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A boy (R) waits for boiled water to cook instant noodle outside a shelter in Sendai, in Miyagi prefecture on March 16, 2011. A fresh fire broke out at the quake-hit Japanese atomic power plant in Fukushima early on March 16, compounding Japan’s nuclear crisis following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.
Japan prepares to restart work at nuclear plant Associated Press Writer
FUKUSHIMA, Japan – Japan ordered emergency workers to withdraw from its stricken nuclear complex Wednesday amid a surge in radiation, temporarily suspending efforts to cool the overheating reactors. Hours later, officials said they were preparing to send the team back in.
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the workers, who had been dousing the reactors with seawater in
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LAHORE, Pakistan – A Pakistani court on Wednesday formally charged a CIA contractor on two counts of murder at a hearing held at a prison in Lahore, a police official said, in a move that may further strain relations with the United States. Raymond Davis, 36, shot dead two Pakistanis in the eastern Punjab city on January 27 following what he described as an attempted armed robbery. He said he acted in self-
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“The workers cannot carry out even minimal work at the plant now,” he said Wednesday morning, as smoke bil-
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a frantic effort to stabilize their temperatures, had no choice but to pull back from the most dangerous areas.
lowed above the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex. “Because of the radiation risk we are on standby.” Later, an official with Tokyo Electric Power, which operates the plant, said the team had withdrawn about 500 yards (meters) from the complex, but were getting ready to go back in.
defense and the United States says he has diplomatic immunity and should be repatriated. “He has been indicted,” a police investigator assigned to the case told Reuters from inside Kot Lakhpat prison, where the trial is being held under tight security. If convicted, Davis could face the death penalty. The case has tested ties between the United States and Pakistan, a vital ally in the U.S.led campaign against Taliban militants in Afghanistan. Continued on page 6
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U.S. consulate employee Raymond Davis is escorted by police and officials out of court in Lahore in this January 28, 2011 file photo.