Latest update: 25/03/2011

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Chernobyl's 'Fukushima Fifty'

"Liquidators". That was the name given to Chernobyl's equivalent of the Fukushima Fifty, the team who went in to clear up after the nuclear disaster in 1986. They fought to contain the disaster, much as their Japanese counterparts have been doing 25 years later; but as time has passed, they've seen the price that exposure to high levels of radiation can have on the health of these heroes.

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23/05/2012 - CANADA

Students in Quebec march against tuition fee hike

Student protests in the Canadian province Quebec are into their fourth month. Hundreds were arrested at marches to mark 100 days since the protests began. Students are demonstrating against an 80 percent rise in tuition fees in Quebec, the Canadian province that has until now enjoyed the country's lowest rates for higher education.

23/05/2012 - EGYPT

Egyptians head to the polls

Egyptians go to the polls in the country's first truly contested presidential election on Wednesday. With an array of candidates to choose from, voters will decide who's the best man to lead them through the last phase of the country's troubled democratic transition that began with Egypt's revolution in January last year. Cairo correspondents Kathryn Stapley and Sonia Dridi talked to some of the activists whose protests in Tahrir Square changed the course of Egypt's history.

22/05/2012 - EGYPT

A troubling time for Egypt's Coptic Christians

Egyptians go to the polls tomorrow to vote for a new president for the first time since Hosni Mubarak was ousted during the revolution last year. Two of the front-runners in the presidential race with a realistic chance of winning are devout Islamists, which is troubling for Egypt's Coptic Christians. They are Egypt's largest religious minority and many of them don't think any of the candidates are capable of protecting them from the religious violence that has been steadily increasing.

22/05/2012 - WEST BANK

'The Battle of the Empty Stomachs'

Palestinians nicknamed it "the battle of the empty stomachs". For weeks, 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails refused food and drink in what became the longest ever mass hunger strike. Israel finally capitulated and a deal was reached, allowing those in isolation back onto the general wards, and visas for those family members wishing to visit from Gaza. In exchange, prisoners agreed not to carry out "security activities" such as recruiting for terrorist missions.

21/05/2012 - SERBIA

Serbia's new president - nationalist or not?

Serbia has elected a new president - and it's not the one that most people were expecting. Tomislav Nikolic has unseated Boris Tadic, the man in power since 2004. Observers are worried about the new head of state, who used to be part of the ultra-nationalist Radical Party. He once said he would prefer to be allied with Russia than join the EU, but he has since toned down the rhetoric, saying he will take Serbia to Europe after all.

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What I know regarding the

by Anonyme - 05/08/2011 - 15:36

What I know regarding the level of contamination in fukushima is that whereas the maximum contamination of chernobyl is from 1.48 million Bq to 3.80 million Bq, that of fukushima is from 3 million Bq to 30 million Bq. I do know this info is correct. Nevertheless, I still believe that this does not always confirm that fukushima is worse than chernobyl. I want to know the real severity of fukushima!!

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What I want to know

by Anonyme - 05/08/2011 - 15:26

What I want to know seriously, as a person living in Japan, is how much fukushima is worse than chernobyl in terms of radiation fallout. I never ever trust the gov. It is a horrible liar.

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why does he think there are only 200 people

by Anonyme - 25/03/2011 - 10:29

Two days after 50 people remained, over 500 people came from another plant in Niigata and Hitachi, Toshiba or Todenko. At the time he was speaking around 1000 people was at Fukushima I. Lots of people says there are only 200 Fukushima fifty, but its next day of the day 50 people remained.

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