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President Obama vows accountability in Afghan shooting
Last Updated: 4:38 PM 03/11/12 - President Barack Obama is offering condolences to the families of more than a dozen Afghans who were allegedly shot by a U.S. soldier on Sunday.
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Indian Parliament affirms anti-graft proposals
Last Updated: 10:50 AM 08/27/11 - India's Parliament has expressed nonbinding support for anti-corruption proposals that it hoped would persuade a reform activist to end his 11-day hunger strike.
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Car bomb in southern Afghan city kills 4
Last Updated: 10:19 AM 08/27/11 - Authorities say four civilians have been killed in a car bombing outside a bank in a major southern Afghan city.
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Search intensifies for Moammar Gadhafi
Last Updated: 9:53 AM 08/27/11 - It took 200,000-plus U.S. troops nine months to capture Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein after one of the largest manhunts ever.
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Japan's royal couple visits disaster-stricken town
Last Updated: 5:47 AM 04/27/11 - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are visiting Japan's tsunami-battered northeastern coast, offering encouragement to residents who lost homes and loved ones in last month's disaster.
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Massive search under way for tsunami bodies
Last Updated: 7:29 AM 04/25/11 - Soldiers are slogging through marshy ground in Japan, poking it with slender poles in search of victims of last month's earthquake and tsunami.
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Toyota sees output restored by November-December
Last Updated: 6:41 AM 04/22/11 - Toyota Motor says its global production disrupted by last month's earthquake and tsunami is expected to return to normal by November or December.
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Japanese nuke evacuees now forbidden from entering danger zone
Last Updated: 6:43 AM 04/21/11 - The ban on re-entering the evacuation zone around Japan's damaged nuclear reactor is now in effect.
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Majority of Japan tsunami dead were older than 60
Last Updated: 6:41 AM 04/21/11 - New data from Japan's National Police Agency shows that two-thirds of the victims identified so far in last month's tsunami were older than 60 - and most of them drowned.
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Tsunami auction gets $73 million bid for piano
Last Updated: 6:36 AM 04/21/11 - Yahoo Japan says an online bidder has pledged a staggering $73 million for a crystal piano put up for a tsunami charity auction by a heavy metal band musician.
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Japan mulls limited access to zone near nuke plant
Last Updated: 6:55 AM 04/20/11 - Japan's top government spokesman says authorities are considering restricting access to the evacuation zone around its crippled nuclear plant.
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Nuke plant starts pumping out radioactive water
Last Updated: 7:00 AM 04/19/11 - The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant has begun pumping highly radioactive water from the basement of one reactor's turbine building to a makeshift storage area. It's considered a key step in stabilizing the complex.
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Japan sends robots in to stricken nuclear plant
Last Updated: 6:50 AM 04/18/11 - Nuclear safety officials say radiation levels inside two reactor buildings at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant are so high that it wouldn't be safe for workers to enter.
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Police search for bodies near Japan nuclear plant
Last Updated: 7:25 AM 04/14/11 - Hundreds of police in white protective suits are hunting for bodies in rubble outside Japan's tsunami-flooded nuclear plant - searching for the first time within a six-mile radius around the radiation-leaking complex.
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Japan tsunami-swamped airport resumes flights
Last Updated: 6:28 AM 04/13/11 - The airport is handling only a few daytime flights.
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Japan nuke crisis compared to Chernobyl
Last Updated: 6:22 AM 04/12/11 - Japanese nuclear regulators say the effect the crippled nuclear power plant has had on the environment has forced them to up the severity of the crisis, from a level 5 to 7.
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Japan rattled by aftershock on quake anniversary
Last Updated: 6:39 AM 04/11/11 - A magnitude-7.1 aftershock has rattled Japan on the one-month anniversary of a massive earthquake that spawned a deadly tsunami.
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Japan bans rice planting in contaminated soil
Last Updated: 8:55 AM 04/09/11 - Radiation from Japan's crippled nuclear power plant in the northeast may take a toll on rice growing.
