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Japan central bank injects funds as stocks plunge
By News on Mar 13, 2011
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's central bank injected a record 7 trillion yen ($85.5 billion) into money markets and the Tokyo stock market nosedived Monday on the first business day since an earthquake and tsunami devastated the country's northeast and raised dire worries about the economy....
3 injured, 7 missing in blast at Japan nuke plant
By News on Mar 13, 2011
TOKYO (AP) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. says three workers have been injured and seven are missing after an explosion at the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant....
Yemen clashes and Bahrain chaos as protests deepen
By News on Mar 13, 2011
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Yemeni police firing from rooftops wounded more than 100 in a protesters' camp Sunday and anti-government demonstrators paralyzed Bahrain's capital as unrest deepened in two of Washington's most critical allies in the region....180K flee as Japan's nuke-plant crisis intensifies
By News on Mar 13, 2011
KORIYAMA, Japan (AP) -- Japanese officials warned of a possible second explosion at a nuclear plant crippled by the earthquake and tsunami as they raced to stave off multiple reactor meltdowns, but they provided few details about whether they were making progress. More than 180,000 people have evacuated the area, and up to 160 may have been exposed to radiation....
10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns
By News on Mar 13, 2011
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SENDAI, Japan (AP) -- The estimated death toll from Japan's disasters climbed past 10,000 Sunday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple nuclear reactor meltdowns and hundreds of thousands of people struggled to find food and water. The prime minister said it was the nation's worst crisis since World War II....