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Japanese ban on radioactive beef widens
Japan widened a ban on beef to cattle from a second tsunami-hit region Thursday, citing elevated radiation levels in the meat of animals because of the ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis. Almost 3,000 cattle feared tainted with radioactive caesium have been shipped nationwide, slaughtered and sold after the animals were fed rice straw exposed…
Fighting breaks out in Somali capital
Heavy fighting broke out Thursday in the Somali capital Mogadishu, after government forces backed by African Union troops launched an assault against a stronghold of the hardline Shebab insurgents, officials and witnesses said. “There is heavy fighting this morning in several locations, it is too early to say about casualty numbers, but…
E.U. terror experts meet as Norway opens terror investigation
Norway’s prime minister announced an independent review into last week’s massacre, as European anti-terror experts were to meet Thursday to examine ways of preventing a repeat of an Oslo-style massacre. Amid growing criticism that it took officers too long to halt a killing spree by Anders Behring Breivik that left…
Judge throws out suit blocking stem cell funding
In a victory for President Barack Obama’s administration, a US federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that had temporarily blocked government funding for embryonic stem cell research. Wednesday’s ruling was issued by Judge Royce Lamberth, who last year saw merit in the plaintiffs’ case and stunned many scientists by ordering a…
Chinese premier vows to punish those responsible for deadly rail crash
China’s premier Wen Jiabao pledged Thursday to “severely punish” those responsible for a deadly train crash that has sparked public fury and triggered fears over the safety of high-speed rail. At least 39 people were killed and nearly 200 injured in Saturday’s collision on the outskirts of the eastern city…
Phone hacking inquiry opens in U.K.
The public inquiry into Britain’s phone hacking scandal opened on Thursday, with judge Brian Leveson and his six-strong panel holding their first official meeting. The inquiry, called by Prime Minister David Cameron in the wake of allegations of wrongdoing at the now-shuttered News of the World tabloid, has 12 months…
Stocks plummet over debt fight fears
Spurred by plunging stocks and fears of global economic crisis, polarized US lawmakers called a key vote for Thursday and privately hunted for a compromise to avert a default on the country’s debt. Jittery stocks plummeted Thursday amid fears of global economic crisis, as President Barack Obama and his Republican…
Clinton vows to fight Republican aid cuts
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned Congress that she will fight to block a Republican push to restrict aid for Israel’s Arab neighbors and Pakistan and cut off climate change funds. Two panels in the Republican-led House of Representatives have approved billions of dollars in cuts…
White House officials ‘rickroll’ Twitter critic
WASHINGTON — Tensions may be high in Washington amid a stalemate in talks to raise the US debt ceiling but the White House is keeping a sense of humor. White House officials were replying to questions on Twitter on Wednesday when a Tennessee man named David Wiggs complained that the…
Japanese women still have world’s highest life expectancy
TOKYO — Japanese women remained the world’s longest-living last year, although their average life expectancy edged down slightly to 86.39 years, the government said Wednesday. The fall of 0.05 years was the first decline in five years, falling from a record 86.44 registered in 2009, the Ministry of Health, Labour…
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