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TAKING INSPIRATION FROM EGYPT,MANY GULF COUNTRIES STARTED REVOLT AGAINST THERE DICTATOR'S AND PRESIDENT RULE.IN YEMEN ALSO A REVOLT STARTED AGAINST PRESIDENT Ali Abdullah Saleh.
                 EVEN THE ARMY GENERAL'S JOINED HANDS WITH THE PROTESTORS.

YEMEN UPDATE

Deserted Yemen prez offers to step down by year-end

The situation in the country in the war-ravaged country is already tense with a Shia revolt in the north and stepping up of activity by al-Qaeda in the south and the rift in the army has added a new alarming dimension.The tanks and armoured vehicles of General Ali Mohsen's powerful 1st armoured division are deployed at the defence ministry, the TV building, the Central Bank and the Sanaa Square, which has become an epicentre for protesters.While, the elite Republican Guards, tanks and artilleries are ringing the Presidential palace, facing regular troops since last night, in an uneasy standoff.The rival deployments, al-Jazeera said had "created a potentially explosive situation in the city in the backdrop of flurry of resignations by army commanders, lawmakers, minister ambassadors and provincial governors, who have asked the President to step down.France became the first western power to call publicly Saleh to step down as the foreign minister Alain Juppe describing his departure as "unavoidable".But attention is focused on the US and Saudi Arabia two key allies who see Yemen as a bulwark against against a resurgent al-Qaeda in West Asia and by proxy are propping up Saleh.Ramping up pressure on Saleh, the country's envoys to several countries, including Pakistan and Spain, have declared their "total support" to protests against his 32-year rule, close on the heels of top Generals and tribal chiefs joining the mass uprising. "After our long waiting for our homeland's voice and interest to win, we declare our total support to the (Yemeni) youth (protesting against the regime) and their demands" for ouster of 65-year-old Saleh, said a statement jointly signed by Yemen's Ambassadors to Pakistan, Qatar, Oman and Spain as well as its Consul in Dubai. They decided to support the protesters "after developments have reached this turn, which threatens Yemen, its unity and its people's security," Gulf News daily reported today quoting the statement."We urge the rulers of the country and the wise people in the army, public institutions, thinkers and scholars to make the interest of the country and its people prevail over their personal and family interests," the statement said, backing the "demands for freedom and dignity" in Yemen. Yemen's Ambassadors to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, China and Japan and its representative to the Arab League had earlier yesterday announced their support for ongoing public protests back home, the paper said. Several military commanders and tribal chiefs in Yemen have already announced their support for pro-democracy protesters, Al-Jazeera said. The developments led to tanks being deployed yesterday on the streets of the capital Sanaa and prompted the Yemeni Defence Minister to declare that the army still backed the President. "The armed forces will stay faithful to the oath they gave before God, the nation and political leadership under the brother President Ali Abdullah Saleh," Mohammed Nasser Ahmed was quoted as saying by the Arab channel.

SATYAJITH RAY

Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema.[1] Ray was born in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata) into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing the Italian neorealist film Bicycle Thieves during a visit to London.
Ray directed thirty-seven films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. He was also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, graphic designer and film critic. Ray's first film, Pather Panchali (1955), won eleven international prizes, including Best Human Documentary at the Cannes film festival. Alongside Aparajito (1956) and Apur Sansar (1959), the three films form The Apu Trilogy. Ray did the scripting, casting, scoring, cinematography, art direction, editing and designed his own credit titles and publicity material. Ray received many major awards in his career, including 32 Indian National Film Awards, a number of awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies, and an Academy Honorary Award in 1991.

Born 2 May 1921
Calcutta, British India
Died 23 April 1992 (aged 70)
Calcutta, India
Occupation Film director, producer, screenwriter, writer, music director, lyricist
Years active 1950–1991

Satyajit Ray's films are both cinematic and literary at the same time; using a simple narrative, usually in a classical format, but greatly detailed and operating at many levels of interpretation.

His first film, Pather Panchali (Song of the little road, 1955) established his reputation as a major film director, winning numerous awards including Best Human Document, Cannes, 1956 and Best Film, Vancouver, 1958. It is the first film of a trilogy - The Apu Trilogy - a three-part tale of a boy's life from birth through manhood. The other two films of this trilogy are Aparajito (The Unvanquished, 1956) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959).

His later films include Jalsaghar (The Music Room, 1958), Devi (The Goddess, 1960), Teen Kanya (Two Daughters, 1961), Charulata (The Lonely Wife, 1964), Nayak (The Hero, 1966), Asani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973), Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players, 1977), Ghare Baire (The Home and the World, 1984), Ganashatru (An Enemy Of The People, 1989) and Shakha Prashakha (Branches Of The Tree, 1991). Agantuk (The Stranger, 1991) was his last film.

