JAPAN: Offers of help are pouring in. Japan’s Foreign Ministry says 123 countries and regions and 33 international organisations have offered assistance, reports Kyodo News - including, apparently, a cheque for $100,000 from the government of Burma, one of Asia’s poorest countries.
(Source: BBC, via severusalways)

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abstracthumanity:
Survivors check a message board at a shelter for earthquake victims in Kesennuma on March 17. Half a million evacuees struggled to stay warm as rescuers said their efforts to help the devastated population were at risk, almost a week after the 9.0 magnitude quake and massive tsunami hit. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)
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travisbos:
The boss of the company behind the devastated Japanese nuclear reactor today broke down in tears - as his country finally acknowledged the radiation spewing from the over-heating reactors and fuel rods was enough to kill some citizens
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