Quake rattles Far East
NOTO PENINSULA, Japan (Reuters): A strong earthquake killed one person and injured at least 160 in central Japan yesterday, demolishing houses, buckling roads, triggering landslides and cutting off water supplies to thousands of homes. More than 1,300 people evacuated...
Thirteen die of TB every hour
NAIROBI (Reuters): About 13 Kenyans die of tuberculosis (TB) every hour and there is little immediate prospect of improvement, the head of a leading national health organisation said on Saturday, which was World Tuberculosis Day.
Ahmadinejad Mottaki Iran rejects UN vote on sanctions
NEW YORK (Reuters): Iran rejected a repeated demand by the United Nations Security Council to suspend uranium enrichment work after the 15-nation body imposed arms and financial sanctions on Tehran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned the West yesterday...
Iran considers charges against British sailors
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters): Iran is considering charging 15 British sailors with illegally entering its waters and slated talks to discuss their seizure with London yesterday. "The charge against them is the illegal entrance into Iranian waters and this...
100 killed in fierce clashes
KINSHASA (Reuters): More than 100 people were killed in two days of heavy fighting in Congo's capital Kinshasa, hospital officials said yesterday, as diplomats expressed fears for the country's fledgling democracy.Government forces restored order...
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