Ireland Republic
Ireland: Paul Murphy challenges Barosso’s claim to “support” Ireland
The Commission wants to introduce legislation that would ensure that ordinary people will be forced to bailout the banks and speculators.
Day: 5 April 2011
Science & Technology
Fukushima disaster: The ever-present nuclear threat
IT IS a tragic irony that the nuclear disaster at Fukushima occurred within weeks of the 25th anniversary of the catastrophe at Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union, the world’s worst nuclear accident.
Canada
Canada: Federal elections called for 2 May
Outgoing Harper government presided over price hikes, sell-offs and foreign wars
China
China: Government steps up crackdown in response to Middle East unrest
One of China’s most prominent artists Ai Weiwei has been seized and detained by state security agents as he was about board a flight to Hong Kong at Beijing airport on Sunday 3 April.