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Japan volcano again sends columns of ash in airWorld NewsMar 13, 2011TOKYO (AFP) - A volcano in southwestern Japan erupted Sunday after nearly two weeks of relative silence, sending ash and rocks up to four kilometres (two and a half miles) into the air, a local offic...
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Japan launches search, rescue effortWorld NewsMar 13, 2011TOKYO (AFP) ― Japan mobilized 50,000 military and other rescue personnel Saturday to spearhead a Herculean rescue and recovery effort, a day after being hit by its most devastating quake and tsunami ... -
World rushes aid to quake victimsWorld NewsMar 13, 2011PARIS (AFP) ― International rescue teams were rushing to Japan on Sunday after a 8.8-magnitude earthquake and tsunami left more than 2,000 feared dead, at least 10,000 missing and seriously damaged a...
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Yemen police fire on protests, 6 killedWorld NewsMar 13, 2011SANAA, Yemen (AP) ― Yemeni security forces killed six people Saturday and wounded hundreds in the second day of a harsh crackdown on anti-government protests, witnesses said. One of the dead was a 15... -
Millions without food, water, power in JapanWorld NewsMar 13, 2011TAGAJO, Japan (AP) _ The death toll in Japan's earthquake and tsunami will likely exceed 10,000 in one state alone, an official said Sunday, as millions of survivors were left without drinking water,...
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Japan shaken by magnitude 6.2 aftershockWorld NewsMar 13, 2011TOKYO (AP) -- Japan has been shaken by a strong earthquake off its eastern coast, closer to Tokyo than the massive quake that hit Friday. The latest temblor swayed buildings in the capital. The U.S....
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Japan-devastation-sceneWorld NewsMar 13, 2011Scenes of devastation at heart of Japan disaster SENDAI, Japan (AP) -- She scanned the landscape of debris and destruction, looking at the patch of earth where Japan‘s massive tsunami erased her son...
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Japan says 2nd nuke plant blast possible, reactor would surviveWorld NewsMar 13, 2011TOKYO (AFP) -- Japan's top government spokesman Sunday warned of the risk of a second explosion at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, but said that reactor three could withstand it as reactor one...
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Millions without food, water, power in JapanWorld NewsMar 13, 2011TAGAJO, Japan (AP) -- 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 th...
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Seoul municipal gov't prepares team to aid devastated JapanWorld NewsMar 13, 2011The Seoul metropolitan government is assembling a rescue and medical team to assist Japan in search and recovery operations following Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami, the regional governm...
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Seoul stocks likely to be restrained by Middle East, Japan woesWorld NewsMar 12, 2011South Korean stocks are likely to remain shackled next week as unrelenting political unrest in the Middle East is expected to keep fueling worries over oil price gains, analysts said Saturday. The b...
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About 130 Koreans unaccounted for in Miyagi, JapanWorld NewsMar 12, 2011About 130 South Korean nationals living in the Japanese prefecture of Miyagi, one of the areas hit hardest by a massive earthquake and tsunami, are unaccounted for because of power outages and inoper...
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Japan launches gargantuan quake rescue effortWorld NewsMar 12, 2011Japan mobilised 50,000 military and other rescue personnel Saturday to spearhead a Herculean rescue and recovery effort, a day after being hit by its most devastating quake and tsunami on record. Ev...
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Japan quake causes emergencies at 5 nuke reactorsWorld NewsMar 12, 2011TOKYO (AP) _ Japan declared states of emergency for five nuclear reactors at two power plants after the units lost cooling ability in the aftermath of Friday's powerful earthquake. Thousands of resid...
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S. Korea's air travel to Japan nearly back to normalWorld NewsMar 12, 2011South Korea's air traffic to earthquake-hit Japan has mostly recovered as of early Saturday after one day of disruption, the land ministry and air carriers said. Air travel between the two countrie...
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