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'Canners' live off detritus of New York
May 24, 2014 (AFP)
Loaded down with huge plastic bags in decrepit shopping carts, they criss-cross New York night and day, scavenging trash bins for cans and bottles. This invisib...
Malaysia to discuss with Inmarsat on release of raw data
May 22, 2014 (XNA)
Malaysian Defense Minister and acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Monday that Malaysia would discuss with Inmarsat on the release of the "raw d...
Source of Fukushima's nagging radioactive leak finally discovered
May 21, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
The source of the radioactive leak at the earthquake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was finally identified by the facility's operator TEPCO to b...
China says Vietnam riot killed four people
May 21, 2014 (AFP)
China said Wednesday that four people were killed in a riot in Vietnam, doubling the previously announced toll with tensions simmering over a territorial disput...
Ferry and cargo ship collide in Hong Kong, 33 injured
May 21, 2014 (AFP)
Thirty-three people were injured when two boats collided late Wednesday in Hong Kong, authorities said, the latest accident to hit the city's busy waterways. Au...
Fukushima water decontamination system down: operator
May 20, 2014 (AFP)
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday it had again suspended a trouble-plagued system used to clean radiation-tainted water. Tok...
Solomons police out in force after rioting
May 19, 2014 (AFP)
Solomon Islands police were out in force on the streets of the capital Honiara on Monday after rioting among the victims of recent devastating floods, authoriti...
Japan publisher to review Fukushima nosebleed comic
May 19, 2014 (AFP)
The Japanese publisher of a comic that came under fire for linking radiation exposure at Fukushima to nosebleeds acknowledged Monday it had caused alarm and pro...
Films inspired by missing flight MH370 touted at Cannes
May 18, 2014 (AFP)
Two films inspired by the missing Malaysian Airlines' flight MH370 are being touted to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival, barely two months after the plane van...
UN peacekeepers 'should use force more often': report
May 16, 2014 (AFP)
United Nations peacekeepers should use force more frequently to protect civilians under attack but often fail to do so because they are afraid of court action, ...
Italy warns EU on asylum as shipwreck survivors land
May 14, 2014 (AFP)
An Italian warship on Tuesday unloaded the 17 victims and 206 survivors of a migrant boat shipwreck, as Italy threatened to send asylum-seekers across Europe wi...
Tech troubles hinder resumption of MH370 search
May 14, 2014 (AFP)
Technical troubles have hindered a resumption of the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with a mini-sub lasting only two hours in the water befor...
Hollywood revives Godzilla, Japan's 'king of monsters'
May 13, 2014 (AFP)
Godzilla -- born in a post-war Japan traumatized by Hiroshima -- gets eye-popping special effects in his latest Hollywood remake, combined with a reflection on ...
Australia commits up to $84 million to MH370 search
May 13, 2014 (AFP)
Australia has committed up to Aus$89.9 million (US$84 million) towards the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 over two years, budget papers relea...
Italian navy says 14 dead in migrant shipwreck
May 12, 2014 (AFP)
At least 14 people died when a boat packed with migrants sank between Libya and Italy on Monday, in the latest shipwreck tragedy to hit the Mediterranean. The I...
At least 36 immigrants die in Libya shipwreck: navy
May 11, 2014 (AFP)
At least 36 immigrants died and 42 are missing after a makeshift boat was wrecked off Libya's coast, a naval spokesman told AFP on Sunday. Colonel Ayub Kassem s...
McMurdo Group Completes Acquisition of Techno-Sciences
May 08, 2014 (SPX)
McMurdo Group has announced the successful acquisition of Techno-Sciences (TSi), a leading provider of SAR satellite ground stations, integrated emergency respo...
Obama pledges help for tornado victims in US south
May 07, 2014 (AFP)
President Barack Obama Wednesday promised federal help for those hurt by deadly tornadoes in the southern US state of Arkansas, after inspecting damage on a bri...
Aid boom spurs Afghans to flock to landslide village
May 07, 2014 (AFP)
Crowds of outsiders have rushed to the remote Afghan village that was buried in a landslide to try to pick up aid supplies meant for survivors of the disaster, ...
Years of hardship loom in typhoon-ravaged Philippines
May 07, 2014 (AFP)
Parts of the Philippines laid waste by Super Typhoon Haiyan are showing signs of recovery six months later but years of work lie ahead, aid officials said Wedne...
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