Hello, and welcome to this week's edition of The Friday Round-Up.
Apologies once again that this edition comes on a Saturday! I was on campus 9.30am - 7.30pm yesterday and couldn't fit it in. Hopefully the posting of the Round-Up should be back to normal in a couple of weeks' time.
I'm afraid I'll only be able to post some World news today. Apologies!
In the news this week:
World
JAPAN is in mourning after an earthquake measuring around 8.8 magnitude struck near the coast of Honshu Island, bringing with it a series of tsunamis that have devastated the country's north-east coastline.
Over 1,000 are feared dead, most having drowned in the torrent of 10m waves which flooded the region around Sendai city.
The tremor shook buildings in Tokyo, 230 miles from the epicentre of the 'super-quake'. It was thought that tsunamis would reach Hawaii, Australia and even as far as the west coast of the United States and South America but these coastlines were spared the devastation that has hit Japan.
Japanese nuclear plants were also affected and there is now fear of nuclear meltdown at a power plant in Fukushima. Radiation at the plant is currently at 1,000 times its normal level and there is a real possibility of a radiation leak, according to Japanese officials. People have been evacuated within a twelve-mile radius of the nuclear plant in Fukushima after cooling systems in the plant failed.
GADDAFI'S forces have recaptured Zawiya from rebel troops after weeks of warfare.
Apologies for the lack of coverage - I have an essay to write!
IB
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