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- Clinton vows support for quake-hit Japan
- Japan nuclear operator expects 'cold shutdown' in 6-9 months
- Japan suffers record fall in foreign visitors
- Japan TEPCO says aims to bring radiation down in three months
- Castro: Cuba to consider term limits for leaders
- Suicide attack kills 5 foreign soldiers in Afghanistan
- Clinton arrives in Japan as PM Kan calls for ‘rebirth’
- NHK: Tepco chief to meet media on nuclear crisis outlook
- Mexicans seek mass grave victims at border morgue
- UK considers reform of biased royal succession law
- Tornadoes, storms kill at least 17 in South
- France says it does not aim to topple Arab leaders
- Gaddafi forces target Misrata dairy plant, say rebels
- UAE to limit some BlackBerry services
- Libyan rebels make renewed push for oil port Brega
- Robots to gauge radiation in Japan's quake-hit plant
- TEPCO expects to control radiation within 6-9 months
- Clinton pledges Japan support as PM Kan calls for "rebirth"
- PKR victory in three constituencies due to protest votes
- SUPP's poor showing in Sarawak election
| Clinton vows support for quake-hit Japan Posted: 17 Apr 2011 12:47 AM PDT US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed full support for earthquake-hit Japan on a solidarity visit Sunday, hoping that gratitude for disaster relief would revitalise a sometimes uneasy alliance.
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| Japan nuclear operator expects 'cold shutdown' in 6-9 months Posted: 17 Apr 2011 12:42 AM PDT The operator of Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear plant said Sunday it aims to reduce radiation leaks within three months and to achieve a "cold shutdown" within six to nine months.
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| Japan suffers record fall in foreign visitors Posted: 17 Apr 2011 12:31 AM PDT (Japan-AFP) - The number of foreign visitors to Japan suffered its biggest ever decline in March, falling by 50 percent, as a massive earthquake and tsunami scared travellers away, the government said Thursday. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Japan TEPCO says aims to bring radiation down in three months Posted: 16 Apr 2011 11:13 PM PDT TOKYO, April 17 — Japanese nuclear power plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) aims to bring radiation levels at its damaged Fukushima Daiichi facility on a downward trend in around three months, the company said today. The company also said it aims to greatly limit radiation leaks in three to six months, and that it later plans to cover ... 
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| Castro: Cuba to consider term limits for leaders Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:59 PM PDT HAVANA, April 17 — Cuba will consider placing term limits on its leaders to assure new blood in the government, President Raul Castro said today in a speech kicking off a Communist Party congress on the island he and his brother led for more than five decades. He said the government does not have "a reserve of well-trained replacements with ... 
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| Suicide attack kills 5 foreign soldiers in Afghanistan Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:54 PM PDT JALALABAD, April 17 — A suicide bomber in an Afghan army uniform killed five foreign and four Afghan soldiers yesterday at a sprawling desert base in the east of the country, the highest toll on Nato-led troops in a single attack for several months. Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense said it was investigating whether the attacker was an insurgent ... 
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| Clinton arrives in Japan as PM Kan calls for ‘rebirth’ Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:48 PM PDT TOKYO, April 17 — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew to Japan today to show support for a close ally struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands and triggered a nuclear crisis. Clinton arrived in Japan, which is still reeling from the triple disaster nearly five weeks ago, on the final leg of a ... 
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| NHK: Tepco chief to meet media on nuclear crisis outlook Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:27 PM PDT TOKYO, April 17 — Japanese nuclear power plant operator Tokyo Electric will hold a news conference today on the outlook for the crisis at its quake-damaged plant in Fukushima, 240 km northeast of Tokyo, public broadcaster NHK reported. Engineers have been struggling to get cooling systems working at the plant, which was damaged by the March 11 ... 
