MSNBC: Breaking News & Hottest Global News without Border [March ‘11 Diet]

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Airlines scrambled to fly thousands of passengers out of Tokyo as fears about Japan's nuclear crisis mounted and the U.S. joined other nations urging their citizens to consider leaving.

Source: US charters planes to help citizens flee Japan

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At least 19 workers at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan have been injured, more than 20 exposed to radiation and two are missing, officials said Thursday.

Source: Dozens of nuke plant workers injured, exposed

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Japan tried high-pressure water cannons, fire trucks and even helicopters that dropped batches of seawater in increasingly frantic attempts Thursday to cool an overheated nuclear complex.

Source: Japan's increasingly frantic efforts at nuke plant

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Japan tried high-pressure water cannons, fire trucks and even helicopters that dropped batches of seawater in increasingly frantic attempts Thursday to cool an overheated nuclear complex.

Source: Japan's battle at nuke plant could take weeks

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Relief efforts after the Japanese nuclear disaster are being stymied as relief workers struggle with the physical devastation of last week's earthquake and tsunami, the specter of radiation dangers and harsh weather conditions.

Source: Triple whammy slows Japan relief effort

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The U.N. Security Council authorizes a no-fly zone over Libya and called for Arab states and others to use "all necessary measures" to protect civilians.

Source: UN OKs 'all necessary measures' against Libya

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The U.N. atomic energy chief called for the world to help Japan deal with its nuclear crisis as Tokyo reached out to the U.S. for assistance in tackling the dangerously overheated reactors.

Source: UN atomic chief: 'Entire world' must help Japan

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Libya declared a cease-fire Friday and promised to stop all military operations in a bid to fend off international intervention after the U.N. authorized a no-fly zone to prevent the regime from striking its own people.

Source: Foreign minister: Libya declares cease-fire

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"The situation at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plants remains very serious but there has been no significant worsening since our last briefing" on Thursday, Graham Andrew, a senior official of the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

Source: UN watchdog: Japan nuke crisis stabilizing

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Fighting continued in Libya on Friday despite the government's declaration of a cease-fire after the United Nations authorized military action to protect Libyan civilians.

Source: Gadhafi forces near Benghazi despite cease-fire