Saturday, March 12, 2011

Huge quake, tsunami kill 1,000 in Japan; world offers help


* Quake, wall of water kill 1,000, many injured
* Residents near reactor evacuated, no radiation leak seen
* Dozens of countries offer assistance
* Houses, ships, cars tossed around like toys
By Chisa Fujioka and Elaine Lies
TOKYO, March 12 (Reuters) - A devastating tsunami triggered by the biggest earthquake on record in Japan killed at least 1,000 people along the northeastern coast on Friday after a wall of water swept away everything in its path.
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