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Japan Earthquake Death Count Climbs To 161, Over 100 Still Missing
The death count from Japan's New Year's Day earthquake has jumped to 161 from 128 overnight, authorities said Monday as snow complicated rescue efforts.
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Japan PM Vows "Ceaseless" Aid As Snow Hampers Earthquake Relief Efforts
Japan's prime minister vowed to provide "ceaseless" support to areas devastated by the New Year's Day earthquake as snow and sleet hampered rescue and relief efforts and local media reported that the disaster had now claimed at least 126 lives.
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Woman In Her 90s Rescued Alive 5 Days After Japan's Deadly Earthquake
Though the elderly woman was responsive, she was believed to be suffering from hypothermia.
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Japan Earthquake: Video Shows Residents Escaping Massive Landslide In Wajima
The video recorded by locals showed people escaping from a landslide after a deadly earthquake struck the Japanese city.
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Search Dog Finds Elderly Woman Trapped In House Destroyed By Japan Quake
An elderly woman trapped in a house destroyed by a huge earthquake in central Japan was found and rescued by a search dog, the defence minister said Thursday.
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Collapsed Buildings, Road Cracks: Japan Struggles To Rescue Survivors
Rescue teams in Japan on Tuesday struggled to reach isolated areas hit by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, with reports of more than 20 people dead in a disaster that toppled buildings and knocked out power to thousands of homes.
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35 Dead In Japan Earthquake; Rescue Workers Rake Through Mud For Survivors
The death toll from a powerful quake that triggered landslides in northern Japan rose to 35, as tens of thousands of rescue workers raked through the mud for survivors.
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Number Of Dead In Japan Earthquake Rises To 18, Hopes Fade For Survivors
Japanese rescue workers with bulldozers and sniffer dogs scrabbled through the mud Thursday to find survivors from a landslide that buried houses after a powerful quake, as the death toll rose to 18.
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Social Networks Offer Comfort, Confusion In Japan Earthquake
People trapped under buildings that collapsed in Japan's double earthquakes used social media to chat to friends and keep their spirits up while they awaited rescue, reports said today.
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Rescuers Race Against Landslides To Reach Japan Earthquake Victims
Rescuers were racing against the weather and the threat of more landslides Sunday to reach people still trapped by two big earthquakes that hit southern Japan.
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Japan Earthquakes Kill At Least 32; Rescuers Rush To Free Trapped
Army troops and other rescuers rushed Saturday to save scores of trapped residents after a pair of strong earthquakes in southwestern Japan killed at least 32 people, injured about 1,500 and left hundreds of thousands without electricity or water.
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Baby Rescued After Strong Earthquakes Hit Japan
Rescuers dramatically pulled a baby girl from a collapsed house early today more than six hours after a swarm of powerful earthquakes rocked southwestern Japan and left nine people dead.
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Japan 'Robo' Dogs Eyed for Quake Rescue Missions
Ten-year-old Gonta helped search for survivors after the massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.
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Watch: Japan jolted by a new powerful quake
A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake late on Thursday hit the same area of Japan that was ravaged by disaster a month ago, seismologists said, prompting a local tsunami alert.The new quake caused a handful of injuries, national broadcaster NHK said, but there were no reported deaths. The tsunami alert was later cancelled after no deadly wave materia...
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60-yr-old rescued from floating roof
Japanese troops have rescued a 60-year-old man who floated out to sea on the roof of his home when a tsunami engulfed Japan's coast following the massive earthquake.A spokesman for Japan's military said Hiromitsu Shinkawa was pulled from the sea after he was spotted waving a red cloth about 15 kilometers offshore from the quake-ravaged town of Mina...
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Japan Earthquake Death Count Climbs To 161, Over 100 Still Missing
The death count from Japan's New Year's Day earthquake has jumped to 161 from 128 overnight, authorities said Monday as snow complicated rescue efforts.
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Japan PM Vows "Ceaseless" Aid As Snow Hampers Earthquake Relief Efforts
Japan's prime minister vowed to provide "ceaseless" support to areas devastated by the New Year's Day earthquake as snow and sleet hampered rescue and relief efforts and local media reported that the disaster had now claimed at least 126 lives.
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Woman In Her 90s Rescued Alive 5 Days After Japan's Deadly Earthquake
Though the elderly woman was responsive, she was believed to be suffering from hypothermia.
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Japan Earthquake: Video Shows Residents Escaping Massive Landslide In Wajima
The video recorded by locals showed people escaping from a landslide after a deadly earthquake struck the Japanese city.
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Search Dog Finds Elderly Woman Trapped In House Destroyed By Japan Quake
An elderly woman trapped in a house destroyed by a huge earthquake in central Japan was found and rescued by a search dog, the defence minister said Thursday.
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Collapsed Buildings, Road Cracks: Japan Struggles To Rescue Survivors
Rescue teams in Japan on Tuesday struggled to reach isolated areas hit by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, with reports of more than 20 people dead in a disaster that toppled buildings and knocked out power to thousands of homes.
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35 Dead In Japan Earthquake; Rescue Workers Rake Through Mud For Survivors
The death toll from a powerful quake that triggered landslides in northern Japan rose to 35, as tens of thousands of rescue workers raked through the mud for survivors.
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Number Of Dead In Japan Earthquake Rises To 18, Hopes Fade For Survivors
Japanese rescue workers with bulldozers and sniffer dogs scrabbled through the mud Thursday to find survivors from a landslide that buried houses after a powerful quake, as the death toll rose to 18.
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Social Networks Offer Comfort, Confusion In Japan Earthquake
People trapped under buildings that collapsed in Japan's double earthquakes used social media to chat to friends and keep their spirits up while they awaited rescue, reports said today.
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Rescuers Race Against Landslides To Reach Japan Earthquake Victims
Rescuers were racing against the weather and the threat of more landslides Sunday to reach people still trapped by two big earthquakes that hit southern Japan.
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Japan Earthquakes Kill At Least 32; Rescuers Rush To Free Trapped
Army troops and other rescuers rushed Saturday to save scores of trapped residents after a pair of strong earthquakes in southwestern Japan killed at least 32 people, injured about 1,500 and left hundreds of thousands without electricity or water.
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Baby Rescued After Strong Earthquakes Hit Japan
Rescuers dramatically pulled a baby girl from a collapsed house early today more than six hours after a swarm of powerful earthquakes rocked southwestern Japan and left nine people dead.
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Japan 'Robo' Dogs Eyed for Quake Rescue Missions
Ten-year-old Gonta helped search for survivors after the massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.
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Watch: Japan jolted by a new powerful quake
A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake late on Thursday hit the same area of Japan that was ravaged by disaster a month ago, seismologists said, prompting a local tsunami alert.The new quake caused a handful of injuries, national broadcaster NHK said, but there were no reported deaths. The tsunami alert was later cancelled after no deadly wave materia...
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60-yr-old rescued from floating roof
Japanese troops have rescued a 60-year-old man who floated out to sea on the roof of his home when a tsunami engulfed Japan's coast following the massive earthquake.A spokesman for Japan's military said Hiromitsu Shinkawa was pulled from the sea after he was spotted waving a red cloth about 15 kilometers offshore from the quake-ravaged town of Mina...
