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Fukushima caesium leaks ‘equal 168 Hiroshimas’

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AFP via Space Mart Japan’s government estimates the amount of radioactive caesium-137 released by the Fukushima nuclear disaster so far is equal to that of 168 Hiroshima bombs, a news report said Thursday. [...] The amount of caesium-137 released since the three reactors were crippled by the March 11 quake and tsunami has been estimated [...]

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Israel kills 11 Palestinians in 24 hrs

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PressTV The death of a Palestinian during the latest round of Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip has raised to 11 the total number of the fatalities caused by Tel Aviv in the besieged enclave over the past 24 hours. On Thursday, Israeli airstrikes against the coastal sliver claimed the life of a Gaza resident, [...]

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‘Libya fighters move govt. to Tripoli’

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PressTV The Libyan opposition fighters have officially announced that they have made the country’s capital, Tripoli, the seat of their government. “I declare the beginning and assumption of the executive committee’s work in Tripoli,” Ali Tahuni, a senior official of the opposition National Transitional Council, AFP reported. “Long live democratic and constitutional Libya and glory [...]

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China accuses US of ‘interfering’

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AFP via Space War China’s state-run news agency on Thursday accused the United States of “interfering” after a Pentagon report warned that the Asian power’s military was increasingly focused on naval power. Xinhua said the annual Pentagon report to US Congress had drawn protest in the past over its “interfering nature” and “distortion of facts”, [...]

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