Nuclear leak in Japan reactor causes radiation levels to rocket 1, 250 times normal level 26 Mar 2011
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Nuclear leak in Japan quake reactor causes radiation levels to
rocket 1,250 times normal level in surrounding
seawater<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370113/Japan-earthquake-Fuk
ushima-reactor-nuclear-leak-causes-radiation-levels-rocket.html>
--U.S. naval barges rush freshwater towards stricken Japanese plant
--Safety concerns in California as scare alert leaves West Coast
at risk 26 Mar 2011 Radiation levels are soaring in seawater near
the crippled Fukushima plant core, Japanese nuclear safety officials
warned today. Two weeks after the nuclear power plant was hit by a
massive earthquake and tsunami, tests on Friday showed radioactive
iodine had spiked 1,250 times higher than normal in the seawater
just offshore the plant. The latest setback in preventing further
leakage was confirmed as engineers tried to pump puddles of radioactive
water from the power plant 150 miles north of Tokyo.
Stricken nuclear plant's No.3 reactor 'may have cracked' as Fukushima
Fifty workers are treated for radiation
contamination<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369822/Japan-nuclear-c
risis-3-Fukushima-Fifty-exposed-radiation-taken-hospital.html>
--Exposed to 10,000 times the safe maximum --Two Japanese travellers
'seriously exceed' safe radiation levels in China --Other workers
exposed to 3,000 per cent more radiation than normal 25 Mar 2011
Some of the so called 'Fukushima Fifty' have been exposed to 10,000
times the normal amount of radiation as they battle to cool and
restore power to the damaged nuclear plant, according to the Japan
nuclear and industrial safety agency. While the official death toll
of the earthquake and resulting tsunami reached 10,000, many of the
workers at Fukushima Dai-ichi, who have also been dubbed the Atomic
Samurai, were taken to hospital after coming in to contact with
contaminated water. Three men were scorched when knee-deep water
sloshed down their boots and the contamination is believed to have
come from one of the plant's six reactors - reactor 3 - which is
thought to have been cracked.
Japanese treated for radiation in
China<http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/25/3174098.htm>
25 Mar 2011 Two Japanese travellers have been hospitalised in China
with "severe"
radiation levels after they arrived on a commercial airliner from
Tokyo, China's safety watchdog said. The General Administration of
Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said radiation levels
that "seriously exceeded limits" were detected on the two when they
arrived in the eastern city of Wuxi on Wednesday.
High radiation levels at Japanese plant raise new
worry<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/25/us-japan-idUSTRE72O5QL2011032
5> 25 Mar 2011 Highly radioactive water has been found at a second
reactor at a crippled nuclear power station in Japan, the plant's
operator said, as fears of contamination escalated two weeks after
a huge earthquake and tsunami battered the complex. Underscoring
growing international concern about nuclear power raised by the
accident in northeast Japan, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
said in a statement it was time to reassess the international nuclear
safety regime.
Residents feel isolated in movement-restricted areas near nuke
plant<http://japantoday.com/category/lifestyle/view/residents-feel-isolated-i
n-movement-restricted-areas-near-nuke-plant> 26 Mar 2011 While
residents who live closest to the troubled nuclear power plant in
Fukushima Prefecture have evacuated, those who have remained in a
movement-restricted area 20 to 30 kilometers away from the plant
say they are feeling increasingly "isolated."
Towns were abandoned by many people apparently scared by the
governments instruction to shelter indoors for fear of radiation
exposure, local people said. Deliveries of daily necessities from
outside the region have been made difficult as transport companies
are apparently refusing to access the area.
Singapore bans some Japan foods on radiation
fears<http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9M5C8200.htm>
24 Mar 2011 Singapore has banned the sale of some foods from four
Japanese prefectures over concerns about radiation. The Agri-Food
and Veterinary Authority said in a statement Thursday that it stopped
the sale of milk, milk products, fruits, vegetables, seafood and
meat from Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma prefectures. The
AVA said it was following similar measures by the U.S. and Australia
after Japan's health ministry said high radioactivity levels had
been detected in raw milk and vegetables from the four prefectures.
