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• Rebels push west as air strikes hit Gaddafi forces (Reuters)
• Disaster-hit Japan faces protracted nuclear crisis (Reuters)
• Syria's Assad deploys army in port to keep order (Reuters)
• Gaddafi in Tripoli compound: Libyan state TV (Reuters)
• Merkel's party loses power in rich German state (Reuters)
• On the Run, the Palestinian Youth Movement May Yet Get Its Way (Time.com)
• Anarchists will target royal wedding: police (AFP)
• Gangs of armed young men roam Syrian seaside city (AP)
• Chavez urges Venezuelans to cut calorie intake (AP)
• Libyan rebels push towards Tripoli, promise oil exports (AFP)
• Snapshot: Japan's nuclear crisis (Reuters)
• Canadian election heats up over coalition claims (Reuters)
• E.Timor police take over from UN force (AFP)
• Libya rebels push west again, but Sirte awaits (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Libya's Dead and Missing: The Cost of Reconquest (Time.com)
• Repression or reform? Deadly protests may force Syria's Assad to choose. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Rebels push west as air strikes hit Gaddafi forces (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 02:05 PM PDT Reuters - Libya's ramshackle rebel army pushed west on Sunday to retake a series of towns from the forces of Muammar Gaddafi as they pulled back under pressure from Western air strikes.

Disaster-hit Japan faces protracted nuclear crisis (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:08 PM PDT Reuters - Japan appeared resigned on Monday to a long fight to contain the world's most dangerous atomic crisis in 25 years after high radiation levels complicated work at its crippled nuclear plant.

Syria's Assad deploys army in port to keep order (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - President Bashar al-Assad, facing the gravest crisis in his 11-year rule, deployed the army in Syria's main port of Latakia for the first time after nearly two weeks of protests spread across the country.

Gaddafi in Tripoli compound: Libyan state TV (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:53 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan state television broadcast on Sunday what it said was live footage of Muammar Gaddafi in a car in his Tripoli compound where hundreds of supporters waved green flags and chanted slogans.

Merkel's party loses power in rich German state (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:59 AM PDT Reuters - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives lost power in a regional stronghold on Sunday, with early poll results showing the Greens, buoyed by Japan's nuclear crisis, surging to their first state premiership.

On the Run, the Palestinian Youth Movement May Yet Get Its Way (Time.com) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - The March 15 movement failed in both Palestinian enclaves but it may yet get Hamas and Fatah to get together

Anarchists will target royal wedding: police (AFP) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:35 PM PDT AFP - Anarchist militants who clashed with police during Saturday's march against public sector cuts will "deliberately target" next month's royal wedding, a senior policeman told Monday's Telegraph.

Gangs of armed young men roam Syrian seaside city (AP) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 02:56 PM PDT AP - LATAKIA, Syria — Gangs of young men, some armed with swords and hunting rifles, roamed Sunday through the streets of a Syrian seaside city, closing alleys with barricades and roughly questioning passersby in streets scarred by days of anti-government unrest.

Chavez urges Venezuelans to cut calorie intake (AP) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 05:03 PM PDT AP - President Hugo Chavez urged Venezuelans on Sunday to cut their calories to avoid obesity — the latest lifestyle recommendation by the self-proclaimed socialist crusader.

Libyan rebels push towards Tripoli, promise oil exports (AFP) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:56 PM PDT AFP - Libyan rebels' westward push to Tripoli gathered momentum on Sunday and their progress towards Sirte was given a boost as Moamer Kadhafi's hometown was pounded by a coalition air raid.

Snapshot: Japan's nuclear crisis (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 05:26 PM PDT Reuters - Following are main developments after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeast Japan and crippled a nuclear power station, raising the risk of uncontrolled radiation.

Canadian election heats up over coalition claims (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 02:43 PM PDT Reuters - Opposition parties said on Sunday it was hypocritical for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to accuse them of plotting to take power in a coalition government since he had once considered doing it himself.

E.Timor police take over from UN force (AFP) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:02 AM PDT AFP - United Nations police returned full control of East Timor to the national force Sunday, the UN and government said, more than four years after bloody clashes threatened to push the country into civil war.

Libya rebels push west again, but Sirte awaits (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:07 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In late February, the Libyan revolution was evolving at breakneck speed. After ousting Muammar Qaddafi’s forces from Benghazi and the rest of the country’s eastern population centers, untested young fighters piled into trucks and private cars and surged west.

Libya's Dead and Missing: The Cost of Reconquest (Time.com) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - Under allied cover, the rebels advance once more even as families return to ravaged cities to seek word of loved ones, dead, injured or kidnapped.

Repression or reform? Deadly protests may force Syria's Assad to choose. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:15 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Unrest and violence in Syria spread to different cities this weekend as protesters took to the streets in what is becoming an increasing challenge to the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

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