Saving lives, livelihoods and property from tsunamis Despite the incredible damage wrought by the March 11th Great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami which struck the Pacific Coast of Japan’s Honshu Island, and which appear to have taken the lives of at least 14,000 people, the fact is that many more could have died. Tsunami detection systems […]
Vienna, March 17 (DPA) Twenty-three nuclear and rescue workers have been injured and 20 have received high radiation doses so far at Japan’s Fukushima power plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Thursday. Two people were missing at the plant that was hit by a magnitude-9 earthquake and a tsunami Friday, the Vienna-based agency […]
China has suspended approval for new nuclear power stations following the accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant. It will also carry out checks at existing reactors and those under construction. China is currently building 27 new reactors – about 40% of the total number being built around the world. The news comes as China grows […]
A former British railway freight boss who was arrested last year in Thailand on suspicion of sexually abusing hill tribe children has been found dead in Laos. Roger Pettit, 68, from Brighton, Sussex, was found dead in a guest house in the Laos capital Vientiane last month. No foul play is suspected. Unconfirmed reports suggest […]
Jihadis seek to kill individuals who oppose them Indonesian Islamic extremists’ war on those they consider apostates appears to be taking an ominous new turn with the mailing of three bombs concealed in books to apparent opponents. The bombs raise fears that jihadi terrorists are now broadening their attacks to go after those who either […]
An explosion was reported at 0610 local time Tuesday morning at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s second reactor. The blast is feared to have breached the pressure chamber. The explosion is thought to have been in the reactor’s “pressure suppression room” — part of the cooling system. It damaged the area that contains water […]
Tokyo residents emptied store shelves of daily necessities and stocked up on gasoline as the risk of nuclear radiation leaks from a facility north of the Japanese capital escalated. Seven & I Holdings Co., Japan’s biggest retailer, said its Ito-Yokado supermarkets are being emptied daily of necessities such as water, rice and batteries as soon […]
Dharamsala: Seventy five-year old Dalai Lama has announced that he is retiring from active politics, marking a period of uncertainty for Tibet’s government-in-exile. The 14th Dalai Lama will send a formal letter to Tibet’s Parliament-in-exile today asking to be relieved of his political authority. “His holiness wants to retire but it is up to Parliament […]
