World

  • Leak found in reactor pit as Japan PM tours disaster zone
    In this photo released by Prime Minister’s Office of Japan, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, third right, observes a minute of silence as he inspects the damage in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami de
    World / 2nd April 2011
  • Libya rebels flee oil town under Gaddafi bombardment
    A Libyan man inspects destroyed military vehicles that belonged to pro Gadhafi forces at the site of a NATO air strike on the outskirts of Benghazi, Libya on Tuesday, March 29. International military forces are
    World / 30th March 2011
  • Setbacks mount in Japan at leaking nuclear plant
    A frogman is screened for leaked radiation after interrupting an undersea search at the port of Obama, northeastern Japan on Wednesday, March 30. The March 11 quake off Japan’s northeast coast triggered a
    World / 30th March 2011
  • China executes 3 Filipinos despite Manila’s pleas
    SHENZHEN, China, March 30 (Reuters): China executed on Wednesday three Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking despite a flurry of public appeals for clemency in the Philippines, and days after Amnesty Internat
    World / 30th March 2011
  • Flooding in Thailand kills 21
    BANGKOK, March 30 (Reuters): Severe flooding and mudslides in southern Thailand have killed 21 people, stranded thousands of tourists and threatened to delay shipments of rubber in the world's largest rubber-pr
    World / 30th March 2011
  • I am the most accused man in universe & in history: Berlo
    MILAN, March 29 (AP): Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi made a rare appearance on Monday at a court hearing in Milan for a tax fraud case that he dismissed as groundless and ridiculous.Berlusconi waved to a cro
    World / 29th March 2011
  • Libyan rebels pushed back from Gadhafi hometown
    Libyan rebels retread from the frontline outside of Ras Lanouf, 250 km east of Sirte, central Libya on Tuesday, March 29. International leaders plotted out an endgame Tuesday for Moammar Gadhafi’s totteri
    World / 29th March 2011
  • Two Koreas in talks on potential volcano threat
    SEOUL, March 29 (AFP): North and South Korea began talks Tuesday about a potential volcanic threat from the peninsula's highest mountain, in a rare moment of cooperation after months of confrontation.The meetin
    World / 29th March 2011
  • For $1,000, celebs can tell their side of story online
    New York, March 29 (NYT): Imagine you are a well-known person aggrieved by how you are portrayed on the internet: the slapdash Wikipedia entry; the unflattering gossip item; the endlessly repeated story about h
    World / 29th March 2011
  • Japan finds plutonium in soil at stricken nuclear plant
    Evacuees hang out by a kerosene stove at an evacuation center in Fukushima, northeastern Japan on Tuesday, March 29. (AP Photo) TOKYO, March 29 (Reuters): Plutonium found in soil at the Fukushima nuclear c
    World / 29th March 2011
  • Berlusconi in court for Italy fraud trial
    MILAN, March 28 (Reuters): Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was set to appear in court for the first time in almost eight years on Monday, in a trial over alleged fraud during the acquisition of televis
    World / 28th March 2011
  • Libyan rebel advance halted, Sirte blasted by NATO jets
    A Libyan rebel has the rebel flag painted on his fingers as he flashes the vicory sign on the front line outside of Bin Jawaad, 150 km east of Sirte, central Libya on Monday, March 28. (AP Photo) BIN JAWAD
    World / 28th March 2011
  • Frustration grows as Japan’s nuclear evacuees wait and hope
    FUKUSHIMA CITY, March 28 (Reuters): With all the stoicism of a character out of Hemingway -- one of his favorite writers -- Mitsuharu Watanobe sits on a gymnasium floor in the city of Fukushima, and waits.The r
    World / 28th March 2011
  • Party defends Merkel against critics after election
    BERLIN, March 28 (Reuters): German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party said on Monday it stood united behind its leader after some members blamed her for a humiliating loss in a state vote in Baden-Wu
    World / 28th March 2011
  • West hits Libya forces as NATO sees 90-day campaign
    In this Thursday, March 24 photo provided by the French Army, a French Navy Rafale jet fighter takes off from deck of Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean sea as part of the Operation Odyssey
    World / 25th March 2011
  • Japan death toll tops 10,000 as plant smoulders
    SENDAI, March 25 (AFP): The death toll from Japan's worst post-war disaster topped 10,000 Friday as the operator of a radiation-belching nuclear plant warned that work to stabilise it may take another month.Two
    World / 25th March 2011
  • Strong quake in Myanmar
    Chiang Rai, March 25 (Agencies): At least 75 people were killed in the strong earthquake that struck Myanmar, officials said, while another quake hit northern Thailand on Friday, inflicting limited damage. Thur
    World / 25th March 2011
  • Western air strikes fail to dislodge Gaddafi armor
    A Libyan rebel prays on a checkpoint on the frontline near Zwitina, the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya on Thursday, March 24. (AP Photo) TRIPOLI, March 24 (Reuters): We
    World / 24th March 2011
  • Menthol cigarettes no more risky, study suggests
    CHICAGO, March 24 (Reuters): People who smoke menthol cigarettes are no more likely to develop lung cancer than those who smoke non-menthol varieties, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday in a surprise finding th
    World / 24th March 2011
  • Japan tsunami victims face red-tape and ID worries
    OTSUCHI, Japan, March 24 (Reuters): Shingo Suzuki cannot prove he is Shingo Suzuki and that does not bother him, at least not now. Suzuki, living in an evacuee center, is one of thousands of people who escaped
    World / 24th March 2011
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