Parts of Tokyo were left in darkness on Monday evening following a 90-minute long planned electricity outage because of the ongoing problems at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
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VIDEO: Tokyo blackouts amid nuclear fears
EU leaders prepare to meet for a one-day summit on energy, the eurozone debt crisis and the ongoing political unrest in Egypt.
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EU set to debate energy and Egypt
Residents in the flood-hit city of Brisbane brace for a king tide, as more towns in Victoria are evacuated in the ongoing crisis.
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Australia warns of fresh floods
Bowing to the ongoing uprising, the prime minister, Mohamed Ghannouchi, an ally of the ousted president, ceded authority to the speaker of the Tunisian parliament.
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New Change of Power Raises Questions in Tunisia
The EU signals an intention to block landings of mackerel from Icelandic boats at ports amid the ongoing quota dispute.
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EU warning on mackerel sanctions
NI First Minister Peter Robinson describes NI Water’s response to the ongoing water crisis as ‘shambolic’.
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NI Water’s response ‘shambolic’
Julian Assange, editor in chief of WikiLeaks, was arrested Tuesday morning in London on rape charges from Sweden, adding a new wrinkle to the ongoing furor over WikiLeaks’ controversial release of hundreds of thousands of US diplomatic cables. read more
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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Arrested in London on Sex-Related Charges
This is the way the euro ends. Not with a whimper, but with a bank run. OK, I’m overstating the case — we are still a long way from Ireland’s exiting the euro. But in thinking about the ongoing Irish mess, I realized we are drifting closer to the kind of scenario I wrote about earlier this year during the Greek debt crisis. I used to be a full believer in the economist Barry Eichengreen’s theory of euro irreversibility: no European nation can even discuss leaving the euro because the anticipated devaluation will lead people to move deposits to other euro-zone banks, leading to the mother of all bank runs. read more
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Ireland and the Euro: Is It Time to Part?
Americans around the world paused Thursday to pay tribute to the country’s military veterans and honor their ongoing sacrifices in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere.
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Americans pay tribute to the ‘spine of this nation’
Lady Gaga postpones her concerts in France until December because of the ongoing strikes over raising the retirement age.
Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill criticises New Zealand’s prime minister for getting involved in the ongoing dispute over The Hobbit film.
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Sam Neill wades into Hobbit row
Pakistan’s foreign minister raises concerns over the ongoing conflict in Indian-administered Kashmir, provoking a sharp reaction from India.
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S Asia rivals spar over Kashmir
Mexican President Felipe Calderon condemns the murder of 72 suspected migrants in the north, believed to be linked to the ongoing drugs war.
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Mexico leader condemns killings
The Indian government gives approval for including information on caste in the ongoing population census.
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India approves caste-based census
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Arrested in London on Sex-Related Charges
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
