Police officers in Nepal have been accused of using their station to run a butcher's shop.

A top power company official defended safety standards at an earthquake-ravaged Japanese nuclear plant today, even as the company said a radioactive leak was bigger than reported.

TWO Irishman wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of an English backpacker in India have contacted the Irish embassy in New Delhi after a nationwide alert was issued for their capture.

Gunmen in a troubled Kingston neighbourhood killed three men and firebombed five houses yesterday, Jamaican police said.