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Turkey: Man rows for three months in nuclear protest via BBC News

Posted on 2014/11/04 by norma field

Huseyin Urkmez spent three months rowing the 1,500km (930 miles) from Hopa, near Turkey’s eastern border, to the port of Ortakoy in Istanbul, the Yesil Gazete website reports. He was greeted by the cheers of environmental activists after his mammoth … Continue reading →

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Nuclear train derailed, emergency services at scene via News and Star

Posted on 2013/09/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] A British Transport Police (BTP) spokesperson said: “BTP officers were called to the line close to Barrow-in-Furness rail station following a report that a freight train had partially derailed. “The incident, which was reported to BTP at 2.13pm, is … Continue reading →

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AP Interview: Japan woefully unprepared for nuclear disaster, ex-prime minister says via The Washington Post

Posted on 2012/02/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO — Japan was woefully unprepared for last year’s nuclear disaster, the country’s former prime minister said Friday, and suggested that the crippled Fukushima plant should not have been built so close to the ocean on a tsunami-prone coast. In … Continue reading →

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