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Japan Isn’t Giving Away Those 10,000 Free Flights After All

The plan received widespread media attention, but the big-budget deal was quashed by Japan’s government.

The Czech Republic's Defence Minister Alexander Vondra welcomes evacuees from Japan at Kbely military airport in Prague March 17, 2011.

U.S. Begins ‘Voluntary Evacuations’ of American Citizens From Japan

The U.S. and several other countries have started to arrange the voluntary evacuation of government personnel in Tokyo and areas of northern Japan hardest hit by the earthquake, tsunami and radiation leaks.

Nuclear Power Station, Temelin, South Bohemia

Meltdown: Germany Deals with Extreme Heat Threat

How hot is Germany? So boiling that the country’s nuclear power plants may need to be shut down to prevent overheating.