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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.
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World Jun 18, 2013
Kuwait court forces new elections
Kuwait’s constitutional court forced new parliamentary elections Sunday, dissolving the current chamber on the basis of flaws in the election law, the state news agency reported. The ruling follows objections to the voting law in December’s election, which was boycotted by opposition groups and ...
World Jun 18, 2013
Series of attacks kill at least 40 in Iraq
A blistering string of apparently coordinated bombings and a shooting across Iraq killed at least 40 and wounded dozens Sunday, spreading fear throughout the county in a wave of violence that is raising the prospect of a return to widespread sectarian killing a decade ...
Politics & Diplomacy Jun 17, 2013
Rowhani win revives Iran reformists
Moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani was declared the winner of Iran’s presidential vote Saturday after gaining support among many reform-minded Iranians looking to claw back a bit of ground following years of crackdowns and to reset the country’s political order. The stunning surge of support ...
World | ANALYSIS Jun 17, 2013
PRISM is just part of data collection
by Anne Flaherty
In the months and early years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft Corp. more frequently than before, armed with court orders demanding information on customers. Around the world, government spies and eavesdroppers were tracking the email ...
Crime Jun 17, 2013
After Newtown shooting, mourning parents enter into the lonely quiet
by Eli Saslow
They had promised to try everything, so Mark Barden went down into the basement to begin another project in memory of Daniel. The families of Sandy Hook Elementary were collaborating on a Mother’s Day card, which would be produced by a marketing firm and ...
Science & Health Jun 17, 2013
Climate change tack shifts to adaptation
by Seth Borenstein
Efforts to curb global warming have quietly shifted as greenhouse gases inexorably rise. The conversation is no longer solely about how to save the planet by cutting carbon emissions, it is becoming more about how to save ourselves from the warming planet’s wild weather. ...
World Jun 17, 2013
U.S. claims fewer than 300 records reviewed
Top U.S. intelligence officials said Saturday that information gleaned from two controversial data-collection programs run by the National Security Agency thwarted potential terrorist plots in the U.S. and more than 20 other countries — and the gathered data is destroyed every five years. Last ...
World Jun 17, 2013
Belfast walls keep peace in a city riven by sectarianism
by Shawn Pogatchnik
When U.S. President Barack Obama visits Belfast, Northern Island, he is expected to praise a country at peace and call for the walls that separate Irish Catholics and British Protestants to come tumbling down. Barely a 10-minute walk from where Obama will speak Monday ...
Offbeat Jun 17, 2013
Dog owners turn to mind readers
It is the age-old and seemingly answerless question: What in the world is my dog thinking? It has spawned a growing market not only of scientific research but of everything from decks of pet tarot cards to television and radio shows and books by ...
Science & Health Jun 17, 2013
Open-source software aids NPOs
The Grameen Foundation was providing health care to pregnant women in Ghana in 2010 when it came up with a new idea: As cellphones become more widely available in developing nations, health information can be more quickly disseminated to poor patients in remote locations ...
World Jun 17, 2013
Ways to stop the NSA from spying on you
The National Security Agency’s spying powers are vast, but there are ways to thwart the agency’s snooping: Browse anonymously with Tor: NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden has been photographed with a Tor sticker on his laptop. Tor lets you use the Internet without revealing your ...
Science & Health Jun 17, 2013
No consensus at U.N. on consensus
A debilitating row with Russia at U.N. climate talks last week exposed a fundamental flaw in how decisions are taken — the entire system balanced precariously on an ill-defined notion of consensus, observers say. While furious with Russia for allowing the issue to stop ...