Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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Highly radioactive water from power plant no longer gushing into sea

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:16 PM PDT

Workers scored a key victory Wednesday in their struggle to gain the upper hand in the weeks-long crisis at the Fukishima Daiichi nuclear power facility, but a top Japanese official cautioned that the fight was far from over.

6 Kenyans to appear at The Hague on 'crimes against humanity' charges

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:13 PM PDT

Six Kenyan political leaders who are accused of crimes against humanity following the country's disputed 2007 elections will make their first appearance Thursday before the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

NFL, players take dispute to courtroom

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:07 PM PDT

A federal judge will hear arguments on Wednesday from lawyers representing current and former NFL players who want the league to lift its lockout and this year's football season to proceed.

Ex- U.S. congressman Weldon says he will meet with Gadhafi

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:50 PM PDT

In an opinion piece he wrote for The New York Times, former U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon said he is set to meet with Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday in an attempt to convince the embattled Libyan ruler to step down.

Democrats, Republicans fail to reach budget deal

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:26 PM PDT

Top White House and congressional negotiators failed to reach agreement Tuesday on a spending plan for the rest of the current fiscal year, bringing the federal government closer to a shutdown at the end of the week.

Gbagbo negotiating surrender, Ivory Coast foreign minister says

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:15 PM PDT

After days of heavy fighting, forces loyal to Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo laid down their arms Tuesday, and the self-declared president was negotiating the terms of his surrender, his foreign minister said.

Suspect arrested in slaying of U.S. agent in Mexico

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:01 PM PDT

Mexican police have arrested another suspect in the death earlier this year of a U.S. immigration agent, authorities said Tuesday.

Alleged rape victim in Libya tells mother of ordeal, threat

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:00 PM PDT

Eman al-Obeidy, the woman who claims forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi raped her, spoke Tuesday with her mother, who has come to her defense, for the first time since her ordeal began.

Libyan rebel leaders say they are "disappointed" by NATO's efforts

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:53 PM PDT

Efforts to prevent forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi from attacking civilians have been complicated by weather and the regime's decision to hide military equipment in populated areas and to use human shields, NATO Brig. Gen. Marc van Uhm said Tuesday.

Islamists protest women's rights in Bangladesh

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:50 PM PDT

Dozens of people were injured in Bangladesh as riot police clashed with thousands of Islamists protesting women's rights, authorities and witnesses said.

Hundreds hurt, 6 killed in Yemen violence

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:31 PM PDT

Yemeni protesters and military and pro-government gangs clashed in several areas Tuesday, with at least six killed and hundreds more injured as the future of President Ali Abdullah Saleh remained uncertain.

L.A. police: No more immediate charges in Grim Sleeper case

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:30 PM PDT

Los Angeles police don't expect any additional immediate charges in the Grim Sleeper case as prosecutors are now preparing to try Lonnie David Franklin Jr., accused of murdering 10 women over a 20-year span, Det. Dennis Kilcoyne said Tuesday.

U.S. scales back military aid units in Japan

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:21 PM PDT

The Department of Defense is reducing the number of ships and aircraft it is contributing to Operation Tomodachi, the response to the earthquake and tsunami on March 11 and the nuclear crisis they created.

Town near nuclear plant rejects Japanese utility's 'token' offer

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:12 PM PDT

Acknowledging the toll the unrelenting nuclear crisis has had on people's lives and livelihoods, the owner of Japan's stricken nuclear plant has offered money to some of those in the radiation's reach -- an offer that one city decided to refuse.

Border Patrol agent arrested on drug smuggling charges

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:11 PM PDT

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was arrested Tuesday on narcotics smuggling charges, but the federal agency declined to release his name, a spokesman told CNN.

Inmate files bogus motion in Casey Anthony case

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:01 PM PDT

A Michigan inmate with a history of filing documents in the Casey Anthony case has filed a fake motion asking for her attorney to be removed, officials in Florida said Tuesday.

Boeing alters its estimate for plane inspections

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 06:48 PM PDT

Boeing engineers had anticipated the aluminum skin and "lap joints" on certain Boeing 737s would need to be inspected for cracks after roughly 60,000 take-off and landing cycles, but the company drastically altered that estimate in the wake of the fuselage rupture on a Southwest Airlines flight with only 39,000 cycles.
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