Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?

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English newspapers

New Straits Times and the Star highlighted Japan's deepening nuclear crisis as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple reactor meltdowns.

More than 170,000 people were evacuated from the quake and tsunami savaged northeastern coast, due to a high possibility of radioactive contamination.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia headlined that Japanese authorities are trying to prevent further threats of dangerous radiation at two nuclear reactors in Fukushima, after their cooling systems failed to work, which could result in the world's worst nuclear disaster in the past 25 years.

Berita Harian led with a public apology over its controversial cartoon of the tsunami in Japan, published in the Berita Minggu yesterday. The newspaper said it did not mean to mock or to show lack of awareness.

Sinar Harian headlined that several NGOs, including Perkasa and Gaps, have urged PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim to give samples of his DNA as proof that he did not sodomise his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

The call was made by some 50 people representing the NGOs outside the PKR headquarters in Petaling Jaya. Similar calls were also made at several PRK and PAS offices across the nation yesterday.

Editorial

New Straits Times and Utusan Malaysia commented on the aftermath of the tsunami that struck Japan last Friday. They say the country is now facing the dangers of nuclear radiation that could affect surrounding areas, neighbouring countries and the Pacific Ocean.