Japan earthquakes kill 23, leave thousands in shelters
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Thousands of people were spending the night in emergency shelters after the deadliest quakes to hit Japan in nearly a decade killed 23 people and injured more than 900, police and reports said.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Some 100,000 weary survivors of  Japan's deadliest earthquake in a decade bedded down for a  third night in makeshift shelters or slept outside as a series  of strong aftershocks raised fears of another big tremor.
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Strong aftershocks have continued to hit Japan two days after 24 people died in the country&#39;s deadliest earthquake in almost a decade.
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OJIYA, Japan -- Overturned cars, crumbled homes and shattered roads greeted rescue workers Sunday after Japan&#39;s deadliest earthquake in almost a decade stunned residents used to bearing up through the nation&#39;s frequent tremors.
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The death toll from a series of major earthquakes striking Indonesia&#39;s Sumatra rose to 23 on Saturday, while officials tallied more than 15,000 collapsed or damaged buildings.
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At least four people were killed andmore than 200 others injured in a series of powerful earthquakes in northwestern Japan, mainly in the Niigata Prefecture, on Saturday evening.
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OJIYA, Japan -- Thousands of residents in northern Japan spent the night outdoors after three powerful earthquakes rattled the region, killing at least 16 people.
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OJIYA, Japan  - More than 100,000 exhausted  survivors of Japan's deadliest earthquake in a decade woke up  in makeshift shelters for a third day on Tuesday as rain  threatened to hamper relief efforts and trigger further  landslides.
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Aftershocks shook central Japan Monday as the death toll from Saturday&#39;s earthquakes rose to 25, with more than 21,000 injured.
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NAGAOKA, Japan  - Rain pelted a weary region recovering from powerful weekend earthquakes, creating fears of mudslides, as 100,000 people took refuge in shelters Monday, too afraid to go home as aftershocks delivered new jolts.
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OJIYA, Japan : Strong aftershocks rocked central Japan as exhaustion took its toll on thousands spending a third night in shelters after the country&#39;s worst earthquake in nearly a decade left 25 people dead.
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Tokyo, Oct. 24 (NNN): At least 17 people were killed and up to 1,000 injured in a series of earthquakes and aftershocks which shook northern Japan for 12 hours, according to reports here on Sunday afternoon.
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Strong aftershocks continued to rattle Niigata Prefecture on Monday after a series of devastating quakes on Saturday night left 25 people dead and more than 2,500 others injured, the Meteorological Agency and police said.
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The death toll from the powerful earthquakes that rocked Japan over the weekend jumped to 31 on Tuesday as four people, mostly elderly, died from strokes or cerebral hemorrhages due to stress of their ordeal.
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A series of powerful earthquakes has killed at least 18 people and injured more than 800 people in northern Japan. The first quake struck on Saturday in Niigata prefecture, 200km north of Tokyo, followed by strong aftershocks.
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Yoshikazu Ogawa stood outside the pile of rubble that was once his home, poking around the plaster and wood that had suddenly come crashing down on his two minivans when a series of earthquakes hit northern Japan, killing at least 23 people and injuring some 2,000.
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More than 10,000 people  huddled in evacuation centers in northwest Japan on Tuesday  after an earthquake flattened homes, killing nine people,  injuring more than 900 and triggering a leak of contaminated  water from a nuclear plant.