Sunday, March 27, 2011

Libya air raids target Gadhafi hometown of Sirte (AP)

Libya air raids target Gadhafi hometown of Sirte (AP)

Libya air raids target Gadhafi hometown of Sirte (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:34 PM PDT

Libyan rebels clean up a checkpoint in the outskirts of Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 27, 2011. Libyan rebels took back a key oil town and pushed westward Sunday toward the capital, seizing momentum from the international airstrikes that tipped the balance away from Moammar Gadhafi's military. Brega, a main oil export terminal in eastern Libya, fell after a skirmish late Saturday and rebel forces moved swiftly west, seizing the tiny desert town of Al-Egila a collection of houses and a gas station on their way to the massive oil refining complex of Ras Lanouf. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - Libyan state television reports that international airstrikes are targeting Moammar Gadhafi's hometown and stronghold of Sirte for the first time.

NATO to assume command of Libya air operations (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:36 PM PDT

In this Dec. 7, 2006 photo, Maj. Gen. Charles Bouchard, left, sits in the cockpit of a DA40 Diamond Star as he listens to Lt. Chevon Smith, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay said Friday, March 25, 2011 that Lt.-Gen. Bouchard has been designated to lead the alliance's military campaign in Libya. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, M.Cpl. France Huard) NO SALESAP - NATO will assume command of all aerial operations in Libya from the U.S.-led force that has been conducting air strikes against Moammar Gadhafi's forces, officials said Sunday.

More obstacles impede crews in Japan nuke crisis (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:30 AM PDT

This image released by Japan Ground Self-Defense Force via Kyodo News shows the inside of Unit 4 at the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Sunday, March 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Japan Ground Self-Defense Force via Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - Mounting problems, including badly miscalculated radiation figures and inadequate storage tanks for huge amounts of contaminated water, stymied emergency workers Sunday as they struggled to nudge Japan's stricken nuclear complex back from the edge of disaster.

AP IMPACT: Nuclear plant downplayed tsunami risk (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 01:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo combo, the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in Japan is shown on Nov. 15, 2009 in a satellite image provided by GeoEye, left, and on Monday, March 14, 2011 in a satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe. In planning their defense against a killer tsunami, the people running Japan's now-hobbled nuclear power plant dismissed important scientific evidence and all but disregarded 3,000 years of geological history, an Associated Press investigation shows. (AP Photo/GeoEye, DigitalGlobe) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALESAP - In planning their defense against a killer tsunami, the people running Japan's now-hobbled nuclear power plant dismissed important scientific evidence and all but disregarded 3,000 years of geological history, an Associated Press investigation shows.

Medicare rise could mean no Social Security COLA (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:30 AM PDT

FILE - This Feb. 2005 file photo shows trays of printed social security checks waiting to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury. The government is projecting a slight cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits next year, the first increase since 2009. But for most beneficiaries, rising Medicare premiums threaten to wipe out any increase in payments, leaving them without a raise for a third straight year. (AP Photo/Bradly C. Bower)AP - Millions of retired and disabled people in the United States had better brace for another year with no increase in Social Security payments.

Gangs of armed young men roam Syrian seaside city (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:33 PM PDT

Syrian pro-Assad protesters shout slogans as they carry pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a sit-in in front of the Syrian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 27, 2011. Hundreds of Syrians have demonstrated near their embassy in Beirut in support of the government. The nearly 2,000 demonstrators carried pictures of Assad and chanted: 'our souls, our blood, we sacrifice for you.' (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)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.

GOP appears poised to take on entitlements (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2011, file photo first-term GOP Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., listens to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah , partially visible at left, speak at a Tea Party town hall meeting at the National Press Club in Washington. In southeast Florida West, a tea party favorite, advocates changes that some might consider radical: abolish the IRS and federal income tax; retain tax cuts for billionaires so they won’t shut down their charities, and stop extending unemployment benefits that “reward bad behavior.” (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)AP - If there's any place where tea partiers in Congress might hesitate to call for cuts in Social Security and Medicare to shrink the federal debt, Florida's retirement havens should top the list.

Israel deploys rocket defense system against Gaza (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by Israeli Defence Ministry on Jan. 6, 2010, purporting to show a rocket fired by the Iron Dome system during a test fire somewhere in southern Israel. The Iron Dome system that is reputed to be able to shoot down incoming rockets, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said he approved the deployment of the system as an 'an operational experiment' along the border with Gaza to protect southern Israeli communities from Palestinian attacks. Friday, March 25, 2011.(AP Photo/Defense Ministry, Files) ** BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - DATE AND LOCATION OF PHOTO NOT SUPPLIED BY SOURCE **AP - Israel deployed a cutting-edge rocket defense system on Sunday, rolling out the latest tool in its arsenal to stop a recent spike in attacks from the neighboring Gaza Strip.

I-95 cameras snap speeders, spark controversy (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:52 AM PDT

In this March 8, 2011 photo, a sign warns motorists on Interstate 95 in Ridgeland, S.C., about a speed camera system in use on the expressway in the town limits. The cameras in Ridgeland have spotted thousands of speeding motorists and won accolades from highway safety advocates. But they've also attracted opposition from state lawmakers and sparked a federal court challenge. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)AP - As Interstate 95 sweeps past this small town along South Carolina's coastal plain, motorists encounter cameras that catch speeding cars, the only such devices on the open interstate for almost 2,000 miles from Canada to Miami.

