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Brink of Nuclear meltdown
Iodine can help to protect against thyroid cancer in cases of radioactive exposure in a nuclear accident. Tens of thousands of residents in Fukushima were evacuated as radioactive material began to spew from the stricken nuclear plant in a huge pall of
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:04P
EU support for Arab rebels is shamefully late
On Friday, the European Union joined them in the struggle for liberty by promising to extend its commitment to democracy and justice to cover the dictatorships of the Middle East. Europe could not bring itself to support military intervention against
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:03P
Discriminating Christian confusions
As Lord Justice Munby and Justice Beatson declared in response to the Johns' counsel's skeleton argument: “It is hard to know where to start with this travesty of the reality." Ekklesia "seem to prefer minority groups if they are of the right sort,"
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:03P
Turkey: PM Erdoan criticizes Israel over its satellite reservations
The GkTrk satellite is due to be in orbit by 2013, Erdoan noted while speaking at a meeting arranged in Ankara by a youth branch of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party). This fact annoys some, Erdoan said, without mentioning the name
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:02P
For family of 1981 murder victim, time is on their side
Perhaps no one more than the victims can testify to how slowly the wheels of justice often turn. Sitting next to each other Friday morning on those unforgiving wooden benches in Courtroom 305 at the Kane County Judicial Center were two families there
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:02P
Maryland contractor Alan Gross draws 15-year sentence in Cuba
Gross worked for a Bethesda firm, Development Alternatives Inc., which had won a $6 million US government contract to distribute computer and satellite phone equipment to Cubans to help them get Internet access. Most of Gross's work was with the
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:02P
'I will trounce Akinjide's daughter'
His main challenger is Jumoke, a daughter of former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Chief Richard Osuolale Akinjide. Adeseun, who is the current Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation,
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:01P
An axe murder, a prosecution that failed, and trouble for the Murdoch empire
It also calls into question why police accepted the NoW's claim that senior executives knew nothing of the activities of another private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, who was later jailed for "hacking" royal aides and targeting the phones of the rich
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:01P
Immigration rules leave stateless Malaysians in limbo
He said: "Everyone here would agree that what Tracy has told us is simply unfair," before describing the immigration system as "inconsistent, bureaucratically incompetent and administratively chaotic". Critics say the coalition has done nothing to
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:01P
President in Ogun, pledges power, job
“We are looking into maritime industry and we are totally committed to creating jobs. We don't want to continue importing petroleum products, but export them. We want to encourage downstream activities. We will ensure that our refineries work and build
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:01P
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