UN nuclear watchdog chief: situation at Fukushima is "very serious", , on his way there

[The Straight Story]

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1:35am More bad news for those suffering after the earthquake and tsunami wiped out their food stocks. At least nine ships carrying grain are unable to unload their cargoes because of problems at ports hit by the tsunami.

This is likely to have knock-on effects along the food supply chain.

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1:23am The situation at Fukushima is "very serious", says the UN nuclear watchdog chief. So much so, he's on his way. IAEA head Yukiya Amano will fly to Japan tomorrow - for a one-day trip.

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1:03am Al Jazeera's D.Parvaz (@DParvaz) sends us this photo of the unusual sight of a queue for the elevator at Shin Osaka train station. This means the train was packed with people travelling with babies in prams, as well as the elderly, fleeing Tokyo, she tells us.

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/asia/disaster-japan-march-17-live-blog#

[tabatha]

1. He should have been there earlier.