Briefs, January 26, 2013
The UN said it needed another US$48.6 million to give "life-saving assistance" to survivors of Typhoon Bopha, which killed 1,060 and left 800 others missing in the south of the country.
MANILA - The UN asked for more international aid to help nearly a million people in the Philippines recovering from last month's deadly typhoon. The UN said it needed another US$48.6 million to give "life-saving assistance" to survivors of Typhoon Bopha, which killed 1,060 and left 800 others missing in the south of the country. Close to 850,000 people "remain displaced" and living typically in flimsy, temporary housing, UN resident Luiza Carvalho said. AFP
TOKYO - The world's largest nuclear plant may be forced to shut down under new rules proposed by Japan's nuclear watchdog aimed at safeguarding against earthquakes, a report said. Tokyo Electric Power's vast Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in central Japan could be on the chopping block, an official said, if the Nuclear Regulation Authority goes ahead with a plan to expand the definition of an active fault to one that has moved within the past 400,000 years, rather than the current 130,000-year limit. AFP