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Though it has been 25 years since the Chernobyl disaster, has much changed in terms of safety when it comes to nuclear plants?
The facilities at Fukushima were said to be an improvement from Chernobyl, so as the US turns toward building new plants in Texas, how weary should Americans be?

As US consumers seemingly can't get enough of the latest gadgets and gizmos, the States produce around three million tons of electronic waste every year.
When Americans no longer want what was hip - and today the average life span of a computer is but a measely two years - it's countries like India that end up as the dumping ground.

Author of 'It takes a Pillage' Nomi Prins says - The economic deterioration of the country in the last 5 or 6 years has created a situation where you have such a young population that is educated and facing the inability to find jobs.Protesters in Egypt demand reforms in a country that has been ruled by a strong handed leader for the last three decades. The Egyptian people are demanding a complete shift in the way their government makes decisions and forms its economic policies.

The United States Senate has passed the Travel Promotion Act, with the express aim off attracting millions of foreign tourists to America.

Voting 78-18 in favour of the legislation, the Senate has agreed to establish a non-profit corporation to promote travel in the United States. The body will be tasked with assuring potential visitors they will be welcomed in America, while also assisting with paperwork and offering information regarding American places of interest outside the usual tourist destinations.

SeaWorld Orlando's killer whale show is to reopen on Saturday without staff in the water after a whale killed one of the trainers, the company chief says.
Jim Atchison said this would be the case until a review was finished.
He said it was believed an orca being trained by Dawn Brancheau dragged her to her death by drowning after her long ponytail swung out in front of it.

The United States aviation industry has shed one quarter of its workforce over the past ten years, with the largest airlines hardest hit.

One in every four jobs in the airline industry disappeared in the ten years ending December 31st, according to statistics from the US Bureau of Transportation (BOT). As a result airlines employed 557,674 full-time and part-time workers at the end of 2009; a figure down more than 170,000 from the end of 1999.

Car rental giant Hertz Global Holdings has seen losses narrow significantly over the fourth quarter of financial year, following a recovery in the key US car rental market and a cost cutting drive.

While the New Jersey based organisation reported a net loss of $30.9 million (£19 million) for the quarter, this compares to a $1.21 billion (£0.8 billion) loss for the same period a year ago.

Jet-setters from both North American neighbors are still enamored with the big hitters of Europe and the US, with London, New York City, Paris and Dublin all falling in the top seven spots for each, and London unanimously at number one.

Travel search site Skyscanner (http://www.Skyscanner.com) reveals the Top 50 most searched for destinations from Canadian and the US airports.

Federal regulators approve a plan to use currently unlicensed parts of the US TV airwaves to deliver broadband services.

Companies, including Google, HP and Microsoft, say opening up the spectrum would improve internet access for Americans, especially in rural areas