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Nuclear power: No consensus in Asia or the West

By Graham Land Thu, May 24, 2012 9:02AM UTC

The Fukushima disaster put nuclear power under the microscope throughout the world. But in the aftermath of the worst nuclear incident in 25 years, countries acted differently. Some stopped to reconsider their nuclear programs, while others pushed on with vigor. A few nations reacted sharply against nuclear, especially Japan, where

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Bus plunges into Vietnam river bank; 34 killed

By AP News Fri, May 18, 2012 1:02PM UTC

Rescuers work to search for victims of a bus accident in central highland province of Dak Lak, Vietnam Thursday. Pic: AP.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A crowded bus plunged into a river bank in central Vietnam, killing 34 people and injuring 21 others in one of the country’s deadliest road accidents. Local official Tran Bao Que says the bus smashed through the rails of a bridge Thursday night and plunged into

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Vietnam protests China’s South China Sea fishing ban

By AP News Wed, May 16, 2012 1:07PM UTC

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is protesting China’s fishing ban in parts of the South China Sea that Hanoi claims as its own. Foreign Ministry spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi says in a statement posted on the ministry’s website late Tuesday that Vietnam considers China’s decision “invalid.” China’s seasonal ban begins

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Rampaging buffalo injures 10 in Vietnam

By AP News Tue, May 15, 2012 9:21AM UTC

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A water buffalo injured 10 people in central Vietnam while rampaging down crowded streets, across a river and through a house before being gunned down at a kindergarten, an official said Monday. The young male buffalo, normally a docile species used to plow rice fields, ran

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Police beat reporters at land eviction in Vietnam

By AP News Tue, May 08, 2012 5:10PM UTC

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Police and security guards beat two Vietnamese state radio reporters who were watching them evict farmers from their land to make way for a privately built housing development, state media reported Tuesday. A video posted on YouTube showed police and guards beating and kicking two men

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