Satyajit Ray (1921-1992), an Indian filmmaker and among the dozen or so great masters of world cinema, is known for his humanistic approach to cinema. He made his films in Bengali, a language spoken in West Bengal, the eastern state of India, and Bangladesh. In 1992, Satyajit Ray received the honorary Academy Award ©A.M.P.A.S. ® - Lifetime Achievement.

1958
Padmashree, India
1965
Padmabhushan, India
1967
Magasaysay Award, Manila
1971
Star of Yugoslavia
1973
Doctor of Letters, Delhi University
1974
D. Litt., Royal College of Arts, London
1976
Padmabibhushan, India
1978
D. Litt., Oxford University
Special Award, Berlin Film Festival
Deshikottam, Visva-Bharati University, India
1979
Special Award, Moscow Film Festival
1980
D. Litt., Burdwan University, India
D. Litt., Jadavpur University, India
1981
Doctorate, Benaras Hindu University, India
D. Litt. , North Bengal University, India
1982
Hommage à Satyajit Ray, Canes Film Festival
Special Golden Lion of St. Mark, Venice Film Festival
Vidyasagar Award, Govt. of West Bengal
1983
Fellowship, The British Film Institute
1985
D. Litt., Calcutta University, India
Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India
Soviet Land Nehru Award
1986
Fellowship, Sangeet Natak Academy, India
1987
Légion d'Honneur, France
D. Litt., Rabindra Bharati University, India
1992
Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, USA
Bharatratna, India

Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), 1955
President's Gold & Silver Medals, New Delhi, 1955
Best Human Document, Cannes 1956
Diploma Of Merit, Edinbugh, 1956
Vatican Award, Rome, 1956
Golden Carbao, Manila, 1956
Best Film and Direction, San Francisco, 1957
Selznik Golden Laurel, Berlin, 1957
Best Film, Vancouver, 1958
Critics' Award - Best Film, Stratford, (Canada), 1958
Best Foreign Film, New York, 1959
Kinema Jumpo Award: Best Foreign Film, Tokyo 1966
Bodil Award: Best Non-European Film of the Year, Denmark, 1966
Aparajito (The Unvanquished), 1956
Golden Lion of St. Mark, Venice, 1957
Cinema Nuovo Award, Venice, 1957
Critics Award, Venice, 1957
FIPRESCI Award, London, 1957
Best Film and Best Direction, San Francisco, 1958
International Critic' Award, San Francisco, 1958
Golden Laurel for Best Foreign Film of 1958-59, USA
Selznik Golden Laurel, Berlin, 1960
Bodil Award: Best Non-European Film of the Year, Denmark, 1967
Jalsaghar (The Music Room), 1958
President's Silver Medal, New Delhi, 1959
Silver Medal for Music, Moscow, 1959
Apur Sansar (The World Of Apu), 1959
President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1959
Sutherland Award for Best Original And Imaginative Film, London, 1960
Diploma Of Merit, 14th International Film festival, Edinburgh, 1960
Best Foreign Film, National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, USA, 1960
Apu Trilogy (Pather Panchali, 1955; Aparajito, 1956; Apur Sansar, 1959)

