Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Japan supply paralysis spreads as firms cut output (Reuters)

Japan supply paralysis spreads as firms cut output (Reuters)

Japan supply paralysis spreads as firms cut output (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:38 AM PDT

Visitors look at Sony Corp's products at its headquarters in Tokyo June 19, 2009. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters - Sony Corp cut output at five more plants and Toyota Motor Corp delayed restarting assembly lines, as the global supply of parts and products began to feel the full impact of Japan's catastrophic earthquake.

Battle to cool Japan plant as food jitters grow (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:28 AM PDT

This handout picture, released from Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), shows workers spraying water to cool down the spent nuclear fuel in the fourth reactor building at Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant. Engineers racing to cool a stricken nuclear plant in Japan partially restored power to one of the control rooms Tuesday, as radioactivity in the sea fuelled anxiety over food safety.(AFP/TEPCO VIA JIJI PRESS)AFP - Engineers racing to cool a stricken nuclear plant in Japan partially restored power to one of the control rooms Tuesday, as radioactivity in the sea fuelled anxiety over food safety.

HP says Japan workers safe, Sendai office damaged (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:25 AM PDT

AP - Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's largest maker of personal computers, says its employees in Japan are safe but that its office in the earthquake-battered city of Sendai sustained significant interior damage and remains closed.

U.S. military monitoring Japan radiation: Gates (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:09 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates makes a statement to reporters with Russia's Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov after their meeting in Moscow, March 22, 2011. REUTERS/Charles Dharapak/PoolReuters - The Pentagon is monitoring radiation from Japan's crippled nuclear reactors, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday when asked about the possibility of bringing home U.S. troops stationed there.

AP Exclusive: Few were prepared for nuclear crisis (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:02 AM PDT

A resident explains his fears during a town hall meeting on the impact of radiation exposure from the nearby leaking Fukushima nuclear facilities, Tuesday, March 22, 2011 in the town of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Before the disasters, safety drills were seldom if ever practiced and information about radiation exposure rarely given in Futuba, said a woman living in the small town in the shadow of the nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - When the massive earthquake and tsunami rocked northeast Japan on March 11, residents who had been prepared by years of drills knew exactly what to do: They scrambled for cover until the shaking stopped, then ran for higher ground to avoid the giant wave.

Afghanistan announces crucial security handover (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:54 AM PDT

US army flight medic Sgt Bobby Dorris (R), from Company C, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, MEDEVAC unit, treats an Afghan National Army soldier for a gunshot wound in flight on a Blackhawk helicopter in southern Afghanistan. Afghan forces will take over security from NATO this summer in the capital of violence-wracked Helmand province and several other areas, President Hamid Karzai said.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - Afghan forces will take over security from NATO this summer in the capital of violence-wracked Helmand province and several other areas, President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday.

Japan battles crippled nuclear plant, radiation fears grow (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:18 AM PDT

A Japanese tsunami survivor stands in front of messages displayed on the wall of a relief center in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture. Engineers racing to cool a stricken nuclear plant in Japan have partially restored power to one of the control rooms, as radioactivity in the sea fuelled anxiety over food safety.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)Reuters - Rising temperatures around the core of one of the reactors at Japan's quake-crippled nuclear plant sparked new concern on Tuesday and more water was needed to cool it down, the plant's operator said.

Afghan forces to take lead in securing 7 areas (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:17 AM PDT

Afghan National Army commandos, during a training session at Camp Morehead in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan,Tuesday, March, 22, 2011. President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that his security forces will soon take charge of securing seven areas around Afghanistan, the first step toward his goal of having Afghan police and soldiers protecting the entire nation by the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)AP - An emboldened Afghan president said Tuesday that his nation's security forces will take over from the U.S.-led coalition in seven parts of the country, a first step toward his goal of having Afghan police and soldiers in charge by the end of 2014 so foreign combat troops can go home.

