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Residents near Japan nuclear plant urged not to drink tap water Posted: 20 Mar 2011 07:24 PM PDT TOKYO, March 21 — Japan's health ministry has urged some residents near the quake-stricken nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture to refrain from drinking tap water after high levels of radioactive iodine were detected, Kyodo news agency said today. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Second Iranian plane forced to land in Turkey Posted: 20 Mar 2011 05:50 PM PDT ISTANBUL, March 21 — An Iranian cargo plane was forced to land in southeast Turkey for the second time within a week on suspicion it was carrying weapons or bomb-making material to Syria, Turkish media reported yesterday. The plane which took off from Tehran landed overnight at Diyarbakir airport and searches took place yesterday, broadcaster CNN Turk said. Last Tuesday night another plane was similarly forced to land at Diyarbakir but departed the following day after a search squad trained in chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear cargo found nothing illegal. Turkey's Foreign Ministry and airport authorities declined to comment. A ministry spokesman said after last week's plane grounding the search was routine. Turkish media suggested the plane may have been stopped at the request of the United Nations to investigate whether it was carrying nuclear material. The UN nuclear watchdog is probing allegations of covert atomic activities in Syria. Iran and Syria, close allies, deny ever harbouring nuclear weapons ambitions. — Reuters  Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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