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20 April 2011 Military News

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  • U.S. State Department Reaches Out To The World Online RFE/RL 20 Apr 2011 -- It's no coincidence that the State Department's social-media initiative has burst onto the scene as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter are being credited with helping organize and galvanize pro-democracy movements across not just the Arab world, but everywhere repressive regimes are in control.
  • Gunmen Kill Yemeni Protester in Coastal Town VOA 20 Apr 2011 -- A gunman on a motorbike fired at Yemeni protesters in the coastal town of Hudeida Wednesday, killing one person.

  • Radioactive water level drops in Fukushima's Unit Two reactor RIA Novosti 20 Apr 2011 -- The amount of highly radioactive water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's Unit Two reactor has lowered slightly, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) was cited by the NHK Japanese TV-channel as saying on Wednesday.
  • Japan Considers Clampdown on Returnees to Nuclear Zone VOA 20 Apr 2011 -- Japanese officials say they are considering steps to legally enforce an exclusion zone within 20 kilometers of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

  • Putin: Russia Must Be Strong To Withstand Foreign Threats RFE/RL 20 Apr 2011 -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said in his annual address to parliament that Russia must be strong to withstand foreign interference.
  • Putin outlines blueprint for stronger Russia RIA Novosti 20 Apr 2011 -- Russia needs to be strong and avoid experiments with 'unjustified liberalism' in order to safeguard its sovereignty and prevent outsiders from dictating the country's development, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.

  • Indian reactor undergoes design changes to increase safety, security IRNA 20 Apr 2011 -- India's Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has envisaged an additional new role for the design of the much awaited 300 MW Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) to increase proliferation resistance, safety and security characteristics and attract international utilities.

  • India successfully puts 3 satellites into orbit IRNA 20 Apr 2011 -- Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully put into orbit three satellites using its trusted PSLV rocket, the space agency's first successful mission after the GSLV launch failure in December last year.
  • Iran likely to launch bio life capsule by mid Sept ISNA 20 Apr 2011 -- The Head of Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli said the country is likely to launch 'Explorer 4' with bio life capsule into space by mid September.
  • Iran to put monkey into orbit RIA Novosti 20 Apr 2011 -- Iran plans to launch a monkey into space in mid-September, the ISNA news agency said on Wednesday, citing Iranian Space Agency head Hamid Fazeli.
  • U.S. NASA sets Apr. 29 for Endeavour shuttle launch to ISS RIA Novosti 20 Apr 2011 -- Following a daylong flight readiness review on Tuesday the U.S. space agency has set April 29 as the date for the launch of space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said.
  • Russia to develop new space rocket by 2015 RIA Novosti 20 Apr 2011 -- Russia is planning to develop a new carrier rocket by 2015 while continuing the work on the Angara family of space boosters, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.

  • At Chernobyl disaster site, Ban stresses need for 'new chapter' for affected region UN News Centre 20 Apr 2011 -- Making the first visit by a United Nations Secretary-General to Chernobyl, the site of the April 1986 nuclear accident, Ban Ki-moon today paid tribute to the many victims of the disaster and called for a 'new chapter' to begin in the areas still affected.
  • Investigation Into Minsk Subway Bombing Moves Into High Gear RFE/RL 20 Apr 2011 -- Police in the Belarusian city of Vitsebsk have questioned locals in connection with the investigation into the April 11 Minsk subway bombing that killed 13 and left some 200 injured.
  • Ukraine's Tymoshenko, former Naftogaz head questioned by prosecutors RIA Novosti 20 Apr 2011 -- Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Oleg Dubina, the former head of Ukraine's state-run gas company Naftogaz were jointly questioned on Wednesday as part of a criminal investigation related to the signing of a gas contract with Russian energy giant Gazprom in 2009.
  • Presidential Rival Challenging Nigerian Election Results VOA 20 Apr 2011 -- The second-place finisher in Nigeria's presidential election is challenging results that he says were rigged by electoral commission computers. There has been violence in northern states following a vote that most international observers believe was largely free and fair.
  • ASIA: Mekong River wins temporary reprieve IRIN 20 Apr 2011 -- The Mekong - the world's 12th longest river and a lifeline for millions - has won a temporary reprieve from the construction of a controversial dam in Laos when the four member countries of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) failed to reach an agreement, deferring the decision to ministerial level later this year.
  • DPP presidential hopefuls speak on cross-strait issues CNA 20 Apr 2011 -- Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen, one of three candidates in the opposition party's presidential primary, said Wednesday night that Taiwan should focus not only on its relations with China, but also with its other major partners.



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