Death toll climbs to 15 in horrific Bronx bus crash

Death toll climbs to 15 in horrific Bronx bus crash

Another passenger of the doomed discount bus that crashed in the Bronx has died, bringing the death toll in the horrific highway wreck to 15, police said Monday.

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Europe split over nuclear safety amid Japan crisis | Reuters

Europe split over nuclear safety amid Japan crisis

Reuters) - Austria on Monday called for European nuclear power plants to face stress tests to reassure people worried by the crisis in Japan while Britain and France urged calm.

Quake Victim Saved From Rooftop That Floated Ten Miles Out to Sea | The Blaze

Quake Victim Saved From Rooftop That Floated Ten Miles Out to Sea

TOKYO (AP) — Hiromitsu Shinkawa was pushed out to sea while he clung to the roof of his home after a tsunami swept away his wife. For two days, he drifted off Japan’s northeastern coast, trying to get the attention of helicopters and ships that passed by — to no avail.

BBC News - Japan earthquake: Footage of moment tsunami hit

BBC News - Japan earthquake: Footage of moment tsunami hit

Newly emerged footage shows the force at which the tsunami struck Japan's coast.

In the fishing port of Miyako, in Iwate prefecture, boats were overturned, while video from Kamaishi city shows cars being dragged down city streets by the water.

News from The Associated Press

News from The Associated Press

TOBRUK, Libya (AP) -- Moammar Gadhafi's forces attacked a town west of Tripoli with tanks and artillery on Monday, expanding a campaign to clear rebels from Libya's western front around the capital. In the east, the government's offensive was slowed by opposition forces digging in at a key oil port.

Meltdown feared at Fukushima | Stuff.co.nz

Meltdown feared at Fukushima

Japan has scrambled to avert a meltdown at a stricken nuclear plant after a hydrogen explosion at one reactor and exposure of fuel rods at another, just days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 10,000 people.

Japan distributes iodine to evacuation centres-IAEA | Reuters

Japan distributes iodine to evacuation centres-IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), citing information it had received from Japanese authorities, said about 185,000 residents in areas near nuclear power plants affected by Friday's quake had been evacuated by March 13.

Japan earthquake and tsunami: Aftershocks go on as 10k missing in Minami Sanrik | Mail Online

Japan earthquake and tsunami: Aftershocks go on as 10k missing in Minami Sanrik

42 survivors have been pulled out of the rubble

Official death toll hits 1,597, but many hundreds believed to be buried under rubble or washed away by waves

Toll will soar after around 2,000 bodies were found on the shores of Miyagi prefecture

Second explosion at nuclear power plant

Number of people contaminated with radiation could reach 160

Region hit by hundreds of aftershocks, some up to 6.8-magnitude

Rescue operation begins but some areas still cut off by road damage and flood waters

70,000 people evacuated to shelters in Sendai

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