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20:59 GMT 13.03.2011

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

RUSSIA

*Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the colorful and flamboyant leader of Russia's LDPR party, has called on Japanese to leave "the dangerous islands" and move to the unpopulated Russian territories, the newsru.com website reported

*Millions of Russians went to the polls on Sunday to vote in regional elections on United Voting Day

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*Japanese authorities have blocked several speedways towards tsunami and tremor-hit regions to give a green light for rescue vehicles, RIA Novosti correspondent reported

*Russia will send an additional team of rescuers to Japan, stricken by the devastating earthquake and tsunami, a spokeswoman for Russia's Emergencies Ministry, Irina Andrianova said

*A Japanese Self-Defense Force destroyer rescued on Sunday a man 15 km off Fukushima prefecture, while he was floating on his house's roof after tsunami had swept away his dwelling, Jiji news agency reported

*Japanese specialists have been able to bring under control the situation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, damaged by Friday's devastating earthquake and posing the risk of a radiation leak, a source at the UN nuclear watchdog told RIA Novosti over the phone

*Japan has agreed to accept a team of Russian rescuers to join the search for survivors of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, a spokeswoman for Russia's Emergencies Ministry said

*Japanese specialists have been able to bring under their control the situation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, damaged by Friday's devastating earthquake and posing the risk of a radiation leak, a source at the UN nuclear watchdog told RIA Novosti over the phone

*A roadside bomb killed one and wounded three NATO soldiers in the Daykundi province in central Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) reported

*Residents of the Miyagi prefecture in northeast Japan, severely hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami on Friday, are experiencing a shortage of drinking water and food but there is no panic and no cases of looting were registered in the area, an eyewitness told RIA Novosti

*The death toll from a devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on Friday may climb to over 10,000 people in the Miyagi prefecture alone, local police chief Naoto Takeuchi said

*A new blast may hit Japan's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant damaged by Friday's devastating earthquake, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said

*The death toll from a devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on Friday may climb to 10,000 people, local police said

*A new blast may hit Japan's troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant after Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said

*As large-scale rescue efforts are under way in Japan following Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami, the country has faced a growing threat from its troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant

*Voice of Russia, the Russian state-run international radio station, has been conveying messages from overseas residents facing problems in contacting their relatives and friends in Japan after a devastating earthquake and tsunami

*At least 15 people have been admitted to hospital with symptoms of radiation poisoning following an accident at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Kyodo news agency said

*Radiation levels in Russia's Far East remain within the norm following an accident at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, a spokesman for the Russian Emergencies Ministry's local branch said

*Another reactor at the Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant is in process of releasing radioactive steam, the Kyodo news agency reported, quoting Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano

*Another reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant has lost its emergency cooling system, international media reported, quoting Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency

*The Japanese authorities have described the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant as a "nuclear accident with local consequences" in a report to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the DPA news agency said

*An Al Jazeera cameraman has been killed by unknown gunmen near Benghazi, a rebel-held city in eastern Libya, the TV channel has said