Japan finds plutonium in soil at stricken nuclear plant

Japan finds plutonium in soil at stricken nuclear plant


Japan finds plutonium in soil at stricken nuclear plant

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:25 PM PDT

TOKYO, March 29 — Plutonium found in soil at the Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm today over Japan's battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years, as pressure mounted on the prime minister to widen an evacuation zone around the plant. Some opposition lawmakers blasted Naoto Kan in parliament for his handling of the ...


Obama vows US forces won’t get bogged down in Libya

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:18 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, March 29 — President Barack Obama told Americans yesterday that US forces would not get bogged down trying to topple Muammar Gaddafi, but stopped short of spelling out how the military campaign in Libya would end. In a nationally televised address, Obama — accused by many lawmakers of failing to explain the US role in the Western air ...


Kadhafi calls on intl powers to end barbaric attacks

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:27 AM PDT

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi called for an end to the "barbaric offensive" against Libya in a letter addressed to international powers meeting in London Tuesday to discuss his nation's future.

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North Korea delivers fund for Japan quake victims

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:14 AM PDT

North Korea has handed over a fund for victims of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami despite strained relations between the two countries, Pyongyang's official news agency said Tuesday.

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What are our weaknesses?

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:10 AM PDT

If the report could be viewed as a health check of Malaysian Education, the result was undoubtedly a fail.

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"Betrayed" Japanese communities might never go home

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:30 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Japanese farmers and fishermen from areas closest to a stricken nuclear power plant are starting to face a dire possibility: they may never go home.



Japanese disaster hits Bali tourism: officials

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:02 AM PDT

Japan's earthquake and tsunami catastrophe has hit tourism in Indonesia's Bali resort island, where officials said Chinese had overtaken Japanese in the second rank of visitor arrivals.

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Libyan rebels have Kadhafi hometown in sights

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Rebels Tuesday had the key city of Sirte in their sights as world powers mapped out a post-Kadhafi future for Libya and President Barack Obama warned against ousting the strongman by force.

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TEPCO nationalisation an option, says govt: report

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:59 PM PDT

Japan on Tuesday said nationalising the beleaguered operator of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was "an option" but denied it had immediate plans to do so.

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Household debt to see smaller increase

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:24 PM PDT

The Malaysia household debt will likely grow by five per cent this year, compared with 12 per cent registered in 2010, due to measures introduced by the government to factor in the increase.

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Japan finds plutonium in soil at stricken nuclear plant

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:59 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Plutonium found in soil at the Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm on Tuesday over Japan's battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years, as pressure mounted on the prime minister to widen an evacuation zone around the plant.



VIDEO: Yemen's president clings to power

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:22 PM PDT

In Yemen, talks to broker a transition away from the 32-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh have stalled and there are fears that the country could slide into chaos.


VIDEO: Life in a nuclear exclusion zone

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:04 PM PDT

New pictures have emerged from inside the 20km exclusion zone around Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant


Only contesting parties can put up campaign materials: EC

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:53 PM PDT

Only the parties of candidates contesting in the 10th Sarawak state election on April 16 can use logos, flags, posters and banners in constituencies contested, the Election Commission reminded today.

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Japan PM says tax hike among options to meet quake costs

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:58 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan does not rule out any sources of funding relief and reconstruction after the devastating earthquake and tsunami, including a tax increase or dropping a plan to cut corporate tax, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Tuesday.



Japan finds plutonium in soil at stricken nuclear plant

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:58 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Plutonium found in soil at the Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm on Tuesday over Japan's battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years, while opposition MPs attacked the prime minister for his handling of the disaster.



Conflicts within Sarawak Pakatan Rakyat

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:36 PM PDT

The Pakatan Rakyat has wasted much precious time in seat negotiations and it has also affected the voters' confidence in the Pakatan Rakyat. Therefore, they must do something now to save the situation before it is too late.

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Philippines detects radiation from Japan

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:29 PM PDT

Small amounts of radiation from Japan's damaged nuclear plant have been detected in the Philippines, the government said Tuesday, while emphasising the traces posed no danger to humans.

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Prosecutors to seek life term for KRouge jailer

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:29 PM PDT

Prosecutors at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court were set Tuesday to appeal for a life term for former Khmer Rouge cadre Duch, who ran a feared jail where thousands died.

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Philippine TV host under fire

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:28 PM PDT

One of the Philippines' most popular and controversial TV personalities has reluctantly apologised after making a six-year-old boy cry on his show by forcing him to simulate a striptease.

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