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"It is inevitable that accidents will Fuskushima Daiichi sequelae in the long term, can be counted in months," he said during his press conference Yukio Edano, secretary general of the government. To protect residents of Fukushima between 20 and 30 km from the plant that must remain locked inside their homes, he said the government will take greater security measures, reports the Mainichi Shimbun.

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Terry Jones passed briefly through the prison because they "provoke violence"

Dearborn .- The Rev. Terry Jones has been jailed briefly on Friday after a jury in Michigan has ruled that the protest against plans to hold the largest mosque in America "could provoke violence." Jones and his most important follower, Wayne Sapp, have been released after paying bail of one dollar each.

Jones was jailed after refusing to pay bail of one dollar that was imposed by Judge Mark Somers, who also ordered him to stay away from the Islamic Center of America during the next three years, as reported by the newspaper online The Huffington Post. On 20 March, Sapp, an evangelical pastor, set fire to a copy of the Koran in a small church in Florida.

McCain calls in Benghazi that recognizes rebels

U.S. Senator John McCain, on a visit this Friday in the rebel stronghold Libya, Benghazi, has asked the "international community" to recognize and arming the insurgents. On the streets of Benghazi, hundreds of people have welcomed the visit of the senator, who has called for the shipment of arms to rebel.

"They need weapons and training," he insisted. Shortly thereafter, Admiral Michael Mullen replied in a press conference in Baghdad: "That will not come." McCain has come this morning to Libya's second city, just a day after it was learned that the U.S. has approved sending drones ('drones', the same used against Taliban strongholds) against the forces gadafistas.

GERMANY - 10 years is enough!

After three losses to the three regional elections last month, the Liberal Party President and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (FDP) announced April 3 that he would not run for another term as head of his party during the Rostock Congress 13-15 May This concludes for him ten years as president of the FDP.

And if his successor is a member of the government, he will transfer his duties as vice-chancellor, he added the next day. The idea that Westerwelle is responsible for "the miserable state of the FDP" is unanimously recognized the tageszeitung, but it is "too simplistic". "The next leader of the FDP will also explain the three election defeats to come [including Berlin 18 September]." In reality, the paper explains AC Berlin, "the big problem of the FDP is the success of liberalism: the Greens and Christian Democrats (CDU) are just as guarantors and the Greens may well play the role extra party in a coalition government.

Socrates raises in polls

The puzzle is further complicated Portuguese. Polls smiling prime minister, socialist Jose Socrates, two weeks after I had to ask the international rescue. All recent surveys agree that the conservative Passos Coelho loses bellows and Socrates is recovered before the legislative elections of 5 June. This surprising development is because the speech may be catching on victims of the government and the chain of errors from the opposition, while not yet know the sacrifices that involve budget external assistance.

France looks to suspend the Schengen agreement

The Elysee is considering suspending its commitments under the Schengen agreement on free travel across borders within the European Union due to the flow of immigrants because of Arab riots are coming to Italy, has said a source close to the presidency French. "We feel we need to think about a mechanism that allows us, when there is a systematic disorder of the external borders of the European Union, to intervene with a temporary suspension [of our commitments] the duration of the disorder," said the fountain.

U.S. drones sent to Libya

U.S. will use 'drones' armed on Libya. U.S. President Barack Obama, has approved the use of unmanned aircraft on Libyan territory, as announced on Thursday Defence Secretary Robert Gates. This decision coincides with the arrival of U.S. Senator John McCain on a visit to Benghazi in Libya insurgent stronghold, according to AFP.

Obama "has approved the use of armed Predators," said Gates. These devices, already used to bombard strongholds talibanesen the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, will allow precise attacks against gadafistas forces, Gates said at a news conference. The missions of the drones are starting, "he said.