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| Mexicans seek mass grave victims at border morgue Posted: 16 Apr 2011 07:40 PM PDT MATAMOROS, April 17 — Bereft Mexican families stand clutching photographs of loved ones, weeping outside a morgue on the country's northern border in search of victims of the worst mass killings in Mexico's drug war. Ricardo Martinez, 63, is one of many grief-stricken parents who have come to the city of Matamoros on the border with Texas for news ... 
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| UK considers reform of biased royal succession law Posted: 16 Apr 2011 07:19 PM PDT LONDON, April 17 — Britain said yesterday it is looking into reforming ancient rules on royal succession to give any daughters born to Prince William and Kate Middleton the same right to the throne as their sons. Under the 300-year-old law now in place, Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton's first-born son would eventually become king, even ... 
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| Tornadoes, storms kill at least 17 in South Posted: 16 Apr 2011 06:01 PM PDT BIRMINGHAM (Alabama), April 17 — At least 17 people were killed by a string of violent storms and tornadoes that swept the southern United States over two days, including seven in Alabama, officials said yesterday. All the Alabama deaths were in the southern part of the state on Friday and were caused when mobile homes were blown off their ... 
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| France says it does not aim to topple Arab leaders Posted: 16 Apr 2011 05:41 PM PDT PARIS, April 17 — France is not trying to overthrow leaders in the Arab world, despite being at the forefront of the air campaign against Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said yesterday. Speaking at a conference in Paris, Juppe said France was concerned by violence in Yemen and Syria, and warned that the situation in Syria ... 
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| Gaddafi forces target Misrata dairy plant, say rebels Posted: 16 Apr 2011 05:23 PM PDT BEIRUT, April 17 — Rebels said Muammar Gaddafi's forces targeted food industry plants in renewed bombardment of Misrata yesterday, a day after a Western rights group accused his loyalists of using cluster bombs in the besieged city. An insurgent spokesman, Saadoun al Misrati, said three civilians and three rebels were killed in yesterday's clashes ... 
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| UAE to limit some BlackBerry services Posted: 16 Apr 2011 04:51 PM PDT DUBAI, April 17 — The United Arab Emirates will stop individuals and small businesses accessing the most private data services offered by BlackBerry, a UAE newspaper said, but the government said no services would be disrupted to any subscribers. Only businesses with 20 or more subscriptions will be allowed to use high security accounts on the ... 
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| Libyan rebels make renewed push for oil port Brega Posted: 16 Apr 2011 04:36 PM PDT AJDABIYAH, April 17 — Libyan rebels made a renewed effort to push towards the oil port of Brega yesterday while Muammar Gaddafi's forces pounded besieged Misrata to the west with rockets and mortars, a rebel spokesman said. Underlining the difficulties faced by the rebels, six were killed and 16 wounded when Gaddafi loyalists fired rockets at a ... 
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| Robots to gauge radiation in Japan's quake-hit plant Posted: 16 Apr 2011 11:49 PM PDT The operator of Japan's stricken nuclear plant said Sunday it will send two remote-controlled robots into a reactor building damaged by a hydrogen explosion to gauge radiation and temperature levels.
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| TEPCO expects to control radiation within 6-9 months Posted: 16 Apr 2011 11:48 PM PDT Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co said Sunday it expects to reduce radiation leaks from its Fukushima plant within three months and to cool reactors and control the radiation within six to nine months.
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| Clinton pledges Japan support as PM Kan calls for "rebirth" Posted: 16 Apr 2011 11:28 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday urged Japan to remain active on the world stage as it grappled with a nuclear crisis in the wake of a deadly earthquake and tsunami and she pledged support for Washington's key ally in East Asia. 
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| PKR victory in three constituencies due to protest votes Posted: 16 Apr 2011 11:46 PM PDT Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) which contested in 49 constituencies in the 10th Sarawak state election was humbled when it won only three, thus dashing the opposition's dream of setting up the new state government.
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| SUPP's poor showing in Sarawak election Posted: 16 Apr 2011 11:20 PM PDT The poor showing of the Sarawak United People's Party in the 10th state election has left the Chinese with no more than two representatives in the state government.
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