SNAPSHOT - Japan's nuclear crisis |
- SNAPSHOT - Japan's nuclear crisis
- Magnitude 5.8 quake hits off Mexico Pacific coast
- South Korea sends 27 North Koreans home
- Bahrain opposition wants Kuwait to mediate - paper
- Magnitude 5.8 quake hits off Mexico Pacific coast
- Radioactivity soars inside Japanese reactor, workers evacuated
- Restrictions on Japanese food imports
- Rich German state may hand Merkel damaging defeat
- Libyan rebels retake strategic town from Gaddafi
- Gaza militants signal ready to halt fire
- Radioactivity soars inside Japanese reactor, workers evacuated
- FACTBOX - Japan's disaster in figures
- Workers evacuated as radioactivity rises in Japan reactor
- Obama seeks to reassure Americans about Libya
- Radioactivity increases in sea-water off Japan nuclear plant - agency
- SNAPSHOT - Japan's nuclear crisis
- Carter to meet Castro, religious leaders in Cuba
- Rioters battle UK police after anti-cuts rally
- Yemen close to transition of power deal - minister
- Six dead in port city as Syrian crisis grows
| SNAPSHOT - Japan's nuclear crisis Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:40 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Following are main developments after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeast Japan and crippled a nuclear power station, raising the risk of uncontrolled radiation. 
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| Magnitude 5.8 quake hits off Mexico Pacific coast Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:40 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A moderate 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of southern Mexico, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Sunday. 
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| South Korea sends 27 North Koreans home Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:40 AM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea repatriated on Sunday 27 North Koreans whose boat drifted into the South's waters last month, the South's Red Cross said, ending a row which threatened to further damage relations between the two Koreas. 
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| Bahrain opposition wants Kuwait to mediate - paper Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:40 AM PDT MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's largest Shi'ite opposition party Wefaq wants Kuwait to mediate in talks with Bahrain's government to end a political crisis and protests gripping the tiny kingdom, a Kuwaiti newspaper said on Sunday. 
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| Magnitude 5.8 quake hits off Mexico Pacific coast Posted: 26 Mar 2011 11:52 PM PDT WASHINGTON, March 27 — A moderate 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of southern Mexico, the US Geological Survey said today. The quake hit 16km southwest of Suchiate, Chiapas state, at a depth of 87km, the USGS said. — Reuters 
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| Radioactivity soars inside Japanese reactor, workers evacuated Posted: 26 Mar 2011 11:10 PM PDT TOKYO, March 27 — Japanese authorities evacuated workers today from a reactor building they were working in after high doses of radiation were detected at a crippled nuclear power plant, the plant's operator said. Tokyo Electric Power Co said radiation 10 million times the usual level was detected in water that had accumulated at the No. 2 ... 
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| Restrictions on Japanese food imports Posted: 26 Mar 2011 09:38 PM PDT TOKYO, March 27 — Several countries have banned milk and produce from the areas near Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant because of contamination fears. Food makes up 1 per cent of Japanese exports, according to World Bank data. Japan has already stopped shipments of vegetables and milk from near the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in the ... 
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| Rich German state may hand Merkel damaging defeat Posted: 26 Mar 2011 09:10 PM PDT STUTTGART, March 27 — Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats face an election defeat today in one of Germany's most prosperous states, which could undermine her leadership of the centre-right government. The Social Democrats (SPD) and their likely allies, the fast-growing Greens, have gained the edge over Merkel's coalition of Christian ... 
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| Libyan rebels retake strategic town from Gaddafi Posted: 26 Mar 2011 08:41 PM PDT AJDABIYAH, Libya, March 27 — Libyan rebels backed by allied air strikes have recaptured the strategic town of Ajdabiyah, signalling that the tide may be turning against Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the east. In the west, France said its warplanes destroyed five Libyan aircraft and two helicopters at an air base outside rebel-held Misrata yesterday. ... 
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| Gaza militants signal ready to halt fire Posted: 26 Mar 2011 11:06 PM PDT GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza militant groups signalled on Saturday they would halt rocket fire at Israel if the Jewish state stopped shootings as well, after a surge in cross-border violence prompted fears of a possible escalation into war. 
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| Radioactivity soars inside Japanese reactor, workers evacuated Posted: 26 Mar 2011 11:06 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese authorities evacuated workers on Sunday from a reactor building they were working in after high doses of radiation were detected at a crippled nuclear power plant, the plant's operator said. 
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| FACTBOX - Japan's disaster in figures Posted: 26 Mar 2011 10:35 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - The following lists the impact from and responses to the devastating earthquake and tsunami that rocked the northeast coast of Japan on March 11, and the subsequent crisis at a nuclear power plant. 
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| Workers evacuated as radioactivity rises in Japan reactor Posted: 26 Mar 2011 10:35 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Workers were evacuated on Sunday from a reactor building they were working in after high doses of radiation were detected at Japan's stricken nuclear power plant in Fukushima, the plant's operator said. 
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| Obama seeks to reassure Americans about Libya Posted: 26 Mar 2011 10:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Americans about U.S. military involvement in Libya on Saturday, saying the mission is limited and the United States will not intervene everywhere there is a crisis. 
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| Radioactivity increases in sea-water off Japan nuclear plant - agency Posted: 26 Mar 2011 09:34 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Radioactive iodine in sea-water off Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant rose to 1,850 times the usual level from 1,250 times measured on Saturday, Japan's nuclear safety agency said on Sunday. 
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| SNAPSHOT - Japan's nuclear crisis Posted: 26 Mar 2011 09:34 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Following are main developments after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeast Japan and crippled a nuclear power station, raising the risk of uncontrolled radiation. 
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| Carter to meet Castro, religious leaders in Cuba Posted: 26 Mar 2011 09:34 PM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will meet with Cuban President Raul Castro, the leader of Cuba's Catholic Church and the island's Jewish community during a Havana visit starting on Monday amid speculation he will seek the release of a jailed American aid contractor. 
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| Rioters battle UK police after anti-cuts rally Posted: 26 Mar 2011 09:34 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Black-clad, masked youths battled riot police and attacked banks and luxury stores in central London on Saturday, overshadowing a protest by more than a quarter of a million Britons against government spending cuts. 
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| Yemen close to transition of power deal - minister Posted: 26 Mar 2011 09:34 PM PDT SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he was prepared to step down if allowed a dignified departure, but the opposition accused him of manoeuvring to hold on to power. 
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| Six dead in port city as Syrian crisis grows Posted: 26 Mar 2011 09:34 PM PDT DERAA, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian security forces have killed six people in two days of anti-government protests in the key port city of Latakia, reformist activists living abroad told Reuters on Saturday. 
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