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Volu me 105 Issue 87
UHM students stranded in Japan COMPILED BY SAR AH WRIGHT Design Editor
A S I A/PAC I F I C Japan’s official quake and tsunami death toll is over 12,000 as of Sunday, according to the National Police Agency, and close to 16,000 are still listed as missing. On Sunday morning, hundreds of protestors gathered in front of Tokyo Electric’s facilities and marched in front of the offices of Japan’s nuclear regulators to decry use of nuclear energy and request a government apology for the Fukushima Daiichi plant crisis. M I D D L E E A S T/A F R I C A Cote d’Ivoire has been in a state bordering on civil war since its November elections. On Sunday, fighting continued between troops loyal to elected president Alassane Ouattara and defeated incumbent Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step down. An estimated 1,300 people have died in the post-election violence, and the African Union, UN, U.S. and France have all urged Gbagbo to transfer power peacefully to halt the rising civilian death toll.
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA Mexico continues to fight a war on drugs, with approximately 34,000 dead as a result of drug-related violence in the past four years. The U.S. government has sent intelligence-gathering drones into Mexican territory with the permission of President Felipe Calderon; all information will be turned over to aid Mexico’s drug containment efforts. In related news, Mexico’s human rights commission claims that over 5,000 people have been reported missing since the start of the war on drugs. A UN study suggests disappearances may be linked to the security forces.
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I AN NAWALINSKI Staff Writer The effects of the tsunami in Japan extend to UH students waiting to return to Hawai‘i. Nearly three dozen UH students are currently in Japan, either through study abroad and exchange programs or graduate studies. Eight students are from UH Hilo, and 27 are from UH Mānoa. According to a press release from the University of Hawai‘i, “None of them are in the vicinity of the most seriously damaged areas; they are all in other parts of the country, and ... our most current information indicate[s] they are safe and not in any immediate danger.” However, an advisory from the U.S. State Department reiterated the dangers that still exist, “strongly urging” all Americans to “consider departing” Japan. The advisory also recommended that “U.S. citizens ... defer travel to Japan at this time.”
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The University of Hawai‘i has been in constant contact with students abroad in Japan. In light of the recent advisory, the university is also making an effort to help students in Japan make travel arrangements to leave if they wish to do so. The humanitarian issues related to the disaster have been exacerbated by the complications at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The fear of fallout has triggered international concern and has only added to the number of refugees in Japan. Over 300,000 people have been displaced by the disaster, either evacuated from their homes or left homeless. This equates to nearly a third of the population of O‘ahu, or the entire population of Honolulu. The extent of the disaster was measurable here in Hawai‘i, over 4,000 miles away. The state estimates that waves generated by the earthquake caused $3 million in damage to public infrastructure alone. Damage to private properties, including a Four Seasons Resort on the Big Island, is estimated to be in the tens of millions of dollars.
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