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VIDEO: 'Everything was destroyed'

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 07:19 AM PDT

Alastair Leithead has been travelling around Miyagi prefecture, one of the areas worst affected by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

VIDEO: New footage of tsunami hitting Japan

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 12:06 AM PST

Newly emerged footage shows the force at which the tsunami struck Japan's coast.

VIDEO: 'They're looking for bodies'

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:59 AM PDT

The BBC's Damian Grammaticas describes the situation on the outskirts of Sendai, one of the cities that was closest to the epicentre of the earthquake.

VIDEO: Aerial footage of Japan devastation

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:05 AM PDT

Footage filmed on 13 March of Miyagi and Iwate prefectures shows flattened buildings, fires still burning and stranded ships.

VIDEO: Japan's search for survivors

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 11:44 PM PST

Japan has appealed to the international community for help in coping with the disaster.

VIDEO: How do you build for an earthquake?

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:48 AM PDT

After much of Japan's north-east coast was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami, can the country rebuild to withstand similar events in the future?

VIDEO: 'Problems' at Japan nuclear plant

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 06:21 PM PST

Japanese technicians are battling to lower the pressure in a second nuclear reactor at Japan's earthquake-damaged Fukushima power station, which was hit by a big explosion on Saturday.

Japan crisis 'worst since WWII'

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:36 AM PDT

Japan is experiencing its greatest hardships since World War II, Prime Minister Naoto Kan says, in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami, and a growing crisis at a nuclear plant. Police warn that the death toll in one of the worst-hit areas is likely to exceed 10,000.

Libya rebels forced 'from Brega'

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:31 AM PDT

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi reportedly seize control of the eastern town of Brega as they continue their advance on rebel strongholds.

Israel approves new settler homes

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:11 AM PDT

Israel approves the construction of hundreds of homes for Jewish settlers in the West Bank, after the murder of five members of a settler family.

Cuba jails US web project worker

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 12:56 PM PST

US internet project worker Alan Gross is sentenced to 15 years in prison for crimes against the state in Cuba.

Chevron appeals over Amazon fine

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:23 AM PDT

US oil giant Chevron launches a legal appeal against an Ecuadorean court fine of $8.6bn (£5.3bn) for polluting much of the country's Amazon region.

South Sudan accuses North of plot

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 09:42 AM PST

South Sudan says it is suspending talks with the North, accusing President Bashir of plotting to overthrow the southern government.

Niger vote 'example for Africa'

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 03:18 PM PST

Niger holds a peaceful presidential election a year after a military coup, with the current junta calling it an example for the rest of Africa.

Protest over German nuclear power

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 02:17 PM PST

Tens of thousands of people protest in Germany against the government's plans to extend the life of its nuclear reactors.

Singer to host NZ Quake Aid gig

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:31 AM PDT

Soprano Hayley Westenra plans a star-studded concert, dubbed Quake Aid, to raise funds for her home town of Christchurch, New Zealand.

England 22-16 Scotland

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:58 AM PDT

England move within one victory of a first Grand Slam since 2003 as they finally see off battling Scotland.

Live - Sunday football

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:59 AM PDT

Man City host Reading knowing an FA Cup semi-final against Man Utd awaits the winners after Stoke beat West Ham 2-1 in the day's other quarter-final and Cardiff and Barnsley draw in the Championship.

Rusty Australia reach last eight

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:19 AM PDT

Holders Australia advance into the World Cup quarter-finals after an uninspiring 60-run victory over Kenya.

We will not lose our soul - Clegg

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:44 AM PDT

Nick Clegg seeks to reassure Lib Dems the party has not lost its identity and says "I haven't changed one bit" in a speech to his party's spring conference.

Missing children are found safe

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 07:14 AM PDT

Four children who went missing from their home in Ardee in County Louth on Thursday are located safe and well in Newcastle, County Down.

Hague rejects claims he may quit

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 11:02 PM PST

Foreign Secretary William Hague rejects claims he may resign over his handling of the Libyan crisis, and denies he has lost his "mojo".

Car plant workers in Japan 'safe'

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 07:49 AM PDT

Car maker Nissan says staff from its Sunderland plant who were in Japan when a devastating quake hit are safe.

Lib Dem policing 'over the top'

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 04:38 AM PDT

South Yorkshire Police's £2m operation to deal with protesters at the Sheffield Liberal Democrat conference is criticised as "over the top".

SNP commits to drink pricing plan

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:26 AM PDT

Plans to introduce minimum drink pricing will brought back if the SNP wins May's Holyrood election.

Blizzards to sweep across north

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:28 AM PDT

Blizzards sweeping across northern Scotland show no signs of relenting with forecasters predicting more snow fall and high winds.

Corporation tax cut 'next year'

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:18 AM PDT

Treasury sources tell the BBC that a lowering of corporation tax in NI could happen next year.

Teen relationship minister sacked

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:18 AM PDT

A Church of Ireland minister is sacked for having an inappropriate relationship with a teenager.

One dies in light aircraft crash

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:23 AM PDT

One man dies and a second is taken to hospital as a light aircraft crash lands in a field near Swansea.

Commissioners 'could run council'

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:38 AM PDT

The future of troubled Anglesey is expected to be announced soon, with the possibility that commissioners will be brought in to take charge.

Taylor's war crimes trial closes

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 04:59 AM PST

The war crimes trial of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor closes at a UN-backed court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, with judges considering their verdict.

Knox 'was not near murder scene'

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 10:04 AM PST

Witnesses at the appeal of Amanda Knox reject a claim she was seen near a house where her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, was murdered.

Quake-hit Japan faces power cuts

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 04:40 AM PDT

The Japanese government warns that the continued turmoil from Friday's earthquake and tsunami will lead to electricity shortages.

Fears ahead of Japan market start

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:37 AM PDT

Investors will closely watch the Nikkei stock market in Japan when it reopens on Monday, after closing down 1.7% on Friday's disaster.

TNK-BP dismisses Arctic oil role

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 06:14 AM PDT

Shareholders in joint venture TNK-BP reject a possible role in parent BP's Arctic oil exploration deal with Russian state-owned Rosneft.

Stars warn of cuts threat to arts

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 04:37 AM PDT

Some of the biggest names in British film, television and theatre say their industry should not be "an easy target" for government cuts.

Theatreland prepares for Oliviers

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:53 AM PDT

Theatre luminaries are expected at the Laurence Olivier awards in London, where Phantom Of The Opera sequel Love Never Dies leads the nominations.

Struggle to stabilise Japan plant

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:07 AM PDT

The BBC's environment correspondent examines the growing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, in north-east Japan.

Japan earthquake aftermath: Your updates

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:37 PM PST

BBC News website readers describe what life is like after the earthquake.

VIDEO: App-tastic

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 10:10 AM PST

What software is making a stir at the SXSW festival?

Forgotten conflict

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:16 AM PST

Hundreds of young Indian widows' lives put on hold

Libyan endgame

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:13 AM PDT

If Gaddafi overcomes rebels, he faces insurgency and isolation

'Huge risks'

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 09:52 AM PST

The argument against a no-fly zone in Libya

Background noise

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PST

'I thought I was going mad but had tinnitus'

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