Aided by air strikes, Libya's rebels push west (Reuters)

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• Aided by air strikes, Libya's rebels push west (Reuters)
• Japan raps nuclear operator over radiation mistake (Reuters)
• Syria's Assad deploys army in port to keep order (Reuters)
• Suicide bomber kills 20 in Afghanistan's southeast (Reuters)
• Bahrain says no Kuwait mediation in Bahrain crisis (Reuters)
• Syria's Emergency Law Set for Repeal, Says Assad Adviser (Time.com)
• Ian Botham 'shocked' by Sri Lanka war damage (AFP)
• Gangs of armed young men roam Syrian seaside city (AP)
• Leftist former soldier rises in Peru election poll (AP)
• Obama gears up for hard sell on Libya (AFP)
• Radiation in seawater may be spreading in Japan (AP)
• Canadian election heats up over coalition claims (Reuters)
• Qaddafi regime's canopy of lies obscures the glints of truth (The Christian Science Monitor)
• China: Nuclear-Power Projects Move Ahead Amid Safety Fears (Time.com)
• Libya rebels push west again, but Sirte awaits (The Christian Science Monitor)

Aided by air strikes, Libya's rebels push west (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:02 PM PDT Reuters - Libya's ramshackle rebel army has pushed west to retake a series of towns from the forces of Muammar Gaddafi who are being pounded by Western air strikes.

Japan raps nuclear operator over radiation mistake (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:28 PM PDT Reuters - Mistaken radiation readings given out by the operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant were "absolutely unforgivable," the government's chief spokesman said on Monday, as work to prevent a catastrophic meltdown faced fresh hurdles.

Syria's Assad deploys army in port to keep order (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - President Bashar al-Assad, facing the gravest crisis in his 11-year rule, deployed the army in Syria's main port of Latakia for the first time after nearly two weeks of protests spread across the country.

Suicide bomber kills 20 in Afghanistan's southeast (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:52 PM PDT Reuters - Three suicide bombers killed 20 people in an attack on a construction firm in a restive province in southeastern Afghanistan, government officials said Monday, with the Taliban claiming responsibility for the assault.

Bahrain says no Kuwait mediation in Bahrain crisis (Reuters) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:56 AM PDT Reuters - Bahrain's foreign minister said on Monday it was "completely untrue" that Kuwait would mediate to resolve Bahrain's political crisis.

Syria's Emergency Law Set for Repeal, Says Assad Adviser (Time.com) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:10 PM PDT Time.com - The regime's dramatic announcement that it would soon repeal its stringent emergency law may not lead to too much change on the ground for protesters

Ian Botham 'shocked' by Sri Lanka war damage (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:44 AM PDT AFP - England cricket legend Sir Ian Botham has described his shock at the destruction and hardship that Sri Lanka's war-displaced civilians have had to face, following his tour of the region.

Gangs of armed young men roam Syrian seaside city (AP) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 02:56 PM PDT AP - LATAKIA, Syria — Gangs of young men, some armed with swords and hunting rifles, roamed Sunday through the streets of a Syrian seaside city, closing alleys with barricades and roughly questioning passersby in streets scarred by days of anti-government unrest.

Leftist former soldier rises in Peru election poll (AP) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 07:35 PM PDT AP - A left-leaning former army officer has risen quickly into contention for Peru's presidency and may even be leading the tight five-person race for the first-round vote on April 10, according to a poll released Sunday.

Obama gears up for hard sell on Libya (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:37 AM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama prepared Monday to give a prime-time address to the nation aimed at winning the support of a war-weary American public for the military intervention in Libya.

Radiation in seawater may be spreading in Japan (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:48 AM PDT AP - Workers at Japan's damaged nuclear plant raced to pump out contaminated water suspected of sending radioactivity levels soaring as officials warned Monday that radiation seeping from the complex was spreading to seawater and soil.

Canadian election heats up over coalition claims (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 02:43 PM PDT Reuters - Opposition parties said on Sunday it was hypocritical for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to accuse them of plotting to take power in a coalition government since he had once considered doing it himself.

Qaddafi regime's canopy of lies obscures the glints of truth (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 02:31 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - For days, Libyan officials have declared that US-led airstrikes are leaving a trail of death and destruction, with more than 100 dead during a week of attacks that have given military advantage to anti-regime rebels.

China: Nuclear-Power Projects Move Ahead Amid Safety Fears (Time.com) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:10 PM PDT Time.com - China's nuclear building spree may be complicated by the crisis unfolding at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

Libya rebels push west again, but Sirte awaits (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:07 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In late February, the Libyan revolution was evolving at breakneck speed. After ousting Muammar Qaddafi’s forces from Benghazi and the rest of the country’s eastern population centers, untested young fighters piled into trucks and private cars and surged west.

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