Wington Award for each film, London Festival, 1980
Devi (The Goddess), 1960
President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1961
Teen Kanya (Three Daughters /Two Daughters), 1961
President's Silver Medal, New Delhi, 1961 (for Samapti)
Golden Boomerang, Melbourne, 1962 (for the Two Daughters)
Selznik Golden Laurel Award, Berlin, 1963
Rabindranath Tagore (Documentary film), 1961
President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1961
Golden Seal, Locarno, 1961
Special Mention, Montevideo, 1962
Abhijan (The Expedition), 1962
President's Silver Medal, New Delhi, 1962
Mahanagar (The Big City), 1963
Certificate of Merit, New Delhi, 1964
Silver Bear For Best Direction, Berlin, 1964
Charulata (The Lonely Wife), 1964
President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1964
Silver Bear For Best Direction, Berlin, 1965
Catholic Award, Berlin, 1965
Best Film, Acapulco, 1965
Nayak (The Hero), 1966
Best Screenplay and Story, New Delhi, 1967
Critics' Prize (Unicrit award), Berlin, 1966
Special Jury Award, Berlin, 1966
Chiryakhana (The Zoo), 1967
Best Direction, West Bengal Government, 1968
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha), 1968
Award for Best Direction, New Delhi, 1968
President's Gold and Silver Medals, New Delhi, 1970
Silver Cross, Adelaide, 1969
Best Director, Auckland, 1969
Merit Award, Tokyo, 1970
Best Film, Melbourne, 1970
Pratidwandi (The Adversary) 1970
Special Award, New Delhi, 1971
President's Silver Medal, New Delhi, 1971
Seemabaddha (Company Limited), 1971
President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1972
PIPRESCI Award, Venice, 1972
The Inner Eye, 1972
President's Gold Medal, new Delhi, 1974
Asani Sanket (Distant Thunder), 1973
Presidents Gold Medal for Music Direction, New Delhi, 1973
Best Regional Film, New Delhi, 1973
Golden Bear, Berlin, 1973
Golden Hugo, Chicago, 1974
Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress), 1974
President's Silver Medal, Best Screenplay, Direction, New Delhi, 1974
Best Film, Direction and Screenplay, Government of West Bengal, 1974
Best Feature Film for Children and Young Adults, Tehran, 1975
Jana Aranya (The Middleman), 1975
Best Direction, New Delhi, 1975
Best Film, Direction, Screenplay, Government of West Bengal, 1975
Karlovy Vary Prize, 1976
Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players), 1977
Best Feature Film in Hindi, New Delhi, 1977
Best Color Photography, New Delhi, 1977
Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God), 1978
Best Children's Film, New Delhi, 1978
Best Feature Film, Hong Kong Film Festival, 1979
Hirak Rajar Deshe (The Kingdom of Diamonds), 1980
Best Music, Director, New Delhi, 1980
Best Lyrics, New Delhi, 1980
Special Award, Cyprus, 1984
Sadgati (Deliverance), 1981
Special Jury Award, New Delhi, 1981
Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World), 1984
Best Bengali Film, New Delhi, 1984
Best Costume design, New Delhi, 1984
Ganashatru (An Enemy of the People), 1989
Best Bengali Film, New Delhi, 1989
Agantuk (The Stranger), 1991
FIPRESCI Award, Venice, 1991
Best Film, New Delhi, 1991
Best Director, New Delhi, 1991

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JAPAN'S LATEST DESTRUCTION

JAPAN DEVASTATED

Despite some more optimistic statements earlier from the company that runs the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, 150 miles north of Tokyo, where engineers are struggling to prevent an explosion at a third reactor, Japan's Kyodo News reports:

Tokyo Electric Power Company said Monday fuel rods were fully exposed again in the No. 2 reactor of the Fukushima power plant as of 11 p.m. TEPCO said a steam vent of the pressure container of the reactor that houses the rods was closed for some reason, leading to a sudden drop in water levels inside the reactor.

As NHK, Japan's state broadcaster, reported earlier, after the rods were first exposed: "The firm says a core meltdown might have occurred." There have already been explosions at both the plant's No. 1 and No. 3 reactors, where Japanese officials said there might have been partial meltdowns.

The Kyodo news agency also reported that the power company said that radiation levels at the Fukushima Daiichi plant on Monday were twice what they had been previously.

11:49 A.M. Video of Tsunami Waves Obliterating Japanese Towns

As Japan's citizens deal with the aftermath of Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami, new video continues to come to light of the initial impact of the disaster.

On Monday, Japan's state broadcaster NHK aired chilling video shot on Friday as the tsunami obliterated the town of Minamisanriku, where officials fear that as many as 10,000 residents might have been killed. In the video, posted online by The Associated Press, people can be seen fleeing for their lives in the valley below just as the waves crash in:

On Sunday, television crews from Britain's Channel 4 News and Al Jazeera English reported on the devastation in Minamisanriku. Near the end of the Channel 4 report, there is a view of the ruined town from what looks like a similar vantage point to that shown in the clip above.

The A.P. report also includes footage of the tsunami sweeping through Kesennuma, about 25 miles north of Minamisanriku.

This dramatic eyewitness video of the moment the tsunami swamped Kesennuma has also been broadcast on Japanese television:

More dramatic video of the tsunami, shot by an eyewitness as water tore through the town of Miyako on Friday, was posted online by ITN a short time ago:

11:14 A.M. Video of Obama's Remarks on Crisis in Japan

Here is Associated Press video of President Barack Obama saying on Monday: "like all Americans I continue to be heartbroken by the images of devastation in Japan."

11:00 A.M. Interviews With Survivors in Miyagi

There is video in our previous update of the moment the earthquake struck Japan's Miyagi Prefecture. This video report from Dan Chung and Laurence Topham of The Guardian shows the remarkable extent of the destruction in Miyagi today and includes interviews with survivors:

10:27 A.M. Death Toll Rises as Bodies Wash Up on Japan's Shores

As my colleagues Martin Fackler and Mark McDonald report, the death toll in Japan continues to rise as the bodies of people killed and swept out to sea as Friday's tsunami retreated are now washing up on shores near the earthquake's epicenter.

Japan's Kyodo News reports that about 2,000 bodies were discovered in Miyagi Prefecture on Monday:

The number of dead or people unaccounted for following the magnitude 9.0 quake topped 5,000 after around 1,000 bodies were found Monday on several shores on the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture, while police and firefighters worked to recover another 200 to 300 bodies in Sendai, the capital of Miyagi.

