| Fear grows in Japan radiation in water Detects 30 Kim radiation specialists from the Japanese coast
Tokyo, Japan .- all of Tokyo's supermarkets began rationing food, milk, toilet paper, rice and water to bottled water scarce. A day after authorities reported that the level of radioactive iodine in drinking water was twice as safe for babies. radiation has leaked from a nuclear plant 220 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, shaken by the earthquake of March 11 and flooded by the tsunami. Desperate efforts to operate the cooling system have faced explosions, fires and fears of radiation leaks. On Thursday, two workers at the nuclear plant Fukushima Dai-ichi received care in a hospital after stepping on contaminated water while they tended the power cables into one unit, Japanese government officials said. The water was filtered over his work boots and legs were wet, "said Takashi Kurita, a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Company, which owns the plant. Families with children will receive three bottles of water a pint for every baby and a total of 240 thousand bottles, according to local authorities, shall be apportioned among the residents of Tokyo. Nearly two weeks after the magnitude 9 earthquake, approximately 660 thousand people remain without water in northeastern Japan and electricity has not been restored to almost 209 000 households, the company Tohoku Electric Power Co. Damage from natural disasters amounted to U.S. $ 309 billion the government said. The death toll continues to rise: 9 000 700 16 000 victims and 500 missing, officials said.
Japan detects radioactivity to 30 km of the coast Japanese scientists have found measurable concentrations of iodine-131 and cesium-137 radioactive seawater samples taken at about 30 kilometers from the coast, the agency said Thursday of the UN nuclear watchdog. "Concentrations of iodine are at or above regulatory limits Japanese and cesium levels are far below them, "he said Thursday the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA, for its acronym in English). Japanese authorities have given the agency based Vienna information from samples collected between 22 and 23 March, following the discovery of iodine and cesium in the water near the unused Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the agency said in a statement. "The Marine Environment Laboratory of IAEA Monaco has received the data for review, "the group said. In a desperate attempt to cool the reactors and their fuel in the tanks workers have been sprayed or sea water thrown on the ground. Officials have acknowledged that part of that water is poured into the sea. PHOTO CAPTION: Families looking to buy bottled water.
magnitude 6.8 earthquake kills one in Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar .- An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude that struck the northeastern Myanmar (Burma) killed a woman and was felt even in the Thai capital of Bangkok. The quake did not generate a tsunami. The quake occurred near the country's borders with Thailand and Laos, about 110 kilometers (70 miles) Northern Thai city of Chiang Rai, which suffered little damage as local television. A woman from the area north of Chiang Rai, four kilometers from the border, died buried under a brick wall, said police Capt. Weerapon Samranjai. The quake struck 10 kilometers deep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. About 600 thousand people felt a tremor between strong and violent and it is presumed that the houses were damaged. It rocked buildings in Bangkok, about 700 miles south of the epicenter. Center Pacific Tsunami Warning said the quake occurred too offshore to generate a destructive wave. PHOTO CAPTION: The earthquake affected the country's central l apart.
BRIEF 1 .- 11 countries integrate military offensive in Libya: UN At a meeting in the Security Council, the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon explained that now comprise the coalition the United States, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Norway, Canada, Belgium and Denmark. addition to the accession of the Arab nations, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. Ban said Organization North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) support the military offensive and help strengthen the arms embargo against Libya. The UN head said that there is no evidence that Gaddafi has diminished its offensive against the rebels in Libya and that, conversely, there is evidence that government forces continue to attack cities in the country. therefore reiterated his call to the Libyan government to stop the violence immediately and to allow the passage of humanitarian assistance to areas where needed. stated that about 345 thousand people have been exiled to Libya since the conflict began on 17 February, and that about 90 thousand people are stranded on the borders of the country with Tunisia and Egypt.
2.-Obama defends policy toward Cuba Miami .- The U.S. president, Barack Obama, said in an interview with the Miami Herald that his government has taken "unprecedented" to Cuba, but still has not seen the response of the regime would have liked. "We have increased remittances, travel, have sent a strong signal to the Cuban people have not seen (...) continuity as we would like," Bush said. noted that the Cuban government made some moves on the release of political prisoners and the start of a type of market economy with small business opportunity, but said it still must make some "significant steps". Obama also avoided the subject of Alan Gross, the U.S. contractor who was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of "acts against the independence or territorial integrity of the State" and whose immediate release was ordered by officials.
3 .- Calls Cuba 20 years in prison for Chilean businessman Havana .- Cuba's government sought a sentence of 20 years imprisonment for the Chilean businessman Max Marambio Joel, for the crimes of bribery, forgery of bank and trade, reported the Granma newspaper. Marambio, a former left-wing activist, was tried in absentia for failure to present its defense and took a court-appointed lawyer for the Popular Provincial Tribunal (TPP) in Havana, under current legislation, the source added. The TPP of Havana conclusive in ruling also said the trial of Alejandro Roca, former Minister of Food Industry, accused for the crimes of bribery and Adverse Events in the Economic Activity or Procurement. Granma said the crimes alleged against him at Rock the prosecutor requested a sentence of 15 years deprivation of liberty. |
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