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Air Force’s Unique Aircraft Assist in Japan Relief Mission (ContributorNetwork)
maart 18, 2011by latadmin
ContributorNetwork – The United States Air Force maintains a large number of aircraft capable of a variety of surveillance missions. Some are state-of-the-art...
Japan nuclear situation not deteriorating: IAEA (Reuters)
maart 18, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – The U.N. atomic agency said on Friday conditions at a damaged Japanese nuclear power plant were grave but not deteriorating badly.
Supply concerns grow as Japan lacks parts, power (Reuters)
maart 18, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – From Apple’s new iPad to Chevrolet pick-ups, concern is spreading down the global manufacturing supply chain about the impact of Japan’s...
Latest bomb blast puts Indonesia capital on alert (AFP)
maart 18, 2011by latadmin
AFP – A small bomb exploded on the outskirts of Jakarta Friday as police rolled out bomb squads in the capital following a series of blasts aimed at moderate...
Developments in Japan’s quake, nuclear crisis (AP)
maart 18, 2011by latadmin
AP – • ATTEMPTS TO COOL REACTORS: Military fire trucks spray seawater for a second day on the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in a desperate attempt...
G7 closes ranks to shore up quake-hit markets (AFP)
maart 18, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Japan and its economic allies on Friday intervened jointly in world currency markets for the first time in a decade to calm turmoil sparked by a huge...
A week after quake, Japan’s leader vows to rebuild (AP)
maart 18, 2011by latadmin
AP – Sirens wailed Friday along a devastated coastline to mark exactly one week since an earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear emergency, and the government...
Tibetan monastery sealed off after monk dies (AFP)
maart 17, 2011by latadmin
AFP – A Tibetan Buddhist monastery in southwestern China was tightly sealed off by police on Thursday, local residents said, after a young monk set himself on fire...
Choppers douse crippled Japan reactor with water (AP)
maart 17, 2011by latadmin
AP – Emergency workers frantic to regain control of Japan’s dangerously overheated nuclear complex turned to increasingly elaborate methods Thursday to cool...
Dalai Lama rejects pleas to reconsider retirement (AFP)
maart 17, 2011by latadmin
AFP – The Dalai Lama rejected on Thursday calls from his followers and the Tibetan parliament-in-exile urging him to reconsider his decision to retire as political...
