March 2011
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WatchLegoland theme park has anticipated the royal wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William at Buckingham Palace.
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WatchCherry blossoms in Tokyo
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WatchBicycle-powered petrol pumps are being put to use in disaster-hit areas as survivors of Japan’s March 11th quake and tsunami ponder an uncertain future.
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WatchElephants marched through Bangkok’s tourist area to raise money to help survivors in disaster-hit Japan.
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WatchRebel fighters look at a burning tank belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, after an air strike by coalition forces along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah.
WatchMore than 300 people picked up the slack and hauled four aircraft, weighing a total of approximately 470 tonnes, over a distance of 50 metres in an event celebrating 100 years of aviation in Hong Kong.
WatchRussian military use artillery to dislodge avalanches in North Ossessia.
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School earthquake exercise drills in Manila
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WatchJapan: before and after the earthquake and tsunami on Google Earth
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WatchVideo footage shot in various locations around northeastern Japan on Friday (March 11) showed raging tsunami waves rushing over embankments and flowing into cities and towns carrying vehicles, ships and houses inland.
Watch]]> A massive earthquake has rocked Japan and sent a tsunami warning across the Pacific. The 8.8 magnitude quake was the most powerful to hit Japan in 140 years, with its epicentre in the sea close to the coastal city of Sendai.
WatchCarnivals around the world
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WatchThousands of workers have found themselves stranded on the Libyan-Tunisian border.
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WatchVasaloppet is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held in Sweden between Sälen and Mora (90 km). It is the biggest cross-country ski race in the world.
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WatchHundreds of people gather in Paraty, 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the carnival capital Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, for the city’s annual carnival Mud Party.
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WatchUNHCR staff at the Libya-Tunisia border say that the situation has reached a crisis point. Thousands of people have been waiting on the Libyan side to enter for as long as three days or more. They are without shelter and few provisions.
