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March 15, 2011

Battling Nuclear Contamination: A Survival Guide

Evacuation, temporary shelter and iodine pills are the chief weapons for protecting civilians against nuclear fallout, experts say. A blast – Read More...
March 15, 2011

Lufthansa Diverts Tokyo Flights

BERLIN German flag carrier Lufthansa is diverting all Tokyo-bound flights to other Japanese cities at least until Sunday, it said – Read More...
March 15, 2011

Fukushima Reactor Shell Breached: Watchdog Agency

PARIS The concrete vessel around the No. 2 reactor at Japan’s Fukushima plant, designed to contain radioactive debris, is “no – Read More...
March 15, 2011

Flights to Japan Cut as Foreigners Scramble to Leave

HONG KONG China is evacuating its nationals from quake-hit parts of Japan and two airlines have cut flights to the – Read More...
March 15, 2011

Blown Away: The UN weather agency said on Tuesday that winds are currently blowing radioactive material towards the ocean, and – Read More...
March 15, 2011

Blasts, Fire Escalate Japan’s Nuclear Crisis

SENDAI Explosions and a fire at Japan’s quake-hit nuclear plant unleashed dangerous radiation on Tuesday, sparking a collapse on the – Read More...
March 15, 2011

SBY Urged to Axe Religion Minister for Discrimination

JAKARTA Human rights activists urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday to sack his religious affairs minister and to lift – Read More...
March 15, 2011

Depression Blamed for Two Bali Suicides

DENPASAR A Japanese woman who had lived in Bali for two years after her cruise ship job ended has hanged – Read More...
March 15, 2011

Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Filed Against US Embassy, Australian Media Over WikiLeaks Cables

JAKARTA A group of Indonesians filed a billion-dollar lawsuit on Tuesday against the US embassy in Jakarta and two Australian – Read More...
March 15, 2011

Bomb Explodes in Jakarta

JAKARTA A bomb exploded at the office of a moderate Islamic group in Jakarta on Tuesday, injuring four people including – Read More...