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WORLD / NEWS Mon Sep 17, 2007 @ 10:05pm neoform

BBC News -- The authorities in Ukraine have approved a giant steel cover for the radioactive site of the world's worst nuclear disaster - Chernobyl. Ukraine has hired a French firm to build the structure to replace the crumbling concrete casing put over the reacto.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri May 4, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, today opened up possible new fronts in his nationalisation programme by threatening to take over the country's private banks and its biggest steel firm. The leftist leader nationalised utility firms earlier this year.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Apr 19, 2007 @ 11:26pm neoform

Al Jazeera -- The liquid metal engulfed the room, bursting through the door and windows and burying the workers," the China Daily said on Thursday of the tragedy at a plant belonging to the Qinghe Special Steel Company Limited. "It is the most serious accident to h.. Read More