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Quake-hit Japan nuclear plant faces fresh threat (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:21 PM PST

Evacuees hold blankets as they stand in a line to enter a temporary shelter after radiation leaked from an earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor, in Koriyama, northeastern Japan March 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-HakReuters - 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

Stranded people stand in a line to use public telephones at a train station after subway and train services were suspended after an earthquake, in Tokyo March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters - 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

People carry an injured protester to a makeshift clinic after clashes with police in Sanaa March 12, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - 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

Amanda Knox, the U.S. student convicted of killing her British flatmate in Italy three years ago, sits in the courtroom after a break during a trial session in Perugia March 12, 2011. REUTERS/Giampiero SpositoReuters - 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

Andy Murray of Scotland returns a shot to Donald Yound during the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California. American qualifier Young upset world number five Murray 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 in the second round of the $9 million WTA and ATP Indian Wells hardcourt tournament on Saturday.(AFP/Getty Images/Matthew Stockman)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

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011 file photo, 'We are the men of Facebook' is written on the ground as anti-government protesters gather in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt. The revolutionary roar from the Arab street, shaking the palaces of the privileged, toppling presidents, has echoed around the globe and dominated the headlines and airwaves for weeks. But behind this story of political upheaval lies a quieter story of outside organizations that, with U.S. government money, tutored a young Arab generation in the ways of winning in a political world. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill, File)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

Lightning runs across the sky above the US-Mexico border in Columbus, New Mexico, in 2007. The mayor, police chief and a community trustee of a US border village were charged Thursday with gun trafficking to supply firearms to violent drug cartels in Mexico, officials said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)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

In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for foreign media, a pro-Gadhafi fighter is seen beneath a plume of smoke from the burning oil refinery in Ras Lanouf, 380 miles (615 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tripoli, in Libya Saturday, March 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)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

Minamisanriku town is submerged after Friday's strong earthquake-triggered tsunami in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - 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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