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Another fire has broken out at Fukushima Daiichi, this time in the unit 4 reactor.  Tokyo Electric Power Company confirmed flames were seen coming out of the building at 5.45am Japan Time Hajimi Motujuku said […] […]

JAPAN’S nuclear crisis escalated dramatically yesterday as two further explosions and a fire at the earthquake-crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant sent dangerous levels of radiation into the atmosphere. Much lower but abnormal radiation and traces […] […]

SOMA, Japan — Dangerous levels of radiation leaking from a crippled nuclear plant forced Japan to order 140,000 people to seal themselves indoors Tuesday after an explosion and a fire dramatically escalated the crisis spawned […] […]

SECRETARY of State Hillary Clinton’s chief spokesman has resigned three days after publicly criticising the treatment of WikiLeaks suspect, Army private Bradley Manning, as “counterproductive and stupid”. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley slammed the Pentagon’s […] […]

Soldiers and officials in northeastern Japan are warning residents that the area could be hit by another tsunami and are ordering residents to higher ground. Sirens around the town of Soma went off late his […] […]

An explosion blew the roof off an unstable reactor north of Tokyo last night, raising fears of a disastrous meltdown at a nuclear plant damaged in the massive earthquake. The 8.9-magnitude earthquake – the strongest […] […]

Millions of Japanese were without drinking water or electricity Sunday, surviving on instant noodles and rice balls, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hammered the northeastern coast, killing at least 1,000 people. Although […] […]

PERUGIA, Italy—An Italian appeals court on Saturday heard witnesses brought in by the defense of Amanda Knox to refute testimony that placed the American student near the crime scene the night her British roommate was […] […]

The Pacific Rim was on high alert last night after a tsunami warning was issued for virtually the entire region, following the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck in shallow waters off the coast of Japan. […] […]