Japan to seek defense talks with US
Japan’s defense minister says Tokyo is seeking talks with the United States to update their mutual defense guidelines and expressed concern over China’s increasingly assertive maritime policies.
Sentencing set for 17-year-old in Ohio's Craigslist killings of 3 men, wounding of fourth man
AKRON, Ohio – An Ohio teenager hoping for leniency faces sentencing in a deadly plot to lure men with phoney Craigslist job offers.
New Zealand won't sign 'Kyoto 2' climate treaty
New Zealand’s government said Friday that it would not sign on for a second stage of the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty, a stance that angered environmentalists and political opponents.
China takes tentative steps toward greater role in world diplomacy with Syria peace plan
BEIJING, China – China’s four-point plan for Syria is a rare foray into international mediation for the rising power, a sign that Beijing’s increasingly global economic interests can trump its traditional hands-off diplomacy.
Reserve Crawford scores 25 as Los Angeles Clippers beat Portland Trail Blazers 103-90
PORTLAND, Ore. – Jamal Crawford scored 25 points and the Los Angeles Clippers held off the Portland Trail Blazers for a 103-90 victory on Thursday night.
South Korea finds cracks in control rod tunnels at nuclear plant
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean nuclear regulators have found microscopic cracks in tunnels that guide control rods at a nuclear plant under maintenance, government officials said on Friday, raising new concerns over the country’s nuclear power sector. The discovery of the cracks at the reactor comes just days after two reactors at the same plant in Yeonggwang county, in the southwest of the country, were shut down to replace parts that had been provided with forged certificates. …
Friday, November 9, 2012
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