Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Daily News Digest

Adar II 9, 5771


• 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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