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Royal wedding travel cards to go on sale

LONDON (AP) _ Commemorative London travel cards bearing the image of Prince William and Kate Middleton are going on sale this week.The 750,000 cards are the first limited edition version of the Oyster Card, which is used for electronic payment across London's bus and subway network.They feature a photo of the prince and Middleton and read: ``To commemorate the marriage of Prince William of Wales a

April 18, 2011

Japan nuclear operator expects 'cold shutdown' in 6-9 months

Part of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant overlooks a farmland in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The operator of the crippled nuclear power plant leaking radiation in northern Japan announced a plan Sunday to bring the crisis under control within six to nine months and allow some evacuated residents to return to their homes. (AP-Yonhap News)TOKYO (AFP) - The operator of

April 18, 2011

Japan nuclear operator expects 'cold shutdown' in 6-9 months

‘Drunk’ Nick Cage arrested in New Orleans

Nicolas Cage attends the premiere of "Season Of The Witch" in New York. Authorities say Cage has been arrested in New Orleans on charges of domestic abuse battery and disturbing the peace. (AP-Yonhap News)LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― U.S. actor Nicolas Cage has been arrested in the southern city of New Orleans “after getting drunk” and having a heated argument with his wife in the French Quarter, police sa

April 17, 2011

‘Drunk’ Nick Cage arrested in New Orleans

More shelling in rebel-held city in Libya

NATO criticized for failing to break assault with month-old campaign of airstrikesAJDABIYA, Libya (AP) ― Moammar Gadhafi’s forces poured rocket fire after dawn Saturday into Misrata, the only western city still in rebel hands, and weary residents who have endured more than a month of fighting angrily lashed out at NATO for failing to halt the deadly assault.Five civilians were killed in a 30-minut

April 17, 2011

More shelling in rebel-held city in Libya

Assad seeks to curb prayer protests

April 15, 2011

Japan orders compensation for nuke evacuees

TEPCO to give money to residents unable to return to homes near nuclear plantTOKYO (AP) ― Japan’s government Friday ordered the operator of a tsunami-damaged nuclear plant leaking radiation to pay about $12,000 to each household forced to evacuate from the area.Tens of thousands of residents unable to return to their homes near the nuclear plant are bereft of their livelihoods and possessions, uns

April 15, 2011

Japan orders compensation for nuke evacuees

Number of bodies found Mexico state rises to 122

Mexican army soldiers patrol the streets in Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas State, Mexico. (AP-Yonhap News)MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Mexican investigators found a clandestine grave with six bodies in Tamaulipas state, bringing to 122 the number of bodies found in pits in a region near the U.S. border that is wracked by battling drug cartels, authorities said Wednesday.Tamaulipas state Interior Secretary Morelos

April 15, 2011

Number of bodies found Mexico state rises to 122

Western, Arab nations say Gadhafi must go

April 14, 2011

Spent fuel rods add to trouble at nuke plant

High radioactivity in water may be result of damage to fuel rods and debrisTOKYO (AP) ― The operator of Japan’s tsunami-flooded nuclear power complex was seeking ways Thursday to pull damaged spent fuel rods out of a storage pool at one of its reactors, citing surging radiation and elevated temperatures as worrisome signs.The troubling signals at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex come as frust

April 14, 2011

Spent fuel rods add to trouble at nuke plant

Experts call for nuclear crisis ratings reform

April 13, 2011

Indonesian clinic touts smoking as cancer cure

JAKARTA (AFP) ― An Indonesian woman exhales cigarette smoke into the mouth of a gaunt, naked patient at a Jakarta clinic, where tobacco is openly touted as a cancer cure.The Western patient is suffering from emphysema, a condition she developed from decades of smoking. Along with cancer and autism, it’s just one of the ailments the Griya Balur clinic claims it can cure with cigarettes.“I missed th

April 13, 2011

Indonesian clinic touts smoking as cancer cure

Train running late? Blame high copper prices

April 13, 2011

Chernobyl tours offered 25 years after blast

Abandoned town, reactor building lure hundreds of visitors a week to site of 1986 disasterCHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) ― For the visitor, Chernobyl makes heavy demands on the imagination ― much of what’s important can be seen only in the mind’s eye.From the outside, the building where a reactor blew up April 26, 1986, in the world’s worst nuclear disaster mostly looks like an ordinary, dull industrial

April 13, 2011

Egypt detains ex-president’s sons in probe

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Cairo (AP) ― Egyptian prosecutors ordered the detention of the former president’s powerful sons for 15 days allegations of corruption and the abuse of their authority are investigated, state television said early Wednesday.The move, the most dramatic in a series of investigations against top regime officials, comes just hours after former President Hosni Mubarak, 82, was hospitali

April 13, 2011

#Mubarak, two sons detained for 15 days

Detentions authorized as part of inquiry into use of force against protestersCAIRO (AFP) -- Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak has been placed in detention for 15 days, prosecutors said Wednesday shortly after state media reported his two sons had also been detained.In a statement on the public prosecutor’s Facebook page, a spokesman said the prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud authorized the detentio

April 13, 2011

Japan says nuclear crisis stabilizing

April 13, 2011

Ivory Coast generals pledge loyalty to Ouattara

Fighters still prowl streets even after Gbagbo was arrested by forces backing OuattaraABIDJAN (AP) ― Five generals pledged their loyalty to President Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday following the capture of the country’s strongman leader after a four-month standoff, as French and Ivorian forces worked to eliminate the last pockets of resistance.Ouattara’s spokesman Patrick Achi confirmed that the gen

April 13, 2011

Tajik Muslims to ban text message divorces

(MCT)DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AP) _ Tajik religious authorities say divorce by text message will soon be banned, as they seek to stamp out the practice in the mainly Muslim Central Asian nation.State religious affairs committee head Abdurakhim Kholikov said Monday that sending SMSs with the ``triple talaq,'' a Muslim ritual whereby a husband can end a marriage by reciting the term for divorce three t

April 13, 2011

Tajik Muslims to ban text message divorces

Woman ticketed in France for wearing face veil

PARIS (AP)– A woman has been ticketed in a suburban Paris shopping center for wearing a face veil, in the first reported sanction under a new ban on the garments, police said Tuesday.Another woman in another Paris suburb was stopped for wearing a veil, but was let go with a warning.The inconsistent response illustrates the challenge for towns with a large Muslim community in enforcing a law that s

April 12, 2011

Babel tower of 21st century? Saudi to build world’s tallest building

(YouTube)When UAE’s 828 meter tall Burj Khalifa opened last year, the world was shocked at its tremendous size, while some had doubts about its safety. However, the world’s attention towards the tower may not last for long as an even larger one, which is exactly a mile in height, is to be built in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Royal family recently announced its bold plan to construct a 1.6km tall “King

April 12, 2011

Babel tower of 21st century? Saudi to build world’s tallest building