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United States issues travel warning for Japan (Reuters)
maart 13, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – The State Department issued an updated travel warning on Sunday that urges American citizens to avoid going to Japan because of the powerful earthquake...
Australia into World Cup quarter-finals (AFP)
maart 13, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Reigning champions Australia eased into the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a 60-run victory over Group A makeweights Kenya at the Chinnaswamy Stadium...
NW Pakistan ambush kills 9, threatens peace deal (AP)
maart 13, 2011by latadmin
AP – Gunmen ambushed a van and killed nine civilians Sunday in a stretch of northwestern Pakistan covered by a new peace deal among tribes from rival Muslim sects....
Police break up opposition rally in Azerbaijan (Reuters)
maart 12, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – Azerbaijani police detained more than 50 supporters of the opposition Musavat Party protesting against the ruling party in the capital Baku Saturday.
Thai ‘Red Shirts’ rally in show of strength (AP)
maart 12, 2011by latadmin
AP – Tens of thousands of anti-government “Red Shirt” protesters rallied Saturday in Thailand’s capital in a show of strength as the country...
Japan growth threatened by quake, say analysts (AFP)
maart 12, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Last week Prime Minister Naoto Kan was in a precarious position as his approval ratings tumbled, his foreign minister resigned and funding bills for a $1.1...
Explosion at Japan nuke plant, disaster toll rises (AP)
maart 12, 2011by latadmin
AP – An explosion shattered a building housing a nuclear reactor Saturday, amid fears of a meltdown, while across wide swaths of northeastern Japan officials...
Foreign search teams rush to Japan after quake (AFP)
maart 12, 2011by latadmin
AFP – International search and rescue teams rushed to Japan Saturday in the wake of a huge 8.9-magnitude earthquake and devastating tsunami, while one of...
Odd nature of Japan quake complicates insurance (Reuters)
maart 12, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – The unprecedented nature of Friday’s earthquake in Japan, plus the damage from the subsequent tsunami and fires, makes estimating insured losses...
Radiation leaks from Japan’s quake-hit nuclear plant (Reuters)
maart 12, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – Radiation leaked from an earthquake-crippled nuclear plant in Japan on Saturday after a blast blew off the roof, and authorities prepared to distribute...
