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  • NATO agrees to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya

    NATO on Friday agreed to take control of the no-fly zone over Libya as coalition forces continued their offensive against Libyan forces for the seventh day pounding the strategic eastern town of Ajdabiya. The 28-member North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) reached the agreement in Brussels to assume responsibility to implement the UN-mandated no-fly zone, NATO […]

    Japanese PM calls situation at troubled N-plant ‘very grave’

    Japan’s nuclear crisis deepened further on Friday, with authorities saying that a reactor vessel at the crippled Fukushima atomic plant may have damaged as some workers were exposed to radiation levels 10,000 times higher than normal, prompting Premier Naoto Kan to term the situation as “very grave”. The radiation leak detected on Thursday at the […]

    Over 60 killed in Myanmar quake: officials

    More than 60 people were killed and dozens injured after a strong earthquake struck Myanmar near its border with Thailand as some affected areas remained cut off. Tremors were felt as far away as Bangkok, almost 800 kilometres (500 miles) from the epicentre, Hanoi and parts of China during the earthquake on Thursday, which the […]

    India-Pak Home Secretary-level talks to take place on Monday

    India has expressed confidence that the dialogue process with Pakistan will move forward and hoped that all issues of mutual concern would be discussed. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told this to reporters in New Delhi on Thursday when asked about New Delhi’s expectation from the India- Pakistan Home Secretary-level talks next week. The Cabinet Committee […]

    NATO agrees to take command of enforcing no fly zone in Libya

    The NATO has agreed to take command of enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya from the US. But Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen made clear that other aspects of the operation will remain in the hands of the current coalition for now. The handover of the command could come as early as this weekend. The […]

    Technicians restore power to reactor-1 of Fukushima nuclear plant

    In Japan, technicians restored power to the reactor number one of Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday, even as white steam wafted from four reactors at the tsunami-damaged seaside facility. With the incremental progress the workers can now use two crucial control rooms — at reactors one and three — which they were earlier forced to […]

    Egypt ratifies constitutional changes

    Egypt’s military rulers endorsed a package of constitutional amendments adopted in a nationwide referendum, paving the way for parliamentary and presidential elections within months. Critics fear the swift timetable could boost the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood and members of the former ruling party, but the amendments were overwhelming approved by Egyptian voters last week. Wednesday’s declaration […]

    Portuguese PM quits after parliament rejects austerity plan

    Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates resigned on the eve of a key EU summit on the eurozone debt crisis after parliament rejected his new austerity plan, increasing Lisbon’s chances of seeking a bailout. All five opposition parties voted Wednesday against his Socialist government’s fourth cost-cutting plan in a year aimed at avoiding a multi-billion euro […]

    Crippled Japanese Nuclear Plant Shows Positive Signs: IAEA

    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Wednesday that there are some positive developments related to the availability of electrical power supply to Japan’ s stricken nuclear power plant,but “overall situation remains of serious concern.” Electrical power has been restored to some instrumentation in all units except Unit 3 at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear […]

    UN Chief Slams Bomb Attacks in West Jerusalem

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday “strongly condemned” the bomb attacks in West Jerusalem, saying that “such attacks are unacceptable,” a UN spokesman said here. Martin Nesirky, the UN spokesman, told reporters here that “the secretary-general strongly condemns a bomb attack today adjacent to a bus stop in West Jerusalem, which has reportedly killed one […]