Month: March 2011

TAKAJO, JAPAN—A tide of bodies washed up along Japan’s coastline, crematoriums were overwhelmed and rescue workers ran out of body bags as the nation faced the grim reality of its mounting humanitarian, economic and nuclear […] […]

SOMA, Japan – Rescue workers used chainsaws and hand picks today to dig out bodies in Japan’s devastated coastal towns, as Asia’s richest nation faced a growing humanitarian, nuclear and economic crisis in the aftermath […] […]

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—A Muslim cleric who embraced nonviolence and spoke out against the sectarian violence plaguing northeast Nigeria died Sunday after suffering gunshot wounds in an apparent attack by a radical sect, witnesses said. Imam Ibrahim […] […]

MIR ALI, Pakistan—An American missile killed two Arab militants and two local fighters as they traveled in a vehicle close to the Afghan border on Monday, the fourth such attack in the space of 24 […] […]

LAHORE, Pakistan—A Pakistani high court has declined to rule on whether a detained CIA contractor arrested for shooting dead two Pakistanis has diplomatic immunity as the United States insists. The Lahore High Court Monday instead […] […]

SENDAI, Japan — The estimated death toll from Japan’s disasters climbed past 10,000 Sunday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple nuclear reactor meltdowns and hundreds of thousands of people struggled to find […] […]

TAKAJO, Japan—Within the dark and fetid wards of the Senen General Hospital, some 120 patients lie in their beds or slumped in wheelchairs, moaning incoherently. “There is no food!” cries an old man in a […] […]

CHINA’S Premier Wen Jiabao rejected any comparison between his country and the unrest-hit Middle East, but said Beijing faced a tough test dealing with inflation and other hot-button issues. “We face extremely daunting tasks and […] […]