Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission reviewed the ability of hospitals to deal with nuclear accidents. The results were not good.
The found that five hospitals, located near the General Electric designed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, were not able to deal with the nuclear disaster.
Fukushima Medical University Hospital, a core care facility for radiation exposure, was too […] Continue Reading…
France announced they will pull all non-military personnel out of Afghanistan!
Germany will pull out all expert advisers working in Kabul! This follows similar moves by the U.S. and United Kingdom.
Also, the airport at Jalalabad has been hit by a huge explosion. Afghan police say many casualties. “Taliban” say it was vengeance for Qur’an burnings, […] Continue Reading…
“We strongly condemn the burning of the Holy Qur’an by the Americans and welcome the protests!”-Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
Despite the U.S. media reporting Karzai calling for calm, on February 26, 2012, the President of Afghanistan said he supports the current anti-U.S. demonstrations. He, and other Afghan officials, are demanding the prosecution of those […] Continue Reading…
The Wall Street Journal says a report titled China 2030, to be released on February 27, indicates that China’s booming economy will soon go bust if it doesn’t implement radical reforms.
The report comes from the World Bank, and a think tank supposedly connected to the Chinese government.
The China 2030 report will be released in […] Continue Reading…
“…its gas resources are bigger than anything we have assessed in the United States!”-Brenda Pierce, U.S. Geological Survey, statement about the Levant Basin Province (aka Leviathan)
The discovery of huge natural gas reserves in the Mediterranean Sea is the true cause of warmongering between the United States, Europe, Cyprus (which is divided into Greek and […] Continue Reading…
On February 25, 2012, a record number of Japanese companies held a conference to hire foreign college students.
145 companies held a conference in Tokyo, which attracted more than 3,000 students from China, South Korea and other Asian countries.
A rep for an auto parts maker said his company wants half of its new workers to […] Continue Reading…
“I consider Rio de Janeiro runs the risk of one of the worst epidemics, in number of cases of dengue in its history.”-Alexandre Padilha, Health Minister of Brazil
Brazil’s tourist city of Rio de Janeiro is being hit hard by type 4 Dengue fever. So far there are more than 3,000 confirmed cases! However, the […] Continue Reading…
“Outside the European monetary union, Greece’s chances of regenerating itself and becoming competitive are definitely bigger than if it remained inside the eurozone.”-Hans-Peter Friedrich, Interior Minister of Germany
Germany’s Interior Minister told Der Spiegel that while the EU should not kick out Greece, it should give Greece incentives to leave “that they cannot turn down.”
However, […] Continue Reading…
“The emerging markets will only help once two conditions are met…they reinforce the firewall, which means doing more than what they’re doing with the European fund of stability… and on top of that….they carry out the reform of the International Monetary Fund.”-Guido Mantega, Finance Minister of Brazil
CELAC (Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños, or […] Continue Reading…
A Vietnamese company is claiming to have created a successful vaccine, to fight the latest mutations of H5N1 bird flu, and H1N1 swine flu.
VABIOTECH officials say they developed the vaccines by using people who were already infected. The first batch of vaccines showing positive results on volunteers.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health is praising the company’s […] Continue Reading…