During both natural and human-made disasters in Japan when the whole world’s attention are tied down by the impending nuclear catastrophe, one of those silent cover-ups went on with US-dominant Arab League’s March 14 call for the so-called “no-fly zone” over Libya. In order to deceive the world further by easily coalescing the US-ruling (therefore “sold-out” body like) Arab League to their side was a convenient pretext for the planned US/NATO military invasion against a sovereign nation.
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Soprano Hayley Westenra is planning to stage a star-studded concert, dubbed Quake Aid, to raise funds for her home town of Christchurch in New Zealand. More than 160 people died when an earthquake struck last…
Russian, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, said the threat of a global nuclear disaster is minimal as Japan scrambles to avert a meltdown at its fukushima facilities. Putin said experts believed the chances of the stricken…
Global stock markets fell sharply on Tuesday as the panic gripping Japan in the wake of its catastrophic earthquake and tsunami spread around the world. The FTSE 100 fell almost 200 points, reaching 5592 at…
European energy ministers, and nuclear experts, are meeting to coordinate EU’s policy, in the light, of Japan’s nuclear crisis. The EU Energy commissioner, questioned, what future role nuclear power should have. Shocked into action by…
The nuclear radiation from Japan is not expected to affect China in the immediate future, according to weather experts. Meteorological authorities say the radioactive substances won’t pose a threat in the next three days after…
But the type of containment vessel and pressure suppression system used in the failing reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant is physically less robust, and it has long been thought to be more susceptible to failure in an emergency than competing designs. In the United States, 23 reactors at 16 locations use the Mark 1 design, including the Oyster Creek plant in central New Jersey, the Dresden plant near Chicago and the Monticello plant near Minneapolis.
* Incomplete and inconsistent information will not help Japan There is panic and bewilderment in Japan’s neighbors – including South Korea, North Korea and China following the threat posed by rising levels of radiation caused…
Most people assume that the meticulous Japanese are among the world’s most responsible citizens. As an investigative journalist who has covered the Hanshin (Kobe) earthquake and the Tokyo subway gassing , I beg to differ. Japan is just better than elsewhere in organizing official cover-ups.