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Libyan rebels want quick ceasefire: UN envoy
maart 22, 2011by latadmin
Libyan insurgents want a quick ceasefire and a lifting of the siege of Libyan cities by Moamer Kadhafi`s forces, a UN special envoy to Libya said Tuesday a day after he...
Tsunami in Japan affects rubber prices
maart 22, 2011by latadmin
The tsunami which had devastated Japan on March 11, 2011, caused a substantial drop in the price of raw rubber in Hulu Sungai Tengah regency, South Kalimantan, and some...
Developments in Japan’s disasters, nuclear crisis (AP)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
AP – • CONTAINMENT AT 3 REACTORS IN TACT. U.S. regulators say although reactors at units 1, 2 and 3 have seen damage to their cores, their containment structures...
Afghan militants demand cellphone network shutdown (AFP)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
AFP – The Taliban on Monday ordered mobile phone companies in the restive southern Afghan province of Helmand to switch off their networks, a spokesman for the...
Latest in Japan’s quake, tsunami, nuclear crisis (AP)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
AP – The containments at three reactors at Japan’s tsunami-crippled nuclear plant are in tact, according to U.S. regulators.
Stronger nuclear safety standards needed: IAEA chief (Reuters)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – International nuclear safety standards will need to be strengthened after the crisis at a Japanese atomic power plant triggered by an earthquake and...
Last stand of the Asian elephant (AP)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
AP – Every night when the rice is ripening in their fields, the young men climb into watchtowers to peer anxiously toward the Himalayan foothills from which the...
General Motors lays off workers at NY plant (AP)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
AP – General Motors Co. on Monday is halting some production and temporarily laying off workers at a Buffalo, N.Y., engine plant, another sign that Japan’s...
Nokia says events in Japan will disrupt product supply (AFP)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
AFP – The world’s leading mobile phone maker Nokia said Monday that the earthquake and tsunami in Japan would disrupt product supply but would not...
Experts cautious on signs of Japan nuclear progress (Reuters)
maart 21, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – Japan’s reconnection of power to its earthquake-damaged reactors is a big step in managing its nuclear crisis, experts said on Monday, but smoke...
