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Workers discover a crack in a pit at the crippled nuclear plant leaking highly radioactive water into the sea.

Pressure on Japan to expand an evacuation zone round its stricken nuclear plant.

TEPCO president calls the double disaster "marvels of nature".

Low levels of iodine have been reported in other European countries such as Iceland and Switzerland.

The government last week asked people living between 20 and 30 kilometers from the plant to leave voluntarily.

High levels of radiation detected in water leaking from reactor at Fukushima forces the evacuation of workers.

Nuclear safety agency says temperature and pressure in all reactors had stabilised.

We should do someth­ing for Japan becaus­e they helped us during the 2005 earthq­uake and in the recent floods.

Japan holds out little hope of finding alive another 17,500 listed as missing.

Tokyo warns that radioactive iodine over twice the safe level for infants had been detected in its tap water.

One modern nuclear reactor can make 1,300 megawatts of power, can have multiple reactors. One in Japan has 7 reactors.

World Bank says Japan needs up to five years to rebuild.

Levels of caesium-134 were 24.8 times higher and those of caesium-137 were 16.5 times higher.

Japan’s near tragedy has reminded the world that situating reactors close to a city can be exceedingly dangerous.

The number of people confirmed dead or listed as missing in Japan nears 21,000.

Pakistanis living around the troubled nuclear plants are safe, Foreign Office spokesperson informs.

Pakistan is to join international efforts aimed at overcoming Japan’s nuclear crisis.

The number of people confirmed as dead or listed as missing by Japan's national police agency tops 18,000.

The Port and Airport Research Institute recorded the massive tsunami in Ofunato.

Japanese engineers work to restore power to a stricken atomic plant, while the dead and missing toll tops 16,000.

IAEA official said that Japan's safety guidelines were outdated, says cable.

Japanese crews have been dumping water on the stricken Fukushima No.1 power plant.

A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Pacific, the Japan Meteorological Agency says.

Radiation leaks by quake-hit nuclear plant sparks collapse on stock market and panic-buying in supermarkets.

Those returning say that the Pakistani embassy in Japan did not help them in the aftermath of the quake.

IAEA officials say no signs that fuel is melting at a Japanese nuclear plant.

Japan is going to live with the aftermath of a quake for a very long time to come.

Searchers find 2,000 bodies in northeastern Miyagi region alone, millions left without water, food, electricity.

About 2,000 bodies found on the coast following Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami.

Celebrities have taken to the microblogging site Twitter to share their sentiments on the recent earthquake.

Japan battles a feared meltdown of two reactors at a quake-hit nuclear plant; more than 10,000 feared dead.

Explosion at ageing facility at Fukushima plant destroys walls and roof.

Japan, perhaps more than any other country in the world, is aware of the perils of radiation poisoning.

Mass evacuations around a nuclear plant as troops mobilised for relief operations.

Up to 300 bodies were found in the coastal city of Sendai.