Topic: nuclear power - on March 28, 2011 at 11:07:00 AM CEST
Addendum - Atomkraftbefürworter machen mobil - Lernen aus Japan?
Noch Anfang vergangener Woche konnte es Union und FDP nicht schnell genug damit gehen, sich von der Kernenergie zu distanzieren. Doch inzwischen bringen sich die Atomkraft-Befürworter wieder in Stellung.
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 28, 2011 at 10:48:00 AM CEST
Massive Setback for Merkel: Greens Score Big in Key German State
It is being hailed as the start of a new political era in Germany. The Green Party looks set to appoint its first state governor after Sunday's election in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The result is a huge setback for Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The Fukushima disaster has had, and will have, many consequences around the world. One of the more unlikely, however, appears to be the results of Sunday's election in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, where skepticism about nuclear power helped propel the Green Party to a historic victory over Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
The Greens doubled their share of the vote to 24.2 percent, according to preliminary results released by the state electoral commission. They are now likely to govern the state in a coalition with the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), which secured 23.1 percent of the vote, down 2 percent from the last election in 2006. In what would be a first for Germany, the Greens, as the senior partner in the coalition, will likely appoint the state governor.
spiegel.de Merkel's party headed for German poll debacle Angela Merkel 'loses key state election' bbc Poll Woe Looms for Merkel Coalition wsj.com German chancellor's party defeated in state election latimes.com German Bonds Fall Before Inflation Report as Merkel Loses Poll businessweek Merkel's party ousted by Greens in state election independent.co.uk
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 28, 2011 at 10:25:00 AM CEST
Die grüne Revolution
Zeitenwende für Baden-Württemberg: Ausgerechnet das konservative Stammland wird jetzt von einem Grünen regiert. Winfried Kretschmann tritt aller Voraussicht nach als Chef einer grün-roten Koalition die Nachfolge von Stefan Mappus an.
Der Mann ist keiner, der sich am Erfolg betrinkt. Selbst nicht im Moment seines größten politischen Triumphs. Während um ihn herum die Menschen vor Freude tanzen, sich in den Armen liegen und ihr Glück laut heraus schreien, sagt Winfried Kretschmann, 62, mit seiner immer leicht knarzigen Stimme: "Wir feiern und freuen uns heute - und morgen gehen wir wieder an die Arbeit."
Nüchterner geht es wohl nicht.
Die grüne Revolution Grün-Rot schafft Sensation in Baden-Württemberg Merkels Koalition bekommt die Rechnung Baden-Württemberg verändert viel in der Republik zeit.de Berlin wackelt, weil Stuttgart fällt morgenpost.de Steinmeier empfiehlt Kanzlerin Merkel Neuwahl welt.de Wirtschaftsflügel der Union attackiert Merkel Grüne: Merkel muss auf uns zugehen zeit.de Selbstbewusste Demut bei den Grünen: "Wir bleiben auf dem Boden!" -Video - SPIEGEL
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 28, 2011 at 9:51:00 AM CEST
Mext: Readings at Monitoring Post out of 20 Km Zone of Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP
(13:00 March 28, 2011)
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 28, 2011 at 9:47:00 AM CEST
Graphing Earthquake and Radiation Data in Japan
These graphs of Earthquake and Radiation Data in Japan are made from various data sources which are quoted below and underneath each image. I made these as quite a few people are getting confused with all the numbers floating around and to show in an easily viewable format the levels that are being stated.
The Radiation Graphs are made from data from mobile monitoring posts setup by the Prefectural Offices (Local Council / Local Government) in the areas. I am focusing on these as they are only in Japanese and provide a different view on the MEXT data that everyone else is graphing.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 28, 2011 at 9:46:00 AM CEST
Containing the radiation
A Japanese government spokesman has pledged all-out efforts to contain high-level radiation at the damaged nuclear power plant in Fukushima.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano spoke to reporters on Monday as efforts continued to remove highly radioactive water from buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 28, 2011 at 9:46:00 AM CEST
Japan trying to remove highly radioactive water at troubled nuke plant
Work to remove highly radioactive water from inside buildings at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi plant continued Monday, with the radiation level of a pool in the basement of the No. 2 reactor's turbine building measured at more than 1,000 millisieverts per hour.