Worker denies falsifying TVA reactor
data<http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110325/NEWS01/103250314/1969/> 25
Mar 2011 A Chattanooga man has been charged with falsifying documents
about the electrical safety systems at TVA's Watts Bar nuclear
reactor that is under construction. Matthew David Correll, of Hixson,
Tenn., who has been indicted on two charges by a federal grand jury,
entered a not guilty plea in court Thursday. He was released, with
a trial date set for May 23 in U.S. District Court in Chattanooga,
according to the Department of Justice. Correll was working as an
electrician for Williams Specialty Services, a subcontractor for
Bechtel Corp. [terrorists], on the Tennessee Valley Authority's
reactor construction project.
A quarter of U.S. nuclear plants not reporting equipment defects,
report
finds<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/a-quarter-of-us-nuclear-
plants-not-reporting-equipment-defects-report-finds/2011/03/24/ABHYa2RB_story
.html> 24 Mar 2011 More than a quarter of U.S. nuclear plant operators have
failed to properly tell regulators about equipment defects that
could imperil reactor safety, according to a
report<http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/insp-gen/2011/oig-11-a-0
8.pdf> by the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions inspector general.
Operators of U.S. nuclear power plants are supposed to tell the NRC
when pieces of equipment "contain defects that could create a
substantial safety hazard,"
regulations say.
'Libyan rebels' seize two key oil
towns<http://www.news.com.au/world/libyan-rebels-seize-two-key-oil-towns/stor
y-fn6sb9br-1226028811365> 26 Mar 2011 Rebel forces taking advantage
of a week of coalition bombing recaptured two key Libyan oil towns.
The retaking of Ajdabiya and Brega marked the first significant
victories for the rebels since a coalition of Western forces launched
UN-backed air strikes one week ago to establish a no-fly zone and
protect civilians from attacks by government forces. The insurgent
troops had advanced 80 miles (129 kilometres) in just 24 hours.
[Notice the *first thing* the quote, unquote Libyan rebels do is
to seize *key Libyan oil towns?* LOL! The motives driving this farce
are no different than those behind George W. Sociopath's invasion
of Iraq -- but Obusha gets a pass.]
Canadian general leads NATO in
Libya<http://www.presstv.ir/detail/171668.html> 26 Mar 2011 The
deputy commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command
(NORAD) has taken charge of NATO's operations in Libya for enforcing
a no-fly zone. Canadian Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard is also
responsible for enforcing an arms embargo on Libya sanctioned by
the UN Security Council two weeks ago. NATO members, on Thursday,
agreed to take control of the military operation in Libya.
Camp Lejeune Marines to Libya to Strike At Qadhafi
Forces<http://www.wcti12.com/news/27257042/detail.html> 25 Mar 2011
We've seen Camp Lejuene Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan and now
they are joining the fight against Libya. About 2,200 Marines from
the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit will take part in support
operations based aboard USS Kearsarge at sea.
To date, the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit has conducted numerous
successful airstrikes against Muammar al-Qadhafi regime forces as
part of Joint Task Force Odyssey (*Puke*) Dawn.
RAF destroys Libyan armored
vehicles<http://www.presstv.ir/detail/171616.html> 25 Mar 2011
Britain's Ministry of Defense (MoD) says the Royal Air Force's
Tornado GR4s have launched several guided Brimstone missiles at
Libyan armored vehicles near Ajdabiya. The Tornado GR4 aircraft
went on armed reconnaissance missions over Libya on Thursday night,
targeting several units of Libyan army forces with guided missiles,
said UK Defense Secretary Liam Fox. Brimstone is a high precision,
low collateral damage weapon optimized against demanding and mobile
targets. The UK military tested the missile on the Libyan targets.
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow lines up behind Obama's attack on
Libya<http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/mar2011/madd-m24.shtml> By
David Walsh 24 Mar 2011 On March 21, MSNBCs Rachel Maddow offered
a defense of the Obama administration and its role in launching a
military assault on Libya. With tortured logic, Maddow attempted
to show that the means by which President Barack Obama made public
this new act of Great Power aggression revealed the chasm that
separates his administration from that of his predecessor, George
W. Bush. The arguments offered by the MSNBC news program host, a
principal voice of the American liberal-left in the mainstream
media, are absurd and unworthy, but it is unlikely anyone in and
around her circle will object. This helps explain the collapse of
the official anti-war movement in the US since the 2008 election.
