Australia to Send Sniffer Dogs, New Zealand Offers Help to Japan
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Australia will send sniffer dogs and emergency workers to Japan and New Zealand offered assistance after the Asian nation was struck by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake, its worst on record.
A team of Australian dogs trained to help find survivors, as well as search and rescue specialists, will depart later today on a military aircraft, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd told reporters in Canberra today. New Zealand will help in “whatever way we can,” Prime Minister John Key said in an e-mailed statement.