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Two killed in latest quake to hit Japan, 130 injured
Last Updated: 10:03 PM 04/07/11 - Authorities say a strong aftershock that hit Japan's tsunami-battered northeast has killed two people and injured dozens more.
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Workers pump nitrogen into damaged nuclear plant
Last Updated: 12:04 AM 04/07/11 - Nitrogen is now flowing into an area around one of the six reactors at Japan's damaged nuclear plant.
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Japan looking to sport to help rebuild country
Last Updated: 4:54 PM 04/06/11 - A Japanese Olympic executive says hosting major sporting events would boost morale and show the world the country is recovering from the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear radiation disasters.
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Radioactive water stops leaking from Japan plant
Last Updated: 7:51 PM 04/05/11 - The utility that owns the crippled Japanese nuclear reactor says that highly radioactive water has stopped leaking into the ocean.
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Japanese, US military search for tsunami victims
Last Updated: 10:42 PM 04/01/11 - Japanese and U.S. military ships and helicopters have been trolling Japan's tsunami-ravaged coastline looking for bodies.
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Japan utility ordered to review radiation figures
Last Updated: 5:53 AM 04/01/11 - Japan's nuclear safety agency has ordered a review of the latest radiation measurements taken in air, seawater and groundwater samples around the country's leaking, tsunami-damaged plant.
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Low levels of radiation found in West Coast milk
Last Updated: 5:39 AM 04/01/11 - Low levels of radiation have turned up in milk samples from two West Coast states.
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Radiation in seawater highest yet near nuke plant
Last Updated: 7:04 AM 03/30/11 - Radiation detected in seawater near the crippled Japanese nuclear power is at its highest radiation level yet, more than 3,300 times normal.
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Ala. lab is 1st defense for radiation from Japan
Last Updated: 7:03 AM 03/30/11 - Workers at a government laboratory in Alabama will be the first to know if dangerous radioactive materials reach the U.S. from Japan - and so far, their testing shows the radiation levels are safe.
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Local Automobile Supplier Not Affected By Japan Earthquake
Last Updated: 7:48 PM 03/29/11 - The Japanese earthquake disrupted much of the country's business with a ripple effect around the world, but local automobile supplier Plastic Solutions hasn't let it stand in its way.
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Officials: plutonium found at Japan's nuke complex
Last Updated: 9:59 PM 03/28/11 - Power company officials say plutonium has been detected in the soil outside of the stricken Japanese nuclear complex.
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More radioactive water spills at Japanese nuclear plant
Last Updated: 9:55 PM 03/28/11 - Workers have discovered new pools of radioactive water leaking from Japan's crippled nuclear complex, and now power company officials say plutonium has been detected in soil outside the plant.
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More obstacles hinder crews in Japan nuclear crisis
Last Updated: 7:22 PM 03/27/11 - Emergency workers continue to run into problems at Japan's stricken nuclear complex.
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Magnitude-6.5 quake off Japan; small tsunami alert
Last Updated: 7:10 PM 03/27/11 - A magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook eastern Japan off the quake-ravaged coast on Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, prompting Japan to issue a tsunami alert.
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Japan's government criticizes nuclear plant operator
Last Updated: 5:53 PM 03/26/11 - As workers struggle to control overheating reactors at a damaged nuclear plant, Japan's government is finding fault with the plant's operator.
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Japan PM calls situation at nuclear plant 'grave'
Last Updated: 9:33 PM 03/25/11 - Japan's prime minister says the situation at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant remains "grave and serious."
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Number of foreigners leaving Japan soars 8-fold
Last Updated: 9:30 PM 03/25/11 - An immigration official says more than 161,000 foreigners have left Japan since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that triggered an unfolding nuclear crisis.
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Japan nuke plant reactor core may be breached
Last Updated: 4:23 AM 03/25/11 - Japanese nuclear safety officials say they suspect that the reactor core at one unit of the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant may have breached.
