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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