RUSSIA
*Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the colorful and flamboyant leader of Russia’s LDPR party, has called on Japanese to leave “the dangerous islands” and move to the unpopulated Russian territories, the newsru.com website reported
*Millions of Russians went to the polls on Sunday to vote in regional elections on United Voting Day
WORLD
*Japanese authorities have blocked several speedways towards tsunami and tremor-hit regions to give a green light for rescue vehicles, RIA Novosti correspondent reported
*Russia will send an additional team of rescuers to Japan, stricken by the devastating earthquake and tsunami, a spokeswoman for Russia’s Emergencies Ministry, Irina Andrianova said
*A Japanese Self-Defense Force destroyer rescued on Sunday a man 15 km off Fukushima prefecture, while he was floating on his house’s roof after tsunami had swept away his dwelling, Jiji news agency reported
*Japanese specialists have been able to bring under control the situation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, damaged by Friday’s devastating earthquake and posing the risk of a radiation leak, a source at the UN nuclear watchdog told RIA Novosti over the phone
*Japan has agreed to accept a team of Russian rescuers to join the search for survivors of Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, a spokeswoman for Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said
*Japanese specialists have been able to bring under their control the situation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, damaged by Friday’s devastating earthquake and posing the risk of a radiation leak, a source at the UN nuclear watchdog told RIA Novosti over the phone
*A roadside bomb killed one and wounded three NATO soldiers in the Daykundi province in central Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) reported
*Residents of the Miyagi prefecture in northeast Japan, severely hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami on Friday, are experiencing a shortage of drinking water and food but there is no panic and no cases of looting were registered in the area, an eyewitness told RIA Novosti
*The death toll from a devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on Friday may climb to over 10,000 people in the Miyagi prefecture alone, local police chief Naoto Takeuchi said
*The death toll from a devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on Friday may climb to over 10,000 people in the Miyagi prefecture alone, local police chief Naoto Takeuchi said
*A new blast may hit Japan’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant damaged by Friday’s devastating earthquake, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said
*The death toll from a devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on Friday may climb to 10,000 people, local police said
*A new blast may hit Japan’s troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant after Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said