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JAPAN today recommended 113 households should evacuate from four districts considered radiation “hot spots” near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, officials said. The voluntary guidance, for areas where higher levels of radiation have been […] […]

HANOI, Vietnam—Three women in southern Vietnam have been sentenced to prison for trafficking women to China. Presiding Judge Nguyen Van Tong says 29-year-old Nguyen Thi Thuy was convicted Wednesday of selling six women and sentenced […] […]

WASHINGTON—A key jihadist Internet forum has been knocked off the Internet, and counterterrorism experts say it appears it was hacked. Cybersecurity analysts say the al-Shamukh forum appears to have been taken down by a fairly […] […]

A US woman accused of killing her baby in a microwave oven has been arraigned on murder charges that could lead to the death penalty if she is convicted. Prosecutors today charged Ka Yang, 29, […] […]

SIX people have been detained in Moldova for smuggling an unspecified amount of the form of uranium that can be used to make a nuclear weapon, an official says. Interior Ministry official Vitalie Briceag said […] […]

BRITAIN’S foreign secretary says Iran has conducted covert tests of ballistic missiles alongside a 10-day program of public military manoeuvres. William Hague told the House of Commons today that there had been secret experiments with […] […]

FRANCE began parachuting weapons to resupply Libyan rebels in the mountains south of the capital, Tripoli, last month, a French military spokesman confirmed yesterday. Citing secret government focuments, Le Figaro newspaper reported earlier that the […] […]

THE NATO-led bombing campaign against Muammar Gaddafi has destroyed half his military capacity, a British minister said yesterday as he gave details of a plan to stop Libya slipping into the same void as Iraq […] […]

OTTAWA—The youthful royal newlyweds might be the best hope to revitalize the monarchy with some fresh-faced glamour and enthusiasm, but a new survey suggests younger Canadians are largely indifferent to the upcoming visit. More than […] […]

The United States Embassy has responded to arguments raised during the Manatt/Dudus Commission of Enquiry concerning its involvement with government officials. During the enquiry, which began on January 17 and lasted for 44 days, Prime […] […]