Temperature readings at one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors have risen above Japan's stringent new safety standard but there was no immediate danger, its operator said Sunday.Tokyo Electric Power said one of three thermometers on the ...
Alafoti Faosiliva scored his second try in the last moments on Sunday to give Samoa a 26-19 upset of season leaders New Zealand in the final of the US stage of the IRB Rugby Sevens World Series.The giant forward crashed in for the deciding points at ...
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki said Sunday he hoped the bloodshed in Syria could be stopped under a similar scenario to the one which saw Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh relinquish power."I hope we will find a political solution akin to that ...
Iraq began pumping oil on Sunday to the first of five floating terminals in the Gulf in a move that will increase its export capacity by 850,000 barrels per day.Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki symbolically opened the valve of a pipeline that runs from ...
As speculation grows about an Israeli attack on Iran, and its potential consequences, the Jewish state's home front defence minister Matan Vilnai is leaving his post -- to become ambassador to China.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...
New Zealand great Jonah Lomu said Monday that medical tests had confirmed a donated kidney he received eight years ago had failed and he needs a new transplant.The former All Blacks wing said he had lost 30 kilograms (66 pounds) since his ...
Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday warned the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas against any "compromise" in its fight against Tehran's nemesis Israel, his official website reported."Always be wary of infiltration by the compromisers in a ...
Silent movie "The Artist" and US actress Meryl Streep continued their march towards Oscar glory on Sunday after scooping top awards at the BAFTAs, the biggest night of the British film industry.At a celebrity-packed ceremony at the Royal Opera House ...
Peru's military has captured the last historic leader of the once feared Shining Path guerrillas, who was badly wounded in an apparent battle with security forces, the defense minister said Sunday.The man known as Comrade Artemio "is alive and ...
The US embargo on Cuba, comprehensive economic sanctions which have now dragged on for 50 years without toppling Communism here, have made life in Cuba harder but forged Cubans' fierce survivor skills."The impact really is hard to quantify.
