Friday, March 30, 2012

Japan opening part of nuke no-go zone for 1st time

Japan opening part of nuke no-go zone for 1st time

Japan opening part of nuke no-go zone for 1st time

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FILE - In this May 26, 2011 file photo, an official helps a Japanese resident of the town of Futaba put on a protective radiation suit in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, as she prepares to visit her home as residents of Futaba, around Japan's radiation-leaking Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex, were allowed a two-hour visit home to collect belongings for the first time since the complex went into crisis in March 2011. Japan is partly opening areas just inside the evacuation zone around its leaking nuclear power plant for the first time since last year's disasters. The 20-kilometer (12-mile) perimeter around the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant remains largely intact. But the announcement from the government, Friday, March 30, 2012, means about 16,000 of Japan's 100,000 nuclear evacuees could be allowed to return home. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)Japan is opening part of the evacuation zone around its leaking nuclear power plant for the first time since last year's disasters, allowing up to 16,000 evacuees to return home.

Kallis, Ingram punish India

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Jacques KallisJacques Kallis and Colin Ingram shared a rapid century partnership as South Africa posted a formidable total of 219 for four in a one-off Twenty20 international with India at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday.

'Tiger Woods of Bangladesh' leads in Delhi

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Siddikur Rahman of BangladeshBangladeshi trailblazer Siddikur birdied the last hole for a five-under-par 67 to pull clear of the chasing pack at the halfway stage of the Panasonic Open India on Friday.

Olympics chiefs ready to meet Bhopal activists

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Protesters against Dow Chemical's sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympic Games demonstrateLondon Olympics chiefs said Friday they are willing to meet Indian activists who have called for Dow Chemical to be dropped as a sponsor of the 2012 Games because of the 1984 Bhopal disaster.

Turkmens to mark 'era of happiness'

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Turkmenistan's authoritarian president is calling it a week of celebrations, but for some it might seem more like basic training, especially the march up the five-mile (eight-kilometer) concrete staircase.

Afghan village policeman kills 9 comrades

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Taliban militants, who were arrested by Afghan intelligence forces are presented to the media at the Afghan intelligence department in Mehterlam, Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Afghan Intelligence forces arrested seven Taliban militants today in Qarghayi district of Laghman province, Afghan intelligence officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)A member of a U.S.-backed Afghan village police force killed nine of his fellow officers as they slept Friday in a volatile eastern area, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility.

Cancer-hit Yuvraj Singh gets Tendulkar boost

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Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh (L) and teammate Sachin TendulkarIndian World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh, who is recovering after cancer treatment, received a boost when batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar visited him in London.

Myanmar's election on Sunday: Why It Matters

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A Myanmar villager, with his face smeared with herbal paste, poses for a photograph in the village of Wah Thin Kha from where pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is standing for by-elections in Myanmar, Thursday, March 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Myanmar's special election Sunday is for a small portion of parliament seats, but has taken on immense symbolic importance because it will likely see pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi win her first term in office.

Japan partly opening 3 towns in nuclear no-go zone

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Japan is partly opening areas just inside the evacuation zone around its leaking nuclear power plant for the first time since last year's disasters.

POSCO plant in India hit by further delay

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The POSCO deal has been watched as a test case by foreign investors eager to enter India's fast-growing economyAn Indian tribunal on Friday suspended environmental clearance for a long-delayed multi-billion-dollar steel plant, India's biggest foreign investment, planned by South Korean giant POSCO.

On the run, bin Laden lived in 5 houses

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FILE - This Nov 18, 2011 file photo shows the guesthouse inside Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A widow of Osama bin Laden has told investigators that the al-Qaida leader lived in five safe houses while on the run in Pakistan and fathered four children, two of them born in government hospitals. (AP Photo/Shaukat Qadir, File)Osama bin Laden lived in five safe houses while on the run in Pakistan and fathered four children — two of them born in government hospitals, his youngest widow has told investigators.

Japan will intercept NKorean rocket if threatened

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FILE - In this March 29, 2009 file photo, PAC-3 land-to-air missiles are deployed at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo as part of Japan's military mobilization to protect the country from any threat if North Korea's looming rocket launch fails. Japan's Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka on Friday ordered missile units to intercept a rocket expected to be launched by North Korea next month if it flies over Japan. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)Japan's defense minister Friday ordered missile units to intercept a long-range rocket expected to be launched by North Korea if the rocket or its fragments threaten to hit Japan.

Suu Kyi cites widespread poll irregularities

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Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to journalists during the press conference in her residence in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, March 30, 2012. Suu Kyi said Friday that Myanmar's weekend elections will be neither free nor fair because of widespread irregularities, but vowed to press forward with her candidacy for the sake of the country. (AP Photo)Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday that Myanmar's weekend elections will be neither free nor fair because of widespread irregularities, but vowed to press forward with her candidacy for the sake of the country.

