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S. Korea nuclear safety agency probes two plants
Apr 27, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea's nuclear safety watchdog said Friday it has launched an investigation at two power plants after a corruption scandal involving locally-made copies ...
Construction of Chernobyl shelter starts on anniversary
Apr 26, 2012 (AFP)
Ukraine launched Thursday construction of a new shelter to permanently secure the stricken Chernobyl plant as it marked the 26th anniversary of the world's wors...
Hong Kong holds nuclear accident drill
Apr 26, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong held a nuclear emergency drill on Thursday involving over 1,000 officials and foreign experts, the city's first exercise since the Fukushima nuclear d...
Sean Penn urges more aid for Haiti
Apr 25, 2012 (AFP)
Actor and activist Sean Penn on Wednesday urged more aid for Haiti as it struggles with the "enormous task" of recovering from the devastating 2010 quake. "It w...
European body sees broad failures in Libya migrant deaths
Apr 24, 2012 (AFP)
A catalogue of failures led to the deaths at sea last year of 63 African migrants who fled Libya during the conflict that ousted Moamer Kadhafi, a European righ...
Helicopter transport improves trauma patient survival compared to ground transport
Apr 23, 2012 (SPX)
If you are severely injured, a helicopter flight to a top-level trauma center will boost your chance of survival over ground transport. That's the conclusion of...
Desolation of Pakistan avalanche site
Apr 19, 2012 (AFP)
Half a dozen tattered yellow flags poke from a huge boulder-strewn expanse of gravel and ice. They mark where the buildings of Pakistan's Gayari army base once ...
Lawyer to take over at Fukushima plant operator
Apr 19, 2012 (AFP)
A 64-year-old lawyer is to be the new chairman of Tokyo Electric Power, taking on the task of revamping the troubled operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nucl...
Toxic gases hamper search at Pakistan avalanche site
Apr 17, 2012 (AFP)
Toxic gases Tuesday hampered the search for 138 people buried by an avalanche at a high-altitude Pakistan army camp, as teams from the United States and Norway ...
Quake-hit Christchurch to build cardboard cathedral
Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)
A temporary cathedral made from cardboard will be built in Christchurch to replace the historic Anglican building destroyed in last year's earthquakes, Church o...
New underwater images show damage at Fukushima
Apr 15, 2012 (AFP)
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has released dramatic images taken by an underwater camera showing major damage at a spent fuel storage pool at the Fukushima Daiichi n...
Indonesia warns runaway prisoners after quake chaos
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
Indonesian prison authorities Friday warned dozens of inmates who escaped during a massive quake, including paedophiles and drug offenders, that they would be s...
Indonesia's disaster-ready schools pass quake test
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
When the earth shook under their feet on Wednesday, students and staff at Jeumpa Puteh high school coolly continued with lessons, assuming it was just another t...
Canada's aid overhaul ignores the needy: critics
Apr 12, 2012 (AFP)
Canada is radically changing how it doles out foreign aid, funding partnerships with chosen mining giants and development groups while ignoring those most in ne...
Study: Wildlife survive nuclear accidents
Apr 11, 2012 (UPI)
Radiation from nuclear accidents such as Chernobyl and Fukushima may not present as much of a threat to wildlife as previously thought, British researchers say....
Chinese yacht arrivals to seek asylum in Australia
Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)
A group of Chinese nationals rescued from a stricken yacht will now seek asylum in Australia after abandoning their quest to sail to New Zealand, a minister sai...
Titanic's first-class menu recreated in Hong Kong
Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)
The Titanic was more than just the most advanced ship of its time. It was the paragon of turn-of-the-century style and luxury, when languid meals, dinner suits ...
Massive Indonesia quakes trigger tsunami alert
Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)
A huge earthquake and strong aftershocks struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, triggering an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami alert that sent terrified p...
Titanic disaster 'unlikely to happen again'
Apr 09, 2012 (SPX)
World-leading ship science expert, Professor Ajit Shenoi, says that a seafaring tragedy on the scale of the Titanic disaster is unlikely to happen again. Profes...
Radioactive fluid leaks at French nuclear reactor
Apr 06, 2012 (AFP)
Radioactive cooling fluid leaked at a French nuclear reactor Thursday following two small fires, but the spillage was safely collected in special tanks, officia...
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