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• 3-15, 2011
***On this day...
3- 15: Ides of March; National Day in Hungary (1848); Hōnen Matsuri in Japan
44 BC – Dictator Julius Caesar of the Roman Republic was stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators.
1776 – South Carolina became the first of Great Britain's North American colonies to declare its independence.
1917 – Tsar Nicholas II (pictured) of Russia was forced to abdicate in the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule.
1943 – World War II: German forces recaptured Kharkov after four days of house-to-house fighting against Soviet troops, ending the month-long Third Battle of Kharkov.
1985 – The company Symbolics became the first ever entity, individual or party to register a .com top-level domain name: symbolics.com.
*Topics in the news
A third explosion at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Japan, forces the evacuation of workers and increases the risk of a meltdown.
The 14th Dalai Lama (pictured) steps down as political leader of the Tibetan government in exile.
The Gulf Cooperation Council agrees to send troops, including 1,000 Saudi soldiers, to end protests in Bahrain.
The People's Republic of China adopts a new five-year plan, which includes a goal of increasing GDP by eight percent this year.
Large tsunamis triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake devastate stretches of Japan's coastline, killing thousands and leaving thousands more missing.
*Current events
Disasters
2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami:
The National Police Agency advises that the official death toll from the quake is 2,414 dead with 3,118 injured. (AFP via News Limited)
There is a third explosion in four days at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant following the 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami causing damage to its steel containment structure, the withdrawal of emergency workers and expected increases in radiation. (AP), (New York Times), (New York Times), (Daily Telegraph)
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano reports that as of 10.22 a.m. local time, radiation levels of 30 millisieverts were measured between the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors, while at the No. 3 reactor 400 millisieverts were detected, a harmful level to humans. (Bloomberg)
A senior adviser to the Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan says that a fire has broken out in a fourth reactor at the Fukushima I power plant but it is later extinguished, with the radiation reading at 0831 local time (2331 GMT) climbing to 8,217 microsieverts an hour. (CNN), (AP)(news.com.au)(BBC)
Prime Minister Kan warns people living within a 30 kilometre radius of the plant to stay indoors. (AP via The Guardian)
A rise in radiation levels in Tokyo leads to panic buying and some residents leaving the capital. (Reuters)
The United States Geological Survey revises the strength of the earthquake to 9.0. (USGS)
*Business
Share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange decline by 12 per cent with the TOPIX index recording its largest fall since 1987. (Market Watch), (Reuters)
*Sport
Tickets go on sale for the 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London. (BBC News)
* Isra’el Watch
Breaking News IDF takes over Liberian ship 200 mi. off coast
JPost.comHeadlines
FM: If we return to 67 borders Hamas may take over W. Bank
13:32 S.Africa's Zuma, AU panel to travel to Libya
13:05 Britain: G8 agrees urgent Libya response needed
12:52 Putin orders review of Russian nuclear plans
12:51 Japan nuclear crisis triggers online panic
12:24 Suspected separatists kill three in Thai south
12:22 Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza, protest Hamas-Fatah rift
12:19 IDF takes over Liberian ship 200 mi. off coast
12:16 China to evacuate citizens from Japan quake areas
11:57 Oman protesters push political, wage demands
11:45 Peres: The nation is united in hoping for Schalit's return
11:38 Gaddafi forces, rebels fighting over Brega in east
11:35 Philippines arrests al Qaida-linked militant
11:24 Fukushima No. 4 reactor spent fuel pool may be boiling
10:59 Eilat celebrates 62 years since its liberation
10:56 WHO: Japan taking right measures to protect people
10:49 Two charged with life in prison for 2003 Shalhov murder
10:44 Report: Air strikes hit east Libyan town
10:30 Lieberman visits Fogel family home in Itamar
10:24 State budget available online for public access
10:19 ADL to UN: Don't screen 'Miral' at General Assembly
10:10 Japan puts out nuclear plant fire - IAEA
09:58 Two Koreas agree on return of 27 people to North
09:52 France says has not yet convinced G8 on no-fly zone
09:33 Kenneret water level rises 2.5 cm in the past day
09:33 EU official: Europe must consider nuclear-free future
09:27 US State Dept urges Americans to avoid Bahrain
09:09 Iran objects to foreign troops in Bahrain
09:04 IAEA: Japan spent fuel pond on fire, radioactivity out
08:48 Japan PM urges citizens to conserve power after quake
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• 3-15, 2011
***On this day...
3- 15: Ides of March; National Day in Hungary (1848); Hōnen Matsuri in Japan
44 BC – Dictator Julius Caesar of the Roman Republic was stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators.
1776 – South Carolina became the first of Great Britain's North American colonies to declare its independence.
