Japan: Panic Buying, Evacuations In Tokyo, Power Supply Shortages To Continue For Months

- Panic Buying Adds To Shortages After Japan Quake (NPR): Canned goods, batteries, bread and bottled water have vanished from store shelves and long lines of cars circle gas stations, as Japan grapples with a new risk set off by last week’s earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis: panic-buying. Far outside the disaster zone, stores [...] continue reading world news