A joint venture between Jordan Energy Resources Incorporated and French nuclear giant Areva said on Tuesday it has discovered more than 20,000 tonnes of uranium in the Middle East kingdom. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Afghan security forces have detained five insurgents with ten tonnes of explosives they aimed to use in launching attacks in crowded areas of the capital Kabul, an official said Saturday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Afghan police in the southern province of Kandahar have seized at least 17 tonnes of explosives insurgents were planning to use for improvised explosive devices, a senior officer said Sunday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Costa Rican police officers guard about two tonnes of cocaine at the Juan Santa Maria International Airport in Alajuela February 1, 2012, in this handout photo provided by Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Security. Costa Rica's Nat... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Thai customs and police officials destroy 120 tonnes of counterfeit goods by running a steamroller over piles of DVDs, handbags, clothing and watches in Bangkok August 29, 2011. Thailand's government, which has been widely criticised ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Steel tanks, each with a capacity of 100 or 120 tonness, to be used to store radioactive wastewater that is accumulating at Tokyo Electric Power Co.(TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, are being transferred by a trailer fr... [Full Article]
(AP) - Firefighters inspect a tanker carrying 2,400 tonnes of sulphuric acid after the barge capsized at the river Rhine near St Goarshausen, south of Koblenz, western Germany, Thursday, Jan 13, 2011. First reports say that no cargo leaked. Two of th... [Full Article]
(AFP) - A ship carrying 2,400 tonnes of sulphuric acid capsized on Germany's Rhine river near St. Goarshausen, blocking traffic on one of Europe's busiest waterways amid a frantic search for two crew members.(AFP/Daniel Roland)... [Full Article]
(AFP/DDP/File) - A ship carrying 2,000 tonnes of sulphuric acid overturned Thursday in the Rhine river near Sankt Goar. This file photo from July 2004 shows recovery work on a German cargo ship that sank in the north German port of Hamburg with some ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Soldiers stand next to 7.6 tonnes of marijuana is being incinerated at the military base in Ciudad Juarez December 17, 2010. Soldiers seized the drugs in various operations on the streets of Ciudad Juarez in the past three months. REUTERS... [Full Article]