February 2011 |
- mo
- tu
- we
- th
- fr
- sa
- su
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) expects to complete work to clean up radioactive debris at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant by July, the Japanese TV channel NHK reported on Sunday, referring to TEPCO.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on warring Cambodia and Thailand to declare a ceasefire, as border clashes between the two countries continued for a third day, BBC reported on Sunday.
Rescuers have extinguished six wildfires on an area of 163 hectares in the Russian Far East, the press office of the Emergencies Ministry said on Sunday.
Troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi "suspended operations" in the country's third largest city of Misrata.
Protests against the government of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s began in February 2011.
Thailand foreign ministry dismissed information that the military used poisonous gas in clashes on the border with Cambodia.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has accepted the power transition plan, proposed by Gulf Arab mediators, under which he will have to resign soon.
A number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa have been engulfed in protests against poverty, corruption and authoritarian regimes.
The EU foreign policy chief condemned the use of force against anti-government demonstrators in Syria as "appalling and intolerable".
Mice have seriously damaged three Pilatus PC-9 training jets of the Slovenian Air Foce.
Libyan Prime Minister, Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi held telephone talks with Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov about the possible ceasefire in the turbulent country, Libya's official news agency Jana said on Saturday.
The UN Security Council on Thursday voted in favor of a no-fly zone and air strikes against Gaddafi's forces. NATO is getting ready for a broad international effort to stop violence in Libya
112 people had been killed on Friday's anti-governmental massacre in Syria as the security forces opened fire and used teargas against demonstrators who demanded political freedoms and an end to corruption, EFE Spanish news agency said on Saturday, citing opposition activists.
Syrian mass protests started in Daraa on the border with Jordan on
March 18. They were prompted by the arrest of a group of school students
who wrote anti-government mottos on walls. The unrest later spread to
other Syrian regions.
The Holy Fire appeared at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem while thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers were waiting for the miracle to come.2
Thousands of Christian pilgrims gathered in Jerusalem waiting for a miracle of the Holy Fire and to celebrate the annual ritual symbolizing Jesus' resurrection.2
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who is currently paying a visit to Moscow, condemned Syrian government for killing of demonstrators and urged for a "transparent" independent investigation.
Japanese Fukushima prefecture's Governor Yuhei Sato said he will never allow Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to resume reactor operations at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, cramped by March 11 Japanese tsunami and earthquake, Kyodo news agency said.