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VIDEO: Moment when quake struck school

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:13 AM PDT

Amateur footage has emerged of the moment Friday's devastating earthquake struck Japan. Footage shows teachers inside a second floor staff room at Osato Junior High School in Miyagi prefecture as the earthquake hit.

VIDEO: Coastal town search for survivors

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:54 AM PDT

The BBC's Jenny Hill reports from the coastal town of Ishinomaki where emergency workers are searching for survivors after the biggest earthquake on record to hit Japan caused widespread destruction.

VIDEO: 'Wall of water flattened town'

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:24 AM PDT

The scale of the devastation is becoming clear in Japan 72 hours after the massive earthquake and tsunami struck the northern part of the country.

VIDEO: Nuclear evacuation in Fukushima

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 06:37 AM PDT

Amateur footage has emerged of an evacuation centre at a high school in Fukushima.

VIDEO: The tsunami's destructive path

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:19 AM PDT

The destruction caused by Japan's earthquake and tsunami on Friday is becoming clearer.

VIDEO: Nuclear blast radiation explained

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:06 AM PDT

The BBC's Science Correspondent Pallab Ghosh describes what is happening inside Fukushima Daiichi's reactor 3 after a second explosion hit the Japanese nuclear plant.

Meltdown alert at Japan reactor

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:59 AM PDT

Engineers race to cool down a third reactor at a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear plant, after a second blast rocks the facility.

Gulf states send force to Bahrain

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:58 AM PDT

Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, send troops to Bahrain at the request of the small Gulf kingdom after violent anti-government protests.

Libyan rebels say Brega retaken

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:26 AM PDT

Rebel forces in Libya say they have retaken the eastern town of Brega, capturing a number of elite government troops and killing many others.

Renault apologises to sacked men

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:49 AM PDT

Renault apologises to executives sacked over allegations of industrial espionage after police find no evidence.

Deadly attack on Afghan recruits

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 06:58 AM PDT

At least 36 people are killed in an apparent suicide attack on an army recruitment centre in northern Afghanistan, Afghan officials say.

Turkey singing star Tatlises shot

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:53 AM PDT

Turkish singer Ibrahim Tatlises is shot in the head and critically wounded in an attack in Istanbul.

Twitter applications under threat

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:15 AM PDT

Twitter has angered many software developers by declaring that it plans to make their job harder in the future.

Chinese premier calls for reforms

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:44 AM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says once again that China needs to carry out political reforms, as the country's annual parliament session ends.

Health groups reject alcohol deal

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 07:35 PM PDT

Six leading health groups have dealt the government a blow by refusing to sign up to its new "responsibility deal" on alcohol in England.

UK 'gave torture tacit approval'

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:37 PM PDT

The former president of Pakistan says he was never told about Britain's disapproval of torture, a claim denied by British ex-officials.

Iran 'to compete at London 2012' despite logo anger

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 02:23 PM PST

An Iranian official indicates the country will put aside a complaint about the London 2012 Olympics logo and attend the games.

Vettel commits future to Red Bull

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 07:09 AM PDT

World champion Sebastian Vettel extends his contract with Red Bull by a further two years until the end of 2014.

World skating postponed in Tokyo

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:46 AM PDT

The International Skating Union postpones next week's World Figure Skating Championships in Tokyo following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Bangladesh ease past Netherlands

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:04 AM PDT

Bangladesh ease to a six-wicket win over Netherlands to boost their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup quarter-finals and dent England's in the process.

Cameron concern for quake Britons

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron says there are "severe concerns" for a number of British nationals after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Bombing suspect on terror charges

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:21 AM PDT

A man who was arrested in Glasgow in connection with a suicide bombing in Sweden appears in court on terrorism offences.

Takeaway jobs ban for immigrants

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 06:02 AM PDT

Migrants from outside the European Economic Area will no longer be allowed to work in the UK as chefs in takeaway restaurants, the government says.

Pathologist guilty of misconduct

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:26 AM PDT

A pathologist criticised over the death of a man at the G20 protests is found guilty of 29 counts of misconduct over the death of a woman.

Inquiry into 'false' demo arrest

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:17 AM PDT

An investigation starts into whether three Metropolitan Police officers colluded to falsely arrest a man at a tuition fees rally in central London last year.

No FA ban over mankini red card

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:57 AM PDT

A non-league footballer who was sent off for tackling a pitch invader who was dressed in a mankini escapes a three-match ban.

Carstairs for 'Mafia plot' killer

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:16 AM PDT

A man who stabbed his mother to death is to be detained indefinitely at a high security hospital.

Weavers recognised as first co-op

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:40 AM PDT

Events are held to celebrate a village in East Ayrshire's unique place in the history of the international co-operative movement.

Children near Strabane shooting

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:22 AM PDT

A man is described as being in a "stable" condition in hospital after he was shot in the Springhill area of Strabane.

PSNI renew double murder appeal

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:58 AM PDT

Police investigating the murders of Hugh and Jacqueline McGeough in Craigavon renew their appeal for witnesses.

Defendant's DNA 'partial match'

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 06:49 AM PDT

A forensic expert tells a murder trial that DNA found on the scarf used to strangle Ffion Wyn Roberts partially matched that of the defendant.

