Japan quake victims take shelter
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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.
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All of the people killed, and many of the thousands left homeless, by this weekâs earthquake in Japan were older than 65, reflecting the rising vulnerability of one of the worldâs most rapidly aging societies.
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Thousands of residents of northern Japan camped outdoors, unnerved by a day of aftershocks from the nation's deadliest earthquake in a decade.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Strong aftershocks shook northern  Japan on Sunday after the country's deadliest earthquake in  nine years killed at least 18 people and injured some 1,500 as  houses collapsed, roads crumbled and rail tracks buckled.
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NAGAOKA, Japan  - A woman and two small children  who were trapped for nearly four days after their car was  buried by an earthquake in northern Japan were found on  Wednesday, and media said all three were alive.
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Japan has resumed rescue efforts following the country&#39;s deadliest earthquake in nine years. Saturday&#39;s quake and its aftershocks left 24 people dead and over 2,000 injured.
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Shaken by a string of deadly earthquakes and aftershocks, Japan is in the grips of an unlikely rescue saga. Rescue teams working in Nagaoka, one of the city&#39;s worst-hit by the initial earthquake on Saturday
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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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A series of powerful earthquakes and aftershocks rattled northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 700 as buildings crumbled, a
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OJIYA, Japan  - Helicopters lifted people to  safety and soldiers handed out food and water as more tremors  jolted northern Japan Monday, arousing concerns about the  possibility of another powerful earthquake after the country's  deadliest in a decade killed at least 24 people.
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More strong aftershocks jolted central Japan as exhaustion took its toll on thousands preparing for a third night in shelters after the country's worst earthquake in nearly a decade that left 25 people dead.
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Dozens of aftershocks shook northern Japan after a powerful earthquake killed at least 17 people and injured nearly 1,000 as houses collapsed and landslides devastated a village, stranding hundreds.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi surveyed the earthquake damage in northern Japan on Tuesday, meeting people camped out in a high-school gymnasium after the nation&#39;s deadliest earthquakes in nearly a decade killed 31 people and injured as many as 2,900.
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A strong earthquake struck northwestern Japan on Monday, destroying hundreds of homes, buckling roads and bridges and causing a fire at a nuclear power plant. At least six people were killed and hundreds were injured.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Thousands of weary survivors of  Japan's deadliest earthquake in a decade prepared for a third  tense night in makeshift shelters and outside as rain  threatened and aftershocks raised fears of another big tremor.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Rescuers who saved a toddler  buried for four days by Japan's deadliest earthquake in a  decade were unable perform a second miracle for his sister on  Thursday, as close to 100,000 people remained in makeshift  shelters.
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NIIGATA-Aftershocks continued to rattle the quake-ravaged Chuetsu region Monday amid the damp, cold weather while thousands of evacuees struggled to survive in emergency shelters, cars and tents.