Monday, March 28, 2011

Fukushima: still a crisis situation, say experts (AFP)

Fukushima: still a crisis situation, say experts (AFP)

Fukushima: still a crisis situation, say experts (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:54 AM PDT

This handout picture, released from Ministry of Land, Infrstructure and Tourism on March 23, shows an aerial view of Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant and a tsunami rushing to the plant on March 11. Critically damaged reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant are still leaking radioactive pollution into the air, and probably into the soil and sea, say experts.(AFP/JIJI PRESS/File)AFP - Critically damaged reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant are still leaking radioactive pollution into the air, and probably into the soil and sea, say experts.

Japan finds plutonium at stricken nuclear plant (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:48 AM PDT

A handout from Japan Ground Self-Defense Force via Kyodo shows No. 4 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 27, 2011. REUTERS/Japan Ground Self-Defence Force via Kyodo/HandoutReuters - Plutonium found in soil at the crippled Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm on Tuesday over Japan's lengthy battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years.

NEC, Fujitsu to delay personnel changes: Nikkei (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:32 AM PDT

Reuters - Hurt by Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, IT vendors NEC Corp (6701.T) and Fujitsu Ltd (6702.T) have decided to refrain from making personnel and organizational changes, previously scheduled for April 1, the Nikkei business daily reported.

Disasters subdue start to Tokyo blossom season (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:24 AM PDT

People admire cherry blossoms as they stroll in Ueno Park in Tokyo. Tokyo residents marked an unusually quiet start to the annual cherry blossom season Monday amid jitters over a massive nuclear disaster triggered by a deadly tsunami.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Tokyo residents marked an unusually quiet start to the annual cherry blossom season Monday amid jitters over a massive nuclear disaster triggered by a deadly tsunami.

Plutonium found in soil at Japan nuclear plant: operator (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:21 AM PDT

A Greenpeace photo shows a member of the environmental group holding a Geiger counter displaying radiation levels of 7.66 micro Sievert per hour in Iitate city, Fukushima prefecture, on March 27. Plutonium has been detected in soil at a stricken nuclear plant in Japan and highly contaminated water has leaked from a reactor building, the operator said Monday, fanning environmental fears.(AFP/GREENPEACE/File/Christian Aslund)AFP - Plutonium was detected Monday in soil at five places at a tsunami-stricken nuclear plant in Japan, but the levels are not believed to pose a threat to human health, the operator said.

Japan steel city's 'last geisha' defies tsunami (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:21 AM PDT

Tsuyako Ito, the last working geisha in the Japanese steel city of Kamaishi, shown here on March 25, is no stranger to disaster -- having survived devastating US air raids in World War II and three major tsunamis.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - Tsuyako Ito, the last working geisha in the Japanese steel city of Kamaishi, is no stranger to disaster -- having survived devastating US air raids in World War II and three major tsunamis.

Kabul Bank future undecided: central bank (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:20 AM PDT

Afghans wait to withdraw money from the Kabul Bank in the capital. Afghanistan's central bank said Monday no decision had yet been made about the future of the embattled Kabul Bank, after weekend reports suggested it would be put into liquidation next month.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Afghanistan's central bank said Monday no decision had yet been made about the future of the embattled Kabul Bank, after weekend reports suggested it would be put into liquidation next month.

More radioactive water spills at Japan nuke plant (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:17 AM PDT

A resident of Oshima island of pushes a wheel barrow past the destroyed port as he tries to salvage belongings from his home in northeastern Japan Monday, March 28, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Workers discovered new pools of radioactive water leaking from Japan's crippled nuclear complex, officials said Monday, as emergency crews struggled to pump out hundreds of tons of contaminated water and bring the plant back under control.

China moves to extend jailing of outspoken blogger (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:57 AM PDT

AP - Police filed subversion charges against a prolific blogger and writer, his wife said Monday, in a bellwether detention since anonymous online calls circulated for Chinese to imitate the pro-democracy protests of North Africa and the Middle East.

