VIDEO: US sending radiation experts to Japan

VIDEO: US sending radiation experts to Japan

VIDEO: US sending radiation experts to Japan

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:10 PM PDT

Radiation levels have fallen at Japan's earthquake-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant after a third explosion and a fire, officials say.


Japan nuclear plant explosions increase meltdown fears, rock global markets

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 11:43 AM PDT

A third explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex caused authorities to evacuate most of the plant's personnel. As Steve Mufson and Chico Harlan reported:


Egypt Dissolves Hated State Security Agency

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Egypt's interior minister dissolved the country's hated state security agency, which was accused of multiple human rights abuses during former President Hosni Mubarak's rule.

Israel Seizes Ship Loaded With Arms That Was Bound for Egypt

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:00 PM PDT

Military officials speculated that the weapons were bound for Gaza.

Palestinians Rally for Reconciliation of Their Rival Governments

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:43 PM PDT

Palestinians thronged major squares in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in support of ending the long-running feud between two Palestinian governments.

The New Old Age: Few Options for Elderly Muslims

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 09:48 AM PDT

Many Muslims are reluctant to consider placing an elderly family member in a nursing home, few of which are able to meet their cultural needs.

Two killed in new Bahrain clashes

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:56 PM PDT

At least two people are killed and as many as 200 injured in clashes between anti-government demonstrators and security forces in Bahrain.


US web suicide nurse found guilty

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:02 PM PDT

A US nurse is convicted of aiding the suicides of a British man and a Canadian woman after seeking out depressed people online and urging two to kill themselves.


Egypt dissolves hated internal security force

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:14 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Tuesday dissolved an internal security and spying agency whose reputation for brutality helped ignite the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power last month.

VIDEO: Rain brings radiation fears in Sendai

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:34 PM PDT

In the Japanese city of Sendai, survivors of Friday's earthquake and tsunami are not only having to cope with the aftershocks, but also fear exposure to radiation.


Tsunami could be 1,000-year event

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:32 PM PDT

Tsunamis on the scale that hit north-east Japan last week may strike the region about once every 1,000 years, a leading seismologist has said.


U.S. Military Steps Up Relief, Rescue

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:40 PM PDT

The U.S. military expanded its earthquake-relief efforts in Japan, sending equipment to help firefighting efforts at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and deploying troops to assist humanitarian relief and search-and-rescue efforts.


Palestinian unity rally in Gaza ends in violence

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:23 PM PDT

GAZA (Reuters) - Violence broke out after a rally for Palestinian unity in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday when Hamas supporters beat other participants with clubs, witnesses said, though the Islamist group denied being behind any violence.

Japan crisis revives global nuclear debate

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:12 PM PDT

The crisis in Japan has put governments on the defensive and undermined the nuclear power industry's recent renaissance as the clean energy of the future.


Obama to Begin Latin American Trip

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 11:12 AM PDT

President Barack Obama will kick-start a Latin American trip Friday in Brazil, where White House officials say he will look to boost U.S. exports and expand other economic opportunities.


Crises Test Kan's Leadership Ability

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 10:54 AM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's public appearances have become increasingly rare in the days since his visible tour through Japan's quake-hit northeast. Instead, Mr. Kan's chief cabinet secretary has become the country's front man.


'There Is Nothing Left'

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:42 PM PDT

In Minamisanriku, where nearly half of the 17,000 population are still missing following the tsunami that devastated Japan's northeastern coast, residents pick through a post-apocalyptic landscape for signs of hope.


Japan City Crafts Own Safety Policy

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:01 PM PDT

After Tuesday's revelation that radiation levels had spiked around the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power complex, the city of Iwaki, just outside the evacuation zone, is telling its 340,000 citizens to stay home, close windows and doors and keep out of the rain.


Grandparents Mount Quest

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:42 PM PDT

Hideo Higuchi and his wife sat in their truck, staring at the long lake in front of them. Beneath was the road to their daughter's home in tsunami-swamped Ishinomaki. Now it was a dead end.


China's Nuclear Plans Under Scrutiny

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:49 PM PDT

Japan's nuclear crisis is likely to lead to greater scrutiny of the ambitious nuclear-energy plans in China, which is also prone to earthquakes and has had issues with safety and transparency in the past.


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