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By , on May 25th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A nuclear research laboratory in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected 55 people, though none were hospitalised and no impact was expected outside the facility. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said on Saturday that the accident occurred on Thursday at a nuclear physics lab in Tokaimura, the site of at least two previous radiation accidents. Four researchers were tested afterward, with the highest radiation dose found to be 2 millisieverts. Nuclear workers generally are limited to 100 millisieverts of exposure over five years. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Britain scrambled fighter jets on Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two passengers on suspicion of endangering the aircraft. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Faced with external and internal problems, Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou cancelled a long-planned event on Monday, marking the first anniversary of his second inauguration. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Taiwan yesterday ordered all law-enforcement personnel to step up the protection of Filipinos on the island, after a suggestion that Manila might evacuate its nationals from the island after hearing reports of attacks targeting them. “We have instructed all prosecutorial and law-enforcement agencies to step up protection and take preventive measures against any assaults and harassment of Philippine nationals in Taiwan,” Justice Minister Tseng Yung-fu told reporters. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese authorities were on Sunday investigating claims that unidentified North Koreans hijacked a Chinese fishing boat, kidnapping 16 sailors and demanding a ransom, local media and an official said. Armed North Koreans on May 6 hijacked the boat and escorted it towards North Korea while it was sailing in waters around 70 kilometres from North Korea’s western coast, reports and the boat’s owner Yu Xuejun said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Taiwan may impose new sanctions on the Philippines after Manila toughened its stand over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by its coastguard last week. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> HONG KONG (AP) — A light rail train has derailed in Hong Kong’s northern suburbs, injuring dozens of passengers. Police say 62 people were hurt, four seriously, in Friday’s accident. They were all sent to hospitals. There was no word on the cause. Passengers told local media that the train was moving quite fast and going around a bend at the time of the accident. The incident occurred on a public holiday, when there were likely more passengers than usual. After the accident, one carriage leaned off the tracks and a set of wheels appeared to be torn off. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Marine Department insisted yesterday that its director had already expressed his remorse for the Lamma ferry tragedy following criticism from relatives of some of the 39 people who died. It added that Director of Marine Francis Liu Hon-por remained saddened by the October 1 disaster – which a commission of inquiry found had been caused in part by his department’s “serious systematic failings”. Yesterday’s statement did little to appease Ryan Tsui Chi-shing, whose older brother Tsui Chi-wai and 10-year-old nephew Tsui Hoi-ying died in the crash. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hainan police and medical experts said on Thursday that a medical examination found the girls’ hymens still “intact”, the China Daily reported. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China downplayed border tensions with India on Thursday, days before the new Chinese premier visits the neighbouring country on his first foreign visit since taking office in March. Disagreements over the Himalayan frontier can be handled under existing mechanisms and should not affect overall relations, Vice Foreign Minister Song Tao told reporters at a briefing. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul on Wednesday met officials at the foreign ministry after being summoned to explain the presence of an alleged CIA agent working undercover at the embassy who was detained this week. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A schoolmaster and a government official in Hainan province have been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of six primary school girls, local authorities said yesterday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A bomb killed 13 civilians including women and children in southern Afghanistan on Monday as they travelled to attend the funeral of earlier bomb victims, police said. It was the latest violence since the Taliban launched their annual “spring offensive” on April 27, opening a crucial period for the country as its security forces take the lead in offensives against the insurgents. “The blast hit a pick-up truck in the Arghistan district of Kandahar province, killing four women, four men and five children,” Abdul Raziq, Kandahar provincial police chief, said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Nineteen people including two young children were shot on Sunday when gunfire erupted at a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans, police said. Shots rang out at 1.45pm local time as the second line of the parade passed the 1400 block of Frenchmen Street in the city, New Orleans Police Department spokesman Garry Flot said. Ten men and seven women were shot along with a 10-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy. The children were grazed and are in good condition, Flot said in a statement. “Many of the victims were grazed some by bullets that ricocheted,” he said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Authorities have detained nine Turkish citizens believed to have links to the Syrian intelligence agency in connection with two car bombs that left 46 people dead, as Syria rejected allegations the country was behind the attack. The bombings marked the biggest incident of cross-border violence since the start of Syria’s bloody civil war and have raised fear of Turkey being pulled deeper into the conflict. Harsh accusations from both sides signalled a sharp escalation of already high tensions between the two former allies. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Taiwan on Sunday dispatched four coastguard and naval vessels to beef up patrols in waters near the Philippines following public outrage over the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coastguards. “The government is determined to protect our fishermen,” cabinet spokeswoman Cheng Li-wen said in a statement as a Lafayette-class naval frigate and coastguard vessels set sail for the area where the 65-year-old Taiwanese fisherman was killed on Thursday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> President Ma Ying-jeou said on Saturday Taiwan would consider sanctions against the Philippines amid widespread public outrage at Manila over the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman. “We will definitely seek justice for our fisherman. We will not rule out the possibility of taking any kind of sanctions” against the Philippines, Ma said while inspecting a coastguard drill in central Taiwan. “The Philippines shot an unarmed fishing boat. This is very brutal and cold-blooded,” he said, reiterating Taipei’s demand for Manila to apologise, apprehend the killer and compensate. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Safety on board a vessel belonging to the ferry company involved in last year’s deadly sea collision came under fire again yesterday, as angry passengers stopped the boat from leaving the dock because it was clogged with cargo. The Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry Company vessel was about to depart on the 4.30pm sailing from Central to Lamma Island when passengers complained that cargo was blocking the exits. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese authorities have arrested more than 10 activists who campaigned to have political leaders disclose their financial assets, lawyers said on Thursday, with one charged with “inciting state subversion”. China’s ruling Communist Party has been scandalised for years by persistent reports of corrupt officials living lavish lifestyles, and activists have called for laws requiring government officials to publicly list their assets. Newly-appointed President Xi Jinping has vowed to crackdown on all forms of corruption. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> At least eight people were feared dead after a container ship smashed into a control tower in Italy’s busiest port in Genoa. The 50-metre high, glass-topped tower was destroyed when the Jolly Nero ploughed into the dock during the night. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Radiation leak reported at Japan lab
<!– google_ad_section_start –> A nuclear research laboratory in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected 55 people, though none were hospitalised and no impact was expected outside the facility. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said on Saturday that the accident occurred on Thursday at a nuclear physics lab in Tokaimura, the site of at least two previous radiation accidents. Four researchers were tested afterward, with the highest radiation dose found to be 2 millisieverts. Nuclear workers generally are limited to 100 millisieverts of exposure over five years. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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