Briefs, December 24, 2012

TOKYO - Japan's incoming pro-nuclear premier, Shinzo Abe, said his government would again investigate the Fukushima atomic crisis, after which the country's reactors could be restarted. His comments yesterday will add to speculation plans to ditch atomic power in disaster-scarred Japan will be shelved when his Liberal Democratic Party takes power. "We are yet to completely clarify what went wrong," he told a political show on Fuji TV. "As a government, we want to once again analyse why Fukushima Daiichi failed," he said. AFP

GUWAHATI India - Police shot dead a television journalist when they opened fire during a protest against a sexual assault on a film actress in India's northeast. The 36-year-old, who was working for the Doordarshan network, was "killed in police firing" in Imphal, capital of Manipur state. Manipur has been rocked by protests after the actress, known as Momoko, was allegedly dragged from stage in full public view last week by an armed militant belonging to a banned rebel outfit despite the presence of security personnel. Momoko, also a popular model, has waived her right to anonymity and appealed on television for her attacker's arrest. AFP