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VIDEO: TEPCO Releases New Aerial Footage of Crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactors

Helicopter water drops, water cannon trucks reportedly having little success at lowering temperature, radiation levels at plant...

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Ongoing Special Coverage: Japan's Nuclear Emergency...

‘We Could Not Delay Further’: Helicopters Drop Water Onto Fukushima’s Crippled Nuclear Reactors

Dangerous operation indicates situation's increasing severity; Water cannon trucks from Tokyo Police dispatched to plant as well

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UK, France to Citizens: Get Out of Tokyo Due to Nuke Plant Worries; US to Citizens: No Worries!

SMOKE BILLOWS FROM REACTOR 3 AT FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR PLANT; WORKERS EVACUATED

Govt spokesman: Crew ordered out as radiation levels rose earlier, reason for smoke unclear, possibly radioactive steam; Workers since returned to plant...

TEPCO releases photos of damage at Unit 4...

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Special Report: JAPAN on the brink of nuclear disaster

[Live Blog] PM ADDRESSES NATION: RADIATION LEVELS RISING, EVAC ZONE EXPANDED, FIRE AT UNIT 4, ASKS FOR CALM | THIRD EXPLOSION AS BLAST HEARD AT FUKUSHIMA UNIT 2

LATEST: Fire erupts again at Unit 4 | PM: 'Radiation levels now danger to human health'; All but 'critical' workers evacuated from plant; Evacuations expanded, citizens asked to remain indoors; Fire at Unit 4; PM asks for calm | Unit 2 explosion heard in suppression chamber | Fuel rods half exposed ; Core containment vessel may have been damaged...

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NEW EXPLOSION AT JAPAN’S FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI UNIT NO. 3 NUKE REACTOR

LATEST: 3RD EXPLOSION - THIS ONE AT UNIT 2 | U.S. 7th Fleet repositioning after exposure to radioactive cloud | VIDEO shows flash, plume | 6 workers injured, residents 'on edge', ordered to remain indoors | Officials believe reactor vessel NOT breached in hydrogen explosion, control room at unit still operational...

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VIDEO: From Within the Tsunami…

[Live Blog] EXPLOSION ROCKS NUCLEAR PLANT AT FUKUSHIMA | INJURIES, PLUMES OF SMOKE, WALLS COLLAPSED | EVAC AREA WIDENED

PM spokes: 'container not breached'; 140k evacuated; 4 injured in explosion; 'At least' 9 exposed to radiation (may rise to 160)

LATEST: EXPLOSION HEARD AT 2ND PLANT | Radiation levels too high; 2 meltdowns may be under way; Iodine pills for radiation poisoning circulated | Emergency cooling system fails at 2nd reactor, valve opened to release pressure...

‘Japan’s Nuclear Plant Emergencies: Hours to Cool Reactors or Face Core Meltdown, Say Experts’

LATEST: EXPERTS COMPARE TO CHERNOBYL | VIDEO OF EXPLOSION, WORKERS INJURED, WALLS COLLAPSE

Earlier: Meltdown may be beginning, venting from container unit suspended...

‘Big Government Tyranny’ (Building Codes, Regulations) Saved Countless Lives in Japan

Though nuke plant still at risk, cooling 'not going as planned'

UPDATED: Evacuations expanded at Fukushima nuke plant, 'radiation 1,000x normal level'; Expert says 'possibility of core meltdown'...

BREAKING: 8.9 MAG. EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI STRIKES JAPAN – VIDEO, TSUNAMI MAPS

Watches, warnings, advisories issued across 50 Pacific basin countries, entire U.S. West Coast; Evacuation warnings in Hawaii...

US, UK Media Ignore Musharraf Arrest Warrant in Bhutto Assassination Sent to Britain

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