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• Fire at Japan nuclear reactor heightens radiation threat (Reuters)
• Japan reactor design caused GE engineer to quit (Reuters)
• Bahrain declares martial law, violence flares (Reuters)
• Assange: Wikileaks' cables spurred Arab uprisings (Reuters)
• Rumors from an Encircled Town: The Fate of Ajdabiyah (Time.com)
• Poll sees Strauss Khan-Le Pen in France 2012 vote (Reuters)
• Bahrain king clamps down; 3 dead as unrest spreads (AP)
• National Guard ends police patrols in Puerto Rico (AP)
• Libya bombards rebels, gets closer to stronghold (AP)
• Tokyo stocks surge more than 6% (AFP)
• Canada boosts productivity but still lags U.S. (Reuters)
• Teen cancels Facebook party with 200,000 'guests' (AFP)
• Why Bahrain is unlikely to turn into an Iran-Saudi battleground (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Japanese Stiff-Upper Lip: Please Avoid Fukinshin (Time.com)
• Rocket fire rains on crucial Libya town as Qaddafi's forces advance (The Christian Science Monitor)

Fire at Japan nuclear reactor heightens radiation threat (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:38 PM PDT Reuters - Japan raced to avert a catastrophe after fire broke out on Wednesday at a nuclear plant that has sent low levels of radiation wafting into Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and triggering growing international alarm.

Japan reactor design caused GE engineer to quit (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - A General Electric Co engineer said he resigned 35 years ago over concern about the safety of a nuclear reactor design used in the now crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan.

Bahrain declares martial law, violence flares (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:44 PM PDT Reuters - Bahrain's king declared martial law on Tuesday as his government struggled to quell an uprising by the island's Shi'ite Muslim majority that has drawn in troops from fellow Sunni-ruled neighbor Saudi Arabia.

Assange: Wikileaks' cables spurred Arab uprisings (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:24 PM PDT Reuters - Publishing U.S. diplomatic cables helped shape uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange said on Tuesday.

Rumors from an Encircled Town: The Fate of Ajdabiyah (Time.com) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:35 PM PDT Time.com - After many fighters flee, the last big town before the rebel capital of Benghazi shudders under Gaddafi's onslaught

Poll sees Strauss Khan-Le Pen in France 2012 vote (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 06:04 PM PDT Reuters - IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is likely to face far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the second round of France's presidential election next year, a poll said on Wednesday.

Bahrain king clamps down; 3 dead as unrest spreads (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:20 PM PDT AP - Bahrain's king declared a three-month state of emergency Tuesday to quell a Shiite uprising, as clashes spread through the capital and surrounding villages in a showdown that drew in the region's major powers and splintered along its main sectarian faultlines. At least two Bahrainis and a Saudi soldier died, and hundreds of protesters were injured by shotgun blasts and clubs.

National Guard ends police patrols in Puerto Rico (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:47 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of National Guard troops in Puerto Rico were heading back to their civilian jobs Tuesday after spending more than a year helping police the island amid a soaring murder rate.

Libya bombards rebels, gets closer to stronghold (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:31 PM PDT AP - Moammar Gadhafi's forces overwhelmed rebels in the strategic eastern city of Ajdabiya, hammering them with airstrikes, missiles, tanks and artillery Tuesday in an assault that sent residents fleeing and appeared to open the way for an all-out government offensive on the opposition's main stronghold in the east, Benghazi.

Tokyo stocks surge more than 6% (AFP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 06:00 PM PDT AFP - Tokyo shares were 6.05 percent higher on Wednesday, following the biggest two-day sell-off on the Nikkei index for 24 years on fears of the threat of a nuclear meltdown after a huge earthquake.

Canada boosts productivity but still lags U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 07:13 AM PDT Reuters - Canadian businesses squeezed more out of their workers last year than in any year since 2005, but they remained less competitive than their U.S. counterparts as Canada's strong currency pushed up labor costs.

Teen cancels Facebook party with 200,000 'guests' (AFP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:42 AM PDT AFP - An Australian schoolgirl had to cancel her 16th birthday party after her Facebook invitation went viral and close to 200,000 people said they would turn up at her house, reports said Tuesday.

Why Bahrain is unlikely to turn into an Iran-Saudi battleground (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:39 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The intervention of Gulf forces to help put down Bahrain's pro-democracy uprising escalates an already dangerous situation but does not necessarily mean the entire region will be pulled into the conflict, say analysts and scholars.

Japanese Stiff-Upper Lip: Please Avoid Fukinshin (Time.com) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:35 PM PDT Time.com - Amid the catastrophe, a woman who has lived abroad half her life is reminded of the little things that make the Japanese so different in times of trouble

Rocket fire rains on crucial Libya town as Qaddafi's forces advance (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:23 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Muammar Qaddafi’s forces started a sustained aerial barrage on the eastern Libyan town of Ajdabiya today, sparking a panicked retreat of rebel militiamen and civilian families from a city that rebel leaders had insisted was their line in the sand.

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