EX-US REGULATOR: FUKUSHIMA CLEANUP COMPLICATED
By MARI YAMAGUCHI FILE – This Jan. 26, 2012 file photo shows the No. 4 reactor, left, and the No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co’s Ohi nuclear power…
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RAGING FIRE STRIKES AT HEART OF SANDY-HIT NJ TOWN
By WAYNE PARRY and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Onlookers watch from the shore as black smoke rises from a fire on the Seaside Heights, N.J. boardwalk Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. The fire…
AUTOMAKERS BET ON ALTERNATIVE-FUEL CARS FOR FUTURE
By DAVID McHUGH BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer gets out of the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car during its world premiere at the first press day of the 65th Frankfurt…
CLINTON ENDORSES OBAMA EFFORT TO PUNISH SYRIA
By KEN THOMAS Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks about Syria, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House Complex in Washington, during…
CONSERVATIVES SWEEP TO AUSTRALIA ELECTION VICTORY
By ROD McGUIRK Opposition leader Tony Abbott smiles as he makes a speech to party supporter in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, following his party’s win in Australia’s national election.…
FREEH: POSSIBLE CORRUPTION IN BP CLAIMS HANDLING
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and CHEVEL JOHNSON FILE – In this July 2, 2013, file photo, former FBI Director Louis Freeh leaves Federal Court after meeting with U.S. District Judge Carl…
AUSTRALIAN GOV’T FACES CARBON TAX BACKLASH AT POLL
By KRISTEN GELINEAU and ROD McGUIRK Agnes Lee, 52, an IT consultant, reads a paper while having a coffee in Sydney, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. The ruling Labor Party’s probable…
ALASKA FISHERMEN PROTEST WAL-MART DECISION
By MARK THIESSEN John Renner, a fisherman from Cordova, Alaska, protests outside a Wal-Mart in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. He and other fishermen protested against Wal-Mart’s corporate…