Taiwan's ex-vice president drops bid for top post (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:13 AM PDT

Taiwan's former vice-president Annette Lu, pictured here in 2007, has dropped a bid to run in next year's presidential race, less than a month after she said she hoped to be the island's first female head of state.(AFP/File/Orlando Sierra)AFP - Annette Lu, Taiwan's former vice-president, Tuesday dropped a bid to run in next year's presidential race, less than a month after she said she hoped to be the island's first female head of state.

Warren Buffett eyes India for investment (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:08 AM PDT

US billionaire Warren Buffett (C), seen here arriving to address a press conference in Bangalore, is on his maiden visit to India. Buffett said Tuesday he was looking at investing in the fast-growing South Asian nation.(AFP)AFP - US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, on his maiden visit to India, said Tuesday he was looking at investing in the fast-growing South Asian nation.

As Japan mourns dead, many bodies remain missing (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:58 AM PDT

AP - Those in search of the dead go to Natori's bowling alley, walking up the cracked concrete steps and through the glass door. "Enjoy Coca-Cola," says a neon sign out front.

Latest in Japan's quake, tsunami, nuclear crisis (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:19 AM PDT

AP - Workers reconnect all six reactors at the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex to the electrical grid Tuesday, but they are not ready to turn the power on yet.

Developments in Japan's disasters, nuclear crisis (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:16 AM PDT

AP - • POWER LINES CONNECTED: Crews connect all six reactors at the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant to the electrical grid Tuesday, a day after smoke triggered an evacuation from the facility. But the plant's operator cautions that pumps, motors and other equipment must be checked before the power can be turned on. It's likely to be days or weeks before cooling systems can resume functioning.

Japanese police say disaster death toll near 9,100 (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:13 AM PDT

AP - Japan's police agency says nearly 9,100 people are dead after an earthquake and tsunami. Almost 13,800 are missing.

Taliban assassination campaign impedes governance (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 15, 2011 file photo, a relative looks at the body of school principal Bahram Khail Salehi, who was killed by a bomb blast at a school in Behsud, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. While the U.S.-led coalition has repeatedly cited the recruitment and training of Afghanistan's civil society and security forces as a key requirement for the withdrawal of international troops, the Taliban is thwarting those efforts with a sweeping assassination campaign that has killed scores of local government officials and is proving deeply demoralizing to many Afghans who already view the international coalition as an occupying force and their own government as ineffectual and corrupt. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)AP - For seven years, Rahim Baz Mohammad was an Afghan police detective on a spectacularly perilous beat — a province sitting directly between the capital and Taliban strongholds to the south and east.

China calls for immediate cease-fire in Libya (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:49 AM PDT

AP - China called Tuesday for an immediate cease-fire in Libya where the U.S. and European nations have launched punishing airstrikes to enforce a U.N. no-fly zone.

$500,000 gone from tsunami-cracked bank vault (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 04:44 AM PDT

AP - The earthquake and tsunami that pulverized coastal Japan crippled a bank's security mechanisms and left a vault wide open. That allowed someone to walk off with 40 million yen ($500,000).

Koreas could conduct research into sacred volcano (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 04:05 AM PDT

A framed picture of the Cheonjiyeon Lake on the Paektu Mountain in North Korea, is displayed at an office of Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. South Korea accepted North Korea's proposal to hold talks on conducting joint research on volcanic activity at the North's highest Paektu mountain, officials said Tuesday.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - Scientists from South and North Korea could conduct joint research into an active volcano extolled in the North as the sacred birthplace of Kim Jong Il.

Philippine lawmakers impeach anti-graft official (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:32 AM PDT

AP - Philippine lawmakers overwhelmingly impeached on Tuesday the country's chief corruption investigator, long accused of protecting the country's former president from prosecution.

Group: Vietnam detains US activists (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:12 AM PDT

AP - A U.S.-based pro-democracy group says two Vietnamese-Americans have been detained in Vietnam and another released after participating in a protest in Ho Chi Minh City.
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