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By ERIC TALMADGE AND MARI YAMAGUCHI | AP Published: Mar 15, 2011 04:44 Updated: Mar 15, 2011 04:59 SOMA, Japan: A third explosion in four days rocked a crippled nuclear power plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan early Tuesday as authorities struggled to avert a catastrophic release of radiation. The cascading …

By JAY ALABASTER AND TODD PITMAN | AP Published: Mar 14, 2011 11:49 Updated: Mar 14, 2011 13:13 TAKAJO, Japan: Rescue workers used chain saws and hand picks Monday to dig out bodies in Japan’s devastated coastal towns, as Asia’s richest nation faced a mounting humanitarian, nuclear and economic crisis …

By AGENCIES Published: Mar 11, 2011 12:45 Updated: Mar 11, 2011 15:22 (Update) RAS LANOUF, Libya: Libyan rebels pulled back their last main checkpoint in Ras Lanouf on Friday, setting it up 15-20 km (10-13 miles) to the east, and said their forces were fighting troops loyal to Muammar Qaddafi …

By MALCOLM FOSTER | AP Published: Mar 11, 2011 11:41 Updated: Mar 11, 2011 15:34 (Update) TOKYO: A massive tsunami spawned by the largest earthquake in Japan’s recorded history slammed the eastern coast Friday, sweeping away boats, cars, homes and people as widespread fires burned out of control. Tsunami warnings …

By JOHN HEILPRIN | AP Published: Mar 2, 2011 00:24 Updated: Mar 2, 2011 00:34 GENEVA: Violence and chaos in Libya have triggered an exodus of more than 140,000 refugees into Tunisia and Egypt, a UN official said Tuesday, as aid workers warned the situation at the Tunisian border has …

By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS Published: Mar 1, 2011 23:19 Updated: Mar 2, 2011 01:46 MAKKAH: A massive fire that broke out in one of the towers of the King Abdul Aziz Endowment building — home to the tallest clock tower — in Makkah on Tuesday frightened pilgrims …

By DONNA BRYSON | AP Published: Feb 28, 2011 11:42 Updated: Feb 28, 2011 11:42 JOHANNESBURG: Another of Muammar Qaddafi’s foreign envoys has called on the Libyan leader to resign. Libyan’s ambassador to South Africa, Abdallah Alzubedi, spoke out after senior Libyan diplomats around the world rejected Qaddafi’s regime. Libya’s …

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: Feb 27, 2011 16:32 Updated: Feb 27, 2011 19:21 KABUL, Afghanistan: Sixty-five civilians, including 40 children, were killed in a NATO assault on insurgents in eastern Afghanistan earlier this month, according to findings of an Afghan government investigation released Sunday. Tribal leaders had alleged that dozens …

By ARAB NEWS Published: Feb 27, 2011 23:44 Updated: Feb 27, 2011 23:44 TRIPOLI: Libyan protest leaders moved to form an alternative government on Sunday as the United States explored ways to help such a venture. International pressure meanwhile mounted on Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi to stop the violence his …

Aborting the Palestinian State By Hesham Tillawi Al-Jazeerah, CCUN, February 21, 2011 “This national ethnic minority picture extending from Morocco to India and from Somalia to Turkey points to the absence of stability and a rapid degeneration in the entire region. When this picture is added to the economic one, …