Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, told the newly appointed U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, that he will ask for U.S. troops to stay beyond the original withdraw date.
The Prime Minister said it would be contingent upon the Iraqi Parliament to approve such a request. At least half the members of the Iraqi Parliament […] Continue Reading…
After the realization that Japanese cattle are internally contaminated with cesium, Miniami-soma City ordered its residents to get checked for internal contamination. Now the Prefecture of Fukushima has ordered all residents to be checked. There are about 2 million people in Fukushima Prefecture.
It’s not just local governments calling for internal radiation checks. The Japanese […] Continue Reading…
NHK reporting that the water decontamination system at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has failed yet again.
The cause is another leak in the system. On 10 July 2011, the system failed because of a leak. Tokyo Electric Power Company is trying to figure out why there are so many leaks.
Since my last posting about Dengue fever, in April 2011, the disease is infecting even more people in even more countries.
Asia is seeing the most increase in cases this year.
As of July 11, the Philippines has tens of thousands of cases, and almost 200 deaths. Officials are warning that when the rainy season hits, […] Continue Reading…
Next time you fly to China, think twice about using the airline blanket.
An investigation of Chinese airlines discovered that 80% of their non-disposable blankets are not washed. But don’t blame the airlines, blame the contractor who didn’t clean them, even though they were paid to.
Yingtailong Airline Commodity has contracts to clean blankets from airline […] Continue Reading…
After an internal investigation, the Idaho State Police (ISP) discovered that technicians working at the ISP Region 5 Forensics Lab in Pocatello, Idaho, may have tampered with illegal drugs testing.
The ISP actually conducted the investigation some time ago, and is only now going public. Three lab technicians were put on leave, but then they […] Continue Reading…
The mainstream U.S. media is not reporting on the number of New Orleans cops on trial for murders they committed after hurricane Katrina.
A witness for the Federal government, and former New Orleans detective, Jeffrey Lehrmann, testified on July 11, that he helped to cover up murders committed by cops.
Lehrman said the cover ups included […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric Power Company reporting that cesium levels inside Reactor 2 building are shooting up. The latest measurements showed 65 times current government emergency limits for reactor buildings.
TEPCo has been monitoring airborne radiation levels inside Fukushima Daiichi’s reactor buildings, using robots, because radiation levels became too high for humans.
TEPCo says the build up of […] Continue Reading…
Within Japan, at least $3.7 billion has been raised by charities, like the Japanese Red Cross and Central Community Chest of Japan. It was all to help the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunamis.
A report shows that so far only 23% of that money has actually gone to the victims.
The charities are […] Continue Reading…
Officials with Fukushima Prefecture say the hay that cows were feed in Miniami-soma City, is contaminated with 75,000 becquerels per kilogram of cesium.
They’re still waiting for results of well water tests.
As a result of yesterday’s test results, Miniami-soma City is ordering all residents get tested for internal radiation contamination. So far people from two […] Continue Reading…