This film shows the terrifying images captured by the Russian filmmaker Vladimir Shevchenko on scene at Chernobyl those dreadful days in April 1986. Shevchenko later died suffering from the radiation he exposed himself to. Although his name is not among the official casualties of the accident, this last tragic film of him keeps his name alive forever.
Nearly 100,000 residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa have rallied to protest the relocation of an American air base.
The issue, which has divided Tokyo and Washington, has festered since the Japanese government agreed with the United States to move the Futenma Marine Corps Air Station to a different site on the island.
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☆World briefs - April 26, 2010 (南アフリカ共和国の「The South African Star」)
TOKYO: Nearly 100 000 people rallied on Okinawa yesterday to demand that a US airbase be moved off the Japanese island. The rally deepened Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama 's woes as he struggled to resolve the feud by the end of next month. Voters' perception of the way Hatoyama has mishandled the row is eroding support for his government ahead of a mid-year vote.
More than a third of the crowd wore yellow, a color suggested by the rally organizers to show their support of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly’s call for immediately closing Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and moving the air units outside Okinawa. Yellow, organizers said, represents a yellow warning card used by soccer referees.
TOKYO ― More than 90,000 Okinawans rallied Sunday to oppose the relocation of an American air base on their island, adding to the pressure on Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to resolve an issue that has divided Tokyo and Washington.