"Infants in Tokyo and five surrounding cities should not be allowed to consume tap water, the city's government said Wednesday after elevated levels of radioactive iodine from a crippled nuclear plant …
Violence warning as unions plan mass march
"Trade unions said on Tuesday their march this weekend will be the country's biggest protest for years, but police fear splinter groups will attempt to repeat last December's street violence. The …
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US Approaching Insolvency, Fix To Be ‘Painful’
"'If we continue down on the path on which the fiscal authorities put us, we will become insolvent, the question is when,' Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said in a question and …
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Mexican gangs go after new target: high priced corn
"Organized crime gangs equipped with automatic weapons and tractor trailers are branching out into raids on huge grain silos, in a sign of growing lawlessness in parts of Mexico's north. Attacks on …
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Middle East Crisis: Syria Protests Spread, Authorities Pull Back
"Unrest spread in southern Syria on Monday with hundreds of people demonstrating against the government in three towns near the main city of Deraa, but authorities did not use force to quell the …
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Portugal braces for govt collapse amid debt crisis
"The leader of Portugal's main opposition party says the minority government's downfall is 'inevitable' after it failed to win political support for its latest plan to cut the country's huge debt …
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Mexican drug cartels making ugly mark on Central America
"The Mexican drug gangs rapidly infiltrating Central America call El Salvador 'El Caminito,' the little pathway. Once an afterthought among drug traffickers, tiny El Salvador is increasingly becoming …
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Radiation detected in Washington, but poses no risk
"Radiation from Japan has reached Washington state, but the Department of Health says there is no health risk. According to Tim Church with the Department of Health, the small amounts of radioactive …
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Police ’exhausted’ by mail bomb terrorism
"Increased public suspicion of packages containing bombs has not only exhausted the public, but also the Jakarta Police, which has receive a large number of reports of this nature since at least five …
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Colonel Gaddafi Threatens To Attack Civilian Targets In The Mediterranean In Revenge For UN Action
"The Libyan leader called the broadcaster to warn of retaliation for Western strikes on his country. He declared the attacks 'an assault against a sovereign state, an assault against Libya' and …