Topic: War and Peace News - on March 30, 2011 at 1:34:00 PM CEST
Inside Story: Libya's end game
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 30, 2011 at 1:17:00 PM CEST
Libya: Government Use of Landmines Confirmed
Muammar Gaddafi's forces have laid both antipersonnel and antivehicle mines during the current conflict with armed opposition groups, Human Rights Watch confirmed today.
"Libya should immediately stop using antipersonnel mines, which most of the world banned years ago," said Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director at Human Rights Watch. "Gaddafi's forces should ensure that mines of every type that already have been laid are cleared as soon as possible to avoid civilian casualties."
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 30, 2011 at 12:55:00 PM CEST
James Bays also describes the tactics being used by Gaddafi's forces.
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Bays also describes the tactics being used by Gaddafi's forces. They send mobile mortar teams several kilometres off the main road, flank the disorganised rebel columns, and begin shelling them from a distance. Almost without fail, the mortar fire - possibly combined with long-range Grad rocket attacks - has forced rebels to retreat.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 30, 2011 at 12:52:00 PM CEST
NATO Misrata under siege and has been so for days. Please stop the bloodshed of Libyans by Gaddafi forces.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 30, 2011 at 12:48:00 PM CEST
Remember, we ONLY had to pick up weapons because Gaddafi turned the full might of his army against us.
Libya's Pickup-Truck Army
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 30, 2011 at 11:43:00 AM CEST
TEPCO chairman apologizes
The chairman of the Tokyo Electric Power Company has apologized for trouble and anxiety caused by radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Tsunehisa Katsumata on Wednesday was speaking to reporters in Tokyo for the first time since problems at the plant surfaced. The firm's president, Masataka Shimizu, was hospitalized for hypertension and dizziness on Tuesday night.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 30, 2011 at 11:23:00 AM CEST
EU erhöht Grenzwerte für Strahlung aus Japan
Seit Samstag gelten in der EU höhere Grenzwerte für radioaktiv belastete Lebensmittel, wie heute bekannt wurde. In normalen Zeiten liegen die Maximalbelastungen der meisten Lebensmittel für Cäsium-134 und Cäsium-137 bei 600 Becquerel, seit Samstag sind es 1250 Becquerel. Für Milcherzeugnisse sind nun statt 370 Becquerel 1000 Becquerel erlaubt.
tagesanzeiger.ch via focus.de Samstag 26.03.2011, 16:28 welt.de 17.03.2011 taz.de 29.03.2011 Verordnung (EURATOM) Nr. 3954/87 des Rates vom 22. Dezember 1987
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 30, 2011 at 11:18:00 AM CEST
Libya al hora tv is on arabsat , and a new channel called A7FAD EL MOKHTAR!!! ON 11585 (V) 275 3/4
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 30, 2011 at 9:33:00 AM CEST
High radiation levels in waters off Fukushima
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says radioactive iodine in excess of 3,300 times the national limit was found in seawater near the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Tuesday afternoon. This was the highest measured in waters off the plant.
The level of radioactive iodine-131 found 330 meters south of a water outlet of the plant was 3,355 times regulated standards at 1:55 PM on Tuesday.
nhk.or.jp iaea.org Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log Readings of Sea Area Monitoring at Post Out of Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP (Mar 29, 2011) [pdf] Readings at Monitoring Post out of 20 Km Zone of Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP (16:00 March 30, 2011) [pdf]
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Topic: NATURE - on March 30, 2011 at 9:30:00 AM CEST
Japan Quake Map
About this site On the 11th of March 2011, the world's media reported a massive earthquake off the East coast of Japan. It turned out to hit magnitude 9 on the Richter scale, and caused a devastating tsunami; the region's nuclear power facilities have been experiencing major difficulties since the earthquake and tsunami triggered a series of events leading to massive overheating.
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 30, 2011 at 9:25:00 AM CEST
ÖVP-Turbulenzen: Für Platter ist die Partei "sauber" - LOL
Die ÖVP kommt derzeit aus den Querelen nicht heraus - will aber keine Obmanndebatte führen. Für den Parteivize und Tiroler Landeshauptmann Platter steht fest: „Wir sind eine saubere Partei.“ Es werden nach den Affären der Ex-EU-Abgeordneten Strasser und Ranner aber auch parteiintern kritische Stimmen laut. So sagte etwa der oberösterreichische Landeshauptmann Pühringer, dass man nicht zur Tagesordnung übergehen könne. Die Partei ist jedenfalls in Aufruhr, während Obmann Pröll nach einer Lungenembolie noch rekonvaleszent ist.
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Topic: EU - on March 30, 2011 at 9:20:00 AM CEST
EU-Parlamentspräsident kündigt "Null-Toleranz" an
Buzek will Severin zu Rücktritt überreden - Strasser hat Mandat noch nicht aufgegeben - Verhaltenskodex und Strafen angekündigt - Polemik um Martin
Brüssel - EU-Parlamentspräsident Jerzy Buzek hat eine harte Linie und Änderungen im Umgang mit Lobbyisten im Gefolge der Bestechungsaffäre angekündigt, in die der zurückgetretene ÖVP-Delegationsleiter Ernst Strasser und zwei weitere EU-Abgeordnete verwickelt sind. "Wir sind entschlossen zu einer Null-Toleranz-Politik gegenüber den Handlungen, die zu den Rücktritten unserer Kollegen geführt haben", sagte Buzek am Mittwoch vor dem Europaparlament in Brüssel.
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