* Militants planted the bomb in a plastic bag
Jerusalem, Israel .- A bomb exploded at a bus stop in Jerusalem, killing one woman and injuring over 20 others, in the first Palestinian militants in attack in years.
Israel Radio reported the death of the woman, first reported as injured in the attack.
Public Security Minister, Yitzhak Aharonovich, said militants planted an explosive charge of one kilogram in a bag on the sidewalk. Authorities said 25 people were injured, several of them seriously. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, first in Jerusalem for several years, but several West Bank Palestinian leaders condemned the attack.
The explosion was heard in much of the city and destroyed the windows of two buses filled. Rescuers were digging in the area wounded on stretchers. Meir
Place cheap, driver of one bus, said he heard an explosion as he drove by the place, near the main entrance to the station Jerusalény bus station. "I heard the explosion at the bus stop," he said. The man stopped his vehicle and people got out. He said no one was injured in the bus.
Jerusalem suffered dozens of suicide bombings on buses and restaurants during the second Palestinian uprising in the past decade, but attacks have ceased in recent years. The last suicide attack in the city was in 2004.
The attack comes amid rising tensions between Israel and the militant Islamic group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip.
According to initial investigations, the explosion was caused by a bomb, apparently left in a phone booth in front of the International Convention Centre, near a bus stop where expected full of passengers. The explosion was heard
throughout the city and caused the destruction of the windows of the bus, en route to the Givat Shaul Har Homa, a spokesman for the Police & # 237; to speaking to the press.
A witness present in the area at the time of the explosion told the Haaretz newspaper that he heard a loud explosion near the central bus station and minutes longer ; s later began to sound the sirens of emergency vehicles and security forces.
Public Security Minister, Yitzhak Aharonovich, told Channel 2 of Israeli television that the bomb used in the attack was one to two kilos of weight and was planted in a small bag, which was abandoned in the street.
To avoid that, as on previous occasions, the rescue services were targeted by a second blast, security forces surrounded the area and oversaw the entire area for other suspicious packages or objects.
The attack came just hours after Palestinian militants in Gaza fired two Katyusha rockets against southern city of Beer Sheva and mortar shells in the Negev, in the region & # 243; n southern Israel. Jerusalem has
been hit by a series of terrorist attacks in recent years, but this Wednesday is the first in which a pump is used since 2004, although in March 2008 a center business was the target of an armed attack.
PHOTO CAPTION: The militant group Hamas welcomed the terrorist attack.
Drinking water is not suitable for children
Tokyo Tokyo, Japan .- The water in Tokyo doubled the radioactivity limit considered safe for infants. The authorities warned parents to refrain from using water for drinking and preparing powdered milk for babies under one year.
The warning came as authorities a new cloud of smoke forced an evacuation of workers seeking to stabilize the Japanese nuclear plant, which is releasing radiation.
The Water Bureau told reporters that a treatment plant potable water in central Tokyo, which provides service to much of the city found that the water contains 210 becquerels of iodine-131 by per liter.
indicated that the consumption limit of iodine-131 for infants should not exceed 100 becquerels per liter. Tokyo babies should not drink tap water but the level of radioactivity does not pose an immediate risk to adults, officials said.
Nearly two weeks after the double disaster of March 11, nuclear authorities are struggling to stabilize the damaged and overheated Fukushima nuclear plant, which has been leaking radiation since the disaster damaged the cooling system of the plant.
radiation has passed vegetables, unpasteurized milk, drinking water and even sea water in areas surrounding nuclear facilities.
The broccoli was added Wednesday to the list of radioactive vegetables which also includes spinach, canola, and green or edible chrysanthemum.
Previously, residents of cities in northeastern Japan received warnings not to drink tap water because of high levels of radioactive iodine, which can cause thyroid cancer. Until Wednesday, the levels found in water from Tokyo was minimal, authorities said.
"We warn you to refrain from using water for drinking and for preparing powdered milk for babies under one year," said Shintaro Ishihara, governor of Tokyo.
PHOTO CAPTION: The authorities are struggling to stabilize nuclear the central damaged Fukushima. BRIEF
1 .- Obama dismisses Libya ground invasion
Washington, USA .- President Barack Obama categorically ruled out a ground invasion to oust leader Libyan Moammar Gadhafi, while international forces launched a fifth day of air strikes against military targets of the government.
Obama said the United States will reduce its dominant role in the international campaign that seeks to prevent attacks on civilians Gadhafi.
in international attacks early Wednesday, missiles launched from fighter jets F-15 missile batteries destroyed by Gadhafi around Tripoli.
in action around cities where Gadhafi troops have besieged civilians, the international force attacked a government ammunition depot on the outskirts of Misrata and other aircraft ground forces attacked the outskirts of Ajdabiya, officials said on condition of anonymity. 2 .- Protests
leave 15 dead
Syria Damascus, Syria .- At least fifteen people were killed in a city in southern Syria in separate incidents after security forces fired shots and tear gas antigens against demonstrators.
A morning attack near al-Omari mosque killed at least six dead in the farming town of Dara, where protesters took to the streets to demand reforms and political freedoms, said witnesses. An activist in contact with residents of Dara said police killed three others in the center before nightfall. Later found six bodies, he added.
Some groups connected by social networking sites have called for mass demonstrations across the country on Friday, billed as "Friday dignity."
state television said an "armed gang" attacked an ambulance in Daraa and security forces killed four gunmen, wounded another and chased the others. He denied that security forces had stormed the mosque, but showed guns, grenades, ammunition and money that he said had been seized inside. 3 .- Contact
Qaddafi relatives of U.S. government
Washington .- An advisor to President Barack Obama, Denis McDonough, hinted that close to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's government had contacted United States to explore a solution to the crisis in Libya.
"I'm not surprised that, under intense pressure (...) some have tried to establish contacts in search of outlets. But I will not go into detail and I am sure you will respect, "said deputy general counsel for National Security to MSNBC.
A senior U.S. official pointed out further that the State Department had been contacted several times, until early this week, Libyan officials as Foreign Minister Abdullah Musa Kusa and Senusi, cu & # 241; ado of Colonel Gaddafi and one of its intelligence chiefs.
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