Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance is the first country in Europe to ban publicly a form of dress some Muslims regard as a religious duty.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesAt the crippled Fukushima nuclear power station workers briefly retreated to a quake-proof shelter. The plants operator later said there was no sign...
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Europe-wide study of 363,988 people reported in the British Medical Journal found one in 10 of all cancers in men and one...
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Reading Time: 2 minutesTepco said it had injected chemical agents to solidify soil near a cracked pit that was the source of the leak.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe ozone layer protects against skin cancer, but the gas is destroyed by reactions with industrial chemicals.
Reading Time: 4 minutesDespite efforts by Tokyo Electric Power Companys (Tepco) engineers, the Self-Defence Forces, police and firemen, conditions there appear to have grown steadily worse.