Category: Asia

Kan Says Nuke Situation Is Dire

Japan's prime minister says the situation at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant remains grave and he cannot be optimistic. A

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Earth Hour Circles The Globe

Hundreds of landmark buildings and millions of ordinary homes have switched off their lights as the annual Earth Hour

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Japan’s Fish Trade Takes A Dive

TOKYO (AFP) – Tokyo's usually frantic Tsukiji fish market, the world's largest, would normally hum with tourists but two

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Singapore Finds Radiation In Food

SINGAPORE – Singapore has detected radioactive contamination in vegetables grown near Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. The Agri-Food

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Men Treated For Radiation In China

Two Japanese travellers have been hospitalised in China with "severe" radiation levels after they arrived on a commercial airliner

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USS Ronald Regan Was Radioactive

ABOARD THE USS RONALD REAGAN – When U.S. Navy helicopters returned from a humanitarian mission on the first weekend

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Electric Fence Kills Rare Tiger

An endangered Sumatran tiger has died after brushing against an electric fence set up by Indonesian farmers, in the

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Burnt Workers Stoke Nuclear Fears

TOKYO (Reuters) – Radiation fears escalated in Japan on Friday after workers suffered burns as they tried to cool

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At Least 60 Dead In Burma Quake

More than 60 people are confirmed dead and another 90 injured after a strong earthquake struck near the border

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6.8 Quake Hits Burma No Tsunami

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has hit the Thai-Burma border region, killing at least one person and shaking buildings as far

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