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Politics this weekJapans government struggled to contain遏制 an unfolding没完的 nuclear disaster at its Fukushima Dai-ichi power complex, about 240 kilometres (150 miles) north-east of Tokyo. After an earthquake of magnitude 9.0, the biggest in Japans modern history, and the devastating毁灭性 tsunami it triggered触发, at least four of the complexs six reactors suffered damage, and there was some leakage泄露 of radiation. Radiation levels around the plant at times不时 rose sharply, leading at one point to the evacuation of workers trying to control the disaster. file:///C:\Users\LIUS\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EX00.83618398748.htmlSee articleThe number of dead and missing after the earthquake and tsunami stood at达到 more than 14,000 by mid-week and was expected to climb. Around 500,000 people were rendered致使 homeless and endured desperate conditions in temporary shelters, with no electricity and freezing weather.A number of foreign embassies and firms withdrew their personnel from Tokyo. But the government insisted that the 35m people in the Tokyo area faced no immediate health threat. Emperor Akihito took the extraordinary step of appearing on television to express his concern.The disaster in Japan revived German concerns over nuclear power. Angela Merkel announced a three-month moratorium暂行禁令 on a plan to extend the lifespan寿命 of the countrys 17 nuclear-power plants, and said that seven facilities built before 1980 would be temporarily shut. The European Union announced plans to test the safety of all nuclear plants in the 27 member states and China suspended中止 approvals批准 for new nuclear facilities.Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor承包商 arrested in January in Lahore for murdering two local men he said he killed in self-defence, was released by a Pakistani court. Details of the deal that led to his freedom were not made public, but it involved the payment of blood money抚恤金 to the families of the men he killed. The case had led to a serious rift不和 with America, which insisted Mr