(AP) Overflowing tank cause of new leak at FukushimaBy MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYOAnother day, another radioactive-water spill. The operator of the meltdown-plagued Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant says at least 430 liters (110 gallons) spilled when workers overfilled a storage tank without
(AP) Bomb kills 2 Pakistan soldiers in quake-hit regionBy ABDUL SATTARAssociated PressQUETTA, PakistanSuspected separatists killed two Pakistani soldiers Wednesday, in a wave of attacks targeting troops doing relief work in a remote region of the country’s southwest where a major
Hours after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the Fukushima plant and ordered its two remaining reactors decommissioned, an earthquake, magnitude 5.8, struck the area. Video posted to You Tube from a live camera set up by the Tokyo Electric
(AP) Snider’s homer lifts Pirates past Brewers 4-3By JOE TOTORAITISAssociated PressMILWAUKEEThis one was for Roberto Clemente. The Hall of Famer’s retired jersey is still the only 21 that matters for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pinch-hitter Travis Snider homered in the ninth
By SUDHIN THANAWALAAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCOThere was little fanfare, but the gleaming white and newly built $6.4-billion eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reopened to the public as vehicles began crossing it after more than a decade of construction
IBTimesUK· Japan said on Wednesday (August 21) that it would look into dramatically raising the severity of a toxic water leak at the Fukushima nuclear plant, its most serious action since the plant was destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami
(AP) Strong earthquake in western China kills 56 peopleBy CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated PressBEIJINGA shallow earthquake struck a dry, hilly farming area in western China early Monday, killing at least 56 people, injuring more than 400, and destroying thousands of homes, the
AP: Flooding in western China has triggered a landslide that buried up to 40 people on Wednesday and destroyed a high-profile memorial to a devastating 2008 earthquake. It is the worst flooding in 50 years in some areas. (July 10)
(AP) Sea water contamination feared at Fukushima plantTOKYOJapan’s nuclear watchdog says the crippled Fukushima plant is likely leaking contaminated water into sea, a problem long suspected by experts. Watchdog commissioners instructed operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Wednesday to find
By MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYOThe nuclear power plant chief who led the life-risking battle to stabilize the cripple Fukushima reactors when they were spiraling into meltdowns two years ago has died of esophageal cancer. He was 58. Masao Yoshida died Tuesday
Over the decades rich nations have poured trillions of dollars into African development projects, but the global economic meltdown and Africa’s booming growth are turning off that tap. In 2012 western aid to sub-Saharan Africa quite literally decimated. Rich countries
By LAURI NEFFAssociated Press NEW YORK–Eli Roth says one of the best things about his new movie “Aftershock” is that it creates a “real, new business model” that could help independent films hold their own against studio blockbusters. Roth co-wrote,
A senior cleric in Iran says that the immodesty and whorish dress of women is responsible for Earthquakes. “Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases
(AP) China city quashes protest against petro plantBy DIDI TANGAssociated PressBEIJINGAfter word spread about an environmental protest that was planned for Saturday in the central Chinese city of Chengdu, drugstores and printing shops were ordered to report anyone making certain
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com The Generational Dynamics view of Syria’s conflict Russian migrants to Israel form closed ultra-nationalist community China preparing for popular unrest following Sichuan earthquake Taliban terror campaign seeks to sabotage Pakistan elections Greece passes bill
The upcoming documentary Gasland Part II stirred up plenty of unwanted attention Sunday as ticket-holding farmers were barred from seeing the film and a reporter was arrested at the scene of the premiere. The film is slated to be shown
(AP) – A powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, leaving at least 156 people dead and more than 5,500 injured, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region.
(AP) – A Communist Party official says that earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan provinces left at least 32 people dead and injured more than 600. Xu Mengjia, party secretary of Ya’an city, which administers the area where the quake hit,
(AFP) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that international sanctions imposed over his country’s nuclear drive had caused “problems”, but insisted they had not stopped progress. Ahmadinejad spoke in Ghana as he wound up a three-nation tour of west
(AP) – Thousands of people are homeless and desperate for aid in southwestern Pakistan following a deadly earthquake centered in neighboring Iran that toppled scores of mud brick homes and killed at least 36 people, officials said Wednesday. The Pakistani
An earthquake with magnitude 7.8 occurred near Zahedan, Iran at 10:44:13.03 UTC on Apr 16, 2013. From the Associated Press: Seismologists say a major earthquake has struck a region near the Iran-Pakistan border, less than a week after a
(AFP) – A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck on Tuesday near the Gulf port city of Bushehr, home to Iran’s only nuclear power plant, killing at least three people, state television and officials said. Iranian news agencies made no immediate
(AP) – The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant said Saturday that it was moving tons of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another after detecting signs of leakage, in a blow to the plant’s struggles with
There’s a new consensus forming that the worst forecasts for global climate change may need to be reconsidered. The clearest sign of this is a piece that appeared in the Economist March 30th titled “A Sensitive Matter.” The title of
(AP) McIlroy texts with Tiger after losing top rankingBy CHRIS DUNCANAP Sports WriterHUMBLE, Texas Rory McIlroy sent a text message to Tiger Woods on Tuesday, congratulating him on winning at Bay Hill and taking over the No. 1 world ranking
