"Although triggered by these cataclysmic events, the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant cannot be regarded as a natural disaster, " it said.

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Yet here, too, personal and political interact: Herzen must struggle to rescue his ideals from the wreckage of events in the same year as an accident at sea drowns his wife and son.

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The statement also criticised the computer reconstruction of the accident, saying it did not provide "a true, complete reconstruction of events".

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The film, expected in theaters in July and starring Ryan Reynolds (Van Wilder, Green Lantern), Paul Giamatti (Sideways, John Adams) and Michael Pena (Gangster Squad, Tower Heist), depicts a snail that, through some strange turn of events, manages to become capable of great speeds in the aftermath of a freak accident.

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But a former accident investigator said the voice recorder may still provide valuable information, because the pilots could have discussed the earlier events on the way back to Minneapolis.

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But a former accident investigator told CNN the voice recorder may still provide valuable information, because the pilots could have discussed the earlier events on the way back to Minneapolis.

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