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Japan Nuclear Workers Suffering Symptoms, Are At Their Limit, Doctors Warn

AP | ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 06.20.2011

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FUKUSHIMA, Japan — Workers battling the crisis at Japan's stricken nuclear plant suffer from insomnia, show signs of dehydration and high blood ...

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Sharp Spike In Radioactivity Near Japan's Crippled Nuclear Facility Could Mean New Leaks

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 06.16.2011

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TOKYO — Japan's prime minister, fighting criticism at home over his handling of the aftermath of last month's massive earthquake and tsunami, sa...

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Japan On 'Maximum Alert' Over Nuclear Crisis, Says PM

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 05.29.2011

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TOKYO — Seawater outside the hobbled nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan was found to contain 3,335 times the usual amount of radioactive ...

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Quake-Ravaged Japan Dgis Mass Graves

Posted 05.25.2011

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UNOSUMAI, Japan (Reuters) - The towering waves that splintered thousands of Japanese homes and lives has forced the country to rethink one of its mos...

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Surviving Chernobyl Cleaner: 'Tell The People Of Japan To Run!'

AOL | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every nuclear accident is different and the impact cannot be truly measured for years. The government does not always tell the truth. Many will never ...

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$500,000 Gone From Cracked Vault Hit By Japan's Tsunami

AP | SHINO YUASA | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO — The earthquake and tsunami that pulverized coastal Japan crippled a bank's security mechanisms and left a vault wide open. That allowed ...

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Leaking Japanese Nuclear Plant Gets Power Lines, But No Electricity

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO — The operator of Japan's leaking nuclear plant says power lines have been hooked up to all six reactor units, though more work is needed ...

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UN Nuclear Chief: Serious Problems With Government Emergency Responses Exposed

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 05.25.2011

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VIENNA — Japan's nuclear crisis has exposed huge weaknesses in how the world deals with such disasters, the U.N. nuclear chief said Monday, urgi...

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Friday Talking Points [159] -- From Japan to the Shores of Tripoli

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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To the American mainstream media: Please, please, for the love of intelligent conversation about real data, please report the numbers.

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O'Hare Radiation Detectors Go Off After Flight From Japan Lands In Chicago

Posted 05.25.2011

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Radiation detectors were activated at O'Hare Airport Wednesday after several planes from Tokyo landed in Chicago. In the last 24 hours, five or six...

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Life In A Nuclear Fallout Zone

Posted 05.25.2011

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Nastassia Astrasheuskaya joined Reuters as a correspondent in December 2010. She was born on Aug. 31, 1989, in the Belarussian city of Mogilev, thre...

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ABC: U.S. Concerned Japan Situation Could Be 'Deadly For Decades'

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House is preparing for a situation in Japan that could be "deadly for decades," a U.S. official tells ABC News. (SCROLL DOWN FOR LIVE UP...

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Google Satellite Images Show Japan Devastation

Posted 05.25.2011

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Released Google Satellite photos show the extent of damage after a magnitude-8.9 earthquake and ferocious tsunami slammed into Japan's eastern shore F...

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Explosion Reported At Japan's Nuclear Plant

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SOMA, Japan - Radiation is spewing from damaged reactors at a crippled nuclear power plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan in a dramatic escalat...

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Why Earthquake-Prone Japan Relies On Nuclear Power

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nuclear energy provides an estimated 30 percent of electricity in Japan, despite it being one of the world's most seismically volatile nations. Why...

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How Do You Survive A Tsunami?

Slate Magazine | Christopher Beam | Posted 05.25.2011

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A tsunami hit the Japanese coastline north of Tokyo Friday, triggered by a massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake. The official death toll is more than 300....

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Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Hits Off Japan's Main Island

Posted 05.25.2011

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***UPDATE: FOR INFORMATION ON THE MARCH 11, 2011 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI, CLICK HERE.*** The U.S Geological Survey is reporting that a magnitude 6.3...

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