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- Japan to ease restrictions on produce from near nuke plant
- 3-D map of Philippines to help combat disasters
- India U-turn on Japan food import ban
- Singapore to conserve historic railway stations
- VIDEO: Japan: Coping without electricity
- VIDEO: US budget talks in deadlock
- Water leaks at Japan's Onagawa nuclear plant
- UAE activist says faces threats, smear campaign
- U.S. general sees no military outcome in Libya
- Nitrite-tainted milk kills 3 children in China
- US general sees no military outcome in Libya
- Ivory Coast’s Ouattara seeks recovery despite standoff
- Japan says economy in "severe" condition after disaster
- FEATURE - China faces uphill battle to give better healthcare
- U.S. budget deal elusive as negotiators scramble
- Japan quake causes radioactive water spill
- VIDEO: What does a star sound like?
- VIDEO: Nigeria prepares for second vote
- US trains activists worldwide in phone, Internet protection
- Toyota to restart all domestic production April 18
| Japan to ease restrictions on produce from near nuke plant Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:58 AM PDT Japan on Friday signalled it would lift some restrictions on produce from areas near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that were imposed due to concerns about radiation contamination.
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| 3-D map of Philippines to help combat disasters Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:48 AM PDT President Benigno Aquino said Friday he plans to have a 3-D map of the Philippine archipelago created as part of an effort to guard against disasters.
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| India U-turn on Japan food import ban Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:17 AM PDT India has lifted a recent ban imposed on food imports from Japan but will demand "radiation free" certificates with Japanese shipments of produce, a government official said Friday.
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| Singapore to conserve historic railway stations Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:16 AM PDT Two railway stations to be returned by Malaysia to Singapore will be conserved as historic sites, officials announced Friday following a citizens' campaign to save the buildings from destruction.
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| VIDEO: Japan: Coping without electricity Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:10 AM PDT Since the earthquake, the Fukushima plant is no longer supplying the electricity it once did. How is the population coping with attempts to conserve energy?
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| VIDEO: US budget talks in deadlock Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:56 PM PDT Crisis talks over bitterly disputed spending cuts in Washington have broken up without agreement, although congressional leaders said they have narrowed their differences with president Obama over a new budget.
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| Water leaks at Japan's Onagawa nuclear plant Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:46 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Water leaked out of spent fuel pools at the Onagawa nuclear plant in northeast Japan after a strong aftershock rocked the region late on Thursday, but there was no change in the radiation levels outside the plant, operator Tohoku Electric Power Co said on Friday. 
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| UAE activist says faces threats, smear campaign Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:46 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - An activist who has called for democratic reforms in the United Arab Emirates said on Thursday he had received death threats and was facing an online smear campaign. 
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| U.S. general sees no military outcome in Libya Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:46 AM PDT AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels said five of their fighters were killed when NATO planes mistakenly bombed a rebel tank column and a top U.S. general said they were unlikely to be able to oust Muammar Gaddafi by force. 
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| Nitrite-tainted milk kills 3 children in China Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:57 PM PDT BEIJING, April 8 — Three children have died and 35 people have become ill from drinking nitrite-tainted milk in China's northwestern Gansu province, Xinhua news agency reported today, the latest food safety scandal to hit the dairy industry. Most of the 35 were children under 14 now being treated at two hospitals in Pingliang city, Xinhua said, ... 
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| US general sees no military outcome in Libya Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:49 PM PDT AJDABIYAH, April 8 — Libyan rebels said five of their fighters were killed when Nato planes mistakenly bombed a rebel tank column and a top US general said they were unlikely to be able to oust Muammar Gaddafi by force. With daily skirmishes near the contested port of Brega in eastern Libya making little impact on the front line and rebels unable ... 
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| Ivory Coast’s Ouattara seeks recovery despite standoff Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:33 PM PDT ABIDJAN, April 8 — Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara has called for an end to sanctions and sought to return the war-torn country to normal, despite a continuing military standoff with incumbent Laurent Gbagbo. UN-backed Ouattara said his forces had blockaded Gbagbo in the presidential residence in Abidjan and he had asked the ... 
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| Japan says economy in "severe" condition after disaster Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:44 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Friday its economy was in a severe condition following last month's triple disaster triggered by one of the biggest earthquakes on record, with sentiment in its service sector registering the sharpest fall ever. 
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| FEATURE - China faces uphill battle to give better healthcare Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:13 PM PDT HONG KONG (Reuters) - As a young Chinese doctor earning 4,000 yuan ($600) a month, Zhang Fei was faced with having to cough up 2,000 yuan for a bill that a patient left unpaid after Zhang removed a tumour from her womb. 
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| U.S. budget deal elusive as negotiators scramble Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facing a midnight deadline, the White House and Congress were working furiously on Friday to break a U.S. budget deadlock and avoid a government shutdown, after President Barack Obama and congressional leaders failed to reach a deal in late-night talks. 
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| Japan quake causes radioactive water spill Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:20 PM PDT A powerful earthquake in northeast Japan rocked a nuclear plant, causing a small amount of radioactive water to spill, officials said Friday, but the operator said there was no immediate danger.
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| VIDEO: What does a star sound like? Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:41 PM PDT The sounds emitted by stars light years away from Earth have been captured by British astronomers using Nasa's Kepler space telescope.
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| VIDEO: Nigeria prepares for second vote Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:31 PM PDT Nigerians are gearing up to vote again on Saturday, after the elections were cancelled last weekend, when polling was already underway.
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| US trains activists worldwide in phone, Internet protection Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:10 PM PDT The United States is training thousands of cell phone and Internet pro-democracy campaigners worldwide to evade security forces in what it calls a "cat-and-mouse game" with authoritarian governments.
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| Toyota to restart all domestic production April 18 Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:08 PM PDT Japanese automaker Toyota said Friday it would restart all domestic assembly plants on April 18, more than a month after they were brought to a halt following the nation's biggest recorded earthquake.
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