Month: April 2011

Workers at Japan’s crippled atomic power plant have plugged a hole spewing highly radioactive water into the ocean, boosting efforts to contain the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. But Fukushima plant operator Tokyo Electric […] […]

The much-awaited sex trial of Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi opened in Milan this morning – then promptly adjourned to a date at the end of May. And the Moroccan teen at the centre of the […] […]

ONE of Britain’s most eminent scientists sparked controversy overnight by accepting a $1.63 million prize for contributions to life’s spiritual dimension. Lord Rees of Ludlow, the Astronomer Royal and former President of the Royal Society, […] […]

SCORES of people are missing at sea after a tiny boat carrying more than 200 African migrants fleeing Libya capsized in 3m waves, officials said. Coast guard spokesman Vittorio Alessandro said 50 survivors had been […] […]

THE US has rebuffed a letter from Muammar Gaddafi to President Barack Obama, reiterating calls for the Libyan strongman to agree to a ceasefire and relinquish power. Gaddafi appealed directly to President Obama to end […] […]

LIBYA’S former oil minister has defected from the Gaddafi regime after escaping from Misrata in a fishing boat with his wife and children. Speaking from outside Libya, Fathi Shatwan accused Muammar Gaddafi of ordering massacres […] […]

CONCERNS over radioactive leaks into the ocean from Japan’s stricken Fukushima plant deepened. South Korea reportedly lodged a protest yesterday over the dumping of millions of litres of radioactive water. Meanwhile, tests showed radioactive iodine and […] […]

THE Libyan government says it is ready to negotiate reforms, but has dashed Western hopes Muammar Gaddafi will step down, describing the dictator as a unifying figure. Meanwhile, Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, dismissed former foreign […] […]

BRITAIN approved the export of shotguns and tear gas to Libya, machine guns and sniper rifles to Bahrain, and military technology to Yemen over the past three years, MPs have disclosed in a report criticising […] […]