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Azerbaijan Youth Activist Zaur Qurbanli -Detained in secret for a week! trumped up charges? Million Dollar Bribe! wow!

“Having received $500,000 from Abdullayev, Ahmadova was demanding half a million more in order to finish the business”

“I am not giving anything to master Ramiz. Master Ramiz is not someone who takes money, nobody has ever gave him one single manat as a bribe. I am demanding the money – me – Gular Ahmadova – if you give it, I will fix it for you, if you don’t , it is up to you. I am not a racketeer, I am not kidnapping people…”

from million dollar bribe link below..

October 01, 2012

BAKU — An Azerbaijani judge has ordered that opposition youth activist Zaur Qurbanli be held for 15 days of pretrial detention for an alleged drug-related crime.
ImageQurbanli, of the opposition NIDA youth movement, was arrested near his house in the town of Hirdalan on September 29.An Interior Ministry official told RFE/RL that Qurbanli is suspected of involvement in illegal drug activities, adding that Qurbanli resisted arrest and that “illegal documents and objects” were found in his office.

The official provided no more details.

Qurbanli’s colleagues say police brought him handcuffed to the office of another opposition youth group, Positive Changes, and questioned him there on September 29 about NIDA leaflets.

The official statement came after Qurbanli’s relatives complained to RFE/RL that they had received no explanation about Qurbanli’s arrest or whereabouts since his detention.

And from this BBC local article, badly translated it appears he wrote a poem about the Presidents famous daughter… still think its a drugs bust?

October 1, 2012 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Breaking! MKO was accomplice in assassination of nuclear experts: Iran

The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Saturday stating that the delisting of the MKO was “a violation of the United States’ legal and international commitments” and could threaten U.S. interests. 
 
The decision “will bring U.S. responsibility for past, present, and future terrorist operations by this group,” the statement read.

 01 October 2012 18:01
In Print: Tuesday 02 October 2012

The file photo shows members of the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO).
The file photo shows members of the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO).

TEHRAN – An Iranian Foreign Ministry official has said that the Mojahadin Khalq Organization is an accomplice in the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast made the remarks in an interview with Al-Alam News Network broadcast on Sunday night in reference to the fact that the U.S. State Department formally removed the MKO from its list of terrorist organizations on Friday.
Mehmanparast said that the MKO has never renounced “terrorist activities” and has only changed its approach.
“The most recent terrorist moves, in which they were involved, were the assassinations of our nuclear scientists in cooperation with the Zionist regime’s security agents,” he stated.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Saturday stating that the delisting of the MKO was “a violation of the United States’ legal and international commitments” and could threaten U.S. interests.
The decision “will bring U.S. responsibility for past, present, and future terrorist operations by this group,” the statement read.
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MNA

US formally removes MKO from terrorist organizations list

Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:39PM GMT

Press TV

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October 1, 2012 Posted by | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Typhoon Hits Japan as Nuclear Plant Construction Resumes. Admission of plutonium release.

“During the Unit 3 meltdown at Fukushima, plutonium as well as uranium radiation was released. MOX, which is more radioactive than uranium fuel, generated additional fear among people areas near Fukushima Daiichi.”

 

 

TOKYO, Japan, October 1, 2012 (ENS) – The Japanese power company J-Power today said it will resume construction of a nuclear power plant in Aomori prefecture at the northernmost tip of Japan’s main island, just as a typhoon delivered high winds, pounding rain and high waves to the area.

The move comes despite the Japanese government’s decision to phase out all nuclear power plants by the 2030s, announced in September.

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Aomori is approximately 341 kilometers (212 miles) from Fukushima; both prefectures are in the Tohoku region on Japan’s main island, Honshu.

Jelawat formed on September 20; by September 24 it had reached “super typhoon” status, with maximum sustained winds above 240 kilometers (150 miles) per hour, out over the Pacific Ocean south of Japan. By the time the typhoon reached the Tohoku region it was reduced to a tropical storm with winds of 75 kph (46 mph).

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J-Power President Masayoshi Kitamura today told a special session of the Ohma town assembly that the government’s September 14 clarification of its policy on uncompleted nuclear plants made the restart of construction possible.

