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Dom Joly revisits trauma of childhood after meeting Ukrainian landmine victim 10/27/2018, 8:44:34 PM EXCLUSIVE: Dom was a schoolboy in war-torn Beirut when another pupil, ­unbalanced by the horror or war, brought a ­severed head into class ✔ The former I’m A Celebrity star said: As a kid and it would have really helped me if I’d talked stuff through, but you just didn’t do that at the time ✔ I’m ­really bad at therapy but it’d have been interesting if I’d had it as a kid ✔ To donate please visit www.savethechildren.org.uk/donate Syria summit: call for 'lasting ceasefire' at last rebel-held stronghold, Idlib 10/27/2018, 8:07:33 PM Joint statement from Russia, Germany, France and Turkey followed summit on war-torn country ✔ On Friday seven civilians were killed by Syrian regime artillery fire, the highest death toll since the ceasefire was reached ✔ It also said that conditions needed to be created throughout the country for the safe and voluntary return of refugees a...

Disasters - SERIES 383 {14 articles}

Shikoku Electric restarts nuclear reactor 10/27/2018, 9:54:27 PM Shikoku Electric Power Co restarted on Saturday a reactor at the Ikata nuclear power plant in western Japan after a suspension of nearly one year due to a high court order. The restart of the No. 3 unit at the plant in the town of Ikata in Ehime Prefecture, announced… ✔ Before that, it had gone back online in August 2016 after clearing stricter safety regulations implemented in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster ✔ Ehime Gov Tokihiro Nakamura told reporters Friday in the town that the prefectural government will ask the power company to take thorough safety measures ✔ At the time of the meltdowns, Japan had 54 nuclear reactors in commercial use FEMA opens disaster recovery center for flood victims in Reedsburg 10/27/2018, 10:35:02 PM A disaster recovery center opened Oct. 26 in Reedsburg for federal, state and county officials to provide information and assistance with programs to help those affected by...