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| Saif Khadafi |
LONDON - British Ambassador to the United States (U.S.), Sir Nigel Sheinwald denied claims that he helped the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, completing a thesis for a doctorate in English.
Parties to the Foreign Office confirmed that Sir Sheinwald was met with Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, when he was still studying at the London School of Economics (LSE). But Sir Sheinwald certainly did not help write a thesis of Seif.
Previously The Daily Mail quoted a senior Seif at LSE who claimed that Sheinwald expressed interest in the subject taken by Seif and offer assistance to his thesis.
Sources from the British tabloid says that the assistance offered by Shienwald the informal nature and legitimate.
"Seif using its vast network to ensure that his thesis to get a high value and satisfying," said the Daily Mail on Saturday (04/02/2011).
Parties British ministry also issued a rebuttal of this assistance."Sir Nigel Sheinwald was met Seif Gaddafi when he was still studying at the LSE," said British Foreign Ministry spokesman.
"But Sir Nigel has no role at all in writing a thesis on it, or give suggestions and changes from the thesis that," said the British foreign ministry spokesman.
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RIKUZENTAKATA - Prime Minister (PM) of Japan Naoto Kan forthe first time to visit areas devastated by the earthquake that accompanied the tsunami in Rikuzetakata. The city is reportedly 2000 people dead or missing.
Kan who use helicopters during this visit, also had stopped near Fukushima Prefecture.
His arrival to Fukushima in order to show support to the rescuers who sacrificed their lives to prevent leakage from nuclear power plants (NPP) Fukushima.
In Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, about 1000 people were confirmed dead while another stated approximately 1300 are still missing until now. While rescuers continued to search for victims ofthe earthquake March 11, despite more than four weeks ago an earthquake along the tsunami struck.
Rikuzentakata own city suffered heavy damage. This condition may be seen from the trees and beautiful beaches, now has not looked back after an earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale (SR) hit.
While thousands of citizens still seem to survive in sheltersprovided by the government.
When the Fukushima PM Kan had a meeting with local mayorsMegumi Shimanuki. Shimanuki who lost his wife during a disaster March 11, assess the government is too focused on the Fukushima nuclear power plant rather than the victims of the earthquake and tsunami.
"The government is too focused on Fukushima nuclear power plant, not the victims of the tsunami. Both victims of the earthquake and power Fukushima, both need attention," said Shimanuki as quoted by AFP on Saturday (04/02/2011).
Fukushima nuclear power plant itself is rumored to return to experience a leak in one reactor. Radioactive contaminated water reportedly seeped from a cracking reactor. The direct toxic waterflowing into the Pacific Ocean.
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KABUL - A group of gunmen attacked the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), but the attack was in fact killed attackers.
The perpetrator intends to bomb detonates in front of the entrance to Nato headquarters in Jalalabad. The incident at Camp Phoenixthis failed to happen because the bomb exploded just before theattack took place. As a result, the two actors reportedly killed instantly.
The Taliban claimed to be behind the attack was Camp Phoenix. A spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said seven perpetrators of the attack revealed in this mission. But the explanation is not entirely believed true Mujahid.
As reported by Reuters on Saturday (04/02/2011), during the many parties felt that the Taliban often exceeds the size of the operation-more they do, especially that directed at coalition forcesin Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, NATO spokesman admitted there were two members of the militant who carried out the attack. But only one is believed to be carrying explosives. The police themselves have combed thearea around the military base, in order to search for clues.
This is not the first time attacked the Camp Phoenix, in 2009 and then a military base was shocked by bomb explosion at the end of2009. The incident injured nine NATO troops.
