Topic: nuclear power - on March 13, 2011 at 9:51:00 AM CET
Japan says partial meltdown likely at 2nd reactor
Japan's top government spokesman says a partial meltdown is likely under way at second reactor affected by Friday's massive earthquake.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Sunday that radiation at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima briefly rose above legal limits, but it has since declined significantly.
Three reactors at the plant lost their cooling functions in the aftermath of quake and tsunami because of a power outage.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 13, 2011 at 9:50:00 AM CET
Nuclear Experts Explain Worst-Case Scenario at Fukushima Power Plant
First came the earthquake, centered just off the east coast of Japan, near Honshu. The horror of the tsunami quickly followed. Now the world waits as emergency crews attempt to stop a core meltdown from occurring at the Fukushima Daichi nuclear reactor, already the site of an explosion of the reactor's housing structure.
At 1:30pm EST on March 12, American nuclear experts gathered for a call-in media briefing. While various participants discussed the policy ramifications of the crisis, physicist Ken Bergeron provided most of the information regarding the actual damage to the reactor.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 13, 2011 at 9:27:00 AM CET
Blackout-proof the protests
Across the Middle East -- in Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, and more countries every day, autocratic regimes are trying to crush unprecedented peaceful protests with brutality and blackouts.
Avaaz is working urgently to "blackout-proof" the protests -- with secure satellite modems and phones, tiny video cameras, and portable radio transmitters, plus expert support teams on the ground -- to enable activists to broadcast live video feeds even during internet and phone blackouts.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 13, 2011 at 9:23:00 AM CET
British universities ditch Libyan deals
British universities severed links with Colonel Gaddafi’s regime last night as the full extent of how they have profited from Libya was revealed.
A string of universities said they had pulled out of a deal with Tripoli to train hundreds of health workers.
The disclosure came as official statistics showed virtually every university in Britain is being paid by the Libyan government to educate students.
The 110 institutions registered a total of 2,880 students from Libya last year, including judges and police officers - part of Gaddafi’s feared security network.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 12, 2011 at 11:47:00 PM CET
Today Libyan state TV was running a long anti-Jazeera programme
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 12, 2011 at 8:43:00 PM CET
Al Jazeera cameraman Ali Hassan Al-Jaber has been killed in an ambush near Benghazi reportedly by Gaddafi forces
Two people including Al Jaber were shot. Al Jaber was rushed to hospital, but it was too late. Wadah Khanfar, the director-general of Al Jazeera, says the network "will not remain silent" and will pursue those behind the ambush through legal channels. He says that the killing came after "an unprecedented campaign" against the network by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
aljazeera.net guardian.co.uk washingtonpost.com huffingtonpost.com inquirer.net thewashingtonnote.com
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 12, 2011 at 7:35:00 PM CET
Sweden no longer recognises Libyan embassy
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said Friday he no longer considered the Libya's embassy in Stockholm a legitimate representative of the Libyan people.
"We no longer consider the Libyan Embassy in Stockholm to be representing anything," Bildt posted on his official Twitter feed Friday.
When asked to comment on Bildt's post, foreign ministry spokesman Anders Jörle said "given the unclear situation in Libya, we do not know who represents Libya in Sweden."
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 12, 2011 at 6:55:00 PM CET
Committee to Protect Journalists - Libya must free Guardian reporter
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the immediate release of Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, left, a correspondent for London's Guardian newspaper whom Libyan officials now acknowledge holding in detention. CPJ also demands that authorities halt ongoing obstruction and intimidation of journalists. A number of foreign journalists invited to cover events in the capital were prevented today from reporting on anti-government protesters in a Tripoli neighborhood, according to news reports.
After The Guardian this week issued a public plea for information on Abdul-Ahad's whereabouts, the Libyan Foreign Ministry in Tripoli acknowledged that the reporter was in state custody, the newspaper reported late Thursday.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 12, 2011 at 6:51:00 PM CET
Robertson: Gadhafi thugs grabbed me and my crew
CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson and his crew were detained Friday in Tajura, Libya, east of Tripoli by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. This is his account.
For a few moments today, for us personally, Libya’s lies and deceit were swept aside and the real deal was brutally exposed.
“Itla, itla” – "Get in the car, get in the car!" – he was screaming. My cameraman, Khalil Abdallah, and I hesitated for a split-second. But that's all it was.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 12, 2011 at 6:17:00 PM CET
Officials are checking residents of the area around the Fukushima nuclear power plant for signs of radiation poisoning
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Topic: NATURE - on March 12, 2011 at 6:09:00 PM CET
Earthquake List for 10-degree Map Centered at 40°N, 145°E
Here is a list of the earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks for the 10-degree Map Centered at 40°N, 145°E. Most recent events are at the top.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 12, 2011 at 6:06:00 PM CET
MBC Channels leave the satellite Nilesat 102 MBCs move to Atlantic Bird 4A, which works as a 7.2 ° W.
Published: 09.03.2011, 17:19
Arab media company MBC Group, the family ceased distribution channel for the MBC satellite Nilesat 102 at the orbital position of 7 ° W. From Tuesday, March 8, 2011 programs are available only on satellite Atlantic Bird 4A, which works as a 7.2 ° W.
Packet MBC worked Freq 11.938 GHz, pol V, SR 27500, FEC 3 / 4 and included station MBC 1, MBC 2, MBC 3, MBC 4, MBC Drama, MBC Action, MBC Max and channel Al Arabiya Citruss TV Hawas TV Wanasah, Abu Dhabi Drama Zee Aflam and Al Aan TV. Transponder 11.938 GHz is not currently used.
Channels MBC 1, MBC 2, MBC 4 and MBC Action MBC Max is now broadcast only on satellite Atlantic Bird 4 A (7.2 ° W) on the frequency 12.437 GHz, pol H SR 27500, FEC 3 / 4, DVB-S/QPSK...............
...... MBC and Arab were subjected to a deliberate campaign of confusion .. The group offers alternative frequencies (OK clearing) The following are temporary alternative frequencies and channels belonging to the package's "MBC" and "Arab" on the satellite "Nile Sat"
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