A great piece in the Telegraph (London) by Tom Chivers which explains how Fukushima is a powerful distraction from the larger tragedy: It could all get worse, and I don’t want to belittle it. But here is the thing: the
Japan Times reports: The U.S. military will operate a Global Hawk unmanned high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft over a stricken nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, possibly on Thursday, to take a closer look at its troubled reactors, a Japanese government source
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The Japan Times is reporting: A crisis continued Tuesday at the troubled No. 2 reactor at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, as fuel rods became fully exposed again after workers recovered water levels to cover half of
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Anti-nuclear activists and the media are no doubt hyping what is going on in Japan, but the nuclear incident is relatively minor. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has a scale for nuclear incidents. What is happening at Fukushima is
The BBC is reporting: “The Associated Press is also now citing Japanese nuclear safety agency officials as saying that radiation levels inside one of the reators at the Fukushima-Daini nuclear power plant have surged to 1,000 times their normal levels
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LIVE STREAMING TELEVISION FROM JAPAN’S NHK UPDATES: Quake map 10-meter tsunami slams into Japan’s coast Video: Tsunami moves inland PM: Japanese quake caused ‘major damage’ WSJ: Fifth largest recorded world-wide since 1900 Japan says death toll at least 5 in
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He’s also trying to strike a bargain with the Egyptian military. Voice of America (VOA) reports: Libyan government warplanes have struck an oil facility near the rebel-held eastern town of Ras Lanuf during a heavy bombardment aimed at driving out
From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. military is too white and too male at the top and needs to change recruiting and promotion policies and lift its ban on women in combat, an independent report for Congress
Marc Thiessen writes in today’s WaPo: The administration is positioning military assets in the Mediterranean but seems unwilling to use them. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has expressed deep reluctance about establishing a no-fly zone over Libya, and he recently gave
This is the most recent installment of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College, on his book revealing how communists, from Moscow to New York to Chicago, have long manipulated America’s liberals/progressives. Dupes:
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama approved Monday the resumption of military trials for detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ending a two-year ban. It was the latest acknowledgement that the detention facility Obama had vowed to
On Saturday there was an “Islamic-Iranian fashion show” in Tehran, which was attended by the government’s “director of the committee for organizing costume and fashion” and the “Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance.” Here are the hits of the season
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With the situation fluid on the ground and defections from the Gaddafi regime continuing, the fate of Libya may be in the hands of the Libyan Air Force. The Air Force is the elite branch of the Libyan Armed Forces
A report: A German security official said Arif Uka, the gunman who allegedly shot dead two US airmen in an attack on their bus at Frankfurt airport on Wednesday, cried “Allahu Akhbar” (“God is Greatest”) before opening fire. German federal
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The Daily Mail reports: “Two people were today killed at Frankfurt airport after a gunman opened fire on a bus carrying U.S. soldiers. The attacker – who is believed to be a 21-year-old Kosovan – smuggled himself on to the
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Maybe the UFOs will help him. A report: Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan predicted on Sunday that America faces imminent uprisings that mirror those in the Middle East. “What you are looking at in Tunisia, in Egypt …
