Tokyo Electric pleads for govt help on compensation |
- Tokyo Electric pleads for govt help on compensation
- Rush to kill US nuclear dump sets back waste plans - GAO
- U.S. and China spar on rights, soften tone on economy
- NATO strikes target Gaddafi compound - witnesses
- Floods along mighty Mississippi swamp farms, homes
- VIDEO: Inside a space capsule of the future
- Why does it matter?
- Thai historian to be charged for monarchy comments
- Pakistan may grant U.S. access to bin Laden's wives
- Obey public opinion
- Apple pays compensation over Beijing brawl
- China probes child trafficking, adoption link
- Life pauses on rumbling Philippine volcano
- Japan's TEPCO submits compensation aid request to govt
- Singapore to explore bolder investments of reserves
- 18 arrested in Hong Kong milk bribery case
- Tropical storm Aere kills 15 in Philippines
- N. Korea, China to develop border island: report
- Japanese nuclear evacuees to visit home
- VIDEO: Disaster relief for flooded Memphis
| Tokyo Electric pleads for govt help on compensation Posted: 10 May 2011 12:32 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of Tokyo Electric Power on Tuesday asked Japan's government to help shoulder the burden of compensating those displaced by the crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a bill that is expected to run to tens of billions of dollars. 
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| Rush to kill US nuclear dump sets back waste plans - GAO Posted: 10 May 2011 12:01 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In its rush to abandon a politically toxic nuclear waste dump, the U.S. Energy Department may have wasted billions of dollars and set back efforts to house waste for decades, a new report said. 
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| U.S. and China spar on rights, soften tone on economy Posted: 10 May 2011 12:01 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials criticized China on Monday for its crackdown against dissidents but the economic powers agreed on the need to work together to boost global growth at the start of two days of talks. 
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| NATO strikes target Gaddafi compound - witnesses Posted: 10 May 2011 12:01 AM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO launched a number of missile strikes against targets in the Tripoli area on Tuesday that appeared to include Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's compound, witnesses said. 
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| Floods along mighty Mississippi swamp farms, homes Posted: 10 May 2011 12:26 AM PDT The worst floods to hit the central United States in more than 70 years have swallowed up homes, farms and roads after the Mississippi River swelled to six times its normal width.
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| VIDEO: Inside a space capsule of the future Posted: 09 May 2011 02:06 PM PDT Science correspondent David Shukman visited SpaceX's rocket factory in California for a look inside the prototype capsule.
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| Posted: 09 May 2011 11:54 PM PDT Why were so many Johor Bahru people, more appropriately Johor people, concerned about the general election of Singapore? Why didn't the Reformasi movement during the 1999 general election bring much impact to Johor? Why didn't the 2008 political tsunami affect Johor much? Why was Johor remained calm even when the wind of change was blowing strongly across the country?
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| Thai historian to be charged for monarchy comments Posted: 09 May 2011 11:21 PM PDT Thai police have summoned a prominent historian to face a charge of insulting the monarchy after he made public calls for the institution to be reformed.
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| Pakistan may grant U.S. access to bin Laden's wives Posted: 09 May 2011 11:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan now seems ready to allow the United States to interview the wives of Osama bin Laden who were with the al Qaeda leader when he was killed last week, a U.S. official familiar with the matter said on Monday. 
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| Posted: 09 May 2011 10:27 PM PDT Drawing themselves closer to the people does not mean that they will listen to public opinion and meet the people's demands. Therefore, the BN must do more for a successful transformation.
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| Apple pays compensation over Beijing brawl Posted: 09 May 2011 10:16 PM PDT US high-tech giant Apple said staff at its flagship Beijing store acted in self-defence when a fight broke out, resulting in injuries to a customer who has since been compensated, reports said Tuesday.
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| China probes child trafficking, adoption link Posted: 09 May 2011 10:14 PM PDT China has launched a probe into the abduction of children allegedly born in violation of population control policies then trafficked by officials into adoptions worldwide, an official said Tuesday.
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| Life pauses on rumbling Philippine volcano Posted: 09 May 2011 10:14 PM PDT Boats lay idle on the shores of a lake surrounding the Philippines' rumbling Taal volcano as village elder Violy Seda retold her dramatic escape from death a generation ago.
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| Japan's TEPCO submits compensation aid request to govt Posted: 09 May 2011 10:09 PM PDT The president of Tokyo Electric Power on Tuesday submitted a request for Japanese government aid to help pay compensation to those affected by the crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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| Singapore to explore bolder investments of reserves Posted: 09 May 2011 10:08 PM PDT The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) will explore bolder ways of investing the country's foreign reserves, its chairman Lee Kuan Yew said in remarks published Tuesday.
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| 18 arrested in Hong Kong milk bribery case Posted: 09 May 2011 10:07 PM PDT Hong Kong's graft watchdog says it has arrested 18 people who ran a milk powder bribery syndicate, as the city struggled with shortages linked to a tainted milk scare in mainland China.
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| Tropical storm Aere kills 15 in Philippines Posted: 09 May 2011 10:06 PM PDT Fifteen people were killed and nearly 70,000 people were forced from their homes as tropical storm Aere pummelled the Philippines, the government said Tuesday.
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| N. Korea, China to develop border island: report Posted: 09 May 2011 10:05 PM PDT North Korea and China will start work on developing a river island on their border this month, a report said Tuesday, amid an international drive to coax Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks.
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| Japanese nuclear evacuees to visit home Posted: 09 May 2011 10:05 PM PDT Japan allowed nearly 100 evacuees from a village near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to briefly return home Tuesday in radiation suits, masks and goggles to pick up personal belongings.
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| VIDEO: Disaster relief for flooded Memphis Posted: 09 May 2011 10:41 PM PDT President Obama has activated federal disaster relief for the southern US city of Memphis which has been hit by its worst flooding since the 1930s.
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