Belgian burqa ban comes into force
A ban on wearing the burqa and the niqab in public places came into force in Belgium on Saturday, local media reported.
// Jul. 23, 2011 - 07:19 GMT
China demands Vietnam stop business in Spratly archipelago
China demanded on Friday that Vietnam stop all business activities on the contested Spratly archipelago in the South China Sea and allow Chinese fishermen to work there.
// Jun. 10, 2011 - 08:02 GMT
Medvedev wants govt. to slow down hikes in utility charges
President Dmitry Medvedev expects the government to find ways of curbing tariff hikes in electricity and domestic utilities and to eventually avoid annual indexation, a Kremlin aide said on Wednesday.
// May. 24, 2011 - 08:26 GMT
TEPCO begins dumping radiation-absorbent bags into sea
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant, began dumping bags with zeolites which are able to absorb radioactive substances into the sea, Kyodo news agency reported on Friday.
// Apr. 15, 2011 - 06:08 GMT
Fukushima nuke accident on par with Chernobyl and could get worse
The consequences of the accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant may ultimately exceed the level of Chernobyl, a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the Fukushima Daiichi operator, said on Tuesday.
// Apr. 12, 2011 - 07:23 GMT
Strong quake forces crippled nuke plant to evacuate employees
Employees of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant have been ordered to evacuate the premises after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the region on Tuesday morning, Kyodo news agency reported.
// Apr. 12, 2011 - 06:38 GMT