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Japan slams brakes on $63 billion in spending
Sep 07, 2012 (AFP)
Japan said Friday it would delay 5.0 trillion yen ($63 billion) in spending as the government faces a severe cash crunch that could see it run out of money with...
25 killed in ammunition depot blast in western Turkey: army
Sep 06, 2012 (AFP)
Twenty-five soldiers were killed and four others were lightly wounded in an explosion at a military arms depot in western Turkey which officials said Thursday w...
Two slightly injured in accident at French nuclear plant
Sep 05, 2012 (AFP)
A steam leak due to an accidental chemical reaction on Wednesday at France's oldest nuclear plant led to two people being slightly burnt and renewed calls to re...
Congo, China, sign 975m-euro deal to rebuild Brazzaville
Sep 04, 2012 (AFP)
Congo and China on Tuesday signed accords worth 975 million euros as part of a project to rebuild parts of the capital Brazzaville devastated by a deadly muniti...
Obama hails govt response to Isaac 'devastation'
Sep 03, 2012 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama on Monday praised government agencies which he led to meet the threat from Hurricane Isaac, after touring "enormous devastation" in Lo...
Japan conducts national quake drill
Sep 01, 2012 (AFP)
Japan conducted a national earthquake drill on Saturday after the government unveiled a worst case disaster scenario that warned a monster jolt in the Pacific O...
Democrats scold Romney for storm tour 'hypocrisy'
Aug 31, 2012 (AFP)
Democrats leaders branded Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney's survey of hurricane damage in Louisiana the "height of hypocrisy" Friday, alleging his po...
Romney off-message in storm-ravaged Bayou
Aug 31, 2012 (AFP)
One day after he was named official flag-bearer of the Republican revolution, Mitt Romney confronted the limits of his small government rhetoric Friday in the s...
Post-Fukushima meeting calls for more work on nuclear safety
Aug 31, 2012 (AFP)
A major international conference reviewing the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in Japan in March 2011 wrapped up Friday calling for more to be done to impro...
Quarry explosion kills nine in China: media
Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)
A load of explosives accidentally went off on Monday at a quarry supplying a cement plant in southern China, killing nine people and leaving another missing, st...
Tanker-bus crash inferno kills 36 in China
Aug 26, 2012 (AFP)
At least 36 people died in a fiery collision between a methanol tanker and a double-decker sleeper bus on Sunday in China's worst traffic accident in more than ...
Green Climate Fund to hold next meeting in South Korea
Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)
The Green Climate Fund, which will help poor countries fight global warming, will hold its next meeting from October 18 to 20 in South Korea, the body said Satu...
China bridge collapse kills three
Aug 24, 2012 (AFP)
Three people were killed and five injured when an eight-lane bridge in northeast China collapsed early on Friday, only nine months after it opened, state media ...
Haiti demolishes quake-ruined presidential palace
Aug 22, 2012 (AFP)
More than two years after a catastrophic earthquake devastated Haiti's capital, authorities on Wednesday began rebuilding the presidential palace with the help ...
Raytheon mobile app allows first responders to use PCs, tablets and smartphones as virtual radios
Aug 22, 2012 (SPX)
Raytheon has developed a mobile application for PCs, tablets and smartphones that allows first responders to interact and communicate without the use of land mo...
Record radiation in fish off Japan nuclear plant
Aug 21, 2012 (AFP)
A pair of greenlings have shown the highest level of radioactive caesium detected in fish and shellfish caught in waters off Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear ...
US allows NGOs to send quake relief funds to Iran
Aug 21, 2012 (AFP)
The United States on Tuesday lifted sanctions barriers on private groups that want to send relief funds to Iran in the wake of the August 11 earthquake disaster...
Landslide fatalities are greater than previously thought
Aug 20, 2012 (SPX)
Landslides kill ten times more people across the world than was previously thought, according to research by Durham University, UK. A new database of hazards sh...
Studies examine health consequences of meltdown, damage to Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan
Aug 17, 2012 (SPX)
The results of two studies in the August 15 issue of JAMA report on the psychological status of workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan several m...
Assamese flee Bangalore over safety fears
Aug 17, 2012 (UPI)
India's prime minister has called for calm as thousands of people northeastern India but now living in the southern city of Bangalore fear for their safety. No ...
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