Topic: nuclear power - on March 18, 2011 at 10:05:00 AM CET
Japan nuclear safety agency says level 5 incident at Fukushima reactors No. 1, 2, 3, raised from level 4
Japan nuclear agency: electric cables expected to be connected to reactors no.1, no.2 generators by Saturday morning
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 10:01:00 AM CET
La marine française se déploie au large de la Libye - he French navy is deployed off theThe French navy is deployed off theLibyaLibya
En attendant un possible ordre d'appareillage du porte-avions Charles de Gaulle, actuellement à quai à Toulon, la frégate de défense aérienne Forbin vient d'arriver au large de la Libye. Ultramoderne, ce bâtiment, entré en service fin 2010, sera à même de participer à la mise en place d'une zone d'exclusion aérienne. Ses radars et son système de combat lui permettent, notamment, de détecter et pister des aéronefs situés dans un rayon de 400 kilomètres. Le Forbin peut également, grâce à ses missiles surface-air Aster, détruire simultanément plusieurs cibles avec une portée de l'ordre de la centaine de kilomètres. Cette capacité lui permet, notamment, de pouvoir offrir à rempart à la menace du colonel Kadhafi de mener des raids de représailles en Méditerranée au cas où la communauté internationale interviendrait militairement en Libye.
Pending a possible order of equipment on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, currently in port in Toulon, the air defense frigate Forbin just arrived off the coast of Libya. Ultramodern building, entered service in late 2010, will be able to participate in the establishment of a no-fly zone. Its radar and combat system permit, in particular, to detect and track aircraft within a radius of 400 kilometers. Forbin may also, through its Aster surface to air missiles, destroy several targets simultaneously with a range of about one hundred kilometers. This ability allows him, in particular, can provide a bulwark against the threat of Colonel Qaddafi to conduct reprisal raids in the Mediterranean if the international community would intervene militarily in Libya.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 9:04:00 AM CET
HEADS UP: Bombardier BD-700 tail number N799WW departed earlier this evening Mitiga Libya presumed entered
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 8:57:00 AM CET
Military strikes on Libya within hours: France
Military action against Libya will come within "hours" and France will participate in the strikes, government spokesman Francois Baroin said this morning.
The strikes will come "rapidly... within a few hours," he told RTL radio after the UN Security Council last night cleared the way for air strikes by approving "all necessary measures" to impose a no-fly zone on Libya.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 8:42:00 AM CET
Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam says Libya not afraid of U.N. resolution - Al Arabiya
Colonel Gaddafi's son Saif has said the UN Security Council resolution against the Libyan government is "unfair", insisting no civilians had been killed by pro-Gaddafi forces during recent battles with rebels.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 8:28:00 AM CET
The UN Security Council imposes a no-fly zone over Libya and authorises "all necessary measures" to protect civilians.
Benghazi now throwing what's probably the biggest party in its recent history.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 18, 2011 at 7:01:00 AM CET
Q+A: Risks at each reactor of Japan's stricken plant explained
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant at the centre of Japan's crisis has six reactors. The plant is operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO).
The following summarises what is happening at each unit, and the major risks from the worst nuclear crisis since the 1986 Chernobyl fallout:
WHICH REACTORS ARE MOST AT RISK?
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 8:33:00 PM CET
Libya NFSL Summary of Gaddafi's speech... "2%&$&/&$§&Z$!#1$@" and "!#$!$(&§&""/&$$@#$%%!^(@!$!$$"!§=?(" - Zenga Zenga
Libya's Gadhafi tells Benghazi residents "we are coming tonight' and 'there won't be any mercy' -
Reuters @ twitter.comGaddafi: 'every inch,' 'every street,' 'every house,' 'every closet' will be searched in Benghazi (& yes,he said zenga zenga again)
guardian.co.uk globalspin.blogs.time.com Libya NFSL [National Front for the Salvation of Libya] wiki
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 7:33:00 PM CET
Libya says any attack would threaten Mediterranean
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 6:54:00 PM CET
Gaddafi forces bomb rebel-held Benghazi
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have reportedly launched their first bombing raids on the main rebel-held city of Benghazi.
BBC correspondents in the city heard the sound of low-flying aircraft and explosions on the outskirts of the second city, which has a population of a million.
Reports say the targets included the city's airport at Benina.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 6:52:00 PM CET
U.S. FINALLY decides it wants a no-fly zone... but it's too little too late as Gaddafi closes in on Benghazi
The U.S. has said the UN Security Council should consider more than a no-fly zone over Libya to protect civilians as France pushed the panel to vote before Libyan rebels are defeated.
The remarks from U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice were the clearest statement from Washington so far that it will back a Security Council resolution authorising a no-fly zone over the North African state.
But the decisiveness may have come too late as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces bombarded the key eastern city of Ajdabiya, with fears he could retake Libya’s second city Benghazi if Ajdabiya falls.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 6:16:00 PM CET
Mark Lyall Grant, the UK's ambassador to the United Nations, says that the UN Security Council has scheduled a vote on a resolution for 2200GMT (6pm local time in New York), Reuters reports.
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