contamination
more than a year after the plant was disastrously damaged by an earthquake. About 40% of the fish caught nearby is unfit for human consumption. A BBC science correspondent says it has been expected that the contamination would start to decline by now.
The Spanish authorities have rescued 17 people who were aborad a small boat that capsized off the Moroccan coast. The bodies of at least 40 others were recovered. One of the survivors said the boat was carrying more 70 migrants, who were trying to reach Spain.
Microsoft has unveiled a new version of its Windows operating system to address the way consumers are moving from personal computers to smart phones and other mobile devices. Windows 8 is seen as crucial to Microsoft's efforts to
regain ground
lost to its rivals Apple and Goolge. From News York here's Mitchell Flary.
Microsoft's newest operating system Window 8 has been described as
make-or-break
for the company. The world's largest software firm hopes its latest offering will help it regain ground lost to Apple and Google as mobile computing has taken off. The launch took place in the pier along New York's Hudson River which was transformed with Windows 8 devices scattered among a model of the city Skyline. Microsoft is also making one of its rare ventures into hardware making with its own tablet computer.
People in the Bahamas have been preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, the violent storm that earlier