Efforts to dismantle Japan’s crippled Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant could take another 30 years. A report by Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission Friday recommended workers start the process of removing melted nuclear fuel rods from the damaged reactors within 10 years. But it said completing the process would likely take three decades. The plant was disabled and […]
Report: Scrapping Fukushima Could take 30 Years
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
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US Drones in Ethiopia Begin Flying Into Somalia
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
The United States has confirmed that it is sending drones based in Ethiopia into neighboring Somalia to conduct surveillance missions. U.S. military officials say the unmanned Reaper drones are flying from an airfield in the southern Ethiopian city of Arba Minch into Somalia, where the government is battling the al-Qaida-linked group al-Shabab. The drones can […]
Tunisia’s Islamist Party Begins to Form Coalition Government
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Tunisia’s newly elected Ennahda party has begun talks with rival parties on forming a coalition government, a day after winning the most seats in the country’s first free elections. Ennahda leader Rachid Ghannouchi said Friday his Islamist party would work to form a new government in “friendliness” and “brotherhood.” This comes as fresh protests erupted […]
Italy Declares Emergency In Flood Zone
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Italy has declared a state of emergency in the flood-hit northwestern areas of the country as residents dig out from tons of mud that has buried roads and houses. The government said Friday it was releasing 91 million dollars in aid to help towns clean up after Tuesday’s floods. At least seven people were killed […]
US Consumer Spending Increases
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
Consumer spending increased slightly in the United States last month, along with confidence in the economy. A government report says spending increased by six-tenths of a percent in September, even though incomes increased less than projected. Consumer spending drives much of the economic activity in the United States, and Friday’s figures followed a report Thursday […]
US Stocks Mixed in Early Friday Trading
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stocks were narrowly mixed in early trading Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was ahead by one-tenth of a percent, while the S&P was down two-tenths of a percent. The NASDAQ composite index was virtually unchanged from Thursday’s close. European stock indexes were lower in afternoon trading. London’s Financial Times index is down three-tenths […]
Heart Problems Delay Trial of Ex-Croatian PM
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader left a Zagreb courtroom at the start of his corruption trial Friday, and headed instead to a hospital for testing. Mr. Sanader arrived at the Zagreb court complaining of chest pains. He apologized to the judge for his casual attire and said he had been told he was going […]
Top Yemeni Police Commander Killed in Car Bombing
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
A Yemeni security official says a top police commander has been killed in a car bombing, the latest in a series of attacks in south Yemen during the popular movement to oust longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The official says at least two other people were wounded in the blast Friday in the coastal city […]
Turkish Teenager Rescued From Rubble as Quake Death Toll Climbs
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Rescue workers in Turkey pulled a teenage boy out of the rubble Friday, more than 100 hours after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake Sunday decimated much of the country’s southeast. They found the boy hours after rescuing another young man in Ercis Thursday. But hopes of finding other survivors were fading as cold weather and snow hampered […]
Mass Exodus From Bangkok Ahead of Floodwaters
Posted October 28th, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Tens of thousands of people are pouring out of Bangkok, attempting to escape floodwaters that are slowly swallowing the city. Bangkok residents flocked to airports as well as train and bus stations Friday, while others were trying to drive their way out. Many headed south to areas of higher elevation. Already, ankle-high water seeping from […]
