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Japan PM Kan and French President Sarkozy join to improve global nuclear safety

TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday agreed to work together on setting new international nuclear safety standards, following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Sarkozy,…

Japan PM Kan and French President Sarkozy join to improve global nuclear safety

TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday agreed to work together on setting new international nuclear safety standards, following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Sarkozy,…

Previously unknown group claims kidnap of 7 Estonians in Lebanon

BEIRUT (BNO NEWS) — A previously unknown group on Thursday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping last week of seven Estonians in Lebanon, the news portal Lebanon Files reported.

Lebanon Files reported that it had received an e-mail from a group c…

NATO takes command of air operations in Libya

BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Thursday morning took sole command of international air operations over Libya, the alliance said.

The NATO operation will implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973…

Small plane crash in eastern Australia kills 4, 2 survive

SYDNEY (BNO NEWS) — Four people were killed on Wednesday evening when a small plane crashed near an airport in eastern Australia, police said on Thursday. Two others, including a teenager, survived.

A New South Wales police spokesperson said the acci…

Strong quake shakes northeastern Japan, no damage reported

TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — A strong earthquake shook northeastern Japan on late Thursday afternoon, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The 6.0-magnitude earthquake at 4.15 p.m. local time (0715 GMT) was centered …

Strong quake strikes the South Pacific Ocean, no tsunami alert

WAILAGI LALA, FIJI (BNO NEWS) — A strong earthquake struck the South Pacific Ocean on early Thursday afternoon, not far from an island part of Fiji, seismologists said. No tsunami warnings were issued.

The 6.4-magnitude earthquake at 12.11 p.m. local…

U.S. finds trace amounts of radiation in milk, no health concern

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — Trace amounts of radioactive iodine have been found in a sample of milk in the U.S. state of Washington, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed on Thursday…

NYT: CIA, MI6 agents active in Libya to aid airstrikes and meet rebels

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has deployed clandestine operatives in Libya to gather intelligence for military airstrikes and to contract rebels fighting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, the New York Times …

FBI seeks public’s help in deciphering encrypted notes found on 1999 murder victim

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI (BNO NEWS) — Federal investigators working on a 12-year-old homicide case have turned to the public to decipher two encrypted codes found in the victim’s pants pockets.

On June 30, 1999, officers in St. Louis, Missouri discovered …