According to local police counts nationwide, the death toll stood at 1,886 with 2,369 missing.

Meanwhile, the Miyagi prefectural government said another 1,000 bodies were spotted in the town of Minamisanriku where the local government has been unable to contact around 10,000 people -- over half the local population.

The fate of several tens of thousands of people, including about 8,000 residents of the small coastal town of Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture, remains unknown.

These new video images of the disaster, shot by a crew for Japan's state broadcaster NHK as the earthquake and tsunami struck Miyagi on Friday, were broadcast on on Monday:

9:34 A.M. Details of the Battle to Prevent a Third Explosion

This video report, from Japan's state broadcaster NHK via Reuters, explains how the cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, 150 miles north of Tokyo, are supposed to work and what has apparently gone wrong there:

My colleagues at The Times graphics desk have produced an interactive graphic to explain "How a Reactor Shuts Down and What Happens in a Meltdown."

As Japan's Kyodo News reports, efforts are now underway to prevent a third explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, where a failure in an emergency cooling system on Monday meant that fuel rods in the plant's No. 2 reactor were fully exposed for some time earlier on Monday. Kyodo explains:

The rods were exposed as a fire pump to pour seawater into the reactor to cool it down ran out of fuel, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The firm had reported the loss of cooling functions as an emergency to the government.

TEPCO said water levels later recovered to cover 30 centimeters in the lower parts of the fuel rods.

The seawater injection operation started at 4:34 p.m., but water levels in the No. 2 reactor have since fallen sharply with only one out of five fire pumps working. The other four were feared to have been damaged by a blast that occurred in the morning at the nearby No. 3 reactor.

The utility firm said a hydrogen explosion at the nearby No. 3 reactor that occurred Monday morning may have caused a glitch in the cooling system of the No. 2 reactor.

Similar cooling down efforts have been taken at the plant's No. 1 and No. 3 reactors and explosions occurred at both reactors in the process, blowing away the roofs and walls of the buildings that house the reactors.

It is feared that the No. 2 reactor will follow the same path. To prevent a possible hydrogen explosion at the No. 2 reactor, TEPCO said it will look into opening a hole in the wall of the building that houses the reactor to release hydrogen.

The company has also begun work to depressurize the containment vessel of the No. 2 reactor by releasing radioactive steam, the government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said. Such a step is necessary to prevent the vessel from sustaining damage and losing its critical containment function.

With only one fire pump working, TEPCO is placing priority on injecting water into the No. 2 reactor, although both the No. 1 and No. 3 reactors still need coolant water injections, according to the agency.

9:17 A.M. Japan Insists Crisis Is Not as Bad as Chernobyl

Japan's chief cabinet secretary, Yukio Edano, said on Monday that even in a worst-case scenario the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, 150 miles north of Tokyo, is unlikely to be as severe as the catastrophe at Chernobyl 25 years ago, Kyodo News reported.

Following remarks at a news conference by Mr. Edano, Kyodo reported that it is "highly likely" that there has been some melting of the three damaged reactors at the plant.

8:41 A.M. Video of Explosion at Nuclear Plant on Monday

As my colleagues Hiroko Tabuchi and Matthew Wald report, there was an explosion earlier on Monday at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station's No. 3 reactor.

According to Japanese officials, the explosion blew the roof off the containment building around the reactor but did not damage the core.

The new blast came two days after a similar explosion tore the outer wall and roof off the building housing reactor No. 1 at the same plant on Saturday.

Here is video from Japanese television of the explosion at the reactor building on Monday:

8:17 A.M. Live Video Stream From Japan's State Broadcaster

Here is a live stream of video from NHK World, the Japanese state broadcaster's English-language news channel, which is providing rolling coverage of the nuclear crisis and the aftermath of Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami:

8:09 A.M. Steam Released From Third Reactor at Nuclear Plant

Engineers have released steam from a third reactor at a nuclear plant 150 miles north of Tokyo on Monday, where there have already been explosions at two other reactors, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported minutes ago.

Hours after an explosion at the No. 3 reactor of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, 150 miles north of Tokyo, Tokyo Electric Power Company, which operates the plant, said that fuel rods inside the core of the complex's No. 2 reactor were almost fully exposed.

As Reuters reports

The plant operator said water levels fell as fuel for pumps that are used for seawater injection operations ran out. Tokyo Electric earlier said the cooling functions of the reactor had been lost and began injecting seawater into the reactor to cool it down.

The news agency added that a local report said "a meltdown of the fuel rods could not be ruled out. A meltdown raises the risk of damage to the reactor vessel and a possible radioactive leak, experts say."

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