France says will take part in Libya operations

France says will take part in Libya operations

France says will take part in Libya operations

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 01:05 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - France will take part in military operations against Libya after the United Nations Security Council authorised action, French government spokesman Francois Baroin said on Friday.

Japan quake survivors too shocked to contemplate the future

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 01:05 AM PDT

YAMADA/RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (Reuters) - A week after their lives were turned upside down by the biggest recorded earthquake in Japan's history, many survivors are too shocked to contemplate the future.

Norway to join military intervention in Libya

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 01:05 AM PDT

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway will join the international military action against Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Libya, a Norwegian daily quoted the defence minister as saying on its website on Friday.

Many Japanese mark minute's silence for quake victims

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 01:05 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Relief workers held a minute's silence at 2.46 p.m. (0546 GMT) on Friday in memory of the victims of the massive earthquake, which struck northeast Japan exactly a week earlier, and tsunami.

Bahrainis to bury dead protester amid crackdown

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 01:05 AM PDT

MANAMA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Bahrainis gathered on Friday to bury an activist killed in a crackdown on mainly Shi'ite Muslim protesters that has angered Iran and raised tensions in the world's largest oil-exporting region.

IAEA chief: Japan nuclear incident "grave and serious" accident

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 01:05 AM PDT

Amano returned to his native Japan and says he will not visit the plant, only going in its general direction, owing to radiation.

Nissan to monitor vehicles for radioactivity

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:49 AM PDT

OSAKA, Friday 18 March 2011 (AFP) - Nissan Motor said Friday it would monitor all its vehicles made in Japan for radioactivity, amid international concern over efforts to avert a nuclear catastrophe at a stricken atomic plant.

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India PM denies knowledge of MP bribery

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:48 AM PDT

NEW DELHI, Friday 18 March 2011 (AFP) - India's prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday denied any knowledge of allegations that the embattled Congress-led government bribed MPs ahead of a crucial 2008 vote of confidence in parliament.

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Modern samurai

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:47 AM PDT

It is a great spirit to put the safety of others on top of their own lives and it is a glorious humanity to sacrifice themselves to save others at the most dangerous moment.

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VIDEO: Chinese nationals leaving Japan

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:35 AM PDT

China, along with other countries, has advised its nationals in Japan to leave the country following the devastating earthquake and tsunami.


Indonesian Samudera nickel cargo ship hijacked off Somalia

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:34 AM PDT

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Somalia pirates hijacked a nickel cargo ship owned by shipping firm PT Samudera Indonesia, a director of the firm said on Friday.

TIMELINE - Japan's unfolding nuclear crisis

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:34 AM PDT

Below is a timeline of statements made by Japanese authorities and the complex's owner, Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), after the quake struck on Friday, the strongest tremor ever recorded in Japan.

Many Japanese mark minute's silence for quake victims

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:34 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Relief workers held a minute's silence at 2.46 p.m. (0546 GMT) on Friday in memory of the victims of the massive earthquake, which struck northeast Japan exactly a week earlier, and tsunami.

Japan weighs need to bury nuclear plant; tries to restore power

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:34 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese engineers conceded on Friday that burying a crippled nuclear plant in sand and concrete may be the only way to prevent a catastrophic radiation release, the method used to seal huge leakages from Chernobyl in 1986.

VIDEO: 7 days of turmoil and destruction in Japan

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:04 AM PDT

More than 16,000 people are either confirmed dead or listed as missing after the quake and tsunami devastated Japan on 11 March.


Moment of silence in Japan, one week after quake

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:52 PM PDT

TOKYO, Friday 18 March 2011 (AFP) - A moment of silence was observed in northeast Japan on Friday at 2:46 pm (0546 GMT), exactly one week after a huge earthquake struck, sending a devastating tsunami crashing into the coast.

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Japan radiation localised, no immediate threat - WHO

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:34 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation believes the spread of radiation from a quake-crippled nuclear plant in Japan remains limited and appears to pose no immediate risk to health, the WHO's China representative said on Friday.

Japan nuclear operator: not impossible to encase reactors in concrete

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:34 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said on Friday that it would not be impossible to encase the facility's reactors in concrete, though cooling them down is the priority.

Death for Singaporean single mother for drug trafficking

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:03 PM PDT

The Shah Alam High Court today sentenced a Singaporean single mother to death for trafficking in drugs at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT), two years ago.

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Radiation specialist to join S Korean rescue team in Japan

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:02 PM PDT

SEOUL, Friday 18 March 2011 (Bernama) -- South Korea will send a radiation specialist to Japan to better protect its earthquake rescue team from radioactive fallout, the government said Friday.

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