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The Ohma assembly members support the company’s decision, according to Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK TV.

Ohma

Construction workers and officials from participating companies pose outside a partially constructed reactor containment building at J-Power’s Ohma nuclear power plant. (Photo courtesy Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.)

But officials at Hakodate, a city 20 kilometers (12 miles) away, oppose the nuclear plant. Hakodate Mayor Toshiki Kudo told reporters that the city will go to court to stop the project.

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October 1, 2012 Posted by | Uncategorized | 4 Comments

“Horrific”: Former employee reveals CNN is paid by foreign governments to produce content disguised as news (VIDEO)

http://enenews.com/horrific-cnn-journalist-reveals

Published: September 30th, 2012 at 12:03 pm ET
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Former CNN Journalist Amber Lyon:

“…I started getting employees at CNN, longtime employees, approaching me saying, “You should investigate this. This is very suspicious. Something’s going on here.”

And we found out that, which was really, I felt defrauded as a journalist, we found out that at the same time I was being detained and risking my life to expose the Bahrain regime, CNN International is taking money from them in exchange for producing content that it airs on CNN International. Content disguised as news.

I mean one of these programs, the reporter, Richard Quest, was reporting live from Bahrain for a week. And u on a program called iList, and that program made Bahrain seem progressive. And the crown prince was a reformer.

And as an employee at CNN, I was never told that this was going on. Also viewers are not being told that CNN is being paid by state regimes some with horrific human rights records to air content disguised as news, which they’re often not even telling the viewers that this content was paid for by government. And, Alex, on a journalistic level, this is horrific..”

please read the enenews comments too!

October 1, 2012 Posted by | Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Radioactive wastes in space – oh what a lovely idea!

Nuclear waste to fuel Neptune mission THE AUSTRALIAN BY: JONATHAN LEAKE  The Times September 30, 2012 BRITAIN’S burgeoning stockpile of nuclear waste may finally be put to good use – as fuel for Europe’s future missions to the solar system’s most distant and exotic planets such as Uranus and Neptune.

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Britain’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) want to use radioactive isotopes harvested from the waste to make the nuclear batteries essential to power such space probes. Continue reading →

October 1, 2012 Posted by | EUROPE, technology, wastes | 1 Comment

Japan’s Indistry Minister calls for a quick phaseout of nuclear energy

The most serious problem is spent fuel buildup at each plant as well as an additional storage at a fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori prefecture, northern Japan. The country lacks plans about what to do with the highly radioactive waste.

Minister: Japan Must Quickly Phase out Nuke Energy abc news, By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO September 29, 2012 Japan’s industry minister said the country must give up nuclear power plants as soon as possible because they pose too much risk in one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries.

Yukio Edano said last year’s meltdowns after a tsunami hit the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant showed that nuclear power’s cost is too high. He expressed the opinion in his new book of policy views that hit stores Saturday.

Edano, who served top government spokesman during the height of the nuclear crisis last year, said he came to the conclusion after seeing “what was believed to be masterpiece of modern technology succumb to natural disaster so easily.”

“Now I want to eliminate nuclear power plants as soon as possible,” he wrote in the book, “Even if I get a beating, I must say this.”…. Continue reading →

October 1, 2012 Posted by | Japan, wastes | Leave a comment

In spite of govt repression, India’s anti nuclear movement fighting on

Centre, TN govt suppressing anti-nuke protests in Kudankulam’ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_centre-tn-govt-suppressing-anti-nuke-protests-in-kudankulam_1747176 , Sep 30, 2012, The leader of anti-nuclear protests in Kudankulam today charged the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government with suppressing the struggle “only to support foreign countries” which want to sell nuclear reactors.

 

At a day-long All-India Left Coordination Convention activist SP Udaykumar demanded through video message the closure of the project. ”The central and state governments are ignoring our pleas … to support the American, Russian and French nuclear projects in the country. We strongly demand the closure of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant project and the government should scrap all nuclear power projects,” he said.

“We do need development but not at the cost of putting the lives of millions of people at stake and destroying our natural resources,” he said. He accused the CPI and CPI(M) of supporting the Kudankulam project on one hand and opposing Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant on the other.

