Monday 1 April 2013

World News Aptil 01,2013


Arkansas nuclear plant accident kills one, three injured

An accident at an Arkansas nuclear plant killed one person and injured a further three after a generator fell during transportation late on Sunday. The accident was categorized as an ‘unusual event,’ the lowest on a scale laid out by the nuclear regulatory commission. The injured were taken from Entergy Corp’s Arkansas Nuclear One plant in Russellville to a hospital. No nuclear material was released, and there is no wider danger to the public.

N. Korea reappoints ex-premier Pak Pong-ju

Former North Korean premier Pak Pong-ju,  was sacked in 2007,  re-appointed to the top cabinet post at a meeting of the country’s assembly on Monday. “Deputy Choe Yong-rim was recalled from the post of premier of the DPRK Cabinet and Deputy Pak Pong-ju was elected premier of the DPRK Cabinet,” KCNA news agency said. Pak was named to head the North’s powerful ruling Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee political bureau on Sunday. In 2007, Pak was removed from his post for his alleged failure to successfully implement economic reforms.

Sudan to free all political prisoners – president

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said on Monday he had ordered the release of all political detainees. “Today, we announce a decision to free all the political prisoners and renew our commitment to all political powers about dialogue,” AFP quoted the president as saying as he opened a session of parliament. The move came amid eased tensions following recent agreements with South Sudan. Last week, Vice President Ali Osman Taha reached out to opposition political parties and rebels in the South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, inviting them to join a constitutional dialogue.

Georgian concerns over Black Sea exercises a ‘propaganda stunt’ – Moscow

Statements by Georgian politicians expressing “concerns” over Russian naval exercises in the Black Sea are a “non-issue,” and will not help normalize relations,  Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Ministry spokesperson Aleksandr Lukashevich described the exaggeration of the “Russian threat” by Tbilisi as a “propaganda stunt” to mask Georgia’s confrontational policies.  Georgian Foreign Ministry earlier expressed “grave concern” over Russia’s “unscheduled and unusual” military exercises.

Suicide bombing kills at least 8 in Tikrit, Iraq

At least eight people were reportedly killed and 15 wounded when a suicide bomber struck a police headquarters in the central Iraqi city of Tikrit on Monday, police said. The bomber blew up an explosives-laden tanker in the capital of Salahudin province 170km north of Baghdad in the morning attack, Xinhua reported, citing police sources. Security forces have blocked all roads leading to central Tikrit.

21 dead, 62 missing after Tibet landslide

Rescuers have recovered 21 bodies three days after a landslide in Tibet buried more than 80 mine workers, Chinese media reported on Monday. Another 62 miners remain missing under the 2 million cubic meters of earth east of the Tibetan capital Lhasa, media reports. Some 3,500 emergency workers are battling snow and high altitudes searching for the missing.

Myanmar resumes sale of privately owned daily papers

Print media privately owned daily newspapers hit Myanmar newsstands for the first time in decades on Monday. Burmese-language titles ‘The Voice,’ ‘The Golden Fresh Land,’ ‘The Union’ and ‘The Standard Time’ made the transition from weeklies as new rules came into effect, sweeping away the state media’s monopoly on daily printing, media said. The ruling military junta seized control of private daily newspapers in 1964. Pre-publication censorship in Myanmar was officially scrapped in August 2012.

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