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• Western air strikes fail to dislodge Gaddafi armor (Reuters)
• Radiation scare leaves Tokyo short of bottled water (Reuters)
• Bombing near Jerusalem bus stop kills woman, 30 hurt (Reuters)
• Yemen's Saleh offers elections as pressure mounts (Reuters)
• Rebels say 16 dead in Misrata, hospital attacked (Reuters)
• Mystery Deepens over Deadly Jerusalem Bus Bomb (Time.com)
• Politics to block debt crisis steps at EU summit (Reuters)
• Israel retaliates for deadly blast, rocket attacks (AP)
• Tsunami drill shows gaps in Caribbean preparedness (AP)
• Rebel Libyan finance minister admits mistakes (AP)
• Hawaii to spend $3M in wake of Japan tourism fall (AP)
• Canada opposition to force confidence vote (Reuters)
• Surfer injured in shark attack north of Sydney (AP)
• Nicaragua opposition unites to contest legality of President Ortega's candidacy (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Are Bahrain's Medical Workers Being Persecuted? (Time.com)
• Jordan aims to avoid unrest with dialogue on sweeping reforms (The Christian Science Monitor)

Western air strikes fail to dislodge Gaddafi armor (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 05:50 PM PDT Reuters - Western warplanes hit Libya for a fifth night on Thursday, but have so far failed to stop Muammar Gaddafi's tanks shelling rebel-held towns or dislodge his amour from a strategic junction in the east.

Radiation scare leaves Tokyo short of bottled water (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 05:19 PM PDT Reuters - Many shops in Japan's capital ran out of bottled water on Thursday after a warning of radiation danger for babies from a damaged nuclear plant where engineers are battling the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl.

Bombing near Jerusalem bus stop kills woman, 30 hurt (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:39 PM PDT Reuters - A bomb planted in a bag exploded near a bus stop in a Jewish district of Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing a woman and injuring at least 30 people, in an attack police blamed on Palestinian militants.

Yemen's Saleh offers elections as pressure mounts (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PDT Reuters - Yemen's president offered on Wednesday to step down by the end of the year to try to appease mounting demands for his resignation, but opposition groups showed no sign of easing up on efforts to force him out.

Rebels say 16 dead in Misrata, hospital attacked (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 02:01 PM PDT Reuters - Western airstrikes hit positions of Libyan government forces in the rebel-held city of Misrata on Wednesday, but government snipers firing from rooftops killed 16 people, a rebel spokesman said.

Mystery Deepens over Deadly Jerusalem Bus Bomb (Time.com) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 01:25 PM PDT Time.com - One person dies after four pounds of homemade explosives detonate in the Holy City. Meanwhile, Israel and militants in Gaza engage in a dangerous tit-for-tat

Politics to block debt crisis steps at EU summit (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 05:50 PM PDT Reuters - Political turmoil in Portugal and looming elections in other countries are expected to prevent a summit of European Union leaders this week from taking tough decisions to address the region's debt crisis.

Israel retaliates for deadly blast, rocket attacks (AP) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 05:50 PM PDT AP - Israeli warplanes hit Hamas targets in Gaza early Thursday, retaliating for rocket attacks on Israeli cities, as tension peaked over the first deadly bombing targeting Israelis in Jerusalem in several years.

Tsunami drill shows gaps in Caribbean preparedness (AP) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 05:25 PM PDT AP - A U.N.-organized tsunami drill Wednesday tested the preparedness of Caribbean governments for a disaster that has struck the region several times in the last 150 years.

Rebel Libyan finance minister admits mistakes (AP) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 05:21 PM PDT AP - A U.S.-based economist appointed finance minister in the Libyan rebels' first attempt at a government admits they have made mistakes, missed opportunities and shown disorganization — but he says they aren't short of cash, and they'll get better at their jobs.

Hawaii to spend $3M in wake of Japan tourism fall (AP) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 05:39 PM PDT AP - Hawaii tourism officials expecting sharp declines in travelers from Japan have approved using $3 million in reserve funds.

Canada opposition to force confidence vote (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 09:31 AM PDT Reuters - The leader of Canada's main opposition Liberal Party said on Wednesday he will present a motion of nonconfidence in the minority Conservative government, setting the stage for an election.

Surfer injured in shark attack north of Sydney (AP) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 04:27 PM PDT AP - A 48-year-old surfer has been injured in the second shark attack in a week north of Sydney.

Nicaragua opposition unites to contest legality of President Ortega's candidacy (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 02:17 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Nicaragua’s contentious presidential elections are already off to a rocky start as civil society groups and opposition parties move to block President Daniel Ortega’s controversial candidacy for reelection.

Are Bahrain's Medical Workers Being Persecuted? (Time.com) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 01:25 PM PDT Time.com - The opposition as well as doctors, nurses and other medical staffers, say hospitals and hospital worker are being harassed -- or worse -- by the regime

Jordan aims to avoid unrest with dialogue on sweeping reforms (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:57 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Throughout two months of surprising upheaval, the feeling that a wave of democratic change was sweeping their region has galvanized Arab publics. Here in Jordan, beginning in January, thousands took to the streets, asking not for a revolution but for substantial democratic and economic reforms.

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