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Monday, March 21, 2011

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Warren Buffett: Disaster Creates 'Buying Opportunity' In Japanese Stocks

March 21, 2011 The terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, didn't knock out the U.S. economy, he said. The March 11 earthquake and tsunami won't fundamentally change Japan's economy, Buffett predicts.

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

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'Run!': After Warning Others, Heroic Emergency Workers Were Lost

A Japanese soldier stood watch earlier today (March 15, 2011) over the rubble of what was Rikuzen-Takada City in Japan.

March 15, 2011 Survivors in Rikuzen-Takada, Japan, say that after a tsunami destroyed their town, they never saw the civil defense workers who had stayed behind to warn others of the danger.

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Monday, March 14, 2011

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Crisis In Japan: Here's How To Help

In New Taipei City, Taiwan, relief goods were ready Sunday to be shipped to Japan.

March 14, 2011 InterAction.org lists 28 "appropriate disaster relief" organizations now working in Japan. Here's how to learn more about them and donate to their efforts.

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Sunday, March 13, 2011

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For Japan's Quake Survivors, 'It's Urgent Everywhere'

A woman sits in an evacuation center in Fukushima prefecture, where fears of radiation exposure have further complicated the lives of people whose cities were crippled by Friday's earthquake.

March 13, 2011 Millions of Japanese lack water and electricity, as relief workers race to save survivors of Friday's powerful earthquake and tsunami. But as they seek food and shelter, a crisis at a nuclear power plant has put thousands on edge.

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Saturday, March 12, 2011

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At Crippled Japanese Nuclear Plant, 'Last-Ditch Effort' To Prevent Meltdown

Police officers wore gas masks as they patrolled near the nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture today (March 12, 2011).

March 12, 2011 Seawater and boron are being pumped into the structure containing the plant's reactor. If that doesn't work, the entire power plant may have to be sealed up with concrete and basically entombed.

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Disaster In Japan: Saturday's Developments

An aerial view shows the devastated Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture earlier today (March 12, 2011).

March 12, 2011 The death toll is climbing. Rescuers are struggling to get to survivors. And the world is watching anxiously to see if crippled nuclear power plants can be safely shut down.

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Explosion Rocks Japanese Nuclear Plant

March 12, 2011 The blast destroyed a building at the Fukushima plant, but there has not been a meltdown. And though there have been reports of radiation detected at the plant, Japan's prime minister says no citizens have been affected. The area has been evacuated.

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