Posts Tagged ‘efforts’
LA protesters defy eviction efforts, go to court (AP)
AP – For now, Wall Street protesters camped out on the Los Angeles City Hall lawn still have their tent city after defying a deadline to pack up and clear out. “Still occupied,” read the sign of a protester up in a tree.
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Rescue efforts suspended at Kansas grain elevator (AP)
AP – Crews have suspended rescue efforts for three people missing since an explosion at a Kansas grain elevator that killed three workers and injured two.
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Franco-German efforts fail to satisfy markets (AP)
AP – Global stocks fell Wednesday in a downbeat appraisal of a Franco-German summit that failed to persuade investors that a convincing fix to the eurozone’s spiraling debt crisis was imminent.
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Japan’s efforts to ease nuke crisis hit setback (AP)
AP – An unexpected rise in pressure inside a troubled reactor set back efforts to bring Japan’s overheating, leaking nuclear complex under control Sunday as concerns grew that as-yet minor contamination of food and water is spreading.
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Japan nuclear crisis: Workers resume efforts at Fukushima power plant
Workers briefly abandoned Japan’s quake-stricken nuclear plant on the verge of meltdown Tuesday night when increasing radiation levels made it too dangerous to remain.
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In Japan plant, frantic efforts to avoid meltdown (AP)
AP – Inside the troubled nuclear power plant, officials knew the risks were high when they decided to vent radioactive steam from a severely overheated reactor vessel. They knew a hydrogen explosion could occur, and it did. The decision still trumped the worst-case alternative — total nuclear meltdown.
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US, Europe intensify efforts to isolate Gadhafi (AP)
AP – The United States and European allies intensified efforts to isolate Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Monday, redoubling demands for him to step down, questioning his mental state and warning that those who stay loyal to him risk losing their wealth and being prosecuted for human rights abuses.
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