Relief workers return from N.Z.

Relief workers return from N.Z.

NARITA, Japan - Members of Japan's disaster relief team return from New Zealand to Narita airport, near Tokyo, on March 3, 2011, after conducting search and rescue operations in quake-hit Christchurch. The first relief team from Japan, which was unable to find any survivors during their operation, has been replaced by a second team.

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