roughly 9,500 people remain missing in Minamisanriku in Japan

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Breaking News Alert: Roughly 9,500 people remain missing in Minamisanriku in Japan


March 12, 2011 9:45:07 AM
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Roughly 9,500 in Minamisanriku -- a town of 17,000 in Miyagi Prefecture in Japan -- remain missing or unaccounted for, according to the Kyodo news agency, citing local government officials. On Friday, Japan faced twinned disasters -- an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a resulting tsunami.

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