Two nuclear reactors suffer meltdown after quake: TEPCO

The operator of the quake and tsunami- battered Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant said Tuesday that fuel rods in the cores of two more reactors most likely suffered meltdown similar to the meltdown already confirmed in the plant's No. 1 reactor.Junichi Matsumoto, a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power Co. ( TEPCO) told reporters that the fuel rods in reactors 2 and 3 had almost completely melted, meaning that the severity of the disaster was far more severe than TEPCO originally estimated or revealed.The embattled utility said however that the temperature of the melted fuel which has settled at the bottom of the flooded reactor pressure vessels was not at levels considered critical."It is unlikely that the meltdowns will worsen the crisis...

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Cambodia, China sign trade promotion cooperation

Cambodian Ministry of Commerce and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the development of bilateral trade.The MoU was inked between Cambodian Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh and Wan Jifei, visiting chairman of CCPIT and president of China Chamber of International Commerce.Speaking before the signing ceremony, Cham Prasidh said the agreement will be useful for Cambodia to strengthen and expand trade cooperation with China."As Cambodia and China have good relations in all levels ranging from the two countries' governments to business people and people, I believe that Cambodia and China will be able to achieve the bilateral trade volume of 2.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2012," he said.The minister has suggested...

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