Let the blames begin; Yeni Safak accues Reuters of sabotaging Olympic bid by …showing the news? http://t.co/MHFEzbIYFw via @yenisafak ? Andrew Finkel (@FinkelAndrew) September 8, 2013 A long list of possible construction work planned for Turkey’s bid can be found here. From NYT piece: For the International Olympic Committee, environmental concerns in Japan appeared … Read more
Ousted PM Borisov secures slim victory in Bulgaria election, fresh protests erupt Bulgarian ousted premier Boyko Borisov‘s party came first in tense elections but fell short of a majority, exit polls showed. Turkish minority MRF party beats threshold. Europe’s bold ride to stabilise Mali On May 15 the EU will organise a donors? conference on … Read more
Istanbul 2020 from Hurriyet Daily News Istanbul, Turkey?s unofficial capital, has failed in its four previous bids to host the Olympic Games Turkey PM tells Japan to withdraw 2020 Olympics bid from Yahoo news By Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan jokingly asked his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe to withdraw … Read more
photo via Forging Ahead on Nuclear Energy in Turkey by By SUSANNE GÜSTEN As governments around the world scramble to freeze or review their nuclear energy programs in response to Japan?s crisis, Turkey announced plans for the first of its own nuclear plants. Japan nuclear crisis: The downside of using sea water to cool reactors … Read more
Activists march during a protest against the Turkish government’s plans to build a nuclear power plant in the country in Istanbul March 19, 2011. The leaders of Russia and Turkey, calling nuclear energy safe, promised on Wednesday to press ahead with the construction of a Russian atomic power plant in Turkey despite Japan’s nuclear crisis. … Read more
Japan: Design of reactors long questioned; seawalls didn’t help from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin Screen capture from video of an explosion at the Fukushima Daichi plant in Japan (Reuters) As Japan nuclear fears spread, so does crowdsourced radiation tracking from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin Above, “Tokyo Geiger Counter,” built with this DIY … Read more
Japan: ?Why do we need nuclear power?? from Global Voices Online by Solana Larsen BBC News – Footage of blast at Japan nuclear power plant Old Feud Lost During Disaster, Korean Responses to Japan Quake from Global Voices Online by Lee Yoo Eun Facebook Causes Rallies Help For Japan?s Tsunami from All Facebook by … Read more