***** Disaster in Japan March 18 = Al Jazeera Live Blog *****

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3:42am (Tokyo Time) Here's a screen grab from the video linked to earlier, showing the extent of the damage done to the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi complex. This shot shows the damage done to the unit 4 reactor, where emergency workers earlier attempted to fire water at in a bid to cool the fuel rods.

Four explosions have hit the nuclear complex since the 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck on Friday.

Check out the LIVE BLOG on Al Jazeera for the latest at any hour:
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/asia/disaster-japan-live-blog-march-18

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1. Physicist Michio Kaku warns that Japan nukes may go 'beyond Chernobyl'

March 17, 2011 12:00 PM

Physicist Michio Kaku warns that Japan nukes may go 'beyond Chernobyl'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x673762

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2. Al Jazeera----cool !

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3. 4.50am Al Jazeera's ... D Parvaz reports from Osaka .. city is filled with temporary refugees

4.50am Al Jazeera's web producer D Parvaz reports from Osaka about how the city is filled with temporary refugees fleeing the nuclear threat in Fukushima further north.

There is also fear that the nation will enter a panic state if the prevailing evacuation zones are expanded.

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4. 7:27pm The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says that the UN atomic watchdog plans to

7:27pm The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says that the UN atomic watchdog plans to hold an extraordinary meeting on Japan's nuclear plants next Monday. Yukiya Amano, the head of the agency, announced plans for the meeting during a news conference in Tokyo.

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5. Disaster in Japan Live Blog: March 19 LINK:

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/asia/disaster-japan-live-blog-march-19