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Huge quake strikes off Indonesia, tsunami warning issued
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Huge quake strikes off Indonesia, tsunami warning issued

JAKARTA — An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday, sending residents around the region dashing…
Japan mourns tsunami dead, grapples with aftermath
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Japan mourns tsunami dead, grapples with aftermath

OFUNATO, Japan - With a moment of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear rallies, Japan marked on Sunday one year since an…
Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster
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Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan — Through silence and prayers, people across Japan on Sunday remembered the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck…
Japan’s tsunami victims: Healed but still scarred
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Japan’s tsunami victims: Healed but still scarred

A year ago, a desperate young mother stood amid the ruins of her devastated city wrapped in a blanket as…
Small tsunami reaches Japan after major quake
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Small tsunami reaches Japan after major quake

TOKYO - Small tsunami waves reached the Pacific coast of northern Japan Sunday after a major quake hit the region…
Life slowly returns to Japan’s disaster zone
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Life slowly returns to Japan’s disaster zone

Natori, Japan – Bundled up against the wind, Junpei Endo gets off his bicycle, sets it on its kickstand and…
Global food scare widens from Japan nuclear plant
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Global food scare widens from Japan nuclear plant

Tokyo -- Australia, Canada and Singapore joined a list of countries shunning Japanese food imports as radioactive steam wafted anew…
Japanese fend for themselves as aid trickles in
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Japanese fend for themselves as aid trickles in

Shizugawa, Japan -- An American helicopter crewman shouted above the din of the rotor: "What do these people need? Do…
Blasts, fire escalate Japan’s nuclear crisis
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Blasts, fire escalate Japan’s nuclear crisis

Sendai, Japan -- Explosions and a fire at Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant unleashed dangerous levels of radiation on Tuesday, sparking…
Meltdown threat rises at Japanese nuclear plant
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Meltdown threat rises at Japanese nuclear plant

Soma, Japan -- Water levels dropped precipitously Monday inside a stricken Japanese nuclear reactor, twice leaving the uranium fuel rods…
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