Tokyo shoppers clean store shelves of basic goods (AP)

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• Tokyo shoppers clean store shelves of basic goods (AP)
• Japan says must review nuclear power policy as crisis persists (Reuters)
• France's Dassault exec in Indian bribery dispute (AFP)
• Gates, Buffett tap India's wealthy for charity (AFP)
• Turkey seizes draft copies of journalist's book (AP)
• India end Australia reign, set up Pakistan showdown (AFP)
• 6.8-magnitude quake strikes NE Myanmar; 1 dead (AP)
• Two dead as strong quake hits Myanmar: officials (AFP)
• Ships avoiding Tokyo Bay ports on radiation fears (Reuters)
• Yuvraj knocks Australia out of World Cup (AFP)
• Japan faces its next chore: cleaning up (AP)
• Jury mulls US woman's fate in HK milkshake murder (AP)
• Developments in Japan's disasters, nuclear crisis (AP)
• Latest in Japan's quake, tsunami, nuclear crisis (AP)
• Japan's police say disaster death toll tops 9,800 (AP)
• Bombing kills 5 at police station in Pakistan (AP)
• NATO airstrike accidentally kills 2 civilians (AP)
• Vietnam deports 3 US activists who joined protest (AP)
• Porpoise left by tsunami in rice paddy back to sea (AP)
• 3 killed, 80 hurt in China when train hits bus (AP)

Tokyo shoppers clean store shelves of basic goods (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:17 AM PDT AP - Nearly two weeks of rolling blackouts, distribution problems and contamination fears prompted by a leaking, tsunami-damaged nuclear plant have left shelves stripped bare of some basic necessities in stores across Tokyo. Some people are even turning to the city's ubiquitous vending machines to find increasingly scarce bottles of water.

Japan says must review nuclear power policy as crisis persists (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:15 AM PDT Reuters - Japan will have to review its nuclear power policy, its top government spokesman said on Thursday as radiation from a damaged nuclear complex briefly made Tokyo's tap water unsafe for babies and led to people emptying supermarket shelves of bottled water.

France's Dassault exec in Indian bribery dispute (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:15 AM PDT AFP - French giant Dassault Aviation was ensnared Thursday in the murky case of a $445 bribe allegedly paid to an Indian airforce official at the Bangalore air show last month.

Gates, Buffett tap India's wealthy for charity (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:06 AM PDT AFP - Two of the world's wealthiest men, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, on Thursday declared their charity roadshow to coax rich Indians to become more philanthropic a success.

Turkey seizes draft copies of journalist's book (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:04 AM PDT AP - A Turkish court on Thursday issued an order for all draft copies of a jailed journalist's yet unpublished book to be confiscated, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported, fueling censorship concerns.

India end Australia reign, set up Pakistan showdown (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:54 AM PDT AFP - India swept defending champions Australia out of the World Cup on Thursday to set up a mouth-watering semi-final against bitter rivals Pakistan.

6.8-magnitude quake strikes NE Myanmar; 1 dead (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:46 AM PDT AP - A powerful earthquake struck northeastern Myanmar on Thursday night, killing one woman and shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok. No tsunami was generated.

Two dead as strong quake hits Myanmar: officials (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:35 AM PDT AFP - A strong earthquake struck Myanmar near the Thai border on Thursday, killing at least two people, including a child, officials from both countries said, with shaking felt across southeast Asia.

Ships avoiding Tokyo Bay ports on radiation fears (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:35 AM PDT Reuters - German shipping companies are avoiding Tokyo Bay area ports due to radiation fears and Japan could face severe supply chain bottlenecks as vessels get diverted, ship industry officials said on Thursday.

Yuvraj knocks Australia out of World Cup (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:30 AM PDT AFP - Yuvraj Singh was India's hero yet again as the hosts ended Australia's 12-year-reign as World Cup champions with a five wicket quarter-final victory on Thursday.

Japan faces its next chore: cleaning up (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:05 AM PDT AP - Where do you even start? Do you start by carting away the Chokai Maru, the 150-foot (45-meter) ship that was lifted over a pier and slammed into a house in this port town? Do you start with the thousands of destroyed cars scattered like discarded toys in the city of Sendai? With the broken windows and the doorless refrigerators and the endless remnants of so many lives that clutter the canals?

Jury mulls US woman's fate in HK milkshake murder (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 07:43 AM PDT AP - A Hong Kong jury is deliberating in the retrial of an American woman accused of murdering her wealthy husband after drugging his milkshake.

Developments in Japan's disasters, nuclear crisis (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 06:03 AM PDT AP - • DEMAND FOR BOTTLED WATER SPIKES IN TOKYO.

Latest in Japan's quake, tsunami, nuclear crisis (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 05:59 AM PDT AP - Tokyo residents hoard bottled water, a day after reports that radioactive iodine in the tap water was more than twice the level considered safe for infants.

Japan's police say disaster death toll tops 9,800 (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 05:52 AM PDT AP - Japan's police agency says more than 9,800 people are dead after an earthquake and tsunami. Another 17,500 are missing.

Bombing kills 5 at police station in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 05:35 AM PDT AP - A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a car loaded with explosives into a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing five and wounding more than two dozen people, police said.

NATO airstrike accidentally kills 2 civilians (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 05:04 AM PDT AP - A NATO helicopter gunship inadvertently killed two civilians while attacking suspected insurgents in the eastern province of Khost, NATO announced Thursday.

Vietnam deports 3 US activists who joined protest (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:18 AM PDT AP - An official says Vietnam will deport the last of three Vietnamese-American activists who participated in a protest in Ho Chi Minh City.

Porpoise left by tsunami in rice paddy back to sea (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 02:12 AM PDT AP - Rescuers have returned a stranded baby porpoise to the sea after it was found splashing in an inland rice paddy where it was heaved earlier this month by Japan's massive tsunami.

3 killed, 80 hurt in China when train hits bus (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 02:09 AM PDT AP - An official says a train has plowed into a bus in western China, killing three people and injuring 80 others.

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