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They come to see if anything is left – and find nothing
David McNeill in the devastated town of Minami Sanriku: The tsunami has left this town in ruins, reducing wooden houses to matchsticks and pushing debris two kilometres inland. And an estimated 10,000 people have simply vanished.
Inside Asia
Official toll is 1,000 – but true figure likely to be far higher
Monday, 14 March 2011
The estimated death toll from Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami leapt tenfold yesterday as the world's third-largest economy struggled to deal with the crippling aftermath of what Prime Minister Naoto Kan has described as the worst crisis to face his country since the Second World War.
Residents queue to be tested, but experts say this is not Chernobyl
Monday, 14 March 2011
As officials race to cool overheating reactors, there is no sign of a major radiation leak. Andrew Buncombe reports from Koriyama
Al-Qa'ida glossy advises women to cover up and marry a martyr
Monday, 14 March 2011
Not content with launching an English-language magazine that debuted with a feature called "How to make a bomb in the kitchen of your Mom", al Qa'ida's media wing has followed up with a magazine for women, mixing beauty tips with lessons in jihad.
Satellite images reveal true scale of Japan's devastation
Monday, 14 March 2011
While reports and pictures from on the ground in Japan reveal the human side of the tragedy the tsunami has caused, these before-and-after aerial photographs indicate the sheer scale of devastation that was unleashed upon towns and villages up and down the country's eastern coast.
Cooling system must be brought under control to prevent meltdown
Monday, 14 March 2011
Nuclear expert Walt Patterson tells Michael McCarthy of the extraordinary complexity of the challenge engineers face
Rescued nine miles out to sea, the man washed away on his house
Monday, 14 March 2011
Survivors' tales
China tackles black market for fake goods
Monday, 14 March 2011
The Chinese authorities are stepping up their war on the country's thriving black market for counterfeit goods with a new crackdown in which more than 3,000 people arrested.
Pilots fail alcohol tests but fly again
Monday, 14 March 2011
India's airline authorities caught 57 pilots over the past two years affected by alcohol and about to take to the cabin of passenger-carrying jets , but most were cleared to fly again. Only 11 of the pilots caught in random pre-flight tests between January 2009 and November 2010 lost their jobs, the Times of India newspaper said, citing a statement by Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi.
Don’t give up, Japan. Don’t give up, Tohoku
Sunday, 13 March 2011
David Randall: The cataclysm was so powerful it shifted the Earth off its axis. Then the waters hit.
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