UK COMMITS TO NUCLEAR POWER DESPITE FUKUSHIMA
By DANICA KIRKA From left: Britain’s Energy Secretary, Ed Davey, Britian’s Prime Minister David Cameron, Vincent de Rivaz, Chief Executive of EDF (Electricite de France) and Henri Proglio, CEO and…
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TYPHOON, MUDSLIDES KILL 17 IN JAPAN; 50 MISSING
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Rescue workers look for survivors as they stand on the rubble of a house buried by mudslides after a powerful typhoon hit Oshima on Izu Oshima island,…
AP INTERVIEW: IRAN SPEAKER TOUTS SURPLUS URANIUM
By JOHN HEILPRIN Iran’s Parliament speaker Ali Larijani answers a question during a press conference on the sidelines of the 129th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), in Geneva, Switzerland,…
WAVE OF JELLYFISH SHUTS DOWN SWEDISH NUKE REACTOR
By GARY PEACH FILE – In this May 22, 2008 file photo, an exterior view of the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in Oskarshamn, southeastern Sweden. Officials at OKG, which runs…
US, INDIA SEEK CLOSER TIES AMID SOUTH ASIA TENSION
By JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama shakes hands with India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. The president…
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.…
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…
MORE TANK LEAKS FOUND AT JAPAN NUCLEAR PLANT
By MARI YAMAGUCHI FILE – In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 file photo, workers stand on storage tanks at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant at Okuma town in Fukushima prefecture,…