Japan: Fukushima Radioactive Water Not Confirmed

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:52 AM PDT

Japanese authorities have yet to confirm the overflow of radioactive water from the emergency units of Japanese nuclear power plant Fukushima 1, the Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday. The 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan on March 11 triggered a number of explosions at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, spreading fears of massive [...]

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India-Pakistan: Frenzy Peaks Ahead Of Cricket Diplomacy

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:49 AM PDT

All events, conferences and meetings, scheduled in the afternoon have been cancelled across Pakistan and in some offices it has been declared a half-day as nobody wants to miss Pakistan-India Cricket match, being dubbed as the “clash of titans”. Frenzy has peaked as the over-pressurized teams of the two archrivals are preparing to face-off each [...]

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NATO’s New Strategic Concept – Security Post-Lisbon

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:45 AM PDT

TransConflict Serbia, as part of its project ‘Facilitating Serbia’s Contribution to NATO’s New Strategic Concept’, organized a panel discussion in Belgrade on Monday 28th March to discuss key security developments since the adoption of NATO’s new Strategic Concept at the Lisbon summit in November 2010. TransConflict Serbia’s project officer for security, Vladimir Ninković, opened the [...]

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Cricket Diplomacy: Batting For Peace – OpEd

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:42 AM PDT

CRICKET diplomacy is back. With the Cricket World Cup fever raging in South Asia and in much of the cricket-playing countries, this was to be expected. By inviting Pakistani leadership to the breathlessly awaited India-Pakistan cricket encounter in Mohali, Punjab this week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India may have provided some fresh talking points [...]

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Libya: Gaddafi Son Says Not Dead, Appears On TV

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:40 AM PDT

The Libyan television aired late Monday night “live” images of Khamis Gaddafi, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in Tripoli’s Bab Azizia, after rumors about his death. These rumors claimed Khamis, who leads one of Gaddafi’s most powerful brigades, had been killed during an air strike carried out by the international coalition. He appeared [...]

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Gainutdin: Moscow Not Muslims To Blame For Islamophobia – Analysis

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 02:27 AM PDT

Ravil Gainutdin, the head of the Union of Muftis of Russia (SMR), says that “today, a much greater threat to the unity of [Russia] comes not from the Caucasus but out of Moscow where at the walls of the Kremlin, at the grave of the Unknown Soldier, thousands of young people under Nazi symbols shout [...]

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Japan: Sarkozy To Visit Thursday

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 02:23 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will make a visit to Japan on Thursday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday, making him the first foreign leader to visit the disaster-hit island nation since the March 11 earthquake and following nuclear crisis. During his stay, Sarkozy will hold talks with his Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, the [...]

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IAEA Director General’s Briefing: Fukushima Nuclear Accident – Speeches

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 01:34 AM PDT

Ladies and Gentlemen, I will make a few general introductory remarks before handing over to my colleagues for the Technical Briefing. The current situation can be summarised as follows: Situation remains very serious. Priority now is to overcome the crisis. We are also planning ahead. The IAEA is doing everything in its power to help [...]

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Indian Strategic Thinking: A Reflection Of Kautilya’s Six Fold Policy – Analysis

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 01:16 AM PDT

Chankaya Kautilya was an Indian political strategic thinker around 300 BCE. His book Arthaashastra is on war and diplomacy. His book is still being analysed and discussed in the strategic community. Kautilya was the main advisor of the king Chandragupta, in his rule the biggest Hindu empire came into being. Kautilya’s desire was for his [...]

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World Leaders Seek Common Ground For Post-Gaddafi Libya

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 01:11 AM PDT

More than 40 governments and international organisations meet today (29 March) in London to try to lay the groundwork for a Libya without leader Muammar Gaddafi. As coalition forces pound Gaddafi’s tanks and artillery, the London conference will discuss stepping up humanitarian aid to war-torn areas and call for a political process to enable Libyans [...]

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Bibi Names New Shin Bet Director, New Israeli Palestinian Arrest Under Gag – OpEd

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 01:07 AM PDT

Now, the other shoe has dropped.  Bibi Netanyahu has surprised everyone by naming as the new Shabak chief, Yoram Cohen (and in English), an Orthodox Jewish candidate for the job who was championed by the ultra-Orthodox, extremist settler community.  Bibi had long-planned to nominate Yitzhak Ilan, one of the current chief’s deputy directors, to the [...]

