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Fearing the possible risk of contamination as Japan confronts a post-quake nuclear emergency, foreigners have begun a slow exodus from Tokyo, though some are maintaining a stiff upper lip.  Several European nations have advised their citizens to consider leaving the Japanese capital following two blasts at a quake-damaged atomic... 

Click to enlarge A powerful explosion has hit a nuclear power station in north-eastern Japan which was badly damaged in Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami. A building housing a reactor was destroyed, but authorities said the reactor itself was intact. The government sought to play down fears of a meltdown at the Fukushima... 

Oman’s unrest is small compared with Gulf neighbour Bahrain. But Oman is strategically important because it shares authority with Iran over the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the route for 40 percent of the world’s oil tanker traffic. More than 150 protesters have rallied outside Oman’s state television headquarters in the...