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Japanese Buddhists, Christians mark six-month anniversary of earthquake, tsunami

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While the United States was observing the 10-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Japan on Sunday was marking the six-month anniversary of the March earthquake and tsunami that devasted a large portion of the island nation.

The Japanese observed the anniversary with prayer services, bell ringing and chanting at 2:46 p.m., the time when the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off Japan's eastern coast.

About 20,000 people were killed or remain missing, with an estimate 400,000...

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