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Colombia will Chair the Board of The UN Security This Month

Since last Friday and throughout the month of April, Colombia will assume the presidency of the Security Council of the UN. The agenda of activities include a meeting in Libya planned for next Tuesday and a discussion on the current situation in Haiti on 6 April. Colombian...
Posted On 04 Apr 2011
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It will take Several Months to Control Radiation in Japan

The nuclear nightmare that the Asian country lives since the earthquake and the tsunami of last March 11, informed that the reconstruction will take some time. Goshi Hosono, councilor of Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, stated that the radiation filtration of the Fukushima plant will...
Posted On 03 Apr 2011
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Tepco Discovers Crack in Fukushima Reactor 2

The technicians of the Tepco company discovered a crack in the reactor #2 were highly doses of radiated water is being leaked into the ocean. The filtration is of 1,000 millisieverts per hour, which is enough to increase the risk of cancer to any person exposed for a long-term....
Posted On 02 Apr 2011
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Increased Radiation levels in the Sea are Discovered

The radiation levels in the sea near the Fukushima nuclear plant have increased and they have surpassed the safety limits by 3,355 times. This is the highest radioactive concentration according to the Nuclear Security Agency of Japan. The radiation in the seawater has escalated,...
Posted On 31 Mar 2011
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Machu Picchu Pieces Return To Peru

The first batch of 363 Machu Picchu pieces arrived to Lima yesterday from the American University of Yale, almost one hundred years after they were drawn by explorer Hiram Bingham of the Inca citadel. According to Minister of Culture, Juan Ossio, 363 pieces and 1,000 fragments...
Posted On 31 Mar 2011
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MESSENGER Sends Back First Image of Mercury from Orbit

MESSENGER has delivered its first image since entering orbit about Mercury on March 17. It was taken today at 5:20 am by the Mercury Dual Imaging System as the spacecraft sailed high above Mercury’s south pole, and provides a glimpse of portions of Mercury’s surface not...
Posted On 31 Mar 2011
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Argentina Gave Journalism Award to Chavez

The Journalism Faculty of the state University La Plata (UNLP) gave a distinction to the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. The award Rodolfo Walsh to the popular communication generated controversy in Argentina. Meanwhile the dean of the Journalism Faculty and Communication...
Posted On 30 Mar 2011
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Tunnels Outside Japan Nuclear Plant are Radioactive

The plutonium discovered yesterday in five soil samples obtained from the Fukushima Daiichi facility presented low radioactive levels. However this does not poses a health threat, informed Sakae Muto, vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. Meanwhile the workers at the Daiichi...
Posted On 29 Mar 2011
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Radiation Discovered in the Air of the Philippines

The Philippines authorities discovered small quantities of radiation that came from the Japanese nuclear plant Fukushima Daiichi. The Ministry of Health informed that the radiation levels in the air are not harmful to humans. Meanwhile the report of the Philippine Nuclear...
Posted On 29 Mar 2011
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Plutonium is Detected in Fukushima Soil

The Electric Energy Company of Tokyo (Tepco), announced that plutonium residues have been detected in five points of the Fukushima Daiichi plant. This news has alarmed the Asian country. It is very likely that the leaking comes from the reactor #3 since it is the only one that...
Posted On 28 Mar 2011
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