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Western powers strike Libya; Arab League has doubts (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 04:09 PM PDT

In this Saturday, March 19, 2011 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, seen through night-vision lenses aboard amphibious transport dock USS Ponce (LPD 15), the guided missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) fires Tomahawk cruise missiles in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn from the Mediterranean Sea . The U.S. fired more than 100 cruise missiles from the sea while French fighter jets targeted Moammar Gadhafi's forces from the air on Saturday, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising that had seemed on the verge of defeat. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 1st Class Nathanael Miller)Reuters - Western powers pressed ahead on Sunday with a campaign of air attacks in Libya, promising more strikes despite criticism by the Arab League.

Egypt approves reforms in historic referendum (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 01:34 PM PDT

Egyptian cast their vote during a national referendum at a school in Cairo March 19, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa WaguihReuters - A big majority of Egyptians approved amendments to the constitution in a referendum, results showed, opening the door to early elections seen as favoring Islamists and figures affiliated with the old ruling party.

Some progress at Japan reactors as disaster toll rises (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 03:19 PM PDT

Japan is battling a nuclear and humanitarian crisis, with engineers working to restore power to a stricken power plant in what the UN's top atomic expert said was a Reuters - Japan hoped power lines restored to its stricken nuclear plant may help solve the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years, triggered by an earthquake and tsunami that also left more than 21,000 people dead or missing.

Second Iranian plane forced to land in Turkey: report (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 01:59 PM PDT

Reuters - An Iranian cargo plane was forced to land in southeast Turkey for the second time within a week on suspicion it was carrying weapons or bomb-making material to Syria, Turkish media reported Sunday.

Haitians pick president in generally peaceful vote (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 03:53 PM PDT

U.N peacekeepers stand guard outside an electoral center as they distribute electoral materials in Port au Prince March 19, 2011. Haiti's presidential run-off election between Michel Martelly and the former first lady Mirlande Manigat will be held on Sunday. REUTERS/Kena BetancurReuters - Haitians voted in large numbers on Sunday to elect a president for their earthquake-scarred country, choosing between a singer and a former first lady in a generally peaceful run-off.

Thuggery: Who is in Charge of Bahrain's Street Gangs? (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 01:40 PM PDT

Time.com - The opposition accuses the government of hiring civilian thugs to intimidate protesters and foreign journalists. The government dismisses the charges.

British forces strike against Libya air defences: MoD (AFP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 04:53 PM PDT

A British Royal Air Force Tornado lands at the RAF Marham airbase in the county of Norfolk. Britain said Sunday its air and sea strikes on Libya had been AFP - British forces on Sunday took part in a "co-ordinated strike against Libyan air defence systems", the country's military said.

Egypt: Constitution changes pass in referendum (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 02:14 PM PDT

Protesters throw stones as Egyptian reform campaigner and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, unseen, arrives to cast his vote outside a polling center in Cairo's Mokkatam district, Egypt, Saturday, March 19, 2011. A crowd of angry men pelted ElBaradei with rocks and smashed his car windows outside a polling center. He wasn't injured but was forced to flee in an SUV without casting his ballot in a referendum on whether to adopt a package of constitutional amendments that would allow new parliamentary and presidential elections to be held later this year or early in the next. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)AP - Egyptian voters overwhelmingly approved changes in the constitution, opening the way for parliamentary and presidential elections within months, according to final results from a landmark referendum announced Sunday. Opponents fear the swift timetable could boost the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood and members of the former ruling party.

Gunmen rob $13 million from company in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 05:39 PM PDT

AP - Mexican authorities say armed men have stolen some 157 million pesos from a cash transporting company in southern Mexico.

Libyans offer new graves as proof of civilian dead (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 05:37 PM PDT

Reuters - At a clifftop cemetery overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, Libyans buried their dead, killed, government officials said, by Western bombs.

Prince William visits flood-hit Australian towns (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 05:29 PM PDT

Britain's Prince William meets people while attending a spirit of the country concert at Toowooba, Australia, Sunday, March 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Dean Saffron)AP - Prince William met with the family of a 13-year-old Australian boy who gave his life to save his younger brother during devastating floods earlier this year.

Conservatives downplay deal to keep power (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:54 AM PDT

Reuters - The minority Conservative government played down talk on Sunday that it was close to striking a deal that could help it survive a number of nonconfidence votes in the weeks to come.

Prince William wows crowds in disaster-hit Australia (AFP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 11:04 PM PDT

Prince William meets community members and volunteers during a flood briefing for the community of Ipswich on March 20, 2011.(AFP/Pool/Dean Saffron)AFP - Prince William wowed crowds in Queensland's flood-devastated southeast on Sunday as Prime Minister Julia Gillard reiterated her belief that the country should become a republic.

Japan disaster relief now getting through to most survivors (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:42 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Two vital things have improved for more than 250,000 evacuees still living in makeshift shelters a week after the Japan earthquake: supplies are getting through, and the weather has warmed up for now.

Haiti's Long-Drawn Out Presidential Election (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 01:40 PM PDT

Time.com - The poorest country in the western hemisphere casts its vote in a presidential run off. But don't expect a winner to be announced till March 31, at the earliest

As Libyans fight, Egyptians revel in first free vote for decades (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 09:41 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Egyptians flooded the polls Saturday like a wave that had been unleashed after half a century, eager to participate in a referendum that marked the first time many felt their votes had ever mattered.

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