A slow moving landslide, in Niigata Prefecture, has devoured eleven homes, so far. Locals are trying to stop the Earthly sloth by building a mound of dirt.
The landslide is 150 meters (492 feet) wide and 750 meters (2,460 feet) long, and is moving at only 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) per hour! The next victims […] Continue Reading…
In the major metropolis known as Tokyo some interesting numbers have come out; the average number of people living in one household has dropped to less than two people (1.99)!
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government it’s the lowest number since the survey started been taken in 1957!
Tokyo’s population has seen a piddly 0.31% increase […] Continue Reading…
It’s been revealed that six years ago the Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) was asked to adopt the safety guidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The request was made in 2006 by Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission. Top NISA officials refused, saying things such as evacuation areas as recommended by the IAEA, would […] Continue Reading…
“This is unprecedented in my experience. It’s very strange.”-Eugene Fidell, military law teacher at Yale University
Fidel is referring to the way the Department of Defense is handling the so called lone U.S. Army Staff Sergeant accused of shooting up women and children in Afghanistan.
U.S. military officials are telling the media that how they’re handling […] Continue Reading…
The International Atomic Energy Agency is warning about the safety of the 435 nuclear plants throughout the world: 80% are more than 20 years old.
Out of that 43% are between 20 and 29 years old. 32% are 30 to 39 years old. 5% are more than 40 years old.
The IAEA wants UN member countries […] Continue Reading…
March 15, 2012, workers at the damaged GE designed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, tried to enter the basements of reactors 2 and 3. It was the first attempt since the March 2011 disaster!
FAIL! Radiation levels are still too high for humans, and, on top of that, they discovered the basement doors for reactor 3 […] Continue Reading…
“We don’t know what’s in the smoke, we don’t know what’s burning, we don’t know the toxicity of it.”-Kim Zander, Police Chief Inspector
For the second day a huge oil fire is raging in Wingfield, South Australia, Australia. It’s a waste oil depot, and the city of Adelaide is being covered with toxic smoke.
More than […] Continue Reading…
Oklahoma based BizJet settled with the U.S. Justice Department, regarding the bribing of Mexican and Panamanian officials.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice announcement, BizJet will co-operate with ongoing investigations. Germany’s Lufthansa is also named as BizJet’s “indirect parent company” and will also co-operate with the Justice Department.
It was Lufthansa who discovered, and reported […] Continue Reading…
“We are suspended between heaven and earth; the solar panels were a glimmer of hope for us.”-Ali Mohamed Ihrizat, the village head of Imenizil
Hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank will be without electricity, because the Israeli military plans on destroying their green solar panels.
The panels are located in the southern part of West […] Continue Reading…
March 14, 2012, not even two days after Egypt claimed they got Palestinians and Israelis to agree to a truce, bombs and rockets are flying.
Israeli officials claim they’re bombing Gaza Strip, because of a rocket attack on Be’er Sheva and Ofakim.
The Israeli airstrike hit south of Gaza City.