At the convention, several leaders of various Left parties accused the UPA government of being “pro-corporate”.
“The state is brazenly becoming pro-corporate and authoritarian,” CPI National Secretary D Raja said.
Encouraging Left and democratic forces to work together keeping differences aside, Raja said, …..
The AILC gave a call for Punjab Bandh on October 5, Parivartan Rally in Patna on November 9 and a two-day strike by central trade unions in February next year.

October 1, 2012 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Nuclear power plants can’t cope with increasing heat, with climate change

Climate change Millstone shutdown is a sign of broader power problem caused by climate change CT Mirror, September 24, 2012 By Jan Ellen Spiegel Waterford — Last month’s unprecedented 12-day shutdown of part of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station sent a shudder through the nuclear energy world.

Caused when the seawater used to cool the plant’s generating Unit 2 became too warm, it was the first time any U.S. nuclear plant was shut down because of intake water temperature problems.

Nuclear energy officials were concerned, but “I don’t know if we would say ‘surprised,'” said Richard MacManus, Millstone’s director of nuclear safety and licensing. He spoke as he stood alongside Niantic Bay, taking in the panoramic view of the massive Millstone facility and Long Island Sound, its source of water.

The shutdown capped a season of power reductions and other difficulties at several of the nation’s power plants — including non-nuclear ones — caused when summer heat and drought compromised the vast amounts of water needed to cool them. It has also set in motion a cascade of other potentially debilitating effects, all of which point to the likelihood that climate change has placed part of the U.S. power grid at risk.

Curiously, the industry and its watchers had seen it coming — for decades……… http://www.ctmirror.org/story/17512/millstone-shutdown-sign-broader-water-power-conflicts-climate-change

 

October 1, 2012 Posted by | climate change, USA | 1 Comment

Global warming causing rapid decline in Arctic sea ice

Norwegian Arctic Summers Warmest in 1,800 Years
Summer temperatures on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the High Arctic are now higher than during any time over the last 1,800 years, including a period of higher temperatures in the northern hemisphere known as the Medieval Warm Period, according to a new study. In an analysis of algae buried in deep lake sediments, a team of scientists calculated that summer temperatures in Svalbard since 1987 have been 2 to 2.5 degrees Celsius (3.6 to 4.5 degrees F) warmer than during the Medieval Warm Period, which lasted from roughly 950 to 1250 AD. Scientists say this year’s record declines in Arctic sea ice extent and volume are powerful evidence that the giant cap of ice at the top of the planet is on a trajectory to largely disappear in summer within a decade or two, with profound global consequences. http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/45024

October 1, 2012 Posted by | climate change, oceans | Leave a comment

USA wants to sell nuclear missile defense technology to Gulf countries

US pushing Gulf nations to develop missile defense, Daily Star, Lebanon News September 29, 2012 The United States is pushing Gulf countries to develop missile defense plans, amid what they see is a rising threat from Iran, US officials said Friday.

The US official said Washington has already expressions of interest from some of the Gulf nations in developing missile defense capabilities and they hoped to have some announcements of contracts in the coming months.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Sep-29/189613-us-pushing-gulf-nations-to-develop-missile-defense.ashx#ixzz284XJwdli

October 1, 2012 Posted by | MIDDLE EAST, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Nuclear weapons do not make a country safe.

Mr. Umarov said that Kazakhstan fully supports a proposal by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to adopt a nuclear weapons convention, noting the suggestion of his country’s president that, as an important step in that direction, the United Nations should adopt a Universal Declaration of a Nuclear Weapon-Free World.

Africa: Nuclear Weapons Are No ‘Guarantee of Security,’ Kazakh Foreign Ministers Tells UN Debate  AllAfrica.com  30 Sept 12,  The inability of nuclear weapons to guarantee a country’s security or independence was highlighted in the speech of Kazakhstan’s Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kairat Umarov, to the United Nations General Assembly today. Continue reading →

October 1, 2012 Posted by | Kazakhstan, weapons and war | 2 Comments

Fukushima’s new hospital equipment can NOT measure internal radiation

 Technohill, the Japanese distributer of this equipment commented on their website that this equipement cannot measure internal exposure unlike the hospital explained on their press conference.

