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The Japanese government may have failed to show due diligence in acting on an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warning on security shortcomings in the Fukushima nuclear plant, according to reports.

Boeing, one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the world, announced on Wednesday that it would support the quake relief works in Japan.

The 11 March earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and the continuing nuclear crisis that they triggered, will have significant repercussions in global energy markets, according to international energy price reporting agency Argus.

Bahrain on the boil as forces muzzle anti-government protests after the mobilization of military and security forces and imposition of state of emergency.

Leading Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun has said in an editorial the worsening nuclear crisis is comparable to the Chernobyl disaster, saying four nuclear reactors standing in a line are simultaneously spinning out of control.

Celebs like 50 cent, Gilbert Gottfried, and now the 'Family Guy' scriptwriter Alec Sulkin have sparked off a row with insensitive tweets on the Japan earthquake and tsunami.

The following is the known status as of Wednesday afternoon of each of the six reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and the four reactors at the Fukushima No. 2 plant, both in Fukushima Prefecture, which were crippled by Friday's magnitude 9.0 earthquake and the ensuing tsunami, according to Kyodo News Agency.

As Japan continues to reel under the after effects of the powerful earthquake that struck the country's Pacific Coast on Friday afternoon, the world still stands aghast at the devastation caused by the quake and the consequent tsunami. As the rescue, rehabilitation and rebuilding efforts start, the country is under severe threat of a nuclear disaster as the plants continue to report explosions and fires.

The container of the No.3 reactor of the troubled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant might have been damaged and leaked radioactive steam, the Xinhua reported.

A fire broke out once again early Wednesday but no flames were visible a half hour later at Fukushima power plant No. 1's No. 4 reactor, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.

There is another fire at the No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said at dawn on Wednesday.

Japan's soldiers have been assigned the grim task of searching for victims and survivors of Friday's 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

Schematic images of the disaster struck reactors of the nuclear power plant Fukushima Daiichi in Japan, helping to understand the various reports about explosions and fires. There are 6 reactor blocks, which are all the same pre-1970 Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) General Electric Mark I design.

The nuclear crisis in earthquake-ravaged Japan has hit a new peak of worry – engineers are concerned that two more reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex may have become unstable.

After being fired from Aflac, Gilbert Gottfried tweeted an apology.

One of the most famous Japanese people on earth, Yoko Ono, said Japan will recover from the current earthquake-tsunami tragedy.

The Japanese earthquake shook the Earth so violently that it likely moved it from its axis and shortened the day.

Japanese and Japanese-Americans across the U.S. are mobilizing to send help to their homeland after the unspeakable damage wreaked by one of the worst earthquakes and tsunamis in history.

The Gold Price dropped 3% to four-week lows vs. a rising US Dollar on Tuesday morning, as world stock-market and commodity prices sank on worsening radiation leaks from north-east Japan's earthquake-hit nuclear plants.

Tsunami-related damage in Hawaii is estimated to be in the tens of millions of dollars, but may climb higher, according to a spokeswoman of the state’s governor Neil Abercrombie.

The Japanese metropolis of Tokyo, already reeling from reports of higher-than-average radiation levels, was hit by massive tremor. There are also reports of people fleeing Tokyo.