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Good day. I'm Eunice Kim. And here are your Headlines from Around the World.
NATO says it will send reconnaissance planes to help monitor the crisis in Ukraine... this
as Russia tightens its control of Crimea ahead of the scheduled referendum vote on Sunday.
A NATO spokesman said the all-clear was given on Monday... adding the planes will *only
take flight over alliance territory, in neighboring Poland and Romania. This as the *World *Bank
said it will increase its support to Ukraine... to up to 3 billion dollars this year, if the
government
implements economic reforms. Meanwhile, more fist-clenching in the Crimea...
where armed men - likely Russian troops and local militia - stormed a military *hospital
and took control. There are also reports of gunfire... fired
in the air... at a naval post in the Crimea... as a group of 10 unidentified men moved into
the post to demand 10 trucks from the Ukranian staff there.
Today marks the third anniversary of the March 11th earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster
in Japan... and ahead of it... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would resume operations
of Japan's nuclear reactors. During a nationally-televised address Monday,...
Abe said he understood the lingering concerns... but assured the public that the restarted
reactors would have passed extremely strict safety tests.
The nuclear shutdown had pushed Japan to import expensive fossil fuel... causing the economy
to post deep trade deficits over the last 18 months.
Meanwhile, thousands gathered in front of parliament in a protest rally, including former
Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan. On Sunday, residents in Iwaki City near the
Fukushima nuclear plant remembered the tens of thousands who died in the tsunami that
was triggered by the 9-point-0 magnitude earthquake.
Against a backdrop of Iranian-supplied missiles seized by Israeli navy ships last week, Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said the world was deluding itself on Iran's
intention to pursue nuclear weapons. Netanyahu has been an outspoken critic of
the deal Iran and six world powers had struck for limited relief from sanctions in exchange
for Tehran curbing some of its sensitive nuclear activities.
On display were M-302 surface-to-surface rockets that Israel has said were bound for militants
in Gaza, which could be used to strike Israel. Netanyahu urged the world to wake up from
its "self-deception" and stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
And over in Austin, Texas, U.S.A... ex-N-S-A contractor-turned-whistle-blower Edward Snowden
made a rare public appearance... via a web linkup... at the South by Southwest Interactive
Festival. Speaking from Russia, Snowden urged the audience
of tech enthusiasts to help "fix" the U.S. government's surveillance of its citizens.
It marks the first time Snowden has directly addressed a group of Americans since fleeing
the country last June. During a Q&A session... Snowden also said
he would do it all over again if had had to... adding that the U.S. Constitution "was being
violated on a massive scale."