NATO admits killing of Afghan
civilians<http://www.presstv.ir/detail/171753.html> 26 Mar 2011 The
US-led military alliance in Afghanistan has admitted that it killed
and injured several civilians instead of Taliban militants in its
latest airstrike. US-led NATO forces targeted two vehicles carrying
civilians in the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Friday. The
governor of Helmand Province Mohammad Gulab Manga said in a statement
on Saturday that seven civilians were killed when a NATO helicopter
fired on two civilian vehicles.
US-led strike kills Afghan
civilians<http://www.presstv.ir/detail/171692.html> 26 Mar 2011 A
number of civilians have lost their lives again in the latest spate
of airstrikes by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
in the southern Helmand province in Afghanistan. "Afghan civilians
were accidentally killed and wounded in Naw Zad district, Helmand
province yesterday (Friday)," ISAF said in a statement... The
statement said ISAF ordered an airstrike on two vehicles presumed
to be carrying a Taliban leader and his associates, but later
discovered they were transporting civilians.
Roadside bomb kills 2 Afghan
children<http://www.presstv.ir/detail/171691.html> 26 Mar 2011 At
least two children have been killed and another injured after a
roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan amid a surge in
violence in the war-torn country. The attack took place on Friday
in the Behsood district of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan,
Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, spokesman for the provincial governor told a
Press TV correspondent. The explosives were hidden in garbage near
a main road frequently travelled by Afghan and foreign troops, said
the spokesman, adding that the arrest warrant for perpetrators of
the bloody attack has been issued by the provincial governor.
Canadian government toppled, elections in
May<http://www.france24.com/en/20110326-canadian-government-toppled-elections
-may> 26 Mar 2011 The Canadian opposition narrowly toppled the
conservative government of Prime Minister [nutjob] Stephen Harper
accusing it of abuse of power, and triggering the fourth elections
in seven years. A motion, brought by the main opposition Liberal
Party and backed by two other opposition parties, declared the
government was in contempt of parliament and had lost its confidence
in a row centered on Harper's budget plans. Liberal leader Michael
Ignatieff had accused the government of having "stonewalled"
parliament for four months on details of its core spending priorities,
as well as breaking election laws.
Appeal to keep Twitter data from WikiLeaks
probe<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iCi4vms7R6Pw-5538AzV
j24mzT9A> 25 Mar 2011 Internet rights attorneys appealed a US judge's
order that Twitter must hand over data of three users in contact
with the controversial website WikiLeaks. The Electronic Frontier
Foundation (EFF) and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenged
the March 3 ruling on behalf of Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta
Jonsdottir, one of the Twitter users targeted by the decision.
Amidst Growing World Doubts About 9/11, Career Army Officer Takes
Bush Administration Officials to
Court<http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/amidst-growing-world-doubts-abo
ut-911-career-army-officer-takes-bush-administration-officials-to-court-april
-5th-represented-by-the-center-for-911-justice-118495499.html>
--Represented by Center for 9/11 Justice 23 Mar 2011 A December
2010 poll conducted by the prestigious Emnid Institute, and reported
in the German magazine "Welt der Wunder," revealed that 89.5% of
German respondents do not believe the official story of 9/11. The
issue... will soon be heard in court [05 April]. Top Secret Military
Specialist April Gallop saw disturbing things up close that have
not been reported in the media... Gallop now believes that officials
within the Bush Administration conspired to destroy the Twin Towers
of the World Trade Center and WTC 7 - the third building brought
down at 5:20 p.m. that day - with pre-placed explosives detonated
after the planes hit.
American Scraps 188 Miami Flights After Fuel Farm
Fire<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-25/american-air-scraps-hundreds-of
-miami-flights-on-fuel-shortage-after-fire.html> 25 Mar 2011 AMR
Corp.'s American Airlines scrubbed 188 Miami flights today, almost
a third of its daily schedule there, after a fire destroyed the
main pumping system at the airport's fuel farm. The March 23 blaze
at Miami International Airport forced American to use 10 tanker
trucks to haul fuel to the tarmac, so refueling now takes as long
as five hours on wide-body planes such as Boeing Co. 777s, said
Andrea Huguely, an airline spokesman.