1917 – Tsar Nicholas II (pictured) of Russia was forced to abdicate in the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule.
1943 – World War II: German forces recaptured Kharkov after four days of house-to-house fighting against Soviet troops, ending the month-long Third Battle of Kharkov.
1985 – The company Symbolics became the first ever entity, individual or party to register a .com top-level domain name: symbolics.com.
*Topics in the news
A third explosion at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Japan, forces the evacuation of workers and increases the risk of a meltdown.
The 14th Dalai Lama (pictured) steps down as political leader of the Tibetan government in exile.
The Gulf Cooperation Council agrees to send troops, including 1,000 Saudi soldiers, to end protests in Bahrain.
The People's Republic of China adopts a new five-year plan, which includes a goal of increasing GDP by eight percent this year.
Large tsunamis triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake devastate stretches of Japan's coastline, killing thousands and leaving thousands more missing.
*Current events
Disasters
2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami:
The National Police Agency advises that the official death toll from the quake is 2,414 dead with 3,118 injured. (AFP via News Limited)
There is a third explosion in four days at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant following the 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami causing damage to its steel containment structure, the withdrawal of emergency workers and expected increases in radiation. (AP), (New York Times), (New York Times), (Daily Telegraph)
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano reports that as of 10.22 a.m. local time, radiation levels of 30 millisieverts were measured between the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors, while at the No. 3 reactor 400 millisieverts were detected, a harmful level to humans. (Bloomberg)
A senior adviser to the Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan says that a fire has broken out in a fourth reactor at the Fukushima I power plant but it is later extinguished, with the radiation reading at 0831 local time (2331 GMT) climbing to 8,217 microsieverts an hour. (CNN), (AP)(news.com.au)(BBC)
Prime Minister Kan warns people living within a 30 kilometre radius of the plant to stay indoors. (AP via The Guardian)
A rise in radiation levels in Tokyo leads to panic buying and some residents leaving the capital. (Reuters)
The United States Geological Survey revises the strength of the earthquake to 9.0. (USGS)
*Business
Share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange decline by 12 per cent with the TOPIX index recording its largest fall since 1987. (Market Watch), (Reuters)
*Sport
Tickets go on sale for the 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London. (BBC News)
* Isra’el Watch
Breaking News IDF takes over Liberian ship 200 mi. off coast
JPost.comHeadlines
FM: If we return to 67 borders Hamas may take over W. Bank
13:32 S.Africa's Zuma, AU panel to travel to Libya
13:05 Britain: G8 agrees urgent Libya response needed
12:52 Putin orders review of Russian nuclear plans
12:51 Japan nuclear crisis triggers online panic
12:24 Suspected separatists kill three in Thai south
12:22 Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza, protest Hamas-Fatah rift
12:19 IDF takes over Liberian ship 200 mi. off coast
12:16 China to evacuate citizens from Japan quake areas
11:57 Oman protesters push political, wage demands
11:45 Peres: The nation is united in hoping for Schalit's return
11:38 Gaddafi forces, rebels fighting over Brega in east
11:35 Philippines arrests al Qaida-linked militant
11:24 Fukushima No. 4 reactor spent fuel pool may be boiling
10:59 Eilat celebrates 62 years since its liberation
10:56 WHO: Japan taking right measures to protect people
10:49 Two charged with life in prison for 2003 Shalhov murder
10:44 Report: Air strikes hit east Libyan town
10:30 Lieberman visits Fogel family home in Itamar
10:24 State budget available online for public access
10:19 ADL to UN: Don't screen 'Miral' at General Assembly
10:10 Japan puts out nuclear plant fire - IAEA
09:58 Two Koreas agree on return of 27 people to North
09:52 France says has not yet convinced G8 on no-fly zone
09:33 Kenneret water level rises 2.5 cm in the past day
09:33 EU official: Europe must consider nuclear-free future
09:27 US State Dept urges Americans to avoid Bahrain
09:09 Iran objects to foreign troops in Bahrain
09:04 IAEA: Japan spent fuel pond on fire, radioactivity out
08:48 Japan PM urges citizens to conserve power after quake
COMPILED BY the Mishpocha FYLAF (Free Israel Liberation Action Federation)= (JAHU(Jews And Hebrews United)+and ASAJU (Afro-Sephardic Anusim Jh’ews United) + PLUMAH NOW(Please Let Us Make Aliyah Home NOW) +GRASSROOTS GAZETTE+Dabar of יהוה (Word of YHWH)+NEW OLIVE TREE FELLOWSHIP and THE LIVING WORD IN YAH)
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