Soprano Hayley Westenra plans a star-studded concert, dubbed Quake Aid, to raise funds for her home town of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Singer to host NZ Quake Aid gig

Japan faced an atomic emergency as cooling systems damaged by the quake failed at two nuclear reactors.

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VIDEO: Nuclear plant cooled with sea water

Rescuers working in the quake-hit ruins of Christchurch cathedral unearth two items in the base of a statue which they believe could contain documents dating back decades.

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NZ quake unearths ‘time capsules’

New Zealand officials said on Saturday that the death toll from this week’s earthquake has risen again-to 145 people. Entire blocks of Christchurch, the major city where the quake hit, may be unusable for months and will require the majority of…

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200 Still Missing in NZ Quake

Judith Racine and her twin daughters, who lost everything in the quake in January, have settled into a 10-by-15-foot room in Brooklyn.

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The Neediest Cases: After a Haitian Earthquake, a New Life in Brooklyn