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Disasters

More US relief crews exposed to radiation in Japan

More US relief crews exposed to radiation in Japan

More U.S. military crews were exposed to radiation Tuesday as the Pentagon ramped up relief flights over a Japan reeling from an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.

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Quake response showcases Japan's resilient spirit

Quake response showcases Japan's resilient spirit

With a mixture of resilience and resignation many survivors of last Friday's calamity in Japan are calmly pitching in to help themselves and others, taking life one day at a time.

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Stocks plunge as Japan nuclear crisis worsens

Stocks plunged Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down almost 300 points at the opening, as the nuclear crisis in Japan intensified following a deadly earthquake and tsunami.

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Live BBC Coverage: nuclear accidents compound crisis in Japan

Live BBC Coverage: nuclear accidents compound crisis in Japan

The BBC's "World Have Your Say" brings live coverage of events unfolding in Japan as it struggles with containing possible breaches in nuclear reactors damaged from the recent earthquake and tsunami.

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NTSB looks at 2008 Minn. plane crash that killed 8

The National Transportation Safety Board meets in Washington on Tuesday to consider a final report on a 2008 plane crash in Owatonna, Minn., that killed eight people.

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Japanese ordered indoors in radiation leak crisis

Japanese ordered indoors in radiation leak crisis

Radiation leaked from a crippled nuclear plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan after a third reactor was rocked by an explosion Tuesday and a fourth caught fire in a dramatic escalation of the 4-day-old catastrophe. The government warned anyone nearby to stay indoors to avoid exposure.

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