Quake-hit Japanese towns overwhelmed with bodies
Tweet Tokyo: Quake and tsunami ravaged communities in northeastern Japan struggled to cope with an influx of bodies Saturday while a glimmer of hope was short-lived when news of a rescue from the rubble eight days after the quake proved unfounded. Morgues and crematoria in the disaster zone have been overwhelmed with bodies. They have [...]
Tweet Tokyo : Technicians struggled Sunday to prevent a meltdown at a nuclear power plant damaged by an earthquake in Japan as officials said the toll might rise as high as 2,000. The official casualty list from Friday’s magnitude-8.9 quake had topped 687, the Kyodo News agency reported. In Fukushima and Myazaki prefectures, more than [...]
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Tweet London : Drinking more than a cup of coffee daily lowers stroke risk among women by 22 percent to 25 percent, compared to those who drink less. Low or no coffee consumption was associated with a higher risk of stroke in a study of 34,670 women, aged between 49 and 83 years, followed for [...]
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Tweet New York: At least 84 protesters have been killed by Libyan security forces during three days of protests against the regime of Muammer Gaddafi, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. The casualty estimate was based on phone interviews with hospital staff and witnesses, the New York-based group said on its website late Friday. "The Libyan [...]
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Tweet Santiago: The popular Argentine coach of Chile’s national football team, Marcelo Bielsa, announced his resignation after months of speculation about his future with the team and placed the blame on the head of the Chilean National Football Association. "The reason for my resignation is the behaviour of Sergio Jadue," Bielsa said late Friday in [...]
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Tweet San Francisco: Apple posted record revenue and profits Tuesday, a day after the company announced that its iconic founder and chief executive Steve Jobs was taking a medical leave of absence for unspecified health problems. The health of the company however has never seemed brighter. Apple said it had record revenue of $26.74 billion [...]
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Tweet Helsinki: Finnish city Turku has inaugurated its year-long stint as European Capital of Culture for 2011. Turku shares the title with the Estonian capital Tallinn, less than 200 km away on the other side of the Gulf of Finland, where the opening kicked off at the New Year. In addition to a fireworks display, [...]
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Tweet Sydney : More than 30 towns in southeastern Australia were hit with record floods Sunday as the north of the country mopped up from devastating floodwaters. More than 3,000 people in towns across the State of Victoria were forced to leave their homes as floods rose to record levels, submerging 13,000 properties. In Melbourne [...]
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Tweet Los Angeles: A state of emergency was declared across many areas of southern California in the US Wednesday as the strongest series of storms in decades pummelled the normally balmy region. So far the storm has caused relatively little damage or loss of life. But with meteorologists, authorities and residents bracing for the most [...]
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Tweet London: Police in Britain have arrested 12 men on suspicion of preparing a potential plot against targets in the country, police said Monday. The men, aged between 17 and 28, were detained by unarmed officers in dawn swoops at or near their homes in Cardiff, Stoke-on-Trent, Birmingham and London. The BBC described the arrests [...]
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