Nocere – Earth Disasters

High levels of radiation have been found as far as 25 miles away from Japans nuclear plant that has been giving them problems ever since the earthquake tsunami went through the area.

The levels were found in the village of Iitate which is on the northwestern side of the plant and is further away then the 19 miles area that Japan has been advising people to vacate.

At first there was an area of 12.5 miles set up to keep clear of. This area continues to grow as radiation is found further away. People living 19 miles away are now being asked to vacate the area.

There has been radiation found in the dirt and the sea water close to the the plant.

The radiation has now been found in area grown crops, unprocessed milk and in faucet water as far away as Tokyo which is 140 miles on the south side of the plant.

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Men wearing military garb with bombs beneath their uniforms, invaded the Salahuddin Headquarters located in the area that Saddam Hussein use to live.

They grabbed up hostages and murdered them in an execution type way and then used the explosives in their belts to blow themselves up.

All together, there were 45 people that died in the siege.

After killing three councilmen at the headquarters, they set fire to the councilmen bodies.There was an older council man and Mohammed al-Asi the states media adviser that were killed. The older man was a politician who was the head of the councils committee on religious affairs.

Mohammed took a hard stand against the al-Qaida located in Iraq. Some think this could be the real cause behind the assault.

The elderly man, was pretty much not to blame for anything. “He was just an old man — he did nothing,” al-Asi said in an interview. He was very upset, “Why did they shoot him and set fire to his poor body?”

There were also journalist among the hostages that were killed.

It all began around 1pm on Tuesday. It is known that the provincial council has a meeting there on Tuesdays. Today they ended their meeting early and called it a day or there could  have been many more deaths as many had left already.

Men with guns started the whole thing by opening fire in a reception room. Just shooting anywhere and anyone.

They had gotten into the building by dressing up and pretending to  be military soldiers. One had a uniform of rank on. They were told that they would still have to be searched, and that is when the gunmen started shooting at the guards outside the headquarters at a security station.

They were carrying guns and grenades. There were about 8 or more men with guns who took over the headquarters on the 2nd floor. As the Iraqi security encircled the building, the gunmen tossed out grenades at them.

There were 98 people injured and 45 that died in the attack. The siege lasted over 5 hours.

It is thought that the al-Qaida in Iraq is to be blamed for the assault. It has the their markings with the suicide bombing, and the execution style murders. They were marks of an extremist group.

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In the Abyan Province, a factory was being raided by local people after it had been acquired by insurgents on Sunday. As they were going through it looking for anything that interested them, there was an explosion.

There were possible over 121 people killed and another 45 wounded in the explosion.

It occurred on Monday in the southern parts of Yemen.

Battles on both sides, the government and the al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula over the last two days resulted in many deaths also.

There are many protest going on that are anti President Ali Abdullah Saleh,Yemen’s president at this time

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An earthquake rippled through the northeastern part of Burma on Thursday killing possibly more then 75 individuals.

The quake hit in the area close to Lao and the Thai borders. It registered 6.8 in magnitude. The shaking of the earth was felt as far away as the capital of Thai, Bangkok.

The area that seems to have received the worst of the earthquake is the town of Tachileik and some villages that are close to it. Tachileik is located in the state of Shan.

At this time as rescue attempts are being made, there is concern that there could be more dead that haven’t yet been found.

Burma isn’t set up to withstand this type of a disaster. There are poorly build dwellings and at this time the military government is ruling until the new government run by people is operating. Communication is not good and information is hard to get to the right people.

There were many building that fell on the north side of Tachileik. It happened in the mountain areas near the border of Thailand.

There are reports of 60 individuals dieing in the villages of Tarlay and Mong Lin. Transportation is hindered as roads and bridges have been damaged by the quake.

Many roads are unable to be used to get access to the backwoods areas where people could be trapped and dieing. People in much need of help.

The quake occurred on Thursday at 1355 GMT. It wasn’t a deep quake, only about 6.2 miles deep. The epicenter of it was about 70 miles out from Thai city that is on the northern side of Chiang Rai.

Even Thailand felt the rippling of the quake.

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On Wednesday, as many people were gathering at the bus station to begin their trip home from work in Jerusalem, a bomb exploded.

The explosion took the life of one lady and injured over 50 others.

It is being considered a cowardly attack beings it was set to target innocent citizens and others.

There were two buses at the station that was buzzing with people getting ready to return home to their families.

Three, possibly four people are in serious shape from the explosion. Two of the women injured were pregnant.

Most the injuries were from the force of the explosion and shrapnel flying through the air. Many of the wounded only received minor injuries.

The bomb was placed in a bag and left in the area. It was a medium size bomb that was used in the explosion.

As of this time no one has stepped forward to take responsibility for the terrorist attack.

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There were 23 of the 25 Korean tourist on board wounded as their bus, traveling from Montreal to Boston, flipped over on Monday evening a little pass 8pm.

The roads were lightly snow covered, and it was foggy out. There were numerous accidents on the roadways.

The driver lost control of the bus close to the town of Littleton. They were in the western parts of New Hampshire traveling along on  interstate 93.

The accident happened not far from the border of Vermont.

After flipping the bus settled on its side in the center of the interstate.

There were 5 members of the tour group suffering from serious wounds. Most of the wounded riders on the bus were taken to hospitals and could be released anytime soon. There weren’t any of the passengers with life threatening injuries.

The bus of tourist had traveled to Montreal after a stop in New York.

The accident is the third accident in the Northeast in a months time. Another accident in New York resulted in 15 deaths.

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An explosion at a mine located near Quetta, Pakistan has left 48 or more dead of the 52 workers in the mine at the time.

At this time, there are still 4 missing. The other 48 have been confirmed to have died.

The chances that they may have survived are rather slim. The mine fell in after a methane gas explosion on Sunday.

As of Monday evening, 28 bodies of the miners that had perished had been removed from the mine.

The mine is located in the area of Soringe. That is 22 miles on the eastern side of Quetta.

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It was an anti-government rally attended by many people. The gunmen shot into the rally killing at least 45 and wounding 270 more.

They were shooting into the crowds from the tops of buildings surrounding the central square area. It is being referred to as a massacre.

The president Ali Abdullah Saleh called for a national state of emergency but does not admit to being involved with the massacre.

There has been a month full of violence in Yemen.

There is much anger over the latest shootings that is felt was uncalled for.

It is thought by some that the call for a state of emergency is only possibly to stop the quiet demonstrations happening in Yemen and to keep the media out of it.

There were hospitals set up by doctors around the square. A statement from someone at one of the hospitals has reported that 617 individuals were wounded on Friday, of the wounded 270 had been shot and 347 had been sickened by gas.

There had been tear gas shot into the crowds by security during the protest.

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