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Record radiation readings near Fukushima contaminated water tanks

YoopyaSep 4, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – Radiation readings around tanks holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have spiked by more than a fifth to their highest

Peace talks with Israel going nowhere: senior Palestinian

YoopyaSep 4, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are proving pointless and will not bear fruit without much greater pressure from Washington, a top aide to

Afghan Taliban target U.S. army base as attacks mount

YoopyaSep 2, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – Taliban fighters attacked part of a U.S. military outpost in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Monday, officials said, less than a

Iraq protesters rail against lawmaker pensions

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 14, 20240

BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Iraqi cities on Saturday to protest lawmakers’ perks despite an intense security crackdown, and

India convicts youngest Delhi gang rape defendant

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 14, 20240

NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian juvenile court on Saturday handed down the first conviction in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on

Earthquake kills 5 people in southwest China

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 14, 20240

BEIJING (AP) — An earthquake hit a mountainous area of southwestern China on Saturday, killing at least five people, destroying hundreds of residences and forcing

Putin says would be ‘utter nonsense’ for Assad to use chemical arms

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday it would be “utter nonsense” for the Syrian government to use chemical weapons when it was

Sixth U.S. ship now in eastern Mediterranean ‘as precaution’

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 14, 20240

(Reuters) – A sixth U.S. warship is now operating in the eastern Mediterranean, near five U.S. destroyers armed with cruise missiles that could soon be

France says ready to punish Syria despite British no vote

YoopyaAug 30, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – France said on Friday it still backed action to punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government for an apparent poison gas attack on civilians, despite a

Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Iraq bombings

YoopyaAug 30, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – An al Qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility for a series of bombings in Baghdad and other areas of Iraq in retaliation for the execution of Sunni