20 March 2013/08 Jumada l-Ula 1434/30 Esfand 1391/09 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
Tokyo Electric Power Company has found the cause of the power outage, which stopped cooling of spent fuel pools a few days ago.
In one of three high voltage distribution panels they found burn marks, along with a dead rat. It’s very likely the […] Continue Reading…
20 March 2013/08 Jumada l-Ula 1434/30 Esfand 1391/09 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer/Second Lord of the Treasury, George Osbourne, changed his earlier predictions on the British economy. Now he says it’s going worse than they thought, despite his political party’s policies which include big tax cuts for corporations, and big […] Continue Reading…
20 March 2013/08 Jumada l-Ula 1434/30 Esfand 1391/09 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
It was discovered by a Chinese actor that his cheap chopsticks were actually toxic. He made the discovery when he tried to wash them and they turned the water yellow, and it smelled bad.
Chinese media asked some industry officials about it and they […] Continue Reading…
20 March 2013/08 Jumada l-Ula 1434/30 Esfand 1391/09 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
The United Nations has unanimously approved the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for at least one more year. That would mean the UNAMA mission would end in March 2014.
20 March 2013/08 Jumada l-Ula 1434/30 Esfand 1391/09 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
The Republic of Korea’s National Police Agency is reporting that three major South Korean TV broadcasters and two banks have been the targets of cyber attacks that shut them down. It’s still unknown how it happened, police are investigating.
20 March 2013/08 Jumada l-Ula 1434/30 Esfand 1391/09 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
In a surprise vote, the Cypriot Parliament rejected the privately funded European Union bailout. Cypriot politicians said the bank account tax was seen as a stab in the back by the EU.
Others believed it was an attempt by the EU to rape Cypriot […] Continue Reading…
20 March 2013/08 Jumada l-Ula 1434/30 Esfand 1391/09 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
The Cypriot Parliament has rejected the privately funded bailout plan. 36 politicians voted against it, 19 abstained. Not one politician voted for it!
The bailout would have placed a high tax on bank accounts, and would have affected individuals and large investors. Russian officials […] Continue Reading…
20 March 2013/08 Jumada l-Ula 1434/30 Esfand 1391/09 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
Tokyo Electric Power Company claims they’ve restored cooling to spent fuel pools. They still are not sure what caused the outside electric supply to stop. They suspect a surge tripped three high voltage distribution panels. After replacement and inspection they could find no […] Continue Reading…
19 March 2013/07 Jumada l-Ula 1434/29 Esfand 1391/08 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
A report in the Japanese media suggests that for the first time ever, and despite increasing economic sanctions, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is actually making money off its exports!
The Japan Times says U.S. based economists, Marcus Noland and Stephen Haggard, think […] Continue Reading…
Westinghouse Electric eliminating 665 jobs worldwide! It will include layoffs at its Pennsylvania HQ. The company blames it on a decreased demand for nuclear power, caused by the March 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan, which is still not resolved.
Corporate information provider, Thomson Reuters, announced 2500 layoffs! Company officials blame about half the layoffs on […] Continue Reading…