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The day that shook Japan

Tens of thousands missing in Japan after massive tsunami follows a devastating earthquake. David McNeill reports from Tokyo.

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Huge explosion at nuclear plant new

Saturday, 12 March 2011

An explosion at a nuclear power station destroyed a building housing the reactor following yesterday's earthquake and tsunami.

Japan requests British help over earthquake new

Saturday, 12 March 2011

Japan has requested help from the UK in the aid effort after yesterday's magnitude 8.9 earthquake rocked the country, a Foreign Office spokesman said.

Libyan rebels brace for attack on Misrata

Saturday, 12 March 2011

The last rebel hold out in western Libya was bracing for a government attack today.

Iron fist won't help Gaddafi keep grip on divided nation

Saturday, 12 March 2011

Donald Macintyre: It has been a week of military reversals for the rebels, but their spirit is unbroken.

Mike Starr: Bassist and self-destructive founder-member of the Seattle band Alice in Chains

Saturday, 12 March 2011

When the grunge band Alice In Chains named their 1990 debut EP We Die Young after the eponymous composition by their guitarist and primary songwriter Jerry Cantrell, it proved sadly prophetic.

Housing crisis as home loans slump to new low

Saturday, 12 March 2011

Britain's housing market is on the verge of another precipitous lurch downwards, data published yesterday suggests, with mortgage lending now at its lowest level since the height of the financial crisis in the final few months of 2008.

Japan earthquake: latest developments new

Saturday, 12 March 2011

Following are main developments in the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck northeast Japan yesterday.

Euro zone leaders agree to strengthen bailout fund

Saturday, 12 March 2011

European leaders agreed to strengthen the euro zone bailout fund today, make its loans cheaper and lower the interest rate on funds extended to Greece, a move to get on top of the year-long debt crisis.

Twitter must give user info in WikiLeaks investigation

Saturday, 12 March 2011

A federal magistrate ruled yesterday that prosecutors can demand Twitter account information of certain users in their criminal probe into the disclosure of classified documents on WikiLeaks.

Patten approved as chairman of BBC Trust

Saturday, 12 March 2011

The appointment of former Hong Kong governor Lord Patten as the chairman of the BBC Trust has been approved by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

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