Suu Kyi committed to win, says Myanmar vote unfair

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Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to journalists during the press conference in her residence in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, March 30, 2012. Suu Kyi said Friday that Myanmar's weekend elections will be neither free nor fair because of widespread irregularities, but vowed to press forward with her candidacy for the sake of the country. (AP Photo)Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday that Myanmar's landmark weekend elections will be neither free nor fair because of widespread irregularities, but vowed to continue her candidacy for the sake of the long-repressed nation.

Bin Laden 'fathered four children while on run'

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Amal Abdulfattah told police she bore Osama bin Laden four children after the 9/11 attacksOsama bin Laden fathered four children as he hid out in Pakistan after the 9/11 attacks, his youngest wife told interrogators, according to a police report seen by AFP on Friday.

Afghan policeman kills 9 sleeping fellow officers

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Afghan security forces escort Taliban militants clad in Afghan women dresses to be presented to the media at the Afghan intelligence department in Mehterlam, Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Afghan Intelligence forces arrested seven Taliban militants today in Qarghayi district of Laghman province, Afghan intelligence officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)An Afghan policeman shot to death nine of his fellow officers as they slept in a village in an eastern Taliban stronghold on Friday, police said, blaming the attack on the insurgents.

Afghan policeman shoots dead nine colleagues

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An Afghan policeman shot dead nine of his colleagues at 3:00 am today, the provincial police chief saidAn Afghan policeman poisoned and then shot dead nine of his colleagues while they were sleeping early Friday in the eastern province of Paktika, police and provincial government officials said.

Suu Kyi says Myanmar polls not completely fair

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NLD leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, says the polls are boosting people's interest in politicsPro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday that elections in Myanmar would not be "genuinely free and fair", sounding a note of caution over her landmark bid for a seat in parliament.

Fighting kills up to 23 in Pakistan badlands

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More than 50 militants attacked a checkpost in the Khadizai area at around 1:00 am today, a security official saysDozens of militants attacked a Pakistani paramilitary checkpoint overnight, killing two soldiers and sparking clashes which left up to 21 of the militants dead, officials said Friday.

US-China trade disputes likely to rage on

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The sheer range of products fought over by the world's two largest economies is imposing, and becoming more soThe recent bumper consignment of US-China trade disputes will be followed by boatload after boatload of new problems in coming years, experts predict, but that may be little cause for concern.

Thousands attend India funeral of Tibetan activist

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An Tibetan exile cries during a special ceremony to pay homage to 27-year-old Jamphel Yeshi, who passed away Wednesday morning two days after he immolated himself in New Delhi, in Dharmsala, India, Friday, March 30, 2012. Buddhist monks chanted prayers and thousands of Tibetan exiles paid homage Yeshi, who burned himself alive as an act of protest against the visit by China's president, during a special ceremony in Dharmsala. (AP Photo/ Ashwini Bhatia)Thousands of emotional Tibetan exiles chanted prayers and shouted slogans in northern India on Friday as they attended the funeral of a man who set himself on fire in protest of China's rule of his homeland.

Nepal's whitewater rapids threatened by hydropower

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The Bhote Koshi river rises in Tibet and cuts a mighty swathe through the HimalayasThe Bhote Koshi river rises in Tibet and cuts a mighty swathe through the Himalayas, carving out gorges as it tumbles into Nepal in a series of thundering rapids.

World stocks drift before US, China data

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Asia's major stock markets were mostly lower Friday as nervous investors turned their focus to China after digesting a report showing a slowdown in Japanese industrial production. European shares, though, headed higher.

Thousands gather for funeral of Tibetan activist

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An Tibetan exile cries during a special ceremony to pay homage to 27-year-old Jamphel Yeshi, who passed away Wednesday morning two days after he immolated himself in New Delhi, in Dharmsala, India, Friday, March 30, 2012. Buddhist monks chanted prayers and thousands of Tibetan exiles paid homage Yeshi, who burned himself alive as an act of protest against the visit by China's president, during a special ceremony in Dharmsala. (AP Photo/ Ashwini Bhatia)Thousands of emotional Tibetan exiles gathered in northern India on Friday for the funeral of a man who set himself on fire in protest of China's rule of his homeland.

Afghan police: 9 officers killed

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Afghan security forces escort Taliban militants clad in Afghan women dresses to be presented to the media at the Afghan intelligence department in Mehterlam, Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Afghan Intelligence forces arrested seven Taliban militants today in Qarghayi district of Laghman province, Afghan intelligence officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Afghan police say nine village police officers have been shot dead by a colleague in the eastern Paktika province.
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