Libya: Putin says UN resolution flawed, Medvedev disagrees

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• Libya: Putin says UN resolution flawed, Medvedev disagrees
• Royal wedding: Kate Middleton to arrive in repaired Rolls-Royce
• Japan extended reactor’s life, despite warning
• Freed New York Times journalists give harrowing account of captivity
• Tripoli is hit again as Europe spars over no-fly zone
• 52 feared dead in Pakistan coal mine explosion
• Libya: Coalition rejects claims of civilian deaths
• Workers flee Japan nuclear plant as smoke rises
• Now recharge your cellphone in seconds
• Yemen protests: Top general defects as president's grip erodes
• One of Gaddafi's sons dies in hospital: Reports
• Tokyo battles rising food contamination levels
• Tripoli is hit but Gaddafi isn’t target, claims US
• Western powers have made a big mistake: Saif Gaddafi
• Singer Wyclef Jean shot in Haiti
• Malaysian opposition MP's sex video emerges
• 'Mishandling of Davis case made Pakistan laughing stock'

Libya: Putin says UN resolution flawed, Medvedev disagrees Posted: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the UN resolution authorising a no fly zone over Libya was "defective and flawed." "If you look closely at what is written there, then it becomes obvious right away that it allows everyone to use any measures, to undertake any action against a sovereign state," Putin said of the resolution. Russia abstained in the vote.

Royal wedding: Kate Middleton to arrive in repaired Rolls-Royce Posted: Kate Middleton will arrive at Westminster Abbey for her April 29 wedding in a Rolls-Royce that was damaged in December 2010 when Prince Charles and his wife Camilla were attacked by student protesters, officials said Tuesday.

Japan extended reactor’s life, despite warning Posted: Just a month before a powerful earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant at the centre of Japan's nuclear crisis, government regulators approved a 10-year extension for the oldest of the six reactors at the power station despite warnings about its safety.

Freed New York Times journalists give harrowing account of captivity Posted: The Libyan government freed four New York Times journalists on Monday, six days after they were captured while covering the conflict between government and rebel forces in the eastern city of Ajdabiya. They were released into the custody of Turkish diplomats and crossed safely into Tunisia in the late afternoon, from where they provided a harrowing account of their captivity.

Tripoli is hit again as Europe spars over no-fly zone Posted: An American-led military campaign to destroy Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi'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.

52 feared dead in Pakistan coal mine explosion Posted: Rescuers used shovels and bare hands on Monday to dig out miners buried after a gas explosion deep in a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan, lining up wooden caskets to await the bodies from an accident that left 52 feared dead.

Libya: Coalition rejects claims of civilian deaths Posted: After a second night of American and European strikes by air and sea against Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi's forces, European nations on Monday rejected Libyan claims that civilians had been killed. Pro-Gaddafi forces were reported, meanwhile, to be holding out against the allied campaign to break their hold on the ground while enforcing a no-fly zone.

Workers flee Japan nuclear plant as smoke rises Posted: Grey smoke rose from two reactor units on Monday, temporarily stalling critical work to reconnect power lines and restore cooling systems to stabilize Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear complex.

Now recharge your cellphone in seconds Posted: A 3-D nanostructure designed and developed by scientists at the University of Illinois may make it possible to recharge mobile phones in seconds and a laptop within minutes. The nanostructure would also charge high power lasers and defibrillators, required in surgeries, without loss of time between pulses, the journal Nature Nanotechnology reports.

Yemen protests: Top general defects as president's grip erodes Posted: Yemen protests: Three Yemeni army commanders, including a top general, defected Monday to the opposition calling for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule, as army tanks and armoured vehicles deployed in support of thousands protesting in the capital.

One of Gaddafi's sons dies in hospital: Reports Posted: One of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's sons has died in a hospital in Tripoli, opposition websites and Arab media reported Monday. Khamis Gaddafi was reportedly injured Saturday when a Libyan Air Force pilot purposefully crashed his jet into the Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli where Gaddafi and some of his relatives are staying.

Tokyo battles rising food contamination levels Posted: Tokyo residents shunned fish and prepared to stop buying vegetables as further radiation food contamination was reported on Monday. At the city's traditional Ameyoko market, fishmongers had few customers as they tried in vain to interest shoppers in their wares.

Tripoli is hit but Gaddafi isn’t target, claims US Posted: Libya unrest: American and European militaries intensified their barrage of Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's forces by air and sea on Sunday, as the mission moved beyond taking away his ability to use Libyan airspace, to obliterating his hold on the ground as well, allied officials said.

Western powers have made a big mistake: Saif Gaddafi Posted: The son of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi accused Western powers on Sunday of making a "big mistake" by carrying out airstrikes against the country. "One day you'll wake up and you will find out that you were supporting the wrong people," Saif al-Islam Gaddafi told Amercian network ABC in a telephone interview.

Singer Wyclef Jean shot in Haiti Posted: Singer Wyclef Jean was shot in Haiti while he was campaigning for a friend standing in its Presidential election. A bullet grazed Wyclef's hand when he stepped out of a car to make a phone call in the Capital Port-au-Prince Saturday.

Malaysian opposition MP's sex video emerges Posted: A new video is doing the rounds in Malaysia that reportedly shows an opposition MP having sex with a foreign prostitute. The video showed "a man, resembling a top opposition leader, having sex with a woman, believed to be a foreign prostitute," The Star reported after one of its correspondents was shown the video at a city hotel. "The 30-minute video, which showed the supposedly high profile member of parliament in various compromising positions, is set to rock the Malaysian political arena," the daily said. The video clip "had sharp images and the woman appeared to be a fair-skinned foreigner, possibly an East Asian," it said.

'Mishandling of Davis case made Pakistan laughing stock' Posted: The release of CIA security contractor Raymond Davis, who killed two people in Lahore and paid "blood money" to their kin to escape trial, made Pakistan a laughing stock before the world, an opposition leader has said.

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