Reese Witherspoon weds agent beau in California (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:28 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2011 file photo, Reese Witherspoon arrives before the 83rd Academy Awards in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. A spokeswoman for Witherspoon says the star wed her fiancé, Hollywood agent Jim Toth, Saturday, March 26, 2011 in Ojai, Calif., about 90 miles north of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)AP - Reese Witherspoon has walked down the aisle. A spokeswoman for the actress says the "Walk the Line" star wed her fiance, Hollywood agent Jim Toth, in Ojai, Calif., about 90 miles north of Los Angeles. Publicist Nicole Perna did not reveal details about the Saturday ceremony.

Rebels push west as air strikes hit Gaddafi forces (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:56 AM PDT

In this photo released by CBS News, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates discuss the latest developments in the Middle East on 'Face the Nation' in Washington Sunday, March 27, 2011. Gates said Sunday he doesn't think Libya is 'a vital interest' for the United States, but that the North African nation is part of a region that is of vital American interest. (AP Photo/CBS, Chris Usher) NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES.Reuters - Libyan rebels pushed further west on Sunday to retake more territory abandoned by Muammar Gaddafi's retreating forces, which have been weakened by Western air strikes.

Disaster-hit Japan faces protracted nuclear crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:39 AM PDT

(From R to L) Reactors No. 1 to 4 are seen at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in Fukushima in this satellite file image, taken and released by DigitalGlobe March 18, 2011. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co said on March 27, 2011 radiation 10 million times the usual level was detected in water that had accumulated at the No.2 reactor's turbine housing unit and a TEPCO official said that workers at the reactor had left to prevent exposure to radiation. Mandatory Credit REUTERS/DigitalGlobe/Handout/FilesReuters - Japan appeared resigned on Monday to a long fight to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years after high radiation levels complicated work at its crippled nuclear plant.

Two Reuters TV journalists missing in Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:19 AM PDT

Reuters - Two Reuters television journalists have been missing in Syria since Saturday night, when they were due to return to Lebanon.

Syria's Assad deploys army in port to keep order (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:46 PM PDT

This still image from video shows crowds of mourners carrying a coffin during funerals of protesters killed in earlier clashes in Deraa March 25, 2011. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was facing the deepest crisis of his 11 years in power after security forces fired on protesters on Friday, adding to a death toll that rights groups have said now numbers in the dozens. Footage taken March 25, 2011. REUTERS/Amateur Video via Reuters TVReuters - 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.

Yemen transfer talks stall as army, militants clash (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:17 PM PDT

An anti-government protester shouts slogans during a sit-in to demand for the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, outside Sanaa University March 26, 2011. A deal to transfer power peacefully in Yemen could emerge shortly based on an offer by Saleh to quit by the end of the year, Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi told Reuters. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Talks to end a standoff over Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule have stopped without a plan to resume, opposition figures said on Sunday, as clashes erupted between the army and militants in the south.

U.S. to cut Libya role soon, focus on Gaddafi exit (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:26 AM PDT

A rebel drinks coffee inside an oil terminal compound after it was retaken by rebels in Zueitina, 850 km (528 miles) east of Tripoli, March 27, 2011. REUTERS/Suhaib SalemReuters - The United States will cut its military role in Libya in the next week or so and start to focus with other nations on how to ease Libya's Muammar Gaddafi from power, top U.S. officials said on Sunday.

On financial regulation, it's Warren vs. Dimon (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:53 AM PDT

Reuters - Elizabeth Warren, the Obama administration's defender of financial consumers, will venture into the corporate lion's den this week, along with Jamie Dimon, CEO of banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Kuwait to mediate in Bahrain crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 07:45 AM PDT

Reuters - Bahrain's largest Shi'ite opposition group Wefaq has accepted Kuwait as a mediator with Bahrain's government to end a political crisis gripping the tiny kingdom, a member of Wefaq said on Sunday.

Libyan rebels push towards Tripoli, promise new oil exports (AFP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 01:01 PM PDT

Libyan rebels hold their positions on the outskirts of the town of Bin Jawad. Libyan rebels' push westwards to Tripoli gathered momentum on Sunday and their progress towards Sirte was given a boost as Moamer Kadhafi's hometown was hit by a coalition air raid.(AFP/Aris Messinis)AFP - Libyan rebels' push westwards to Tripoli gathered momentum on Sunday and their progress towards Sirte was given a boost as Moamer Kadhafi's hometown was hit by a coalition air raid.

NATO takes immediate command of Libya campaign (AFP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:25 PM PDT

This handout picture released by ECPAD (The French Defence Communication and Audiovisual Production Agency) shows a Rafale jet of the French army being supplied as it takes part in military operations in Libya. NATO took full command Sunday of military operations in Libya from a US-led coalition, enabling the alliance to strike at forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi should they threaten civilians.(AFP/ECPAD/Nicolas-Nelson Richard)AFP - NATO took full command Sunday of military operations in Libya from a US-led coalition, enabling the alliance to strike at forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi should they threaten civilians.
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