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Japanese earthquake: rescue and relief missions swing into action
Japan earthquake and tsunami: as it happened March 11
Gagging order by Sir Fred cannot stop net chatter
Japan earthquake: British woman in Tokyo describes moment of terror
Alert sounded a minute before the tremor struck
Japan earthquake: like dropping the Isle of Wight into the ocean
Japan earthquake: desperate race to cool atomic reactor before radioactive leak or worse
Japan earthquake: Evacuations ordered along Pacific coasts
Japan earthquake: Five people washed away on US coast
Japan earthquake: tsunami kills US man 7,000 miles away
Japan earthquake hits global markets
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Japan earthquake and tsunami: as it happened

Japanese earthquake: rescue and relief missions swing into action

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 12:37 AM PST

International search and rescue teams were being rushed to Japan on Saturday as a massive relief mission swung into action in the wake of a devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan earthquake and tsunami: as it happened March 11

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 11:38 PM PST

Hundreds of bodies found after huge 8.9 earthquake triggers 30ft tsunami and causes nuclear reactor emergency. Follow our coverage here.

Gagging order by Sir Fred cannot stop net chatter

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PST

Judges are facing growing pressure to lift a super-injunction obtained by Sir Fred Goodwin amid speculation on the internet about the nature of the information he is trying to protect.

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Japan earthquake: British woman in Tokyo describes moment of terror

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 02:28 PM PST

A British mother living in Tokyo has described the terrifying moment the earthquake struck.

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Alert sounded a minute before the tremor struck

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 02:28 PM PST

No country is better prepared to deal with earthquakes than Japan.

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Japan earthquake: like dropping the Isle of Wight into the ocean

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 02:27 PM PST

Japan earthquake was up to 1,000 times more powerful than the one that hit New Zealand last month.

Japan earthquake: desperate race to cool atomic reactor before radioactive leak or worse

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 02:27 PM PST

The nuclear power plant at Fukushima was thrown into crisis when the earthquake knocked out all power from its systems.

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Japan earthquake: Evacuations ordered along Pacific coasts

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 02:27 PM PST

Travelling at almost 500 mph, the huge wave generated by the undersea earthquake began reaching other Pacific coastlines within hours.

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Japan earthquake: Five people washed away on US coast

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:47 PM PST

The Tsunami that devastated the east coast of Japan on Friday could have claimed its first life on US soil after raging the breadth of the Pacific to America's west coast.

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Japan earthquake: tsunami kills US man 7,000 miles away

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:47 PM PST

The Tsunami that devastated the east coast of Japan on Friday has claimed its first life on US soil after raging the breadth of the Pacific to America's west coast.