM EDT

    Horse mackerels are displayed at a supermarket in Tokyo on April 5, 2011. Japan started dumping 11,500 tons of low-level radioactive water at sea to free up storage space at its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant for more highly contaminated water. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images) As radioactive water ...

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    Japan to Release Radioactive Water into Pacific Ocean in Effort to Cool Reactors

    Apr 04, 2011 01:21 PM EDT

    ... Officials also deliberately released some 10,000 tons of contaminated water into the ocean to make room for water even more radioactive. Hidehiko Nishiyama of Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency defended the release, saying the amount "is not harmful to people's health and as it is necessary ...