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What to expect this week from school protests rattling France's government
Clinton: Fears of Libyan 'unspeakable atrocities'
PARIS (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that the U.S. will bring "unique capabilities to bear" in Libya as a global coalition began enforcing a U.N.-authorized no-fly zone to prote…
Japan cites radiation in milk, spinach near plant
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) - In the first sign that contamination from Japan's stricken nuclear complex had seeped into the food chain, officials said Saturday that radiation levels in spinach and milk from farms near t…
World intervenes in Libya
PARIS - In diplomatic terms, international military action against Libya's leader went from the brainstorming stage to the shooting-at-tanks stage with stunnin…
UN resolution targets Gadhafi
TOBRUK, Libya (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized "all necessary measures" to stop Moammar Gadhafi in Libya - including strikes by sea and air - hours after he vowed in harrowing terms to launch…
U.S. evacuates some Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States on Wednesday authorized the first evacuations of Americans out of Japan, taking a tougher stand on the deepening nuclear crisis and warning U.S. citizens to defer all non-essenti…
Dinosaur fossil discovered in Angola
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Scientists say they have discovered the first fossil of a dinosaur in Angola, and that it's a new creature, heralding a research renaissance in a country slowly emerging from decades of war.
Ex-CIA agent viewed bombings as 'heroic'
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A New York Times reporter who interviewed an elderly ex-CIA agent about masterminding deadly bombings that rocked luxury hotels and other…
World/Nation Briefs March 16, 2011
House passesspending stopgap bill
Japanese plant poses little threat to U.S. - for now
It's a big ocean between northeastern Japan and the United States and thousands of miles from the crippled nuclear power plant to much of Asia.
Nuclear crisis worsens in Japan
SOMA, Japan (AP) - Japan's nuclear crisis deepened dramatically Tuesday. As safety officials sought desperately to avert catastrophe, the government said radio…
180K flee as Japan's nuke-plant crisis intensifies
KORIYAMA, Japan - Japanese officials warned of a possible second explosion at a nuclear plant crippled by the earthquake and tsunami as they raced to stave off multiple reactor meltdowns, but they provided few deta…
Gadhafi forces drive rebels from key oil town
BENGHAZI, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's forces swept rebels from a key oil town Sunday with waves of strikes from warships, tanks and warplanes, closing on the opp…
Meltdown likely under way at Japanese reactor
IWAKI, Japan - Cooling systems failed at a second nuclear reactor, where a top government spokesman said a partial meltdown is likely under way on Japan's deva…
Gadhafi pushes ahead
RAS LANOUF, Libya (AP) - The world moved a step closer to a decision on imposing a no-fly zone over Libya but Moammar Gadhafi was swiftly advancing Saturday on the poorly equipped and loosely organized rebels who h…
New quakes rock tsunami-devastated Japan
SENDAI, Japan - Japan launched a massive, military-led rescue operation Saturday after a giant quake and tsunami killed hundreds of people and turned the north…