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UN Search and Rescue Experts Ready To Go To Japan

   Lisa Schlein | Geneva  March 11, 2011
   Fishing  boats  are  swept  by  a  tsunami  in  Oarai  City in Ibaragi
   Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 11, 2011

Photo: REUTERS

   Fishing  boats  are  swept  by  a  tsunami  in  Oarai  City in Ibaragi
   Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 11, 2011

   The  United  Nations says it is ready to send expert teams to Japan to
   assist in search and rescue efforts in the wake of the massive tsunami