For some Japanese, tsunami memories go back to 1933 |
- For some Japanese, tsunami memories go back to 1933
- Travel, nuclear physics replace invesment models
- WHO spokesman: Japan food safety situation "serious"
- Denouncing nuclear policy
- Quake-hit Japanese urged to improvise for survival
- Quake-prone Turkey presses on with nuclear plant plans
- After Brazil, Obama heads to Chile to promote growth
- After year of woe, Haiti chooses new president
- Google accuses China of blocking Gmail
- Buffett says Japan quake a 'buying opportunity'
- Western powers strike Libya for second night
- Bahrain king says forces have foiled foreign plot
- Japan nuclear watchdog confirms power connected to nuclear plant
- Haitians pick president in generally peaceful vote
- Residents near Japan nuclear plant urged not to drink tap water
- Second Iranian plane forced to land in Turkey
- Some progress at Japan reactors as disaster toll rises
- VIDEO: Missile damages Gaddafi building
- Some progress at Japan reactors; U.S. sees turning point
- China intensifies condemnation of Libya air strikes
| For some Japanese, tsunami memories go back to 1933 Posted: 21 Mar 2011 12:49 AM PDT OFUNATO, Japan (Reuters) - Teru Suzuki, 86, says only "destiny" kept her alive after last week's magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered the third big tsunami in her lifetime to level her quiet fishing town in northeastern Japan. 
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| Travel, nuclear physics replace invesment models Posted: 21 Mar 2011 12:49 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Put away the machines and bring back the humans. Wall Street is setting aside its algorithms and complex models and turning to experts for clues on how to make money in an uncertain world, turned upside down by Japan's disaster and Middle East uprisings. 
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| WHO spokesman: Japan food safety situation "serious" Posted: 21 Mar 2011 12:49 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation said on Monday that the detection of radiation in food after an earthquake damaged a Japanese nuclear plant was a more serious problem than it had first expected. 
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| Posted: 21 Mar 2011 12:13 AM PDT Leiko, a Japanese living in France, delivers a speech during a protest organised by French anti-nuclear network "Sortir du nucleaire" (Get out of nuclear) demanding an end to France's nuclear policy in the wake of the nuclear emergency in Japan.
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| Quake-hit Japanese urged to improvise for survival Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:23 PM PDT OSAKA, Monday 21 March 2011 (AFP) -- Bubble wrap, beer cans and plastic bags are just some of the day-to-day items that disaster management consultants suggest could be transformed into life-savers for those in quake and tsunami-hit areas of Japan.
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| Quake-prone Turkey presses on with nuclear plant plans Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:22 PM PDT BUYUKECELI, Monday 21 March 2011 (AFP) -- Amid global alarm over the nuclear crisis in Japan, Turkey -- which is also quake-prone -- is going ahead with plans to build its first nuclear plant.
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| After Brazil, Obama heads to Chile to promote growth Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:20 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO, Monday 21 March 2011 (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama flies to Chile Monday to promote democracy and economic growth on the American continent on the second leg of his Latin American tour aimed at bolstering trade and investment.
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| After year of woe, Haiti chooses new president Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:19 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Monday 21 March 2011 (AFP) -- Haitians have voted in a presidential run-off to choose if a popular singer or a former first lady will lead the shattered country struggling to rebuild from a devastating 2010 earthquake.
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| Google accuses China of blocking Gmail Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:18 PM PDT BEIJING, Monday 21, March 2011 (AFP) -- Google accused the Chinese government on Monday of interfering with its Gmail service, after weeks of online disruptions that have coincided with calls for protests emulating those in the Middle East.
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| Buffett says Japan quake a 'buying opportunity' Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:16 PM PDT SEOUL, Monday 21 March 2011 (AFP) -- US billionnaire investor Warren Buffett said Monday that a massive natural disaster would not hamper the future of the Japanese economy and could prompt a new bout of stock buying.
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| Western powers strike Libya for second night Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:47 PM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Western powers launched a second wave of air strikes on Libya early on Monday after halting the advance of Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Benghazi and targeting air defences to let their planes patrol the skies. 
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| Bahrain king says forces have foiled foreign plot Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:33 PM PDT MANAMA, March 21 — Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa said a foreign plot against his kingdom had been foiled and thanked troops brought in from neighbouring countries to help end increasing unrest after weeks of protests. "An external plot has been fomented for 20 to 30 years until the ground was ripe for subversive designs ... I here ... 
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| Japan nuclear watchdog confirms power connected to nuclear plant Posted: 20 Mar 2011 09:39 PM PDT TOKYO, March 21 — Japan's nuclear safety watchdog confirmed today that power cables had been connected to two of the least damaged reactors at the country's quake-stricken nuclear power plant. The No.5 and No.6 reactors had both been shut down for maintenance whn the quake and tsunami struck on March 11. — Reuters ... 
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| Haitians pick president in generally peaceful vote Posted: 20 Mar 2011 07:49 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 21 — Haitians voted in large numbers yesterday to elect a president for their earthquake-scarred country, choosing between a singer and a former first lady in a generally peaceful run-off. Haiti's top electoral officer, Gaillot Dorsinvil, hailed what he called the large turnout of voters in the first presidential run-off vote ... 
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| Residents near Japan nuclear plant urged not to drink tap water Posted: 20 Mar 2011 07:24 PM PDT TOKYO, March 21 — Japan's health ministry has urged some residents near the quake-stricken nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture to refrain from drinking tap water after high levels of radioactive iodine were detected, Kyodo news agency said today. — Reuters 
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| Second Iranian plane forced to land in Turkey Posted: 20 Mar 2011 05:50 PM PDT ISTANBUL, March 21 — An Iranian cargo plane was forced to land in southeast Turkey for the second time within a week on suspicion it was carrying weapons or bomb-making material to Syria, Turkish media reported yesterday. The plane which took off from Tehran landed overnight at Diyarbakir airport and searches took place yesterday, broadcaster CNN ... 
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| Some progress at Japan reactors as disaster toll rises Posted: 20 Mar 2011 05:28 PM PDT Some progress at Japan reactors; US sees turning point TOKYO, March 21 — Engineers restored electricity to three reactors at a crippled Japanese nuclear power plant and hope to test water pumps at the quake-damaged facility soon, the first clear signs of progress in tackling the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years. Japan suffered an ... 
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| VIDEO: Missile damages Gaddafi building Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:18 PM PDT The US says allied forces have had some success against Col Gaddafi's defences in a second night of air attacks in Libya.
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| Some progress at Japan reactors; U.S. sees turning point Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:46 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Engineers restored electricity to three reactors at a crippled Japanese nuclear power plant and hope to test water pumps at the quake-damaged facility soon, the first clear signs of progress in tackling the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years. 
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| China intensifies condemnation of Libya air strikes Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:15 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top newspaper on Monday stepped up Beijing's opposition to Western air attacks on Libya, accusing countries backing the strikes of violating international rules and risking fresh turmoil in the Middle East. 
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