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Yen surges, stocks fall as Japan crisis deepens

By REUTERS

MARCH 17, 2011 03:31

SINGAPORE - The yen surged to a record high against the dollar, Japanese shares slid and stocks elsewhere in Asia fell on Thursday after US officials said the risk of a catastrophic radiation leak from an earthquake-crippled Japanese nuclear plant was rising.

The unfolding disaster in Japan has sent fear coursing through markets, hammering shares and boosting safe-haven government debt, as investors struggle to get a fix on the scale of the crisis and the size of the economic hit it will deliver.

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