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United Nations Tentatively Backs Japans Nuclear Stress Tests

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A United Nations mission on Tuesday tentatively supported new stress tests designed to determine whether Japan’s nuclear plants can withstand another emergency. (more here…)

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Freestyle Olympic skier Peterson takes own life

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SALT LAKE CITY — Olympic silver medalist Jeret "Speedy" Peterson was found dead in a remote canyon in Utah in what police are calling a … (read more…)

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UN nuclear agency chief visits Fukushima power plant for first-hand assessment

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The head of the United Nations nuclear agency today visited the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan to gather first-hand information on the damage and repair operations, the Interna (read more…)

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Japan stocks pressured as tech firms, autos weigh; Nikkei Average down 0.5%

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Japan stocks pressured as tech firms, autos weigh; Nikkei Average down 0.5% (get the story…)

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Sony Ericsson counts cost of Japanese disaster (Reuters)

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Sony Ericsson counts cost of Japanese disaster 
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Reuters – Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson forecast an upturn in the second half, as it posted a first quarterly loss since 2009 due to a parts shortage stemming from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. (read the story…)

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Tokyo Electric restarts third unit at quake-hit plant (Reuters)

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Reuters – Tokyo Electric Power Co said it resumed generating electricity from the oil-fired 600 megawatt No.2 unit at its Hirono plant in northern Japan on Monday evening for the first time since the facility was rocked by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake on March 11. (read the story…)

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