Saying that continued storage of radioactive water is not a realistic strategy, International Atomic Energy Agency Chief Yukiya Amano suggested that some of the contaminated water be released into the Pacific Ocean after treatment.
100,000 coastal Chileans were evacuated inland after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit that country at 6:16 pm at epicenter.
Searchers continue to comb through the rubble of the collapsed apartment buildings in New York searching for more survivors after a suspected gas leak demolished the building on Wednesday and killed at least seven people there.
Some of the world's most advanced military technology is on display in Asian waters this week in the search for the missing Malaysian passenger jet, but the plane's whereabouts are still a mystery six days after it disappeared.