Removal of such water in four reactor units is necessary to reduce the risk of more workers being exposed to radioactive substances, as the risk hinders efforts to restore the plant's crippled cooling functions, which are crucial to overcoming the crisis.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 28, 2011 at 9:43:00 AM CEST
Fukushima: "Teilweise Kernschmelze" in Reaktor 2
Im schwer beschädigten japanischen AKW Fukushima I ist es zu einer Kernschmelze gekommen: Das bestätigt nun erstmals offiziell die Regierung. Demnach kam es in Reaktor 2 bereits nach dem Tsunami zu einer „Teilkernschmelze“. Eine frische Kernschmelze, die den zuletzt sprunghaften Anstieg der Strahlenwerte erklären würde, dürfte es demnach nicht gegeben haben. Ein Experte warnt jetzt: Man dürfe Japan die Krise nicht mehr allein bekämpfen lassen - und der UNO-Sicherheitsrat müsse sich mit der Gefahr befassen.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 28, 2011 at 8:44:00 AM CEST
News, the way the Libyan authorities want it to be reported
The al-Nasr Hotel Tannoy is piped into every room so you can't escape. It's Moussa again – Moussa Ibrahim the ubiquitous, articulate but increasingly stressed Libyan government spokesman. He's got a PhD in Media Studies, he says, from "Royal Holloway University".
"All journalists to gather for bus trip to Bani Walid. You will meet members of the Warfallah tribe and some of the families of those killed in the bombing. The bus will be leaving in half an hour. You will be back in Tripoli early in the afternoon," he says.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 28, 2011 at 8:31:00 AM CEST
Eman al-Obeidi has been released by Gaddafi forces. Her mother tells reporters she is proud of her daughter
The mother of a woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel and said that she had been raped by government militiamen hailed her daughter as a hero Sunday and said government officials offered her money and a house to change her story.
Aisha Ahmed, contacted by telephone at her home in Tobruk, in the rebel-held eastern part of the country, said she was proud of the courage displayed by her daughter, Iman al-Obaidi, whose outburst Saturday was broadcast worldwide.
“I am very happy, very proud,” said Ahmed, who described her daughter as a 26-year-old law student in Tripoli.
washingtonpost.com telegraph.co.uk
UPDATE ON EMAN: There are unconfirmed claims by the Gaddafi Regime that Eman was released and is safe. There is NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE to support their claims. The Regime's history with making false statements gives us EVERY REASON to fear for her safety and continue to demand her immediate release.
update:
Family of Eman Al-Obeidi DENY claims she is free, sister now missing too
Libyan press has announced that Eman has now been freed, and is resting at home with her mother and sisters. She may be giving an interview to one or two female reporters, they promised. A Gadaffi spokesman has told foreign press that five men, one of whom may be the son of a top-ranking Police Officer, have been arrested in connection with the alleged beating, torture and rape of Eman Al-Obeidi. None of this can be confirmed by journalists, who are held captive in the hotel in Tripoli where the woman approached them Saturday. Her family, however, deny that this is true. In fact, they say, her sister Amal has also been detained. They received a phone call last night from a government spokesman at three a.m. offering them a new house, money, anything they wished as long as they retracted Eman's statement.... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: War and Peace News - on March 28, 2011 at 8:19:00 AM CEST
PSYOPS EC-130J STEEL 74 with message on 10405.0 kHz to Libyan Naval Officers and Sailors 27 March 2011
Below you can find the transcript of a PSYOPS message sent on Mar. 27, 2011, on HF freq. 10405 KHz that was intercepted by an Italian radio ham, who recorded it and published it on Youtube with basic information.
The Gaddafi regime forces are violating a United Nations resolution ordering the end of hostilities in your country. Do not take part in further hostilities. Refuse any order to harm your fellow countrymen or Libyan facilities. Return to your home and family. ..........
transcript of a PSYOPS message sent on Mar. 27, 2011, on HF freq. 10405 KHz
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