Because survivors of the March 11 tsunami lost everything, including any insurance documentation, many insurance companies are giving them the cold shoulder.
Most survivors are made up of the elderly, who lost all documentation in the tsunami. They are extremely concerned about their future, one man pointed out that all he has is his retirement income, which is set to be reduced.
Japanese attorneys are now going to disaster shelters, offering free legal counseling concerning lost documents.
Beginning this month, Royal Caribbean International, is halting all cruses to Japan.
The “Legend of the Seas” luxury liner will not stop at its usual nine ports of call, in Japan, because of concerns over the nuclear disaster.
Tokyo Electric has discovered that a ‘pit’ filled with contaminated water is cracked and leaking.
The highly radioactive water is leaking into the Pacific Ocean.
TEPCO will try to use concrete to seal the crack in the pit.
Nissan announced that it’ll shut down production in United States and Mexico, around mid-April.
Nissan, just like other Japanese car makers, blames parts shortage, caused by the March 11 disasters.
Nissan will close assembly plants in Tennessee and Mississippi for about one week, as well as two factories in Mexico.
In an unprecedented move, the United States has agreed, in principal, to put U.S. forces under the direct command of South Korea. Details are still being worked out.
Officially the move is to help South Korea in case of attack by North Korea. But isn’t that why our troops are there to begin with? Why do they have to be placed under direct control of the South Koreans? Never in United States history has another country controlled our military forces! Even the Russians didn’t do that after the fall of the Soviet Union. Is it another sign of the decline of the U.S. Empire?
China is sending 10,000 tons of gas, and 10,000 tons of diesel fuel, to help Japan deal with its disasters.
The fuel should be off loaded this weekend, however, Cheng Yonghua, the Chinese Ambassador to Japan, says the Japanese government is actually making it difficult for aid to be sent. Recently NGO relief groups made similar comments.
China has already sent tents, blankets, water, rubber gloves, temporary toilets and shoes. However, more and more people in the areas of devastation say they are not getting any help.
According to Guatemalan Police, 3,000 people took part in lynching three would be coffee thieves.
The police say the residents of La Democracia caught the men trying to take off with a truck load of coffee, then beat, hung and burned the men to death.
The police also say the townsfolk blocked them from stopping the lynching.
People are actually being killed for one of the most popular beverages. Something to think about the next time you sip on that cup o’ joe.
Sweden announced they will be sending aircraft to enforce a no fly zone over Libya. The Swedish parliament voted 240-18 in favor of the plan.
They will send up to eight warplanes, including their JAS 39 Gripen, and a transport plane to join the NATO-led coalition.
This is almost getting to be like World War One, where countries jump in on the fight one after another, until the whole world is at war.
Ali Tarhouni, who claims to be in charge of the Libyan rebels’ finances, announced that Qatar will give rebels money for weapons and other items in exchange for Libya’s oil.
No wonder Qatar got involved with the military action against the Libyan government.
Swissnuclear, a pro nuclear power lobby group in Olten, Switzerland, was bombed on 31 March. Police suspect it was by anti-nuclear activists.
Two women were injured when the package they were opening exploded.
Swissnuclear works to promote the use of nuclear power.
Little Switzerland has five nuclear power plants. The government canceled plans to restart three old plants, after the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant.