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• Japanese engineers strive to restore power to avert catastrophe (Reuters)
• U.N. okays military action on Libya; Gaddafi warns (Reuters)
• Bahrain arrests opposition leaders (Reuters)
• Gaddafi tells Benghazi his army is coming tonight (Reuters)
• Airbus under investigation over Rio-Paris crash (Reuters)
• Libya's Rebels Celebrate the U.N. Resolution (Time.com)
• Libya no-fly zone 'vital to halt greater bloodshed' (AFP)
• Diplomats: Saudi king moving to head off protests (AP)
• Venezuelan official: swine flu kills 1 (AP)
• U.N. council approves no-fly zone over Libya (Reuters)
• Japan quake: live report (AFP)
• Asylum seeker riots escalate in Australia (AFP)
• Fear of Japan's nuclear crisis far exceeds actual risks, say scientists (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Crackdown: Why Bahrain's Military Has Taken Over a Hospital (Time.com)
• Japanese character shines in the face of disaster (The Christian Science Monitor)
• New Rules for DRC Miners (OneWorld.net)

Japanese engineers strive to restore power to avert catastrophe (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 02:23 PM PDT Reuters - Japanese engineers raced on Friday to restore a power cable to a crippled nuclear power plant in the hope of restarting pumps desperately needed to pour cold water on overheating fuel rods and avert a catastrophic release of radiation.

U.N. okays military action on Libya; Gaddafi warns (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT Reuters - The United Nations authorized military strikes to curb Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday, hours after he threatened to storm the rebel bastion of Benghazi overnight, showing "no mercy, no pity".

Bahrain arrests opposition leaders (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 03:00 PM PDT Reuters - Bahrain's largest opposition group urged Saudi Arabia to withdraw its forces and called for a U.N. inquiry into a crackdown on mainly Shi'ite protesters that has angered Iran and raised tensions in the oil-exporting region.

Gaddafi tells Benghazi his army is coming tonight (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 12:53 PM PDT Reuters - Muammar Gaddafi told Libyan rebels on Thursday his armed forces were coming to their capital Benghazi tonight and would not show any mercy to fighters who resisted them.

Airbus under investigation over Rio-Paris crash (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:25 AM PDT Reuters - European planemaker Airbus was placed under investigation on Thursday for the 2009 crash of a flight between Rio de Janeiro and Paris that killed 228 people, Airbus Chief Executive Thomas Enders said.

Libya's Rebels Celebrate the U.N. Resolution (Time.com) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:10 PM PDT Time.com - Gaddafi vowed "no mercy" in issuing a call to retake the rebel capital but quickly after, the United Nations authorized a stunning resolution against him

Libya no-fly zone 'vital to halt greater bloodshed' (AFP) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:40 PM PDT AFP - British Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the United Nations Security Council's resolution to impose a no-fly zone over battle-torn Libya was vital to "avoid greater bloodshed".

Diplomats: Saudi king moving to head off protests (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 02:34 PM PDT AP - Saudi Arabia's monarch will announce a government reshuffle, an anti-corruption drive and a promise to increase food subsidies to combat rising prices in his first address to his nation since unrest began sweeping the Arab world, diplomats said Thursday.

Venezuelan official: swine flu kills 1 (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:29 PM PDT AP - A Venezuelan government official says one person has died of swine flu and six others have been diagnosed with the virus.

U.N. council approves no-fly zone over Libya (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:43 PM PDT Reuters - The U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to authorize a no-fly zone over Libya and "all necessary measures" -- code for military action -- to protect civilians against leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces.

Japan quake: live report (AFP) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:52 PM PDT AFP - 0000 GMT: AFP is resuming its live report on Japan's earthquake-tsunami disaster and ensuing nuclear crisis. Here is a recap of the situation up to now:

Asylum seeker riots escalate in Australia (AFP) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:31 PM PDT AFP - Rioters set fire to buildings at Australia's Christmas Island detention centre with tear gas again used to subdue protests by angry asylum seekers, officials said Friday.

Fear of Japan's nuclear crisis far exceeds actual risks, say scientists (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 09:17 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Fukushima is not Chernobyl, scientists repeat, and even Chernobyl was not as deadly as popularly believed.

Crackdown: Why Bahrain's Military Has Taken Over a Hospital (Time.com) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:10 PM PDT Time.com - Supplemented by Saudi tanks, the King of Bahrain brings down an iron fist on the protesters who have been demanding that he abdicate

Japanese character shines in the face of disaster (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 09:02 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Following the aftershocks that set the battered population on edge, amid fears of further destabilization of the four critically damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi No.1 nuclear plant, cold and hunger now pose a further threat to those in Japan’s Tohoku, or northeastern, region.

New Rules for DRC Miners (OneWorld.net) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:45 AM PDT OneWorld.net - KINSHASA, Mar 17 (IRIN) - Various stakeholders in the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining sector have signed a code of conduct designed to reduce fraud and increase transparency in an industry that has played a key role in the armed violence that has ravaged the east of the country for years, but there is still concern about illegal mining and the military's role.

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