Threats kill plans for Iowa anti-terror
exercise<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110326/NEWS10/103260327/T
hreats-kill-plans-for-today-s-anti-terror-exercise> --'The Pottawattamie
County Sheriff's Department is now actively investigating the
threats.' 26 Mar 2011 An anti-terrorism drill based on a fictional
scenario involving white supremacists angry over an influx of
minorities and illegal immigrants was canceled Friday after officials
of the school that was hosting the training exercise said they
received threatening phone calls and emails. "During the last 24
hours, the Treynor school system has received threats to their
employees and buildings due to the planned 'active shooter' exercise,"
county officials said in a statement.
Iowa terror drill: White supremacists shoot dozens of people amid
rising
tensions<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110324/NEWS/110324009/Cri
tics-Iowa-terror-drill-portrays-immigration-foes-as-killers> --About
42 agencies are scheduled to participate in the exercise. 24 Mar
2011 Foes of illegal immigration are up in arms over plans for a
weekend disaster exercise in western Iowa with a fictitious scenario
in which young white supremacists shoot dozens of people amid rising
tensions involving racial minorities and illegal immigrants. The
exercise is planned for Saturday at Treynor High School in Pottawattamie
County and will involve more than 300 people, confirmed Doug Reed,
the lead exercise planner for the county's emergency management
agency. Some 30 to 40 "victims" will be transported to area hospitals.
He said a terrorism scenario is required by federal officials for
the exercise to be eligible for funding.
Steven Seagal, Sheriff Raid Valley Home In
Tank<http://www.kpho.com/news/27272012/detail.html> 22 Mar 2011
(AZ) Sheriff Joe Arpaio rolled out the tanks to take down a man
suspected of cockfighting.
West Valley residents in the neighborhood are crying foul after
armored vehicles, including a tank, rolled into their neighborhood
to make the bust.
Neighbor Debra Ross was so worried she called 911 and went outside
where a nearby home had its windows blown out, was crawling with
dozens of SWAT members in full gear, armored vehicles and a bomb
robot. "When the tank came in and pushed the wall over and you see
what's in there, and all it is, is a bunch of chickens," Ross said.
'Half a million' activists join anti-cuts
march<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/half-a-million-activists
-join-anticuts-march-2253791.html> 26 Mar 2011 Hundreds of thousands
of protesters from across the UK staged a mass demonstration in
London today against cuts in public spending. TUC sources estimated
up to half a million activists had taken to the streets in the
biggest protest for years. Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison,
said the turnout was "absolutely enormous and showed the anger of
ordinary working people at the Government's cuts".
British workers protest in
Southampton<http://www.presstv.ir/detail/171643.html> 25 Mar 2011
Hundreds of British public sector workers have demonstrated in
Southampton against the Conservative-controlled council's plan to
cut salaries by up to 24 percent.
The protest march was held Thursday from Hoglands Park to the Civic
Center after the council decided to dismiss 4,300 employees and
re-engage them on massively reduced terms. "Despite massive pressure,
huge numbers of Unite members are resisting attempts by Southampton
city council to undermine collective bargaining and secure individual
acceptance of the council's changes, said Unite union convener Mark
Wood.
Wisc. collective bargaining law published despite restraining
order<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/118677754.html>
25 Mar 2011 In a stunning twist, Gov. Scott Walker's legislation
limiting collective bargaining for public workers was published
Friday despite a judge's hold on the measure, prompting a dispute
over whether it takes effect Saturday. The measure was
published<http://legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/data/acts/11Act10.pdf>
to the Legislature's website with a footnote that acknowledges the
restraining order by a Dane County judge... The measure sparked
protests at the Capitol and lawsuits by opponents because it would
eliminate the ability of most public workers to bargain over anything
but wages. [Yes, and it should be sparking a *whole lot
more<http://www.legitgov.org/essay_southwell_arming_the_left_is_the_time_now_
102203.html>,* since the protests and lawsuits, apparently, are not
enough.
Even a judge's order isn't enough to stop a GOPredator on the Koch
payroll.
