Anti-nuclear rallies in Europe a year after Fukushima

Published on Mar 11, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.com/ Anti-nuclear demonstrations in Europe have marked the one year anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

In France, nearly 700 people, half of them Germans, called for the closure of Fessenheim, the oldest of the French nuclear plants.

In Madrid, activists formed a human chain in front of the Japanese Embassy, to demand the end of nuclear energy and show support for Japanese victims.

Polish protesters also made their voices heard.
They said 'No way' after the government gave the green light to build the first nuclear power plant in the country.

Japan - marks quake and tsunami anniversary 19,000 dead or missing.

Published on Mar 11, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.com/ Exactly a year on from the enormously destructive earthquake and tsunami, Japan is remembering.

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko led a minute of silence in Tokyo's National Theatre at the precise moment that the 9.0 magnitude tremor unleashed a wall of water that ravaged the northeast coast, killing thousands.

Across the country memorial services are being held. Japan is still dealing with the emotional fallout from the disaster, as well as the economic and nuclear aftermath.

Residents from the abandoned town of Okuma returned home for a few hours to pay their respects to those lost 12 months ago.

It's the location of four of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant's reactors.

Radiation means the area remains uninhabitable. Tens of thousands were made homeless after a 20 kilometre exclusion zone was set up around the plant.

The impact of the nuclear crisis spread far beyond. The disaster exposed serious flaws in safety standards and regulations.

Once again the terrible images of the ocean invading the land are prominent in people's minds, as Japan slowly recovers from the tragedy that left some 19,000 dead or missing.

USA - Washington State Suspect accused of Courthouse Attack arrested

Published on Mar 10, 2012 by AssociatedPress

Police in Washington state have arrested 34-year-old Steven Daniel Kravetz, who is accused of stabbing a judge and shooting a sheriff's deputy in a courthouse struggle on Friday. (March 10)

USA - Rick Santorum won the Kansas caucuses in a rout on Saturday

Published on Mar 10, 2012 by AssociatedPress

Rick Santorum won the Kansas caucuses in a rout on Saturday and Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney countered in Wyoming, a weekend prelude to the Southern primaries in the week ahead. (March 10)