“They are leaving us to die.” Katsunobu Sakurai, mayor Minamasoma, a town just 12 miles from the stricken nuclear plant, worrying that his town and its people have been abandoned. Full Japan coverage, here.
Watch dramatic footage of Japanese military helicopters dumping seawater the stricken Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant.
Watch footage of the explosion that rocked the Fukushima Dai-Ichi power station north of Tokyo. Resident in the area have been evacuated.
Large sections of northeastern Japan are in a state of chaos this morning, as rescuers struggle to reach survivors of yesterday’s earthquake and tsunami.
The revered leader says the Tibetan people need an elected leader.
Shabaz Bhatti, a Christian who opposed the country’s blasphemy laws, was shot and killed in Islamabad on Wednesday morning. It was the second such killing this year.
Next Media Animation brings us this darkly funny take Beijing’s aggressive response to calls for anti-government protests.
“The unity of China was more important than those people on Tiananmen Square.” – MUAMMAR GADDAFI, Libyan dictator, threatening a massive show of force against anti-government protesters. Click here for for the latest from Libya.
“I call this ‘castrated writing’ — I am a proactive eunuch, I have already castrated myself even before the surgeon raises his scalpel.” MURONG XUECUN, Chinese writer, in a speech on censorship and self-censorship. Murong was barred from delivering the remarks in mainland China, but presented the talk in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Read the [...]
Four women and one man are fighting a 19th century law that effectively prevents Japanese women from keeping their birth names post-marriage.
