International Glance
A powerful earthquake struck close to Iran's only nuclear power station on Tuesday, killing 32 people and injuring 850 as it destroyed homes and devastated two small villages, Iranian media reported.
The 6.3 magnitude quake totally destroyed one village, a Red Crescent official told the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA), but the nearby Bushehr nuclear plant was undamaged, according to Iranian officials and the Russian company that built it.
Quake hits near Iran's nuclear city Bushehr, 32 dead
Chile's Pablo Neruda: from Nobel laureate to center of suspected murder plot
When Pablo Neruda died in 1973, the bookish boy from a sleepy town in southern Chile had already played many roles. He was a Nobel laureate in literature. A diplomat to Spain, France, and Burma (today Myanmar). A senator who fled his homeland on horseback when his Communist Party was banned, and later a presidential candidate. A husband to two women, a father to a daughter.
And now, four decades after his death, Mr. Neruda is at the center of a murder mystery. Was he killed in the early days of Chile’s military dictatorship?
Medical marijuana passes Maryland senate
The Maryland Senate has approved a medical marijuana bill on Monday by a vote of 42 to 4. The bill passed on the last day of the legislative session.
The bill now heads to Gov. Martin O'Malley's desk. According to the Baltimore Sun, he is expected to sign the bill, having called the bill a "yellow light" approach toward medical marijuana.
The AP reports the bill would create a state commission to oversee medical marijuana programs at academic medical research centers that decide to participate.
Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies at 87
Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the grocer’s daughter whose overpowering personality, bruising political style and free-market views transformed Britain and transfixed America through the 1980s, died Monday after a stroke, her spokesman said in a statement. She was 87.
The first woman to lead a major Western power, Mrs. Thatcher served 11 1 / 2 uninterrupted years in office before stepping down Nov. 28, 1990, making her the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century.
Second leak detected at Fukushima nuclear plant
Radioactive water has apparently leaked from another underground storage tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said on Sunday.
The volume of the latest leakage was believed to be small, it said. On Saturday, it said as much as 120 tonnes of radioactive water may have %leaked from another nearby storage tank.
Anonymous hacks Israeli sites; Israel hacks Anonymous
A number of Israeli websites were taken over Sunday by anti-Israel hackers, officials said. In retaliation, Israeli hackers broke into anti-Israel websites.
A wide scale of Israeli sites were allegedly hacked early Sunday, including those for the Israel Police, Prime Minister's Office, the Israel Securities Authority, the Immigrant Absorption Ministry and the Central Bureau of Statistics, Haaretz reported. Most were running again by Sunday morning.
Iraq: Bomb at Baquba political rally kills at least 25
Officials said the attacker struck as Sunni candidate Muthana al-Jourani was meeting supporters in Baquba, 60km (35 miles) north-east of Baghdad, the BBC reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.
More Articles...
Page 12 of 109