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2 workers injured at Japanese nuke plant
Last Updated: 6:09 AM 03/24/11 - Nuclear officials says three workers have been exposed to radioactive elements at Japan's tsunami-crippled plant and that two of them were injured and sent to hospital for treatment.
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Canada enhances control on Japanese food imports
Last Updated: 9:52 PM 03/23/11 - Canadian officials are implementing upgraded controls on Japanese food imports as fears mount that the country's ongoing nuclear crisis has contaminated its food supply.
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Tokyo says radiation in tap water above limit
Last Updated: 6:19 AM 03/23/11 - Tokyo Water Bureau officials say the level of radioactive iodine in some city tap water is two times the recommended limit for infants.
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Moderately strong quake in northeastern Japan
Last Updated: 10:32 PM 03/22/11 - Japanese authorities say a moderately strong earthquake has struck the prefecture in northeastern Japan where workers are struggling to bring a leaking nuclear power plant under control, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury.
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Few were prepared for nuclear crisis
Last Updated: 3:56 PM 03/22/11 - Dozens of residents near Japan's stricken nuclear plant have told The Associated Press they never received any information about how to avoid the threat of radiation after a nuclear accident.
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Japan nuke plant operator missed inspections
Last Updated: 7:42 AM 03/21/11 - Japan's nuclear safety agency says the operator of the country's troubled nuclear complex repeatedly failed to make crucial inspections of equipment in the weeks before it was crippled in the quake and tsunami.
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State Dept offers radiation antedote to workers
Last Updated: 7:41 AM 03/21/11 - The State Department is offering potassium iodide to its staff in Japan as a precaution against a possible radiation release from the tsunami ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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World Bank says Japan reconstruction may take 5 years
Last Updated: 10:41 PM 03/20/11 - The World Bank says Japan may need five years to rebuild from the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that has caused up to $235 billion of damage.
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Police say Japan disaster death toll to top 18,000
Last Updated: 10:39 PM 03/20/11 - Police officials estimate that the toll from the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami will exceed 18,000 deaths.
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Some progress seen at crippled nuclear plant
Last Updated: 5:03 PM 03/20/11 - Two units at Japan's stricken nuclear plant have cooled down enough to be declared under control, though pressure unexpectedly rose in a third unit's reactor.
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Radiation detected in more food from more parts of Japan
Last Updated: 5:01 PM 03/20/11 - More foods are showing traces of contamination in Japan, where radiation has been leaking from a damaged nuclear plant.
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Japanese villagers told not to drink tap water
Last Updated: 4:55 PM 03/20/11 - Japan's Health Ministry says it has advised a village near a crippled nuclear plant not to drink tap water due to elevated levels of radioactive iodine.
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Notre Dame cancels spring Japan study abroad program
Last Updated: 11:44 PM 03/19/11 - Three Notre Dame students scheduled to study abroad in Japan this spring will not be going now.
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Japan cites radiation in milk, spinach near plant
Last Updated: 10:43 PM 03/19/11 - Health officials say radiation levels in spinach and milk from farms near the facility exceed government safety limits. But the officials insist the small amounts of radiation -- with traces also found in tap water in Tokyo -- pose no immediate health threat.
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Contacting U.S. citizens in Japan
U.S. citizens in Japan who need help, or people concerned about U.S. citizens there, can email the State Department here or call 1-888-407-4747 or 202-647-5225.
American Red Cross
If you'd like to donate to the Red Cross efforts, text "redcross" to 90999, and you can make a $10 donation to the organization. Or visit their website for more information.
World Vision
The humanitarian group is rushing personnel into the affected areas and providing food, water, medical supplies and shelter for victims.
Globalgiving.com - Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund
Globalgiving.com has established the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. They will disburse funds to organizations providing aid and relief to victims.
American Humane Association
The "other" victims of this devastating disaster; donate now to the American Humane Association - they've set up a relief fund for rescuing animals. Donations will help provide shelter and care.