Fukushima hospital imported new WBC equipment, distributer “It can’t measure internal exposure” http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/09/fukushima-hospital-imported-new-wbc-equipment-distributer-it-cant-measure-internal-exposure/  by Mochizuki   September 29th, 2012 Kuwano kyoritsu hospital in Koriyama city held a press conference on 9/24/2012. Continue reading →

October 1, 2012 Posted by | health, Japan, secrets,lies and civil liberties | 1 Comment

Australian Government set up a Renewable Energy Package- a good model for USA

What America Can Learn from Australia’s New Clean Energy Future Package http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/09/29/929441/what-america-can-learn-from-australias-new-clean-energy-future-package/ Sep 29, 2012  by Jennifer Morgan, via WRI Insights  Australia, one of world’s most  carbon-intensive countries, recently began implementing a comprehensive national policy to address climate change and transition to a clean-energy economy. Yesterday, WRI had the pleasure of hosting Mark Dreyfus , Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, who outlined his country’s plans to a group of business, congressional, and NGO representatives.

One point that came through at the event is that Australia’s recent energy and climate choices can be very instructive to the United States. This post provides a quick look at Australia’s new policy and explores how it can inform and inspire U.S. efforts  to move toward a low-carbon future.

Why Did Australia Adopt a National Climate and Energy Policy? Continue reading →

October 1, 2012 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, renewable | Leave a comment

Water use by nuclear power plants – another climate change problem

 Millstone shutdown is a sign of broader power problem caused by climate change, CT Mirror, September 24, 2012, By Jan Ellen Spiegel  …..   Water consumption   – some view raising the plant’s operating temperature as a Band-Aid for the real problem — the amount of water the nation’s 19,000 power generating units, including 104 nuclear ones, use. They consume 100 billion gallons a day — three times what cascades over Niagara Falls in the same time frame.

“U.S. power plants are at risk from not enough water due to situations like drought, too much water because of sea level rise and flooding, or water that is simply too warm,” said Steve Fleischli, acting director of the Natural Resources Defense Council‘s water and climate program. “From our perspective, what power plants can do to protect the grid is not rely so much on water.”

Most of the cooling water is returned to its source and then re-used, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which documents fresh- and saltwater use every five years. Since 1965 most water withdrawals have gone for thermo-electric power generation. In 2005 (2010 data is not available yet), that figure was 40 percent nationally.

But in Connecticut it’s 82 percent. Among freshwater withdrawals, 24 percent goes to power plants. Of the saltwater withdrawals here, 99 percent goes to power plants.

At Millstone, Unit 2 uses 450,000 gallons of water per minute, and Unit 3 uses twice that amount. Coal plants like that in Bridgeport, which also takes its water from Long Island Sound, withdraw nearly the same amount of water as nuclear plants per megawatt hour. Gas and oil plants — similar in their water needs — require less than nuclear and coal. Conventional plants, however, generally can use warmer water than nuclear plants because without radiation concerns, their safety systems are less critical…… http://www.ctmirror.org/story/17512/millstone-shutdown-sign-broader-water-power-conflicts-climate-change

 

October 1, 2012 Posted by | USA, water | 1 Comment

India’s nuclear energy program just not happening

India’s ticking nuclear crisis: Part I Charu Sudan Kasturi, Hindustan Times New Delhi, September 30, 2012 India has missed its five-yearly nuclear power generation target by 74%, its plans crippled by the protests at Kudankulam and other nuclear plant sites that have left the country’s energy security roadmap under a cloud of uncertainty.  The government had set an already modest target of adding 3380 MW of additional nuclear power by 2012 to the country’s 3900 MW capacity at the start of the 11th Five Year Plan in 2007.
But failure to convince local people and activists at almost every site handpicked for a nuclear plant has left the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) with only 880 MW to show as nuclear power added over the past five years.

Similar protests over the coming few years could seriously jeopardize India’s current energy security strategy, energy economists, government experts and NPCIL officials have cautioned.

October 1, 2012 Posted by | India, politics | 1 Comment

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