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More than 100 dead in Afghanistan avalanches: officials
Feb 25, 2015 (AFP)
Avalanches triggered by heavy snow have killed more than 100 people in mountainous areas of northern Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday, as rescuers battl...
Dozens injured as prison convoy attacked in Myanmar: media
Feb 24, 2015 (AFP)
Dozens of female prisoners were injured in a fierce firefight between rebels and soldiers in northeastern Myanmar following an attack on a government convoy, st...
Improved fire detection with new ultra-sensitive, ultraviolet light sensor
Feb 23, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute manipulated zinc oxide, producing nanowires from this readily available material to crea...
Five wounded in second attack on aid vehicle in Myanmar
Feb 22, 2015 (AFP)
Five people including a relief worker were wounded in an attack on a local aid organisation's vehicle in conflict-torn northeastern Myanmar, the group said Sund...
Fresh nuclear leak detected at Fukushima plant
Feb 22, 2015 (AFP)
Sensors at the Fukushima nuclear plant have detected a fresh leak of highly radioactive water to the sea, the plant's operator announced Sunday, highlighting di...
Myanmar aid group urges ceasefire to evacuate trapped civilians
Feb 19, 2015 (AFP)
Aid workers called Thursday for a ceasefire to allow the evacuation of people trapped around a town at the centre of fierce fighting between Myanmar's army and ...
Probe finds no fraud in World Bank Chinese loan deal
Feb 19, 2015 (AFP)
An internal investigation over the World Bank's controversial handling of a $1 billion loan from China to help poor countries has found no evidence of fraud, ac...
Chinese MH370 relatives protest at Malaysia PM's office
Feb 18, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese relatives of MH370 passengers gathered outside the Malaysian prime minister's office Wednesday to demand his government rescind its declaration that all...
Shanghai gets muted Chinese New Year after crush
Feb 18, 2015 (AFP)
Shanghai is toning down Chinese New Year celebrations by cancelling events and limiting people at tourist spots after a stampede killed 36 people seven weeks ea...
Fukushima decommissioning made 'significant progress': IAEA
Feb 17, 2015 (AFP)
Japan has made "significant progress" in cleaning up the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, a UN review mission said Tuesday as it again advised the country to c...
Hong Kong captain jailed for 8 years over ferry tragedy
Feb 16, 2015 (AFP)
A Hong Kong boat captain was on Monday sentenced to eight years in prison for the manslaughter of 39 people in a 2012 ferry collision, the city's worst maritime...
Sri Lanka's new leaders seek $4.0 bln IMF bail-out
Feb 12, 2015 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's new government will seek to borrow more than $4.0 billion from the IMF and other international lenders as it "restructures" expensive Chinese debt, ...
Building bridges with cheese in divided Cyprus
Feb 10, 2015 (AFP)
Forty years after Cyprus was divided by a bloody conflict, the island's Greek and Turkish communities are trying to overcome their differences and find an unusu...
Court told 'tsunami of evidence' against Costa skipper as verdict nears
Feb 10, 2015 (AFP)
Prosecutors seeking a lengthy prison term for Costa Concordia skipper Francesco Schettino summed up their case Tuesday by saying there was a "tsunami of evidenc...
Wildfires in Ukraine could revive Chernobyl's radiation
Feb 09, 2015 (UPI)
When the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded in 1986, some 85 petabecquerels of radioactive cesium was released into the atmosphere and surrounding environs....
Safe production in Industry 4.0
Feb 05, 2015 (SPX)
Beautiful new production world: For value-creation chains that span multiple locations, equipment, robotics, systems components, minicomputers in components and...
World Bank probes internal handling of Chinese loan
Feb 04, 2015 (AFP)
The World Bank is investigating the handling of a $1 billion loan from China to help fund poor countries, sources familiar with the matter told AFP Wednesday. T...
TEPCO to Miss March Deadline for Construction of Shield Around Fukishima
Feb 04, 2015 (Sputnik)
TEPCO corporation will not complete the construction of the first section of frozen soil shields around the four disaster-hit reactors in Fukushima planned for ...
IAEA to Inspect Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant Cleanup February 9-17
Feb 04, 2015 (Sputnik)
Experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will arrive at the Japanese Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant on February 9 to monitor decommissioning an...
Workers Begin Building Temporary Soil Dump Near Fukushima
Feb 04, 2015 (Sputnik)
Workers begin building temporary storage facilities near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant after reviewing security measures at the facility following ...
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