Leaders Visit Fukushima in Solidarity

Leaders Visit Fukushima in Solidarity


Leaders Visit Fukushima in Solidarity

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:40 PM PDT

The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea met in the city of Fukushima ahead of a trilateral summit meeting in Tokyo on Sunday.


North Sudan deploys tanks in key disputed town: U.N.

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:58 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The northern Sudanese army deployed around 15 tanks in the main town of the disputed Abyei region on Saturday, the United Nations said.


Former Mubarak minister's trial postponed

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:44 PM PDT

Case against Mubarak's former interior minister adjourned amid courtroom chaos as lawyers scuffle with police.


Ex-Governor of New York Will Not Face Perjury Charge

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:43 PM PDT

The Albany district attorney decided not to charge David A. Paterson with perjury for his testimony to the state's ethics commission about taking free World Series tickets from the Yankees.


DealBook: Grassley Investigating Trades Made by SAC Capital

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, is examining 20 stock trades by the hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors, a spokesman for the lawmaker said Saturday.


Clashes at Chile demonstrations

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:34 PM PDT

Police and protesters opposing government policies in Chile clash in the central city of Valparaiso.


In the Golan Heights, Anxious Eyes Look East

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:07 PM PDT

For the roughly 20,000 Arabs of the Druze religious sect who live in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, this is Syrian territory.


Lionel Messi: Boy Genius

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:34 PM PDT

Messi is an agile, darting virtuoso tethered to a soccer ball with an almost preternatural sense of the field.


24 at Malaysian Orphanage Are Buried in Landslides

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:10 PM PDT

Heavy rain, which apparently caused the disaster, continued to fall, hampering rescue and recovery.


Ouattara inaugurated as Ivory Coast president

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:14 PM PDT

YAMOUSSOUKRO (Reuters) - Alassane Ouattara was inaugurated as president of Ivory Coast on Saturday, in a ceremony most Ivorians hope will end a decade of conflict and mend a once prosperous economy.


Promise of Arab Uprisings Is Threatened by Divisions

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:28 PM PDT

From Egypt to Syria, tensions over religion and clans has threatened uprisings that once seemed to promise a new sense of national identity built on the idea of citizenship.


Record Snowpacks Could Threaten Western States

Posted: 21 May 2011 11:42 AM PDT

Winter snows piled up on mountain ranges throughout the West will now melt — mildly if weather conditions are just right, catastrophically if they are not.


The Caucus: Former Pizza Executive Joins Presidential Race

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:11 PM PDT

Herman Cain, who made his fortune pitching soda, burgers and pizza before turning to politics late in life, declared himself a candidate Saturday for something that few others seem to want these days: the Republican nomination for president in 2012.


Yemeni opposition signs deal leading to president's departure

Posted: 21 May 2011 11:40 AM PDT

Yemen's opposition has signed a regionally brokered deal that would result in the departure of controversial President Ali Abdullah Saleh and end the country's grinding political crisis, opposition officials told CNN.


Orphans, staff buried alive in Malaysian landslide

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:27 PM PDT

Two dozen people, mainly children, were buried alive when a landslide took down an orphanage in Malaysia on Saturday, the national news agency said.


Spanish youths continue protest despite ban

Posted: 21 May 2011 08:04 AM PDT

Spanish youths on Saturday protested across the country for a seventh day over the economic crisis, in defiance of a 48-hour ban ahead of local elections.


Pakistan says wants China to build naval base

Posted: 21 May 2011 11:39 AM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Saturday it wanted China to build it a naval base, in the latest sign of moves to strengthen ties with Beijing as relations with Washington falter.


As Mississippi River Recedes, Risk Remains

Posted: 21 May 2011 10:26 AM PDT

Though most of the river had crested by Saturday, officials warned that it would remain above flood stage for several weeks.


Opposition signs Yemen transition deal

Posted: 21 May 2011 11:04 AM PDT

President Saleh, still to sign GCC-brokered deal intended to end country's months-long crisis, warns of al-Qaeda threat.


Small blast rattles Northern Ireland's Londonderry

Posted: 21 May 2011 11:55 AM PDT

Masked men, allegedly shouting they were members of the Irish Republican Army, abandoned a small bomb and fled a commercial area in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, the mayor said Saturday.


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