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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Japan: Spent fuel hampers efforts at nuclear plant

Japan: Spent fuel hampers efforts at nuclear plant
Libya unrest: ‘We'll be victorious’, a defiant Gaddafi tells supporters
US seeks to unify allies as more airstrikes rock Tripoli
Power lines up in progress at Japan nuclear plant
US warplane crashes in Libya
Yemen unrest: President Saleh to step down by year end
Allied attack continues despite destroying Gaddafi's palace
US-led assault nears goal in Libya
Malaysian leader denies involvement in sex video
Kate Middleton prefers Rolls Royce over royal carriage
First full face transplant by US surgeons
Five-year-old Indian becomes Dubai millionaire

Japan: Spent fuel hampers efforts at nuclear plant

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Workers at Japan's ravaged nuclear power plant on Tuesday renewed a bid to bring its command centres back into service and to restore electricity to vital cooling systems, but an overheating spent fuel pool hampered efforts and raised the threat of further radiation leaks.

Libya unrest: ‘We'll be victorious’, a defiant Gaddafi tells supporters

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Libyan TV broadcast on Tuesday night what it said was a brief live address by ruler Moammar Gaddafi before supporters at his encampment near Tripoli, the Libyan capital.

US seeks to unify allies as more airstrikes rock Tripoli

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Libya: President Obama worked on Tuesday to bridge differences among allies about how to manage the military campaign in Libya, as airstrikes continued to rock Tripoli and forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi showed no sign of ending their sieges of rebel-held cities.

Power lines up in progress at Japan nuclear plant

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Workers at a leaking nuclear plant hooked up power lines to all six of the crippled complex's reactor units on Tuesday, but other repercussions from the massive earthquake and tsunami were still rippling across the nation as economic losses mounted at three of Japan's flagship companies.

US warplane crashes in Libya

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An American F-15E fighter jet crashed in Libya overnight and one crew member has been recovered while the other is "in the process of recovery," according to a spokesman for the American military's Africa Command and a British reporter who saw the wreckage.

Yemen unrest: President Saleh to step down by year end

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Yemen unrest: Yemen's embattled U.S.-backed president pledged to step down by year's end but vowed not to hand power to military commanders who have joined the opposition in defections that he branded as an attempted coup, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Allied attack continues despite destroying Gaddafi's palace

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Anti aircraft gunfire echoed around the Libyan capital for a third night on Monday. Arcs of tracer fire in the sky above Tripoli marked what appeared to be the start of a another night of coalition attacks. International forces intend to extend a no-fly zone to Tripoli, hundreds of miles distant from the area of recent fighting between forces loyal to Moammar Gaddafi and the rebels seeking to topple him, the US commander in the region said on Monday.

US-led assault nears goal in Libya

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An American-led military campaign to destroy Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's air defenses and establish a no-fly zone over Libya has nearly accomplished its initial objectives, and the United States is moving swiftly to hand command to allies in Europe, American officials said Monday.

Malaysian leader denies involvement in sex video

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Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim Tuesday lodged a police complaint denying that he was the man in a sex video that emerged Monday, saying such allegations surface every time during elections in the country. Anwar filed the complaint at the Dang Wangi police station in the capital. He came along with his wife, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, and several party colleagues, the Star Online reported.

Kate Middleton prefers Rolls Royce over royal carriage

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With little more than a month to the British royal wedding, preparations are frantically under way to ensure an immaculate turnout for the horses and carriages that will form the regal procession through London's streets, the centerpiece of the day's regal festivities. Behind closed doors at the Royal Mews, ornate coaches were being polished on Monday ahead of the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29 April.

First full face transplant by US surgeons

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A team of over 30 surgeons and physicians at a hospital here have successfully performed the first "full face transplant" in US history on a 25-year old man who had suffered severe burns in 2008.