Fukushima, raised the level of severity Naoto Kan: "Rebuilding Japan"

ROME - A week before the earthquake and the devastating tsunami that struck Japan not loosen in the country fear for the fate of nuclear power plant in Fukushima. The severity of the accident has been increased from 4 to 5. In units 1, 2 and 3, the core is partially molten. The containers which hold the fuel rods would otherwise intact, according to Italian sources in direct contact with the plant operator and the Authority for the Japanese industrial and nuclear safety.

Yemen is the worst situation in recent months

.- Dozens of demonstrators were shot by security forces and pro-government gunmen at the end of Friday prayers. According to the government are 25 dead but health officials report that at least 42 people have died and more than 300 injured. The riots originated when government forces tried to prevent demonstrators opposed to President Ali Abdullah Saleh to leave the square where they had gathered.

Japan Radiation causes exodus

Faced with nuclear emergency in the East of the country, the Japanese began an exodus to the south, on a day when one of the reactors at the Fukushima plant caught fire, without serious consequences. Residents near the sites affected by the levels of radiation in Japan began the exodus to Southern cities of Tokyo, even to other countries.

The 12 million inhabitants of Tokyo do not totally believe that the nuclear situation is under control, as expressed by the Government. Doubts grow when they know that on Friday there have been three explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant. Tokyo flights from several airlines have been canceled or diverted while in the train, people-especially pregnant women or mothers with children-are lined up to buy tickets destined for other cities where they have relatives or friends hosting them.

Aid agencies prepare for exodus from Libyan

.- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned as they prepare for a possible mass exodus from Libya. The alert was launched due to the growing tension that exists in that country after the announcement of the no-fly zone. UNHCR and IOM also called on Tunisia and Egypt to keep their borders open, as close to the flow of displaced persons would be "the worst case scenario" for how events unfold.

More than 7,348 dead and the story of a rescue false

Japan continues to count the victims of the earthquake on June 11 caused a devastating tsunami. With each new balance the number of victims is closer to the 10,000 estimated by the Japan Government. The latest official figures estimate there are 7,348 dead and 10,947 missing, confirming that we talk about living in Japan's worst earthquake in 90 years, beating the victims (6,400) of the 1995 Kobe earthquake.

Obama seeks to regain U.S. leadership in the new Latin American tour

WASHINGTON, Mar. 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will begin on Saturday its first tour of the continent since he took power more than two years with visits to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador to try to recover economic leadership in a region now facing a renewed role for China. Obama will come to these countries where many question what they can offer to this continent that feels increasingly independent, while the White House focused its attention on unrest in the Middle East, the nuclear crisis in Japan and domestic economic problems.

Radioactive cloud, "no risk to the U.S." But Californians do not trust

"A very low concentration of radioactive particles, but too low to be harmful to humans." So American diplomats away the doubts of a possible danger to the inhabitants of the west coast, affected by the passage of a "cloud" from Fukushima. In short, seems to confirm what was announced yesterday by Howard Becker, director of the Department of Health, which had stressed that the 5000 miles between California and Japan were sufficient to dispel any possible hazardous radioactive concentration.