Friday, March 11, 2011

Madonna Grandmother Died at Age 99 Years


NEW YORK - The grandmother of the singer Madonna, Mae ElsieFortin, died at the age of 99 years.

Grandma singer of The Power of Good-Bye died in Bay City,Michigan, yesterday local time. Death of Elsie just three monthsbefore he was even a century old.

Elsie is a person who looks after Madonna since childhood after Madonna's mother died of breast cancer in 1963. Madonna is veryclose to his grandmother, and often stayed with him for weeks inthe summer.

Madonna's father, Silvio Ciccone, told the Bay City Times newspaper that Elsie was a very friendly, loving and caring.

"He has a big family and take care of almost all family members.He does a great job on her own," said Silvio, as quoted Showbizspy, Friday (11/03/2011.

Silvio said, last saw her was two weeks ago. At the time, Silvio had a long chat.

Meanwhile, Madonna did not issue any comment on the death ofhis beloved grandmother. "I'm sorry, but Madonna will not issue any statement related to his grandmother. This is a very personal thingfor him," said Madonna's spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg.

The late Elsie will be buried on Saturday, March 12, in Bay City.

Victims Killed, Predicted to Exceed Figures 1000

Tsunami in Japan
TOKYO - The death toll from the earthquake in Japan, is expected to exceed 1,000 lives. This is due to conditions in the city the worsthit by the quake are still devastated.

The process of rescue of victims is still ongoing. Police found the body of the victim earlier in the city of Miyagi up to 300 bodies. The death toll is expected to hit by the tsunami wave sweep, according to Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday (03/12/2011).
Tsunamis triggered by an earthquake measuring 8.9 Richter scale(SR) is rumored to sweep anything in its path in the northeast region of Japan.

While approximately three thousand residents were evacuatedfrom a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Fukushima Prefecture. Butthere was no radiation leak after a nuclear power plant was rockedby the biggest earthquake that occurred over 140 years in Japan.

This devastating earthquake invite sympathy from other countries.They are ready to provide assistance to countries that economic power is under China this. One of the expressed readiness to helpJapan is the United States.

U.S. President Barack Obama said his readiness to help providehumanitarian aid to Japan.

The tsunami swept away, 4 Train Lost Contact

The tsunami that swept Japan
TOKYO - An earthquake with a devastating tsunami that struckJapan on Friday (03/11/2011), still leaves the possibility of the death toll continues to rise. Four trains were reported lost contactafter the tsunami attacked the coastal areas of Japan.

Up to now still not clear the existence of the fourth train. Authoritiescontinued to search for certainty the existence of the train. Still not clear how many passengers inside the train Nahas. So reportedReuters on Saturday (12/03/2011).

It is estimated that many deaths from these passengers. But theJapanese authorities still do not have definite information about the whereabouts of four of this train.

While on the possibility of leaking nuclear reactor at Fukushimanuclear power plant, the Japanese Trade Minister expressed the pressure inside the reactor has increased 2.1 times from pre-determined capacity.

The Japanese government still continued to closely watchconditions around the reactors. They kept an eye on whether there is the possibility of leakage from reactor.