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Aftershock hits Japan as nuclear evacuation zone growsKesennuma, Japan (AFP) April 12, 2011 Japan added to the evacuation zone near a stricken nuclear plant, as a powerful aftershock rattled the nation a month after its biggest recorded earthquake wrought devastation. The move to restrict pockets beyond the current 20-kilometre evacuation area, came amid assurances Monday from chief government spokesman Yukio Edano that the chances of the atomic crisis deepening were "significantly smaller" than one or two weeks after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. However, the Kyodo news agency ... read more |
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  Japan raises nuclear disaster to Chernobyl level Japan upgraded its month-old nuclear emergency to a maximum seven on an international scale of atomic crises Tuesday, placing it on a par with the Chernobyl disaster a quarter-century ago. ... more | .. |
 Three killed in Japan aftershock: officials A powerful tremor that struck Japan on Monday, one of hundreds of aftershocks stemming from the massive earthquake-tsunami that hit a month ago, killed three people, emergency services said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  French veil ban comes into force France's controversial burqa ban came into force Monday, with women wearing the Muslim face veil in public risking fines of $200 and classes on secularism. ... more | .. |
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Worst over, but dangers persist at Japan plant A month after a deadly quake-tsunami hit a Japanese nuclear plant, the risk of a huge radiation leak has fallen but the danger is far from over, experts say - a risk brought sharply into focus by a powerful tremor Monday. ... more | .. |
 Yellowstone volcano plume measured larger Scientists say a new measurement of the underground plume of partly molten rock feeding the Yellowstone supervolcano shows it's larger than previously thought. ... more | .. |
 TEPCO boss tells Japan disaster zone: 'I'm sorry' The president of the embattled operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant visited Fukushima on Monday and apologised for the atomic emergency engulfing the area. ... more | .. |
  Brazil meat processor to invest $300 mn in China Brazilian meat processing company Marfrig plans to invest 300 million dollars to expand its operations in China, the company said Monday in a statement. ... more |
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 UN to urge boost to national disaster plans The United Nations will press political and business leaders to bolster preparations for major disasters during a conference in Geneva next month, a senior UN official said on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Italy seizes five container loads of garbage bound for China Italian police on Monday seized five container loads of garbage bound for China at the port of Naples, officials said as the city struggles to remove mountains of rubbish from the streets. ... more | .. |
  NGO sues to save forest for Paraguay natives An NGO supporting the rights of native Paraguayans said Monday that it filed complaints with environmental authorities over the destruction of forests in the northwestern Chaco region. ... more | .. |
  Gbagbo on pro-Ouattara TV: 'I want us to lay down arms' Captured Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo on Monday called for an end to fighting pitting his forces against his rival President Alassane Ouattara and "to enter the civilian part of the crisis." ... more |
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  Young penguins dying due to lack of food: study Young penguins in the Antarctic may be dying because they are having a tougher time finding food, as melting sea ice cuts back on the tiny fish they eat, US researchers suggested on Monday. ... more | .. |
  US lawmakers urge Egypt military to free blogger US lawmakers in a letter released Monday urged Egypt's de facto leader, Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, to free a blogger ordered jailed for three years for criticizing the armed forces. ... more | .. |
 Commentary: Coming geopolitical upheaval Take the last two digits of the year in which you were born, then add the age you will be this year - and the result will be 111 for everyone born in the 20th century. ... more | .. |
 Walker's World: Pity the poor pols Governments across the developed world are behaving like the little Dutch boy who tried to block the seawater by sticking his fingers into the leaking dike. He ran out of fingers. So will the governments. ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
'Western tech dominance fading' at Lisbon's Web Summit
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  China: Stop preaching human rights to us China heavily criticized a U.S. State Department annual report for interfering in Chinese internal affairs and said Washington should stop preaching on human rights. ... more | .. |
 EU split over African migration's 'human tsunami' Europe was divided Monday over how to deal with an exodus of migrants fleeing unrest in north Africa, as Rome clashed with neighbours refusing to take in boatpeople pouring into Italy. ... more | .. |
 Japanese mayor driving recovery in face of tragedy A day after Rikuzentakata mayor Futoshi Toba cremated his wife, he was back at his desk in the devastated city, leading the clean-up after Japan's worst natural disaster in living memory. ... more | .. |
New 7.1 quake hits Japan as evacuation zone widens Japan on Monday widened the evacuation zone around a stricken nuclear plant exactly a month on from a huge natural disaster as another 7.1 magnitude quake and tsunami alert strained nerves anew. ... more |
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 Japan PM thanks world for support Prime minister Naoto Kan on Monday placed signed adverts in some of the world's leading papers thanking people around the globe for their support in the month since a huge tsunami barrelled into Japan. ... more | .. |
 Thousands defy Philippine volcano warnings Thousands of people living near a volcano on an island close to the Philippine capital defied official warnings to evacuate on Sunday as fears of an eruption grew. ... more | .. |
China detains dozens of Christian worshippers Beijing police arrested dozens of Christian worshippers Sunday from a "house church" - one not formally recognised by the government - when they tried to pray outdoors, a rights group said. ... more | .. |
Study reveals cost of nitrogen pollution Nitrogen pollution costs Europe between 70 and 320 billion euros ($100bn-$460bn) per year in its impact on health and the environment, according to a major European study launched in Britain on Monday. ... more |
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Tiangong hosts dual crews after debris impact delays Shenzhou-20 return
Dust and Sand Movements Reshape Martian Slopes
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 South Africa's photo-op penguins show signs of decline Penguins waddle over giant boulders and dive into the shallow turquoise sea to the delight of camera-ready tourists near the tip of South Africa. ... more | .. |
 China tells US not to interfere on human rights China has told Washington not to interfere in its affairs after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for the release of dozens of activists rounded up in a growing crackdown on dissent. ... more | .. |
  More protection given Puget Sound orcas Recreational boaters and whale-watching vessels must now stay at least 300 feet from orcas in Puget Sound in Washington state, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Japan will 'never abandon' tsunami victims: PM Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged Sunday he would "never abandon" survivors of Japan's tsunami as he tried to focus attention on the future, despite a high-stakes battle at a nuclear plant. ... more |
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Most Christians detained in Beijing freed: group Almost all of the more than 150 Christians rounded up in Beijing when they tried to pray outdoors have been released, but church leaders remain under house arrest, a US-based rights group said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Pacific nations battle obesity epidemic On Tonga's supermarket shelves, huge cans of corned beef the size of paint tins replaced traditional fare such as fish and coconuts long ago - contributing to an obesity epidemic that sees the Pacific region ranked as the fattest in the world. ... more | .. |
 Is Russia Ripe For A Twitter Revolution At 16.32 on January 24 a suicide bomber blew himself up at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport. The news was first broken on Twitter at 16.44 after which international news sites picked up on the story. Alm ... more | .. |
 Hong Kongers back weddings without shark fin soup Almost 80 percent of Hong Kongers now consider it socially acceptable to leave shark fin soup off the menu for a wedding banquet, a survey by a shark conservation group said Tuesday. ... more |
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