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Japan finds strontium in Fukushima groundwater

High levels of a hazardous substance called strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan, the utility that operates the facility said yesterday. Strontium-90 is a by-product of the fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear reactors, asFULL STORY

North Korean envoy in Beijing to mend fences

A North Korean envoy held talks with Chinese officials yesterday that experts said were unlikely to yield concessions from Pyongyang on its nuclear program, but were more aimed at repairing ties with Beijing. North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan, who has represented Pyongyang atFULL STORY

Indian monsoon floods kill 120, officials say

Military helicopters yesterday carried out emergency food drops for thousands of people stranded by flash flooding from early monsoon rains, which have killed at least 120 in northern India, officials said. The states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have witnessed torrential rains at least three timesFULL STORY

HK can showcase freedom with Snowden: PRC media

Hong Kong can showcase its democratic pedigree by its handling of the Edward Snowden case, Chinese state media said yesterday, in comments appearing to distance Beijing from any decision on his possible extradition. The semi-autonomous territory — which has a separate legal system from mainland ChinaFULL STORY

Philippines sends fresh marines to disputed shoal

The Philippines has deployed a fresh batch of marines and supplies to a shoal in the disputed South China Sea, where a Chinese warship and surveillance vessels appeared last month and triggered a new standoff in the strategic waters, Philippine Secretary of Defense Voltaire GazminFULL STORY

G8 leaders call for Syrian peace talks

G8 leaders on Tuesday called for a peace conference on Syria to be held as soon as possible, but deep divisions remained as Russia stood by its embattled Middle East ally. At the end of two days of tough talks in Northern Ireland, the leaders agreedFULL STORY

Thousands of Brazilians take to streets again

Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country’s biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament — people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infectedFULL STORY

Refugee numbers at a 20-year high: UNHCR

War and other crises drove one person from their home every 4.1 seconds last year, the UN’s refugee agency said yesterday, pushing the number of people forcibly displaced to a two-decade high of 45.2 million. All told, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) annual figuresFULL STORY

UN office in Mogadishu attacked, 12 die

Militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and breached the main UN compound in Mogadishu yesterday, sparking gunbattles with security forces that killed at least 12 people. UN personnel who reached the compound’s secure bunker all survived, though officials hinted not all reached that bunker. An ambulanceFULL STORY

Mayor of Montreal resigns after being charged with fraud

Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum resigned on Tuesday, a day after he was charged with fraud and corruption in the latest major Canadian municipal scandal. “I am going to put my energies into my defense and into my family,” said Applebaum, who had promised to clean upFULL STORY

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PAKISTAN Suicide blast kills 34 The death toll from a suicide attack at a funeral rose to 34 yesterday after seven victims died overnight in hospital, police said. “The death toll has risen to 34. Seven more critically injured have died in hospital,” police official Tahir AyubFULL STORY

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