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... the focus of their operations from rescue to relief. Alex Thomson, Angus Walker and Sarah Smith of Independent Television News report on the latest from Japan. RADIATION THREAT | The governments of Australia and Germany advised citizens to leave Tokyo and northeastern Japan due to the threat of radiation, and the ...
... 800-SAL-ARMY World Vision, United States Website: http://www.worldvision.org Donation Phone #: (800) 777-5777 Mercy Corps Website: https://www.mercycorps.org/donate/japan Donation Phone #: 800.852.2100 International Rescue Committee Website: http://www.rescue.org/donate/japan Donation Phone #: 1-877-REFUGEE (733-8433) International Medical ...
6:50 p.m. ET | Japanese Quake Survivors Speak Out on Nuclear Crisis Also, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Director Gregory Jaczko testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday and spoke of concerns about the events in Japan, particularly around the problems plaguing Fukushima's Dai-Ichi plant's Unit No. 4 ...
Bitterly cold, snowy weather made relief efforts in northeast Japan extremely difficult Wednesday, said Kirsten Mildren, Asia regional advocacy officer for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. She spoke with the NewsHour from Tokyo, where a U.N. team is consulting with the Japanese government on ...
... factories, far, far away from Japan and its problems? GREG IP: Well, you know, even though it was a big news event when China surpassed Japan as the world's second largest economy, Japan is still the third largest economy in the world and the key supplier for a lot ...
Japan's Nuclear Crisis: Can It Be Prevented? Who's at Risk?
... is a teacher. Both had been far enough away. Their new home is a school on the hill. The Sato family and everything they own now fit on one blanket on the floor. And they're not alone. GWEN IFILL: That was Angus Walker of ITN in Minami Sanriku, Japan.
... evacuation around the plant will reduce the risk of harm to the general public but not to the 50 people now fated as heroes in Japan who remain at the plant. Radiation releases have, at regular intervals, forced them to abandon efforts to avert meltdown, but in their struggle, they ...
... Japan's nuclear crisis continued Tuesday, as cooling systems continued to break down at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in earthquake and tsunami-stricken northeastern Japan. Residents were evacuated from a 12-mile radius around the plants and told to stay indoors in a 19-mile radius. On Tuesday, after ...
NASA's Aqua satellite took images of Japan's northeastern coast before (left) and after (right) the March 11 tsunami. Plant-covered land is shown in bright green. After the disaster, the city of Sendai, where about 2,700 homes washed away, appears brown. An orange spot near Sendai shows ...
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