--LRP]
Official resigns over email idea to stage
assault<http://www.indystar.com/article/201103250245/NEWS05/103250346>
--Indiana deputy prosecutor's proposal aimed to discredit unions
in Wisconsin 25 Mar 2011 For the second time, an Indiana public
official has lost his
job<http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2011/03/24/email-to-walker-suggested-faking
-attack-on-governor/> because of provocative -- some would say
foolish -- comments false flag suggestion made about the political
brouhaha uprising in Wisconsin. Carlos F. Lam, a Johnson County
deputy prosecutor, resigned Thursday after acknowledging he sent
an email last month urging the Wisconsin governor to discredit labor
union protests in his state by orchestrating a fake
assault<http://www.indystar.com/assets/pdf/BG172170324.PDF> on the
governor. Possibly, Lam suggested, the pretend assailant might even
use a firearm.
UAW protest forces bank branch to close
temporarily<http://www.freep.com/article/20110324/NEWS01/110324026/UAW-forces
-Bank-America-close-temporarily-over-taking-government-money> 24
Mar 2011 At the end of the UAWs three-day bargaining convention in
Detroit, union president Bob King led more than 100 members into
the Bank of America branch in downtown Detroit today and temporarily
shut down its operations for about 30 minutes. Afterwards, the group
joined hundreds more UAW members at the corner of Griswold and
Congress streets in downtown Detroit and continued the protest.
Vt. House passes single-payer health care
bill<http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2011/03/24/vt_house_re
sumes_debate_on_health_care_bill/> 25 Mar 2011 Every Vermonter could
sign up for state-financed health insurance under a bill passed by
the House on Thursday that would put the state on a path to a
single-payer health care system by the middle of this decade. "This
bill takes our state one step closer to a system that ensures that
all Vermonters have access to the care they deserve and contains
costs," House Speaker Shap Smith said shortly after the House passed
the bill 92-49. [Too bad Obusha surrendered to his GOP overlords/the
insurance cartel and worked to defeat any single-payer plans for
the US.]
First female VP candidate Ferraro dies at
75<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/26/ap/national/main20047503.shtml>
26 Mar 2011 Geraldine Ferraro, who in 1984 became the first woman
to run for vice president on a major U.S. party ticket, died Saturday.
She was 75.
Ferraro died at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was being
treated for blood cancer. An obscure Queens congresswoman, Ferraro
catapulted to national prominence at the 1984 Democratic convention
when she was chosen by presidential nominee Walter Mondale to join
his ticket against incumbents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
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Previous lead stories: Japan fears reactor core
breach<http://www.presstv.ir/detail/171556.html> --Japan's government
says the reactor core at one unit of Fukushima nuclear plant may
have fissured. 25 Mar 2011 Japanese officials have expressed alarm
over a possible fracture of a reactor core at one unit [Unit 3] of
the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Japanese nuclear
safety officials raised the possibility of more severe environmental
contamination on Friday with their latest announcement on the
country's nuclear crisis. "It is possible that somewhere at the
reactor may have been damaged," AP quoted Hidehiko Nishiyama, a
spokesman for the nuclear safety agency, as saying.
Japan expands nuclear plant's evacuation
zone<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-japan-nuclear-plant
-20110326,0,5763742.story> --Residents within 18 miles of the hobbled
Fukushima plant are urged to leave; the previous limit had been 12
miles. 25 Mar 2011 Japan's government Friday urged residents living
within 18 miles of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to
voluntarily evacuate to avoid further hardship and suggested that
officials could order the zone cleared.
Residents living within 12 miles of the plant have been evacuated,
yet those living between 12 and 18 miles of the facility have been
told it is safe to remain as long as they stay indoors.
Rights Are Curtailed for Terror
Suspects<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487040502045762189706521
19898.html> 24 Mar 2011 New rules allow investigators to hold
domestic-terror suspects longer than others without giving them a
Miranda warning, significantly expanding exceptions to the instructions
that have governed the handling of criminal suspects for more than
four decades. The move is one of the Obama administration's most
significant revisions to rules governing the investigation of terror
suspects in the U.S. And it potentially opens a new political tussle
over national security policy, as the administration marks another
step back from pre-election criticism of unorthodox counterterror
methods. [Once again, Obama has out-Bushed Bush.]
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