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Sitting In The Dark – OpEd

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 01:04 AM PDT

Forget the World’s Fair, we now have a new way to celebrate human accomplishment. Instead of going to see a vision of the future, we turn off the lights and sit in the dark for an hour. Earth Hour shows how far we have come from celebrating human accomplishment to celebrating the lack of accomplishment. [...]

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Environmental Approval For Two New US Nuclear Reactors

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 01:00 AM PDT

There are no environmental reasons why two new reactors should not be built at the existing Vogtle nuclear power plant site in Georgia, according to the US nuclear safety regulators. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its consideration of the environmental impacts of expanding the Vogtle plant with two 1100 MWe Westinghouse AP1000s in [...]

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Japan: Deep Concern Over Finding Plutonium In Soil At Nuclear Plant

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:57 AM PDT

Japan’s top government spokesman on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the detection of highly toxic plutonium in soil at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, calling for enhanced monitoring of data. “The situation there is very serious,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told a press conference. “The current level does not pose a threat [...]

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Patrick Buchanan: ‘Obama’s War’ – OpEd

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:52 AM PDT

In ordering air and naval strikes on a country that neither threatened nor attacked the United States, did President Obama commit an impeachable act? So it would seem. For the framers of the Constitution were precise. The power to declare war is entrusted solely to Congress. From King William’s War to Queen Anne’s War to [...]

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India’s Hindu Terror: Can It Be Tamed? – Analysis

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:49 AM PDT

The arrests of individuals linked to fringe Hindu groups for involvement in several terror attacks present an opportunity for the Indian government to show that it is not soft on terror. By Bibhu Prasad Routray THE REALITY of terror attacks by Hindu groups is gradually registering in the minds of Indians, although the extent of [...]

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India And Pakistan: Need For A Vision Statement – Analysis

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:46 AM PDT

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s decision to invite President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani of Pakistan to Mohali on March 30 to watch the India-Pakistan World Cup cricket semi-final appears to have been taken on the spur of the moment. It is meant to be a gesture to impart some warmth [...]

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Japan: Radioactive Material From Nuclear Plant Spreads Across Globe

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:44 AM PDT

Authorities across Asia and the United States are reporting small amounts of radiation from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, but they all say it poses no threat to public health. China’s Environmental Protection Ministry issued a statement Tuesday saying low levels of radioactive iodine-131 have been detected along the country’s southeastern region, including Guangxi, Guangdong [...]

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Obama’s Address To The Nation On Libya – Speeches

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:34 PM PDT

THE PRESIDENT: Tonight, I’d like to update the American people on the international effort that we have led in Libya –- what we’ve done, what we plan to do, and why this matters to us. I want to begin by paying tribute to our men and women in uniform who, once again, have acted with [...]

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Obama Defends US Involvement In Libyan Air Campaign

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:30 PM PDT

By Dan Robinson Explaining his decision to authorize the use of U.S. military force as part of international operations in Libya, President Barack Obama said Monday night that the United States must act when its interests and values are threatened. The president ruled out seeking regime change in Libya through military means, but he said [...]

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Libya: French Warplanes Destroy Gaddafi’s Command Center

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:43 PM PDT

French military planes have destroyed the command center of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, spokesman for the French Armed forces Thierry Burkhard said on Monday. NATO took over command of the coalition military intervention in Libya from the United States on Sunday. The mission is trying to ensure a no-fly zone and arms embargo over the [...]

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The Facts On US Domestic Oil And Gas Production – OpEd

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:40 PM PDT

By Heather Zichal for the White House Blog Some recent comments in the press have attempted to paint a picture that an agreement on energy issues signed during the President’s trip to Brazil shows a lack of commitment to domestic oil and gas production. Let’s be clear – this administration is committed to developing a [...]

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At Site Of Nazi Massacre, Pope Deplores ‘Grave Offense To God’

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:36 PM PDT

By Alan Holdren Pope Benedict XVI made a heartfelt appeal for peace at an emotional memorial ceremony in Rome, March 27. The Pope visited the site where 335 people, mostly Romans, were executed during World War II by the Nazi occupation forces. The Pope and the chief rabbi of Rome, Riccardo di Segni, both prayed [...]

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How Safe Is Nuclear Power? – OpEd

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:28 PM PDT

By Dietrich Fischer We all can only feel deep sympathy and compassion for the victims of the terrible catastrophe that befell Japan on 11 March 2011. One of the world’s largest earthquakes ever of magnitude 9, a 10-meter tsunami that flattened many coastal areas, freezing weather for the survivors sleeping in the open, shortages of [...]

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