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The revolutions sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa are changing the relationship of people to their governments, with ramifications that could potentially be felt across the world.
A series of crises in advanced countries—from the financial collapse two years ago to the devastating earthquake in Japan to a surge in oil prices—has greatly diminished their ability to deal with the next economic shock.
Inconsistent U.S. pressure on the Mubarak regime to enact democratic reforms likely increased the perception among the Egyptian people that the United States did not support them.
As Japanese officials report that radioactive water has contaminated the ground near the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, concerns grow that it may take several more weeks to get the reactors under control.
Given the severity of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan, the plant operators at Japan’s damaged Fukushima power plants are being forced to improvise solutions as they attempt to bring the reactors and radiation leaks under control.
A radiation leak in the turbine building of Fukushima's Daiichi unit 3 reactor, damaged by Japan's earthquake and subsequent tsunami, suggests there is some chance the reactor core has been breached.
A reactor core may have been breached at one of Japan’s Daiichi reactors. For a nation still mobilizing to respond to a triple crisis – the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear reactor crisis – this dangerous development is difficult to address.
Yemen’s President Saleh has indicated that he is ready to relinquish power. It is important that the United States, its European partners, and Saudi Arabia assist Yemen during its critical transition period.
Reports of increased radiation levels in the turbine room of Japan’s damaged nuclear reactor in Fukushima have increased concerns that damage has been done to the steel container that encloses the nuclear core.
The situation at Japan’s damaged nuclear plants in Fukushima remains volatile and dangerous, as workers struggle to control radiation leaking from the reactors and cool the nuclear cores.