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Energy chief gives cautious backing to nuclear (Reuters)

Reuters – Energy Secretary Steven Chu offered a cautious defense of nuclear power on Tuesday in the face of a potential disaster in Japan and reassured Americans...

Japan races to contain nuclear threat after quake (AP)

AP – Dangerous levels of radiation leaking from a crippled nuclear plant forced Japan to order 140,000 people to seal themselves indoors Tuesday after an explosion...

Indian PM isolated on Pakistan: WikiLeaks (AFP)

AFP – The United States judged that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was isolated within his own government over pushing for resumed talks with Pakistan,...

Radiation plume could reach Tokyo: U.S. scientists (Reuters)

Reuters – The radiation plume from a nuclear power plant damaged by Japan’s devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami could reach Tokyo, a U.S....

Two children killed in NATO strike: Afghan official (AFP)

AFP – A NATO air strike killed two children, an Afghan official said Tuesday, threatening to fuel a row over civilian deaths as a top US commander said foreign...

Seven security companies dissolved in Afghanistan (AFP)

AFP – Seven private security companies operating in Afghanistan are being dissolved, the country’s interior ministry announced Tuesday, while dozens more...

Japan’s 2011 Quake Compared to Other Recent Tremors (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork – Japan’s earthquake devastated much of the northern part of the country. Officials believe more than 10,000 people are dead and four...

Comparing Japanese Disasters: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, 2011 Quake (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork – Three major tragedies have marked Japan’s modernization in the past 100 years.

Japan quake: live report (AFP)

AFP – 1702 GMT: Japan has been rattled by literally hundreds of aftershocks following Friday’s unprecedented 9.0-magnitude earthquake — including one...

Asia’s nuclear drive on despite Japanese crisis (AFP)

AFP – Asian governments that are ramping up nuclear power will face huge pressure to curb their programmes in the wake of Japan’s atomic crisis, but dozens...