nancyk58
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Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall vs. Low
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YOU are the sunshine of my life - Stevie Wonder
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Hurts like Heaven vs. Daylight
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Prize winner again: Coldplay received the Best British Act award at @NordoffRobbins1's 2013 Silver Clef Awards today (1.9.13)
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Moses and Moving to Mars are 2 lovely songs not played much alive (maybe only 1-2 times)
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Politik vs. Hurts like Heaven
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NEWS IN RELATION TO JAPAN END OF AUGUST AND START OF SEPTEMBER 2013 LEAK IN CONTAINER AT FUKUSHIMA / 300 TONS OF WATER PER DAY LEAKING INTO THE SEA http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23918882 1 September 2013 Last updated at 09:09 GMT Fukushima radiation levels '18 times higher' than thought Radiation levels around Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant are 18 times higher than previously thought, Japanese authorities have warned. Last week the plant's operator reported radioactive water had leaked from a storage tank into the ground. It now says readings taken near the leaking tank on Saturday showed radiation was high enough to prove lethal within four hours of exposure. The plant was crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) had originally said the radiation emitted by the leaking water was around 100 milliseverts an hour. However, the company said the equipment used to make that recording could only read measurements of up to 100 milliseverts. !! The new recording, using a more sensitive device, showed a level of 1,800 milliseverts an hour. The new reading will have direct implications for radiation doses received by workers who spent several days trying to stop the leak last week, the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports from Tokyo. In addition, Tepco says it has discovered a leak on another pipe emitting radiation levels of 230 milliseverts an hour. The plant has seen a series of water leaks and power failures. The 2011 tsunami knocked out cooling systems to the reactors, three of which melted down. The damage from the tsunami has necessitated the constant pumping of water to cool the reactors. This is believed to be the fourth major leak from storage tanks at Fukushima since 2011 and the worst so far in terms of volume. After the latest leak, Japan's nuclear-energy watchdog raised the incident level from one to three on the international scale measuring the severity of atomic accidents, which has a maximum of seven. Experts have said the scale of water leakage may be worse than officials have admitted. Guardian.co.uk Fukushima radiation levels 18 times higher than thought 53 mins ago Yahoo! UK and Ireland Radiation readings spike at water tank 2 hrs ago ITV.com Fukushima levels spike '18-fold' 3 hrs ago Reuters UK UPDATE 1-Radiation readings spike at water tank at Japan's ruined nuclear plant 4 hrs ago South China Morning Post* New 'hotspots' of high radiation readings found at Fukushima tanks 7 hrs ago Related Stories on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news earlier in August 2013 At the source of Fukushima's water Watch / 23 AUGUST 2013, ASIA Fukushima 'much worse' than reported / 22 AUGUST 2013, SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT Q&A: Fukushima leak problems / 21 AUGUST 2013, SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT Fukushima water leak 'emergency' / 05 AUGUST 2013, ASIA Similar articles brought in international media in Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark (and many more)