Sunday Comics - The Week in Review

Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links READ MORE

Protesters shot as demonstrations expand across Syria READ MORE

Police struggle to control hard-core anarchist rioters after 500,000-strong London march against government cuts ends in violence READ MORE (you'd expect anarchists to be FOR government cuts, though, wouldn't you?)

Morning. Time to review some of the happenings of the week.
MEANWHILE.... Fresh water is being injected into the reactor pressure vessel at reactor 3 at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said. TEPCO said that radioactive materials discovered at the reactor 3 turbine building possibly came from water from the reactor system, not the spent fuel pool. TEPCO made that statement after collecting samples of contaminated water in the reactor 3 turbine building and conducting a gamma-emitting nuclide analysis of the sample. The reactor pressure and drywell pressure at reactor 3 remained stable on Friday, leading TEPCO to believe that “the reactor pressure vessel is not seriously damaged. (...) TEPCO (w)orkers laying cables in the turbine hall of unit 3 stood in ankle-deep stagnant water and their feet were irradiated with beta rays (~180 mSv dose), with shallow burns, after ignoring their dosiometer warnings. They have since been hospitalised. Details in the reports below. 17 personnel have now received doses of >100 mSv, but none >250 mSv — the dose allowed by authorities in the current situation. (...) On radiation: levels around the plant perimeter are relatively low and steadily decreasing. Levels of I-131 in drinking water supplies inTokyo are now below regulated limits and restrictions have been lifted. The IAEA radiation monitoring data, at a distance of 34 to 62 km from Fukushima Daiichi, showed very low levels.

And spring is in the air... or on the calendar anyway....

Good luck. Hope we all make it to see you here next week.