'They've Lost Control': French Claim Japan Is Hiding Full Scale Of Nuclear Disaster As TWO More Reactors Heat Up -- The Daily Mail
* Workers battling nuclear meltdown briefly evacuated today after radiation levels increased
* French minister: 'Let's not beat about the bush, they've essentially lost control'
* Officials commandeer police water cannon to spray complex
* Attempts to dump water on reactors by helicopter fail
* Concern at radioactive steam leaking from reactor number three
* Two more previously stable reactors begin to heat up
Japan's stricken nuclear power plant was abandoned for hours today, as soaring radiation forced emergency workers to flee for their lives and authorities were reduced to spraying reactors with police water cannons.
All 50 emergency workers who had been fighting to keep overheating reactors cool were this morning pulled back 500 yards from the complex as radiation levels became too dangerous.
And in an extraordinary attack, the French government accused the Japanese of losing control of the situation and hiding the full scale of the disaster.
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Japan disaster: 30 powerful images of the earthquake and tsunami -- The Telegraph
Japan quake: live report -- Yahoo News/AFP
Japan nuclear crisis and tsunami - live updates -- The Guardian
Live Blog: Disaster in Japan -- Wall Street Journal
Live Feed: Japan earthquake -- Reuters
Japan prepares to restart work at nuclear plant -- Yahoo News/AP
Workers briefly abandon Japan nuclear plant as crisis worsens -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Japan's nuclear crisis deepens, emperor addresses nation -- Yahoo News/AFP
Livid Japanese PM takes personal control of crisis management -- National Post
Radiation Thwarts Helicopter Plan -- Wall Street Journal
Japan Struggles To Avert Further Radioactive Leaks From Damaged Nuclear Plant -- Radio Free Europe
Radiation spikes add to nuclear peril in Japan -- L.A. Times
Radiation Levels Spike, Forcing Temporary Retreat by Reactor Emergency Workers at Fukushima -- New York Times
Japan grateful to hero workers at nuclear plant -- AFP
Japan nuclear crisis: 50 brave men the last hope in crisis -- Herald Sun
Last Defense at Troubled Reactors: 50 Japanese Workers -- New York Times
Fear of the unknown grips post-quake Tokyo -- Al Jazeera
Radiation Fears Spark Tokyo Exodus -- ABC News
Thriving metropolis or ghost town? Crisis transforms Tokyo -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Exodus from Tokyo begins -- Washington Times
In first TV address, Japan's emperor seeks to calm public -- Christian Science Monitor
Emperor Akihito's speech underlines gravity of Japan's nuclear crisis -- L.A. Times
Japan’s Emperor Akihito urges quake-devastated nation to ‘share the burden’ -- Washington Post
Japan earthquake: Emperor 'deeply worried' -- BBC
Japan's emperor expresses fears over nuclear situation -- The Guardian
Japanese emperor: I am praying for the nation -- AFP
Emperor Delivers Rare Address on Nuclear Crisis -- New York Times
Japan earthquake: Emperor Akihito's exceptional speech -- The Telegraph
Japan Rushing Aid to Survivors; Food, Water Supplies Low -- Voice of America
Japan still reeling days after quake -- CBC
Snow, Hunger Add to Misery in Quake-Stricken Japan -- Voice of America
Snow the latest threat to stranded survivors -- Sydney Morning Herald
Rescuers hurry to find Japan survivors as forecast worsens -- CNN
Death toll rises to 4,164 in Japan following Friday's colossal quake: police -- Xinhuanet
Japan earthquake: survivors lift rescuers' spirit against all odds -- The Telegraph
Aid workers facing 'monumental' task to avoid humanitarian crisis in Japan -- The Telegraph
Scenes of unbelievable devastation as rescuers search for survivors in Japan -- MSNBC Photoblog
Japan Earthquake: A world turned upside down -- New York daily News (Photos)
Japan disaster: 30 powerful images of the earthquake and tsunami -- The Telegraph
G-7 Finance Chiefs to Discuss Measures to Help Japan -- New York Times
France Calls For G-7, G-20 Meetings On Japan Crises -- Wall Street Journal
Lagarde Seeks G-7 Financial Talks on Japan Crisis Response -- Bloomberg
Q&A: Japan's ticking nuclear timebomb -- CNN
Q+A: Risks at each reactor of Japan's stricken plant explained -- Reuters
Analysis: Japan accident shows dilemma over atom plant sites -- Reuters
Emperor’s appearance signals magnitude of Japan disaster -- Peter Goodspeed, National Post
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