World News Post

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The radioactivity in Fukushima is much higher than the announced

An independent panel of experts and scholars Nipponese began today an investigation into the nuclear crisis in central Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power, the epicenter of Japan's nuclear crisis. The first panel meeting came a day after the Japanese Nuclear Safety Agency (NISA) indicate that, according to a review of its estimates, the radioactivity emitted by the plant in the early days of the crisis could have been almost double the originally estimated up to 770,000 terabequereles.

At least 120 victims in the clashes between Syrian police and protesters

Clashes between Syrian police and demonstrators in the town of Jisr al Shagur Monday caused at least 120 dead. This was stated by state television, blaming alleged "armed groups" operating in that city, located northwest of Damascus. Confirmed these figures, it would be the largest slaughter since the beginning of the protests.

Depending on the version of the scheme, about 80 members of the security services were killed in an ambush, while at least eight died in an explosion in the building of Jisr al Shagur Post. For their part, activists protesting for months against the regime of Bashar Asad say at least 37 civilians were killed by security forces.

The Australian Army has lost X-Files

The Australian Army has acknowledged Tuesday that it has lost its "X-Files detailing UFO sightings across the country. Have not been found after two months of research by the Department of Defense, an operation that began by asking for an Australian newspaper by the institution Freedom of Information (FOI by its acronym in English) of the country, which requires the Government to release the documents of public interest.

POLLUTION - Water in the gas shale

In recent years, shale gas has become the Mecca of world energy producers. Unfortunately, exploiting this resource requires injection into the crust of billions of gallons of water with chemical additives.

CASE DSK - The indulgence of the French elites

Since that May 14, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested in New York for sexual assault, French politicians are continuing to say horrified by the "violence" of the treatment meted to the accused by U.S. justice. It must be a shock to them: the spectacle of a major French political figure treated as an ordinary criminal is nearly as rare as a photo of the Queen of England in a bikini.

But they not only express their concern for a colleague said. Many also think: "Thank God (or rather by the fact that I live in France and not the U.S.), it has not fallen on me." France is convinced she made the revolution, when she was just given a new elite, even more powerful. Its members believe themselves so indispensable to the smooth running of the country trying to bring down one of them is tantamount to threatening to kill a horse race because he has tasted your lawn.

KUWAIT - Set of hands, playing villains in Parliament

"Shame!" As the English-language daily on its website. On 18 May, the Kuwaiti Parliament has witnessed a skirmish between Sunni and Shiite deputies in an "incident unprecedented in fifty years of parliamentary democracy," the newspaper said. Elected officials have come to blows during a debate on the Kuwaiti detainees from the U.S.

prison at Guantanamo Bay, described as "members of al-Qaida" by a Shiite member. Parliament Speaker adjourned the session until May 31

SPAIN - The movement of "indignant" invited in the election campaign

Defying the ban of the authorities, thousands of people have again gathered May 18 at the Puerta del Sol, in the heart of Madrid, to show their anger against the political class, while unemployment is rife and that the benefits of crisis arises. Chanting "We have the right to be outraged," the crowd, responding to appeals on social networks, has invaded in recent days major cities in Spain to be heard before the local elections on May 22