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Breaking News Tue, 19 Apr 2011
In this Tuesday, March 15, 2011 file photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co., smoke billows from the Unit 3 reactor at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.
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Japan plant: Radioactive water pumped from reactor
Tue 19 Apr 2011
Workers at Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant have begun removing highly radioactive water from the basement of a reactor building to on-site storage. Removing the 25,000 tonnes of water should give... (photo: AP / Tokyo Electric Power Co.)
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Sony to delay stake in Sharp JV at least a year -source
Tue 19 Apr 2011
TOKYO, April 19 (Reuters) - Sony Corp will not raise its stake in a liquid crystal display production joint venture with Sharp Corp for at least a year, delaying a plan to bolster production ties, a... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
GM Hydrogen4  Herald Tribune  Mon 18 Apr 2011
GM aims to double China car sales to 5 million
SHANGHAI - General Motors Co. said Monday it plans to double the number of cars it sells in China to 5 million by 2015. GM China President Kevin Wale said he's optimistic the company can achieve the... (photo: Creative Commons / Hydrogen)
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Toyota car  Inquirer  Mon 18 Apr 2011
Toyota resumes production at all Japan plants
TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor on Monday resumed operations at all its domestic plants that had been halted since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, with volume still at around 50 percent due to a... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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In this image released by Tokyo Electric Power Co., a radio-controlled PakBot robot opens a door inside housing for the reactor of Unit 3 during inspection of the tsunami-damaged facilities at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Sunday, April 17, 2011 in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan Herald Tribune Mon 18 Apr 2011
Japan sends robots in to stricken nuclear plant
TOKYO - Nuclear safety officials say the first radiation measurements taken inside two reactor buildings at Japan's crisis-stricken nuclear plant show a harsh environment... (photo: AP / Tokyo Electric Power Co.)
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Euro - Currency The Times of India Mon 18 Apr 2011
Euro falls on profit taking
HONG KONG: The euro weakened on a broad wave of profit-taking on Monday though could rebound later in the day, while stocks in Asia ex-Japan remained flat, with investors... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks at the Masdar city in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday Jan. 10, 2011. The Jordan Times Sun 17 Apr 2011
Clinton pledges Japan support as nuclear owner pledges shutdown
Tweet - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Japan on Sunday to remain active on the world stage and pledged support for Washington's key ally in East Asia as the... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili)
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Japan Minister of Defense Toshimi Kitazawa meets with Adm. Patrick M. Walsh, third from left, commander of Joint Support Force, to discuss continued U.S. military support to Operation Tomodachi. NZ Herald Sun 17 Apr 2011
'Nine months' to fix nuclear plant
It will take up to nine months to bring the damaged nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan under control, its owner says. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said it will... (photo: US Army / Spc. Tiffany Dusterhoft)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on during a meeting with Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, unseen, Wednesday, July 22, 2009, in Phuket, Thailand, at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC). Mumbai Mirror Sun 17 Apr 2011
Clinton pledges Tokyo support, TEPCO pledges plant shutdown
Reuters/ANI Posted On Monday, April 18, 2011 at 02:16:37 AM... (photo: AP / David Longstreath, Pool)
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Japanese police officers wearing white suits to protect them from radiation stand by a victim being cleaned as other officers carry another body in the background while searching for missing people in Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan Friday, April 8, 2011. Hundreds of Japanese police and soldiers have been mobilized in a major search operation inside the deserted evacuation zone within the 20 kilometer radius from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors. The Times of India Sun 17 Apr 2011
Japan fears it may take 9 months to end nuclear crisis
TOKYO: Tokyo Electric Power Company said on Sunday that it hopes to bring the reactors at its hobbled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into a stable state known as... (photo: AP / Hiro Komae)
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