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Japan man saved from rooftop floating in sea

A 60-year-old Japanese man was found floating on a piece of roof on Sunday about 15 km off the coast two days after ...

Almost 600,000 evacuated in Japan after quake: UN

About 590,000 people have been evacuated in Japan over the last three days following the devastating earthquake and ...

Tunisia detains 3 associates of ousted leader

Tunisians authorities have placed in detention three senior officials who were close to ousted President Zine ...

Radiation 400 times normal level at Onagawa nuke plant : Tohoku Electric

Tohoku Electric Power Co. said Sunday that radiation rose to 21 micro sievert, around 400 times higher than the normal ...

Miyagi police chief estimates over 10,000 deaths in prefecture

- The Miyagi police head said Sunday that Friday`s great quake and the ensuing tsunami is likely to claim more than ...

6th reactor at Fukushima nuke plant loses cooling functions: TEPOC

A sixth reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plants has lost its ability to cool the reactor core since the massive ...

6th reactor at Fukushima nuke plant loses cooling functions: TEPOC

- A sixth reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plants has lost its ability to cool the reactor core since the massive ...

6.2-magnitude earthquake hits off Japan`s Honshu

An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale on Sunday jolted near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, at 7:24 a.m., ...

Blast heard at sicken nuclear reactor in Japan, 4 injured

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said Saturday that an explosion was heard near one of its stricken nuclear reactors ...

Japan evacuates 2,000 people near nuclear plant

Some 2,000 people living near northeast Japan`s Fukushima nuclear plant were told to evacuate on Friday following a ...

Threat of Tsunami in Japan to Indonesia has passed

After having about eight hours of panick and tense, villagers in the coastal areas of North Sulawesi, North Maluku and ...

Flash floods kill nine, sweep away hundreds of houses in Aceh

Flash floods triggered by incessant heavy rains over the past two days in mountainous area in Tangse sub district, ...

Gaddafi forces bombard Libya oil town Ras Lanuf

Muammar Gaddafi`s forces launched a fresh bombardment on the eastern Libyan oil town of Ras Lanuf on Thursday, a day ...

Magnitude-5.1 Earthquake Hits Bitung, N Sulawesi

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Bitung, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday at 9.51 am Western ...

Strong quake hits North Japan, tsunami warning

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 hit off the coast of northeastern Japan on Wednesday, the ...