Despite the fact that UNSCR 1973 doesn’t say anything about taking sides, and supporting a militant group (it’s supposed to be about protecting civilians), NATO, and other UN coalition members say they are now going to give money to the Libyan rebels (where’s the money coming from? taxpayers?).
They’re calling the funds a “temporary financial […] Continue Reading…
Hitachi is rushing to fill orders for giant turbine power generators. One of their first orders was sent off today. It’s being sent to Ibaraki Prefecture.
The turbine generator weighs 50 tons, and took an hour and a half to be hauled nine miles to the shipping yards.
Hitachi says it is being swamped with orders […] Continue Reading…
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of Japan, has asked three nuclear power plants to inspect their reactors for damage. This after the agency realized that the 11 March earthquake was stronger than what many nuclear power plants were designed to withstand.
Since then Japan has had more than 400 aftershocks, several in the 5 […] Continue Reading…
Matsumoto Kenichi, special adviser to Prime Minister Kan Naoto, says they are looking at using Germany’s eco-friendly city models to build a new home for refugees from the failed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The concern is that so much contamination has spread around the 30km (18.6 miles) danger zone, that people will not be able […] Continue Reading…
Subaru (also called Fuji in Japan) is stopping production in Louisiana. Just like other car makers, it’s because of lack of parts. The production shut down will take place on April 15, April 18 and April 25.
Subaru says the employees will be given other work on those days, so they can still be paid.
“Our scientists took action to supply fuel for the Tehran research reactor and this fuel which is the fruit of the efforts made by our country’s scientists will be loaded into the Tehran Research Reactor this year.”-Ali Baqeri, Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Undersecretary
Iran decided to provide its own […] Continue Reading…
More than eight years ago U.S. citizen Rachel Corrie was bulldozed to death by Israeli troops.
In court testimony, on April 4, 2011, the Israeli captain in charge of the demolition operation, of Palestinian homes, says he questioned his orders to bulldoze while civilians stood in the way. He said he was ordered to continue […] Continue Reading…
After Defense Secretary Roberts Gates announced that the United States would NOT be leaving Iraq, as planned, U.S. troops have come under fire.
April 13, a U.S. base in southern Iraq was hit with mortar fire. Photos show the base burning after the attack. No word on casualties. This is the third attack in a […] Continue Reading…
“In a retaliatory move, we have stopped providing fuel to European aircraft.”-Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi
For some time several European countries have refused to fuel up Iranian passenger planes that land at their airports. After repeated requests by Iran, countries like Germany and United Kingdom, still refuse on the grounds that they are following the […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric Power Company operates several nuclear power plants in Japan, not just Fukushima Daiichi. Some of those plants went off line because of the 11 March disasters. In fact many nuclear plants run by other companies are off line, that’s why the electricity shortage in Japan is so bad.
TEPCo announced that they will […] Continue Reading…