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NRA makes new reactor safety regimen official
The Nuclear Regulation Authority officially approves new safety requirements for reactors aimed at preventing disasters like the catastrophe at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
Politics & Diplomacy Jun 19, 2013
G-8 leaders to end meet with declaration on combating terror
Leaders of the Group of Eight nations are set to wrap up their two-day summit by adopting a declaration to combat terrorism.
Politics & Diplomacy Jun 17, 2013
G-8 likely to unite against corporate tax evaders
The leaders of the Group of Eight major industrialized nations are expected to unite on tackling tax avoidance by multinational firms when their summit kicks off in Northern Ireland on Monday, sources said. At the two-day event at the lakeside resort of Lough Erne, ...
Politics & Diplomacy Apr 4, 2013
Senkaku row prompts China to demand postponement of summit with Japan, South Korea: sources
China wants a trilateral summit it was to attend in late May in Seoul with Japan and South Korea to be postponed because of its dispute over the Japan-held Senkaku Islands, sources say.
Politics & Diplomacy Feb 3, 2013
U.S. to Abe: Collective self-defense off agenda
Washington does not want Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to bring up the issue of collective self-defense at the Japan-U.S. summit scheduled for later this month.