Kühlsystem in weiterem AKW in Japan ausgefallen - AKW Tokai [Tōkai ] - Nuklearer Notstand um AKW Onagawa


In einem weiteren Atomkraftwerk in Japan ist heute das Kühlsystem ausgefallen, wie die Nachrichtenagentur Kyodo unter Berufung auf die Feuerwehr berichtet. Es handelt sich um das AKW Tokai an der Ostküste südlich von Fukushima.

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How the nuclear emergency unfolded


Saturday's explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant made leaking radiation, or even a meltdown, the primary threat facing a country just beginning to grasp the scale of devastation from the earthquake and tsunami.

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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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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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Today Libyan state TV was running a long anti-Jazeera programme


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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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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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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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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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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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The state television also said the Arab League had decided to open channels of communication with a Libyan rebel council based in Benghazi. The League said the council represented the Libyan people, the channel reported.


Retreating Libyan rebels win Arab League boost

Libyan rebels beat a further retreat on Saturday under air strikes and shellfire from Moamer Kadhafi's forces, even as an Arab League decision to back a no-fly zone boosted their uprising.

Having abandoned an operation to recapture the oil town of Ras Lanuf, the outgunned anti-regime fighters struggled to set up a new defensive line 30 kilometres (about 20 miles) further east along a coastal road towards Brega.

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Arab League 'backs Libya no-fly zone' - The Arab League asks the UN Security Council to impose a no-fly zone over Libya


The Arab League has backed the idea of a no-fly zone over Libya, reports say, as rebels continue to be pushed back by Colonel Gaddafi's forces.

A special meeting in Cairo voted to ask the UN Security Council to impose the policy, diplomats told news agencies.

The UK and France have pushed for the idea, but have failed so far to win firm backing from the EU or Nato.

bbc.co.uk bloomberg.com Arab League to officially request UN impose no-fly zone on Libya [haaretz] telegraph.co.uk Arab_League#List_of_member_states [wiki] arableagueonline.org

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