Prostitution boss must pay £1.9m

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 07:47 AM PDT

A man who ran an international prostitution ring is told to hand over nearly £2m of his criminal profits or face another 10 years in jail.

Buffett does $9bn lubricant deal

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:43 AM PDT

Warren Buffett's firm Berkshire Hathaway buys chemicals firm Lubrizol for $9bn, described as one of the biggest deals in its history.

Jazz drummer Morello dies at 82

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:37 AM PDT

Legendary jazz drummer Joe Morello, from the Dave Brubeck quartet, dies aged 82.

Haiti candidates back Martelly

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Five defeated candidates in Haiti's presidential election back Michel Martelly, who faces Mirlande Manigat in the 20 March run-off vote.

Challenger wins Niger's election

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:20 AM PDT

Niger opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou won Saturday's presidential run-off with nearly 58% of the vote, the election commission announces.

G8 leaders consider Libya action

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 07:44 AM PDT

Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight major world powers are in Paris to consider whether to back a no-fly zone over Libya.

Abbas condemns settler killings

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:11 AM PDT

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas strongly condemns the murder of a family of Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

Governor stabbed in Yemen unrest

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 06:27 AM PDT

The governor of Yemen's Marib province has been attacked and wounded as anti-government protests rock the country.

Indian navy captures 61 pirates

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:05 AM PDT

Dozens of pirates aboard a Mozambican ship are captured by the Indian navy after a gun battle in the Arabian Sea.

India 'largest importer' of arms

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:00 PM PDT

India overtakes China to become the world's largest importer of arms, a Sweden-based think tank says.

BOJ pumps $183bn to calm markets

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 02:11 AM PDT

The Bank of Japan is to inject $183bn into the banking system to stabilise financial markets as the Nikkei falls 6.2%.

Gas at Australia asylum protest

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:13 AM PDT

Australia's immigration minister says tear gas was used on hundreds of protesting asylum seekers at the over-crowded Christmas Island holding centre.

Japanese economy 'will rebound'

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:42 AM PDT

Friday's disasters have left parts of Japan's economy frozen but it will bounce back later this year, say analysts.

China rules out faster yuan rise

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:20 AM PDT

China will not change its policy on the value of the yuan in order to control inflation, Premier Wen Jiabao says.

Rate rise 'could derail recovery'

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:46 AM PDT

A rise in UK interest rates over the next couple of months could derail the economic recovery, says a new report.

Anonymous publishes bank e-mails

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 06:43 AM PDT

Online activist group Anonymous has released a cache of e-mails which it claims show impropriety at Bank of America.

VIDEO: Facebook maps Japan disaster news

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:38 AM PDT

For the first time, the social network plots the development of a news story around the world by monitoring users' status updates.

ISPs offer clarity on net slowing

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:34 AM PDT

The UK's biggest broadband providers are to give clearer information about how they slow users' connections.

Soderbergh to retire from films

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:10 AM PDT

Traffic director Steven Soderbergh announces his retirement from film-making saying his next two films will be his last.

China overtakes UK in art league

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:42 AM PDT

China overtakes the UK as a global art market for the first time, a report suggests.

Poliakoff will return to theatre

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 06:52 AM PDT

The playwright and screenwriter is to direct his first play in 12 years

Exposed rods spark meltdown fear

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:58 AM PDT

Why the fuel rod exposure at Fukushima Daiichi number 2 reactor is potentially the most serious event so far at the plant.

How the quake has moved Japan

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:12 AM PDT

Japan's coastline may have shifted by as much as 4m (13ft) to the east following Friday's 8.9 Magnitude earthquake, according to experts.

Wearable scanner maps rat brains

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:56 AM PDT

Researchers demonstrate a "wearable" scanner that can peer into the chemistry of a rat's brain even as it freely moves around.

Brain disorder 'messaging clue'

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Scientists say they have discovered a "maintenance" protein that helps keep nerve fibres which transmit messages in the brain operating smoothly.

Japan earthquake: Your stories

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:41 AM PDT

BBC News website readers share their stories of the aftermath of the 8.9 earthquake that devastated swathes of the north-eastern coast of Japan.

Japan crisis: Eyewitness stories

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:36 AM PDT

People across Japan share their experiences as the Japanese PM says the country faces the toughest crisis since WWII.

10 meanings of Frankenstein

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:25 AM PDT

A global cinema audience will this week watch Danny Boyle's stage production of Frankenstein. But what's the book really about?

The joy of countdown clocks

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:29 AM PDT

As a timer showing the 500 days to go until the 2012 Olympics is unveiled in London, a look at why countdown clocks are so beguiling.

Wrestling for control

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 08:43 AM PDT

How Gaddafi might win against rebels

Day in pictures

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:21 AM PDT

Striking images from around the world

Changing continent

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:19 PM PDT

How maps tell the story of Africa through the ages

In pictures

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:48 AM PDT

Tropical freshwater stingray found in Amazon

Puccini in a pub

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:52 PM PDT

How a David of opera beat the Goliaths at Olivier Awards

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