Japan says plutonium found at Fukushima (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:40 AM PDT

Yumi Saitou, who lives in Fukushima, is silhouetted as she is tested for possible nuclear radiation at an evacuation centre in Fukushima, northern Japan March 28, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters - Plutonium has been found in soil at various points within Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex but does not present a risk to human health, operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said on Monday.

Tokyo's cherry blossoms officially in bloom (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:29 AM PDT

Cherry blossoms are in bloom at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine Monday, March 28, 2011. The Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday that the country's capital was officially in bloom. But this year, the usual excitement has been overshadowed by the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northeast coast, as well as the ongoing nuclear crisis. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Masanobu Nakatsukasa) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDITAP - Cherry blossom season has arrived in Tokyo, tinged this year with particular sadness.

Taliban truck explosion kills 23 in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:01 AM PDT

In this Saturday, March 26, 2011 photo, Afghan children play on a destroyed Soviet - made armored tank in Panjshir north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ahmad Nazar)AP - A team of suicide bombers shot their way into the compound of a road construction company in eastern Afghanistan and detonated a truck loaded with explosives, killing 23 people and wounding about 60, the Afghan government said Monday.

Latest in Japan's quake, tsunami, nuclear crisis (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:55 AM PDT

AP - The utility company that operates Japan's crippled nuclear plant say contaminated water was discovered in trenches around three reactor units.

Developments in Japan's disasters, nuclear crisis (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:52 AM PDT

AP - • MORE RADIOACTIVE WATER DISCOVERED. Tokyo Electric Power Co. says contaminated water was discovered in trenches around three reactor units at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. A similar leak last week injured workers and forced work to stop temporarily. Workers are still trying to clear hundreds of tons of contaminated water from several buildings at the plant, which was disabled in March 11's tsunami.

Philippines to bolster watch in disputed Spratlys (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:50 AM PDT

AP - The Philippine military chief says the country plans to acquire patrol ships, aircraft and an air defense radar system so it is better able to guard its territory in and near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

India navy nabs 16 pirates, rescues 16 hostages (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 03:26 AM PDT

A pirate stands on a rocky outcrop on the Somali coast. Seven Danes, including three teenagers, who were seized by Somali pirates on their yacht in February, are AP - India's navy and coast guard have captured 16 Somali pirates after a three-hour-long battle in the Arabian Sea, a navy spokesman said Monday.

Ex-Khmer Rouge prison chief appeals sentence (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 03:01 AM PDT

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, center, who ran the notorious Toul Sleng, a top secret detention center for the worst 'enemies' of the state, looks on during his appealing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, March 28, 2011. The man who admitted overseeing the killing of 16,000 people as the Khmer Rouge's chief prison warden returns to the courtroom to appeal his 19-year prison sentence on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. (AP Photo/ Mark Peters, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia)AP - The man who admitted to overseeing the torture and killing of 16,000 people as the Khmer Rouge's chief prison warden returned to the courtroom Monday in Cambodia to appeal his 19-year prison sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Philippine senator accused of murder faces public (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:53 AM PDT

Fugitive Philippine Senator Panfilo Lacson, center, is mobbed by the media following a news conference Monday, March 28, 2011 at the Philippine Senate in Manila. Lacson, who fled double murder charges more than a year ago, returned to the country on Saturday after a court voided the arrest warrant against him. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - A Philippine senator who fled double murder charges more than a year ago faced the public Monday for the first time since his return, claiming that he went into hiding because the previous government had conspired to put him behind bars.

Japan's Kan: neither hero nor flop in quake crisis (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:40 AM PDT

In this March 25, 2011 photo, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan gives a speech during a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo, two weeks after a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan. Kan's response to Japan's earthquake and nuclear crisis may determine not only his future as prime minister but also his place in history. It is, of course, far too early to hand down a verdict. But some have an interim report card: adequate, not stellar. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Just about two weeks ago, in a seemingly distant time, Japan's Naoto Kan appeared a doomed leader in need of a miracle to keep his job.

India's tiger census shows numbers on the rise (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:44 AM PDT

AP - India's latest tiger census shows an increase in the numbers of the endangered big cat, but threats to their roaming territory could reverse those gains, officials said Monday.
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