News Headlines - 13 March 2011

▽Japan battles nuclear meltdown - Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e6600348-4dbb-11e0-85e4-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1GWJBr0RU
Japan was fighting to contain a rapidly escalating nuclear emergency as concerns mounted over a partial meltdown at two reactors at a 40-year-old power plant north of Tokyo.

▽Partial Meltdowns Presumed at Crippled Reactors - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14nuclear.html?hp
Japanese officials struggled on Sunday to contain a quickly escalating nuclear crisis in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, saying they presumed that partial meltdowns had occurred at two crippled reactors, and that they were bracing for a second explosion, even as problems were reported at two more nuclear plants.

▽Japan Earthquake: before and after - ABC
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm
Aerial photos taken over Japan have revealed the scale of devastation across dozens of suburbs and tens of thousands of homes and businesses.

▽Japan earthquake: before and after the tsunami - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8379248/Japan-earthquake-before-and-after-the-tsunami.html
Interactive graphic and release of satellite imagery on Google Earth reveals dramatic contrasts in parts of the east coast of Japan before and after the tsunami hit.

▽Don’t give up, Japan. Don’t give up, Tohoku - Independent on Sunday
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/towns-vanish-thousands-die--ndash-but-a-nation-begins-its-fightback-2240508.html?action=Gallery