March, 2011 | My Gripe An Thing

Japanese food gets radiation tests

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SINGAPORE today said it was testing food imported from Japan for radiation as another explosion rocked an earthquake-hit atomic plant and raised fears of a radioactive catastrophe. “As a precautionary measure, AVA (the Agri-Food and […] […]

Japan: As close as it gets to the sum of all fears

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THIS is as close as Japan has come to the dreaded genpatsu shinsai scenario – a nuclear emergency breaking out in the chaos following a huge earthquake and destructive tsunamis. Once the crisis has passed, […] […]

WikiLeaks criticism claims Clinton aide

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SECRETARY of State Hillary Clinton’s chief spokesman has resigned three days after publicly criticising the treatment of WikiLeaks suspect, Army private Bradley Manning, as “counterproductive and stupid”. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley slammed the Pentagon’s […] […]

Japan: Nuclear crisis mounts

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TOKYO—Steeped in uncertainty, but striving to calm its people, the Japanese government struggled Monday to come to grips with the enormity of a national emergency that continues to grow. As the death toll from Friday’s […] […]

Doctors describe carnage on front line in Libya

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It was only after a long day of applying stitches, performing emergency surgeries and amputating limbs that had been torn apart by gunfire that the doctors took a moment to reflect on the brutality being […] […]

Breastfed babies are ‘brighter children’

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Breastfeeding produces not only healthier babies but brighter children, according to a study that could reignite calls for mothers to abandon the bottle. As little as four weeks of breastfeeding for a new-born infant has […] […]

Second tsunami threat for Japan

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Soldiers and officials in northeastern Japan are warning residents that the area could be hit by another tsunami and are ordering residents to higher ground. Sirens around the town of Soma went off late his […] […]

Explosion at nuclear plant

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An explosion blew the roof off an unstable reactor north of Tokyo last night, raising fears of a disastrous meltdown at a nuclear plant damaged in the massive earthquake. The 8.9-magnitude earthquake – the strongest […] […]

Fourteen dead in gruesome bus accident

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NEW YORK – Fourteen people have died when a bus returning to New York City from a casino overturned on a highway and was sliced in half by the support pole for a large sign. […] […]

Millions without necessities in Japan

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Millions of Japanese were without drinking water or electricity Sunday, surviving on instant noodles and rice balls, two days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hammered the northeastern coast, killing at least 1,000 people. Although […] […]