Here are some Hot NewsFlash Headlines in the News as of 16:40 on March 16th, 2011:
* Japan's Foreign Ministry has received inquiries about 500 foreign nationals missing since Friday's earthquake.
* The US-based General Electric Company, GE, will send 10 gas turbine generators to Japan to help replace power generating capacity lost when nuclear reactors were damaged in Friday's mega-quake.
* The UN General Assembly held a moment of silence for the victims of Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan at the opening of its meeting on Tuesday.
* The Bank of Japan on Wednesday is supplying an additional $62 bil. to calm financial markets in the wake of the massive earthquake.
* Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says the radiation level at the quake-hit nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, north of Tokyo, rose briefly on Wednesday morning.
* Japan's nuclear safety agency says a possible radiation leak from the No.2 reactor may have caused the sharp increase in radiation levels on Wednesday at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, north of Tokyo.
* S.Korea says it will provide Japan with boric acid for the quake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
* The number of dead and missing from Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami has exceeded 11,000.
i'll be glad to see the gas turbines arrive.
ReplyDelete