Friday, April 15, 2011

SYRIA - Resignation of Government

Syrian President Bashar Assad has agreed on March 29 the resignation of his government, tells the daily UAE, which sees it as a recognition of demands for reform made by the demonstrators. The protest movement launched March 15 in the country is increasing, while on March 29, the power has organized demonstrations in support of Bashar Assad.

The official news agency announced that the chairman shall declare a "major speech" at the Syrian people that day.

The radioactivity in Fukushima is 100,000 times higher than normal

Tokyo .- The National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) has confirmed on Wednesday that radioactive waste from the reactor core four of the Fukushima-1 has exceeded 100,000 times normal levels. For its part, TEPCO has acknowledged that the level of radioactivity of iodine 131, cesium 134 and 137 is higher than normal and several fuel rods are damaged.

This is because the water level of the fuel pools, which cool the rods used, is down temporarily and those fuel rods that have been damaged pollute and increase the radioactivity, as reported by Japanese news agency Kyodo . In addition, the NNSA has requested TEPCO to examine the strength of the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima-1 against possible earthquakes.

U.S. accuses Iran of helping the Assad regime to repress the protests in Syria

The U.S. government has accused Iran of helping, in secret, the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad to suppress the riots that are occurring in the country, according to the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal. The United States accuses Tehran of providing material assistance to leave the streets and to block and monitor the activity of the demonstrators through internet and mobile phones.

"We believe that Iran is materially assisting the Syrian Government in its efforts to end his own people," said a spokesman for the Obama administration. According to communications intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies, Iran is exploring ways to help the Shiites of Bahrain and Yemen intransigent, as well as ways to destabilize U.S.

HAITI - The announcement of the results of presidential elections is postponed

"The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) inform the public that a high level of fraud and irregularities of various kinds has been detected" during the counting process, the paper explains. Forced to adopt "more stringent verification measures," the PRC has postponed to April 4, the publication of preliminary results, originally scheduled for March 31.

The second round of the presidential election on March 20 opposite the singer Michel Martelly and the former first lady Mirlande Manigat.

The central Fukushima confirms that the fuel rods from the reactor 4 is damaged

Tokyo .- The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has confirmed that some of the fuel rods from the reactor number four of the Fukushima nuclear power plant-1 were damaged, although most would be in good condition, according to Kyodo news agency . Engineers have detected high levels of radioactivity, in particular iodine 220-131 becquerels per cubic centimeter, 88, cesium-134 and 93, cesium-137 in water sample taken from the pool that holds the bars in this reactor.

Icelanders, or the power of a people

Paying the debts caused by dishonest bankers?, Highlight "decency and solidarity of the people?," Pay a fair price?, "Uncertain wait for a trial? These are some questions that Icelanders, some 230,000, had to resolve in his heart before the referendum last week. They had to decide whether their country should accept a pact reached with Britain and the Netherlands to return the nearly 4,000 million euros paid to London and Amsterdam to compensate more than 320,000 citizens after the collapse of Icesave.

GERMANY - Stuttgart 21 project frozen after the elections

"After the triumph of the red-green coalition [Social Democrats - environmentalists] in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Deutsche Bahn [German Rail] announced March 29 a temporary halt of construction of the station Stuttgart 21", tells the newspaper . The company said it would not advance on this very controversial project before the establishment of the new government of Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Land that has been won by the Greens, allied with the Social Democrats (SPD) during the local elections on March 27.