TOKYO: Japan upgraded its nuclear emergency to a maximum seven on an international scale of atomic crises on Tuesday, the first time the highest ranking has been invoked since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. The regrading to a "major accident" with "widespread health and environmental effects" p

TOKYO: A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.4 shook the northeast of Japan late on Thursday, and a tsunami warning was issued for the coast already devastated by last month's massive quake and the tsunami that crippled a nuclear power plant. No damage from Thursday's quake was detected at the plant

Tokyo: A tsunami warning has been issued for north-eastern Japan after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck off the east coast of Honshu. However, there has been no detectable effect at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant damaged in last month's quake and tsunami, nor at two other nuclear

Mumbai ,2 April 2011 (AP/AFP): Mahendra Singh Dhoni clouted a soaring six to secure India's first World Cup title in 28 years and the first for the great Sachin Tendulkar in six attempts with a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in Saturday's final.Dhoni scored an unbeaten 91, sharing a 109-run stand

29 March 2011 (Reuters):CAIRO - Egypt will hold a parliamentary election in September, its military rulers said on Monday, setting a date that analysts said would suit well-organised Islamists and remnants of former leader Hosni Mubarak's party.The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said eme

GAINESVILLE (Florida) - A controversial US evangelical preacher on Sunday oversaw the burning of a copy of the Quran in a small Florida church after finding the Muslim holy book 'guilty' of crimes.The burning was carried out by pastor Wayne Sapp under the supervision of Terry Jones, who last Septemb

TRIPOLI: Western forces hit targets along the Libyan coast on Saturday, using strikes from air and sea to force Muammar Gaddafi's troops to cease fire and end attacks on civilians. Libyan state television said 48 people had been killed and 150 wounded in the allied air strikes. It also said there

TOKYO,Mar 18, 2011: Japan reached out Friday to the United States for help in stabilizing its overheated, radiation-leaking nuclear complex, while the UN atomic energy chief called the disaster a race against the clock that demands global cooperation.Japanese engineers conceded that burying the crip

LIBYA, 18 Mar 2011:Gaddafi's government says it will end military operations in line with UN resolution but reports of attacks continue.Libya's government has announced an immediate ceasefire against pro-democracy protesters, hours after the United Nations Security Council authorised a no-fly zone o

Sanaa, 18 Mar 2011 :Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemeni president, has declared a nationwide state of emergency, after a violent crackdown on anti-government protests killed at least 30 people, and left scores more wounded, in the capital Sanaa.Saleh said on Friday that the decision to impose the state o

FUKUSHIMA, Japan, March 16,2011 - Workers at a quake-damaged atomic power plant briefly suspended operations and evacuated Wednesday after a surge in radiation made it too dangerous to remain there, dealing a setback to Japan's frantic efforts to stem a nuclear crisis.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio E

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14 March 2011 (Reuters) : LONDON - The risk of a major radiation leak in Japan is subsiding as stricken nuclear reactors cool, but there will be major clean-up costs and three reactors will probably be written off, experts said on Monday.A massive earthquake and tsunami on Friday knocked out cooling

TOKYO, March 14, 2011 (AP):Japanese officials say they believe a hydrogen explosion has occurred at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichii nuclear plant, similar to an earlier one at a different unit in the facility.The Tokyo Electric Power Company said that three persons have been injured and seven we

KORIYAMA, Japan: Japanese officials warned of a possible second explosion at a nuclear plant crippled by an earthquake and tsunami as they raced to stave off multiple reactor meltdowns, but they provided few details about whether they were making progress. More than 180,000 people have evacuated

TOKYO, March 12,2011: Japanese authorities confirmed Saturday that radiation had leaked from a quake-hit nuclear plant after an explosion rocked the site.The blast at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility occurred just hours after officials said they feared a reactor could melt down.Footage on Japa

Tokyo March 11,2011 (Agancies): A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control.Hours later, the tsunami hit Hawaii and war

Washington, Mar 7, (PTI): An octogenarian Hindu religious leader, head of a Hindu ashram, one of the largest temples in the US, has been convicted of molesting two young girls.The girls, many of whose family members serve at the ashram 'Barsana Dham', a 200-acre Hindu ashram located in Austin. alleg