(Euronews: 0710 PST, March 17, 2011) Heavy snow is now blanketing northern Japan, making life even more difficult for those who survived last week's earthquake and tsunami. Emergency teams from around the world have come to do what they can in what is now more a case of recovery than rescue.

Official figures put the numbers of dead and missing at around 15,000. But this is likely to be a huge underestimation. Despite the death toll and freezing temperatures, the rescuers are refusing to give up.

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(Al Jazeera English: 0950 PST, March 16, 2011) With tens of thousands still missing along the country's north-east coast, battered by the earthquake and tsunami, rescue workers face an extra challenge in their already tough job - the snow. Al Jazeera's Steve Chao reports as the temperatures plummet in the worst-hit regions, where thousands have been made homeless.

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(Channel 4 News: 1341 PST, March 14, 2011) Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson visits Kesennuma, a town devastated by Friday's tsunami, where huge tankers are strewn across the town's center.

Japan Disaster: Jon Snow in Sendai

(Channel 4 News: 1552 PST, March 14, 2011) Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow travels further towards the shore to witness scenes of utter devastation in the Miyagi prefecture of Japan.

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Interview with Hamid Karzai

(Channel 4 News: March 1, 2011) Jon Snow from the UK's Channel 4 News interviews Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the military surge in Afghanistan, talking to the Taliban, corruption, and WikiLeaks.

Lampedusa: The Gate to Europe?

(Euronews: March 3, 2011) The small Italian island of Lampedusa, closer to Africa than Italy, is facing an influx of illegal immigrants from Tunisia. As the situation in Libya deteriorates, there are fears of a fresh wave of refugees.

Democracy, Indonesian-Style

(Al Jazeera English: March 4, 2011) After freeing itself from the grip of dictatorship more than a decade ago, Indonesia offers an example of how Islam and democracy and go hand-in-hand.

Christchurch Quake Unearths Time Capsules

(ITN News: March 1, 2011) What appear to be two time capsules have been discovered in the base of a statue in the aftermath of the recent earthquake in New Zealand.

(Channel 4 News: 1300 PST, February 11, 2011) Egyptian president Mubarak resigns amid jubilation in Cairo. Lindsey Hilsum reports.

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