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• Quake-hit Japan nuclear plant faces fresh threat (Reuters)
• Tokyo residents worry, streets deserted after disaster (Reuters)
• Arab states back Libya no-fly zone against Gaddafi (Reuters)
• Escalating Yemen violence kills three, injures hundreds (Reuters)
• Italy court hears new witnesses in Knox appeal (Reuters)
• A Year After Protests, Thai Elections Set (Time.com)
• Murray ousted in Indian Wells opener (AFP)
• AP Impact: US training nurtured Arab democrats (AP)
• Cartel greets new Juarez police chief with threat (AP)
• White House hails Arab League no-fly zone request (AP)
• For battered Japan, a new threat: nuclear meltdown (AP)
• Japan earthquake: Officials say nuclear catastrophe averted (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Violence Erupts in Yemen as Protests Intensify (Time.com)
• Yemen protest violence seen as start of more intense confrontation (The Christian Science Monitor)

Quake-hit Japan nuclear plant faces fresh threat (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:21 PM PST Reuters - Thousands of people fled the vicinity of an earthquake-crippled Japanese nuclear plant after a radiation leak and authorities faced a fresh threat on Sunday with the failure of the cooling system in a second reactor.

Tokyo residents worry, streets deserted after disaster (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2011 09:39 AM PST Reuters - Tokyo's usually bustling central districts were deserted on Saturday after the country's worst earthquake and a tsunami devastated the north of the country, and the few in bars and restaurants were glued to television coverage of the disaster.

Arab states back Libya no-fly zone against Gaddafi (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2011 02:00 PM PST Reuters - Arab countries appealed to the United Nations on Saturday to impose a no-fly zone on Libya as government troops backed by warplanes fought to drive rebels from remaining strongholds in western Libya.

Escalating Yemen violence kills three, injures hundreds (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2011 07:09 AM PST Reuters - Three people died and hundreds were injured on Saturday in some of the fiercest clashes between police and anti-government protesters since popular unrest started to batter faction-riven Yemen in January.

Italy court hears new witnesses in Knox appeal (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2011 01:31 PM PST Reuters - New witnesses spoke in the trial for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher Saturday, giving evidence that lawyers for Amanda Knox hope will dent a claim she was seen near to where her roommate was killed.

A Year After Protests, Thai Elections Set (Time.com) Posted: 12 Mar 2011 03:00 PM PST Time.com - The prime minister will dissolve parliament in May. But can a national election heal Thailand's social and political divides?

Murray ousted in Indian Wells opener (AFP) Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:19 PM PST AFP - American qualifier Donald Young upset world number five Andy Murray 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 in the second round of the $9 million WTA and ATP Indian Wells hardcourt tournament on Saturday.

AP Impact: US training nurtured Arab democrats (AP) Posted: 12 Mar 2011 03:43 PM PST AP - Hosni Mubarak's woes could be traced back to Egypt's 2005 election, when an army of tech-savvy poll watchers, with a little help from foreign friends, exposed the president's customary "landslide" vote as an autocrat's fraud.

Cartel greets new Juarez police chief with threat (AP) Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST AP - The new police chief in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez received a threat on just his second day on the job, an official said Saturday.

White House hails Arab League no-fly zone request (AP) Posted: 12 Mar 2011 02:40 PM PST AP - The White House says the Arab League has taken an "important step" by asking the U.N. Security Council to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and increasing international pressure on Moammar Gadhafi.

For battered Japan, a new threat: nuclear meltdown (AP) Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:13 PM PST AP - Cooling systems failed at another nuclear reactor on Japan's devastated coast Sunday, hours after an explosion at a nearby unit made leaking radiation, or even outright meltdown, the central threat to the country following a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.

Japan earthquake: Officials say nuclear catastrophe averted (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Mar 2011 09:09 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Fears of a nuclear meltdown in Japan have subsided after a reactor that was damaged in Friday’s devastating earthquake reportedly emerged intact from an explosion.

Violence Erupts in Yemen as Protests Intensify (Time.com) Posted: 12 Mar 2011 03:00 PM PST Time.com - Two are left dead and hundreds injured in a clash between protesters and the government in Sana'a

Yemen protest violence seen as start of more intense confrontation (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Mar 2011 06:10 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Fierce violence erupted early Saturday morning in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, marking what many here say is a turn toward far more violent confrontations between security forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the widening collection of those opposed to his rule.

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