Fukushima, The government is on high alert, "Maybe out of plutonium

 - The Japanese government considers "possible" escape of plutonium from a nuclear power plant in Fukushima. After yesterday, the power company that operates the plant had announced that five points in the soil around the plant were found to contain plutonium, today confirmed it came from the chief of staff, Yukio Edan, who in a press conference has announced the "more controls, even in areas around the implant." In the same hours the Prime Minister Naoto Kan, has assured Parliament that the government is in a state of maximum alert "to Fukushima, where the situation remains" unpredictable "because the cooling systems of many reactors are radioactive leaks and failures have been widespread the day of the earthquake.

Fight against Gaddafi: CIA agents to spy on rebels

After the CIA representative had to close in the capital Tripoli after the riots, had the Secret Service sent this month again people in the North African country, said a former U.S. intelligence officials. The agents had helped, for example in saving the pilot of the rebel territory were smashed on Libya U.S. fighter jets. Moreover, intelligence officials sought to contact the rebels, said the informant. The exact duties of the spies are not clear. According to insiders, the cited the scout troop agents try possible targets for air strikes and to make contacts with the rebels. Specifically, it could provide information about locations of Qaddafi to find ammunition depots and troop positions.

The ripoux supervised

It is 10:00 am, Monday, March 28, Bolotnaya place, a few hundred meters from the Kremlin, and traffic is congested. Cars are touch-key. Sitting at the wheel of his Ford, Arkadi is furious. The right wing of his car has been stamped by a van. He leaves his vehicle, parley with the driver, a beefy domed cap, very upset.

Both men accuse. Arkadi believes to be within his rights: the truck swerved, biting on the white line, it has nothing to do. Around the two stationary vehicles, a new plug is formed. But what? In Russia, the finding is not amicable. At the slightest rustle of sheet metal, only one solution: Call the Traffic Police (DPS).

Bashar al-Assad disappoints Syrians to maintain a state of emergency

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that shakes the popular response to his country is the result of a "conspiracy" and disappoint those who hoped to announce an end to decades of state of emergency, in his first speech since the start of the protest . In a highly anticipated speech of nearly an hour before the Parliament, broadcast on television, Assad said Syria is prisoner of conspirators.

Ouattara forces loyal to advance to San Pedro port

Forces loyal to the winner of a disputed presidential election in Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, made the official capital and moved to 130 kilometers from the port of San Pedro, crucial for the export of cocoa. Ouattara loyalists in recent days launched offensives from the east, west and center of the country and now control major cocoa producing areas in an offensive south to corner Laurent Gbagbo.

Afghanistan, the Taliban change strategy

Kabul - The dynamics of the attack in Mazar-i-Sharif is not yet clear, but the combination of three events in three different cities across the country (and who knows maybe even some minor center) tells of a plan concocted with the intent probably obvious give a massive coverage of the commando action: a new technique in the Taliban fighters.

The Taliban have never tried to cover today's mass action indicates a change of strategy and a complaint to the same weakness: the need to simulate consent or to make it appear that their actions will have on the civilian population. An attempt apparently unmasked by the numbers and photos immortalize especially young guys (the Taliban have a cult following among college students).

Libya: Find our narrative of the events of Thursday, March 31

The Libyan government forces and rebels clashed on Thursday March 31 morning, near the oil terminal Brega, in eastern Libya, according to testimony gathered about thirty miles away by journalists from the . The rebels have erected a checkpoint east of Brega on the road Ajdabiya, and it was not possible to know who held the oil terminal.

Witnesses said the clashes raged in the city located 800 km east of Tripoli, and journalists have heard planes fly over the region. Five explosions were clearly heard, it is not possible to determine targets. The regime of Muammar Gaddafi said on Thursday that he "did not depend on individuals" in its first reaction to the defection of the foreign minister, Musa Kusa, ensuring that Colonel Gaddafi and his children remain in the country "until 'at the end.