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Queen Elizabeth presents elderly people with Maundy money
12:03 21.04.2011 |
World
The Queen honoured stalwart pensioners during the ancient Royal Maundy Service today as she celebrated her 85th birthday.
NATO not edging toward deployment of ground forces in Libya
10:19 21.04.2011 |
World
British Prime Minister David Cameron insisted Thursday that NATO isn't edging toward the deployment of ground forces in Libya - despite the decision by several European nations to send military staff to assist rebel forces.
Barack and Michelle Obama earn $1.7 million in 2010
08:14 19.04.2011 |
World
President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, earned $1.7 million last year and paid $453,770 in federal taxes. The Obamas donated $245,075 to charities, according to a copy of their 2010 tax form released by the White House on Monday, the deadline for filing tax returns.
TEPCO starts to remove 25,000 tons of radioactive water from Fukushima
04:59 19.04.2011 |
World
Tokyo Electric Power Company, the operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant began pumping highly radioactive water Tuesday from the basement of one of its buildings to a makeshift storage area in a crucial step toward easing the nuclear crisis.
Syrian forces fire shots at hundreds of protesters in Homs
03:49 19.04.2011 |
World
Syrian forces fired shots at hundreds of protesters who had gathered overnight in Homs city in defiance of warning by the authorities to halt what they called an insurrection, a rights campaigner said today.
Trains with hundreds of North African immigrants from Italy blocked by France
08:31 18.04.2011 |
World
France on Sunday temporarily closed its southern borders to trains carrying hundreds of North African immigrants from Italy, evoking a strong response from Rome. The French government's move to block the trains from entering France through Menton had led to the trains being held up at the Italian border station of Ventimiglia for hours on Sunday.
Robotic machines inside Fukushima plant report high radioactivity
07:15 18.04.2011 |
World
Readings Monday from robots that entered two crippled buildings at Japan's tsunami-flooded nuclear plant for the first time in more than a month displayed a harsh environment still too radioactive for workers to enter. Nuclear officials said the radiation data for Unit 1 and Unit 3 at the tsunami-flooded Fukushima Dai-ichi plant
