Japanese Nuclear Plant Starts Pumping Millions of Gallons of Radioactive Water Into Pacific

Japanese Nuclear Plant Starts Pumping Millions of Gallons of Radioactive Water Into Pacific TOKYO -- Workers were pumping more than 3 million gallons of contaminated water from Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear power complex into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, freeing storage space for even more highly radioactive water that has hampered efforts to stabilize the plant's reactors.The government has also asked Russia for a ship that is used to dispose of liquid nuclear waste as it tries to decontaminate the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex, whose cooling systems were knocked out by the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11. The...

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Holder Blames Congress for Forcing Hand on Military Commissions for 9/11 Detainees

Holder Blames Congress for Forcing Hand on Military Commissions for 9/11 Detainees Congress tied the Obama administration's hands in trying the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and his accomplices, Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday, announcing that he was left without a choice and has referred the cases to the Defense Department for trial. In stark language, Holder lambasted Congress for imposing restrictions blocking any detainees from being tried in the U.S., saying that the "unwise and unwarranted restrictions" undermine the U.S. in counter-intelligence and counter-terror efforts.Expressing his disappointment...

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