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25 Years After Chernobyl, Russia Calls for Stricter Nuke Safety Rules
By not in system - AOL NewsKIEV, Ukraine -- Russia's president argued Tuesday that tough international guidelines could help prevent accidents like the massive Chernobyl meltdown , defending nuclear energy during solemn ceremonies commemorating the 25th anniversary of the worst nuclear accident in history. Dmitry Medvedev and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych took part in a religious service outside Chernobyl's damaged No. 4 nuclear reactor, laying the first stone of a monument to cleanup workers and laying bouquets of red roses at another monument to Chernobyl victims. Medvedev said he has invited world ...
Russia Vows to Stop Polar Bear Hunting
By not in system - AOL NewsMOSCOW -- An program tied to Vladimir Putin says no polar bears will be hunted in Russia this year. A Russian-U.S. commission last year agreed to restrict polar bear hunting to 29 animals per year for each country. But Russia's polar bear program, established under Putin's patronage, said this week that no hunting would be allowed in Russia. Although the polar bear is an endangered animal, officials in Russia and the U.S. have said hunting is vital for the indigenous people in Alaska and the Russian region across the Bering Strait. Putin, Russia's prime minister, last year ...
3-2-1 ... and Liftoff: Manned Space Flights Mark 50th Anniversary
By Lee Speigel - AOL News"Three ... 2 ... 1 ...ignition ... and liftoff." With those famous words first heard in Russian and then English, rocket engines burst into life, sending manned vehicles through the extreme "g" forces of vertical acceleration into Earth orbit and into the history books. On this date 20 years apart, two milestones were reached that set the tone for human space exploration. The Soviet Union took the first leap, surprising the world on April 12, 1961, launching air force pilot Yuri Gagarin into orbit -- a single 108-minute loop around Earth -- making him the first human to fly in space. And 20 ...
50 Years Later, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's Secret Last Words Revealed
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsFifty years ago today, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to experience outer space. Beforehand, he wrote a poignant letter to his wife, telling her to remarry if he didn't survive. But his last conversation before liftoff, according to secret recordings only now released by Russia, was decidedly less sentimental, peppered with swears and talk about ... sausage. AP Russian Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space on April 12, 1961. At the height of the Cold War, Gagarin's feat as the first man in space was heralded as a victory for the Soviet Union and a ...
Japan Nuke Plant Spews More Radiation Into Pacific
By not in system - AOL NewsTOKYO -- Radiation in seawater at the shoreline off Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear power plant has measured several million times the legal limit over the past few days, though officials contended Tuesday that the contamination still does not pose an immediate danger. Radiation has been pouring in to the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake spawned a massive tsunami that inundated the complex. Over the weekend, workers there discovered a crack where highly contaminated water was spilling directly into the ocean. The tsunami pulverized about 250 ...
NASA Delays Next Space Shuttle Launch Until April 29
By not in system - AOL NewsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is delaying its next space shuttle flight -- the last voyage of Endeavour with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' astronaut husband in charge. The flight was postponed because the original April 19 date conflicts with Russia's plans to send a cargo ship to the International Space Station. Endeavour is now scheduled to blast off April 29 with Mark Kelly at the helm. It will be the next-to-last shuttle mission. Shuttle Atlantis will close out the 30-year shuttle program this summer. NASA announced the postponement Monday, after conferring over the weekend with the Russian ...
Baltic Sea Letter in a Bottle Found 24 Years Later
By not in system - AOL NewsMOSCOW -- Nearly a quarter-century after a German boy tossed a message in a bottle off a ship in the Baltic Sea, he's received an answer. A 13-year-old Russian, Daniil Korotkikh, was walking with his parents on a beach when he saw something glittering lying in the sand. AP Daniil Korotkikh, 13, holds a bottle with a letter he found on a beach in Russia. The bottle, with a letter from a German boy, was thrown into the Baltic Sea 24 years ago. "I saw that bottle and it looked interesting," Korotkikh told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "It looked like a German beer bottle with a ...
Chernobyl Cleanup Survivor's Message for Japan: 'Run Away as Quickly as Possible'
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsNatalia Manzurova, one of the few survivors among those directly involved in the long cleanup of Chernobyl, was a 35-year-old engineer at a nuclear plant in Ozersk, Russia, in April 1986 when she and 13 other scientists were told to report to the wrecked, burning plant in the northern Ukraine. It was just four days after the world's biggest nuclear disaster spewed enormous amounts of radiation into the atmosphere and forced the evacuation of 100,000 people. Manzurova and her colleagues were among the roughly 800,000 "cleaners" or "liquidators" in charge of the removal and burial of all the ...
Radiation Risks Are Low in Japan, but Panic Is High
By not in system - AOL NewsTOKYO -- Risks from possible radiation exposure remain greatest for the workers scrambling to cool reactors at a Japanese nuclear power plant. Those who have been evacuated from the site are considered safe, as are the 39 million people who live in the greater Tokyo region. But that hasn't stopped the panic: Supermarkets in Beijing and Shanghai ran out of salt this week, as Chinese stocked up on the mistaken belief that it protects against radiation. Russians rushed to buy seaweed, which contains iodine, and red wine, which Soviet authorities recommended in the wake of the Chernobyl ...
Supporters Push for Libya No-Fly Zone Resolution at UN
By not in system - AOL NewsUNITED NATIONS -- Security Council supporters of a no-fly zone over Libya were working Wednesday to persuade the group's more reluctant members to back a U.N. resolution aimed at stopping Moammar Gadhafi's planes from bombing civilians. While Russia and Germany were expressing doubts, France was pushing for rapid action with Foreign Minister Alain Juppe saying in Paris that several Arab countries have pledged to participate in possible military action in the North African country. Libya State TV / AP Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi speaks Tuesday on state TV. At the United Nations, ...
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