Japan raises nuclear alert level

Japan raises nuclear alert level Japan has raised the alert level at a stricken nuclear plant from four to five on a seven-point international scale for atomic incidents.The crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi site is now two levels below Ukraine's 1986 Chernobyl disaster.The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog warned in Tokyo the battle to stabilise the plant was a race against time. The crisis was prompted by last week's huge quake and tsunami, which has left at least 16,000 people dead or missing.The Japanese nuclear agency's decision to raise the alert level to five grades Fukushima's as an "accident...

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Q&A: Phone-hacking scandal at News of the World

As the Metropolitan Police launch a "robust" new investigation into phone hacking amid "significant new information", we unpick the long-running case which refuses to go away.                                                25 February 2011 Q&A: Phone-hacking scandal at News of the World Sienna Miller's legal action is thought to have precipitated action by the CPS As...

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Google Checkout Makes Holiday Shopping Even Faster and Easier This Year

New Survey Says Forty Percent of Americans Expected to Shop Online From Work This Holiday Season The Monday after Thanksgiving – Cyber Monday – is expected to draw another record crowd of online shoppers this year, as people log on after spending the holiday weekend fighting the crowds and browsing through stores. According to a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive and commissioned by Google Checkout, 40% of employed U.S. adults say they'll be doing at least some of their online holiday shopping from work this year, with 1 in 4 of those shoppers logging on to track down that perfect gift on Monday, November 27 (57% plan to shop during coffee and lunch breaks, while 34% will wait until the end of the workday). Trying to squeeze online holiday shopping into already busy schedules, shoppers...

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