Photo shows the Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant Phase II under construction at Tangxing village in Changjiang county in southern China’s Hainan province. NEW nuclear power projects may be approved, following suspension of the procedure on March 16 by the State Council after the Japanese tsunami, when the nuclear safety plan is issued, probably in August, […]
Month – April 2011
William, Kate marry as 2 billion tune in across globe
With not one but two kisses and tender whispered words, Prince William and Kate Middleton smiled and blushed Friday as they started their life as future king and queen. A day of seamless pageantry inspired hopes that this royal couple might live happily ever after. They appeared at ease throughout their wedding day, with William […]
Taliban proudly describe secrets of great escape
The plan to free almost 500 fighters from southern Afghanistan’s largest prison was kept so secret that one Taliban fighter who escaped said he knew nothing of it until a fellow inmate tugged his sleeve to wake him in the night. Allah Mohammed Agha’s liberators led him to a 90 centimetre-wide tunnel, which ran several […]
Japan farmers rally against Tepco
HUNDREDS of angry Japanese farmers protested on Tuesday outside the Tokyo head office of nuclear plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co, taking with them vegetables, milk and and even two cows affected by the atomic crisis. Some 350 people, mainly farmers from the region around the radiation-leaking Fukushima Daiichi power plant, flocked to the heavily-guarded […]
Carter in N.Korea peace bid but S.Korea sceptical
FORMER US president Jimmy Carter on Tuesday began a visit to North Korea aimed at easing tensions on the divided peninsula, but South Korea reacted sceptically to the mission. Mr Carter and three other retired world leaders accompanying him say they also want to assess food shortages and help revive stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks. […]
Evacuees get home visits of five hours
The government will allow those who evacuated from the 20-km radius no-go zone around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to visit their homes for up to five hours, officials said Monday. The announcement was made as prefectural officials were preparing to cull dying livestock in the fallout-contaminated area. Prime Minister Naoto Kan said […]
Tepco boss blasted by angry evacuees
‘WHY don’t you try living here!’ ‘Tell us when we can go home!’ These and other harsh comments greeted Masataka Shimizu, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co, during a visit to an evacuation shelter in Koriyama on Friday to apologise for the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. His visit was […]
Boozy Brits abroad part of national character
MORE than a quarter of Britons think getting drunk abroad is a national characteristic, according to a survey marking England’s national day on Saturday. An Opinium Research poll of 2,012 British adults found that 60 per cent thought drinking tea was a national trait, closely followed by talking about the weather. Forty per cent associated […]
Termites eat millions of Indian rupees in bank
IT was an all you can eat buffet at the bank. An army of termites munched through 10 million rupees (S$274,000) in currency notes stored in a steel chest at a bank, police in northern India said on Friday. The bank manager discovered the damage when he opened the reinforced room in an old bank […]
No-smoking laws could span US by 2020
ABOUT half the United States has banned smoking in bars, restaurants or workplaces, and similar no-smoking policies could span the nation by 2020, the government said on Thursday. Over the past decade, 25 states have enacted laws that prohibit smoking indoors, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly […]