11 April 2013 (09:29 UTC-07 Tango)/30 Jumada l-Ula 1434/22 Farvardin 1392/02 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
Now there is a fourth leak at another waste water pond in use at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Tokyo Electric Power Company reported a pipe connected to a pond leaked 22 liters (6 gallons) before workers discovered it. They […] Continue Reading…
11 April 2013 (09:17 UTC-07 Tango)/30 Jumada l-Ula 1434/22 Farvardin 1391/02 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission reports five new cases and one death in the H7N9 outbreak. Two new cases in Jiangsu Province, and three new cases, including the death, in Shanghai.
The 74 years old man that died was […] Continue Reading…
11 April 2013 (23:25 UTC-07 Tango 10 April 2013)/30 Jumada l-Ula 1434/22 Farvardin 1391/02 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention is shipping out 160000 new tests (real-time PCR reagents) for the new H7N9 virus.
It’s hoped the new test will speed identification of new cases. So far 33 people confirmed […] Continue Reading…
11 April 2013 (23:20 UTC-07 Tango 10 April 2013)/30 Jumada l-Ula 1434/22 Farvardin 1391/02 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
On 10 April Pakistan launched a medium range Hatf IV Shaheen-1 mobile ICBM. No one in the international community seemed upset?
The launch comes after several missile launches by India. In January India conducted a successful underwater launch […] Continue Reading…
11 April 2013 (23:05 UTC-07 Tango 10 April 2013)/30 Jumada l-Ula 1434/22 Farvardin 1391/02 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
“….we do not expect global growth to be much higher this year than last. We are seeing new risks as well as old risks. In far too many countries, improvements in financial markets have not translated into […] Continue Reading…
11 April 2013 (22:42 UTC-07 Tango 10 April 2013)/30 Jumada l-Ula 1434/22 Farvardin 1392/02 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
Researchers at the University of Tokyo, Japan, have been tracking about 1400 grade school kids in Fukushima Prefecture. They want to track radiation contamination as a result of the melt downs at the GE designed Fukushima Daiichi […] Continue Reading…
11 April 2013 (22:26 UTC-07 Tango 10 April 2013)/30 Jumada l-Ula 1434/22 Farvardin 1391/02 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
“Because of the situation in North Korea, all tours are canceled from now. We will announce when tours begin again as soon as we get official information from North Korea.”-China based travel agency Explore North Korea statement
“We […] Continue Reading…
10 April 2013/29 Jumada l-Ula 1434/21 Farvardin 1391/01 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
In Ghor Province, an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier shot and wounded two Lithuanian/ISAF troops, using an RPG. Government officials said the ANA was conducting a roadblock, and a Lithuanian/ISAF convoy refused to stop. The ANA soldier fired an RPG destroying an ISAF […] Continue Reading…
10 April 2013 (15:00 UTC-07 Tango)/29 Jumada l-Ula 1434/21 Farvardin 1391/01 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
“California could get new investment worth hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars from China by the end of 2020.”-Wang Chao, China’s Vice-Minister of Commerce
The city of Shanghai, and the provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong, Guangdong and Chongqing have signed a $1.4 […] Continue Reading…
10 April 2013 (14:40 UTC-07 Tango)/29 Jumada l-Ula 1434/21 Farvardin 1391/01 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
ROK TV broadcaster, KBS, reporting that their website went offline, three times today. They do not know why.