February 01 News International

Wednesday 01 February, 2012.

TOP STORY Romney wins Floridaprimary Former Massachusetts Gov Mitt Romney has won the Republican primary in Florida, defeating Newt Gingrich, the victory has brought him closer to bagging the Republican nomination to challenge the incumbent Barack Obama in Nov. HEADLINES Radioactive water from Fukushima reactor found leaking  Tokyo Electric Power Co said Wednesday that it has found radioactive coolant water leaking from a broken pipe in the Number 4 reactor of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi power plant, but added that the liquid has not flowed outside the reactor building. Israel PM primary win raises spectre of early elections  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday claimed a solid victory over his sole opponent for the leadership of his Likud party, bolstering his position ahead of possible early elections. 38 militants killed in air strikes, clashes  Thirty-eight militants, including a top commander of Pakistani Taliban, were killed on Wednesday in air strikes and clashes with troops in the volatile tribal belt of northwest Pakistan. IAEA wraps up talks in Iran Three days of talks between a visiting IAEA delegation and Iranian officials wrapped up with no sign of any breakthrough on tensions over Tehran's nuclear programme, media reported. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC UN atomic watchdog green lights Japan's reactor tests  EUROPE Winter cold snap kills 36 in eastern Europe NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA Pak SC for larger bench to hear petition in Bhutto case  WEST ASIA UN leader presses Middle East rivals to get back to talks

OTHER TOP STORIES EU leaders agree on budget discipline measures Egyptian lawmakers accuse military of overreaching Clinton urges UNSC to act 'fast' on Syria Husain Haqqani leaves for US Putin promises Russia 'new economy' after protests