Glad to have you with us on this edition of newsline. Its wednesday, january 9th. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe wanted to make the United States his first foreign visit since retaking office. But he had to give up on that because of scheduling conflicts. So hes taking time instead to visit japans neighbors. Hell head next week to indonesia, thailand, and vietnam. Abe wants to strengthen Cooperation Among Southeast Asian nations. Several of them are caught up in territorial disputes with china. And security analysts say abe wants to keep china in check. U. S. State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said officials on both sides are still work out the detail of abes visit to washington. She said secretary of state Hillary Clinton will meet next week with Japanese Foreign minister fumeio kishida. Nuland said clinton spoke with kishida over the phone and repeated the stance on the Senkaku Islands in the east china sea. Clinton said the islands are
Long road ahead. Authorities in the u. S. Investigate the dreamliner and find its batteries could keep it on the ground for sometime to come. U. S. Transportation investigators cast doubt on a quick fix for the problems facing the dreamliner. They say regulators need to rethink their approval of batteries used in the boeing 787. A number of agencies are looking in to a string of safety incidents. Deborah hershman chairs. She said a lithium ion battery sparked a fire a month ago on a Japan Airlines yet in boston. This investigation has demonstrated that a short circuit in a single cell can propagate to adjacent cells and result in smoke and fire. Engineers packaged eight cells together in designing the battery system for the dreamliner. Hersman said they did not place them far enough apart so trouble in one of them could affect the others. She said investigators have not determined why the batteries short circuited. Another battery fire forced the pilot of a dreamline tore make an emerg
But enriching uranium to what levels that were weapons grade. But they confirmed the iranians had disabled centrifuges used in the process. Negotiators from a man and six will powers agreed on the restrictions in november as part of an interim deal. European Union Officials have followed through. I even tried is on gold and petroChemical Products. Theyve allowed firms to ensure Oil Shipments from iraq but they cant other sanctions in place including a ban on oil exports. Us officials said they too would follow through on their commitments. They say theyll lift sanctions gradually over the next six months. The state Department Spokesperson said the government will remain in the divide is on golden touch of Chemical Products genocide he said restrictions on exports of auto parts to live and will also be eased. And she said the us will not tighten sanctions on imports of crude oil. Negotiators from a man and the major powers plan to begin another round of talks next month theyre hoping to
But when this is the staff and two more launching full scale operations against the activists. Gretchen residences are occupying government buildings in several cities are demanding greater autonomy the government said on monday deadline for them to please. The activists in the City Attorney and skin and elsewhere have ignored thats about one thousand protesters gathered in an amount provincial government buildings. The Associated Press in other News Agencies are reporting on the build up in the neighboring province they say one helicopter and more than ten Armored Vehicles with ukrainian flags are quiet on the outskirts of the city of the zeal. And they say ukrainian soldiers with automatic rifles are inspecting vehicles. White House Press Secretary j carney said ukrainian leaders have a responsibility to maintain law and order the best way to de escalate the situation is for the armed militants to leave the buildings they see us. I also know that we strongly support the governments e
Power company detected high levels of radiation inside a ditch. The ditch is about 50 meters from the leaking tank. And it runs into the ocean. Workers have set up hundreds of tanks on a hillside near the reactors. They erected a low wall around the tanks, still the water seeped out. Officials at Japans Nuclear Regulation Authority said theyre considering raising the severity rating of the leak. They rated it as a level one incident on the International Scale that runs from zero to seven. Theyre considering raising their assessment to level three for serious incidents. Previously tepco officials had said it was unlikely that contaminated water was reaching the shore. They said the levels in the ocean were not as high as that on land. Officials at the International Atomic Energy Agency have been tracking developments at the plant. Theyve expressed their concerns. The people at the worlds Nuclear Watchdog issued a statement saying they view the matter seriously and theyre ready to provid