Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

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March 15, 2011 -- 6:00 a.m. GMT+08:00

Visit WSJ.com at U.S. | EUROPE | ASIA News by section: Front Section | | Opinion | Front Section |   FRONT SECTION 1 Death Toll Surpasses 1,800 as Rescue Workers Scramble Rescue workers scrambled to get food and water to Japan's ravaged northern communities Monday as the death toll mounts and a Japanese utility says fuel rods at a troubled nuclear reactor were once again fully exposed hours after a similar emergency was stabilized. • Interactive: Satellite Images Before And After • How to Help | Map | Live Video | Photos Japan Nuclear Plant Troubles Deepen Japan's unfolding nuclear-power crisis deepened, with reports that rods at a troubled nuclear reactor were fully exposed, adding to the troubles for authorities after an explosion and accelerated overheating at another reactor in Fukushima were reported earlier. • Nuclear Issues Put Focus on Regulators • Interactive: Satellite Images Before and After • News Hub: Japan Battles to Control Nuclear Reactors • Heard: Aftershocks for Japan's Power Industry • Interactive: Past Nuclear Events 2 • What's News   3 • BOJ Takes Action to Bolster Money Markets   4 • Nuclear Issues Put Focus on Japan Regulators • Blackouts Add to Frustration in Japan   5 • Japan Headwind to Hit Asian Economies • Australian Uranium Miners Watch Japan Anxiously   6 • On Edge of Mudfields, Makeshift Morgues Await Worst • U.S. Military Joins in Quake-Relief Effort   10 • China's Wen Again Calls for Reforms • Some proposals at NPC are shocking and offbeat   11 • Chinese Bank Lending Slows • OECD Data Point to Growth Pickup   FRONT SECTION 20 Taliban Bombing Campaign Hits Afghan North U.S.-led efforts to curtail Taliban gains in northern Afghanistan have been buffeted by a concerted bombing campaign that has killed more than 80 people in the past three weeks including at least 35 who died Monday when a suicide bomber struck an Afghan army recruitment center. Pakistan Delays Ruling on CIA Immunity A Pakistan high court backed off from deciding whether a Central Intelligence Agency contractor held for killing two armed men is covered by diplomatic immunity, saying that a separate court hearing a murder case against the contractor would rule on the issue. 21 • CAPITAL JOURNAL: Iran Looms Large in Libya Decisions • Saudi Troops Enter Bahrain to Support Monarchy • Gadhafi's Push Adds Urgency to Global Plan   22 • THE OUTLOOK: Serious Debate on the Budget Deficit Has Started • European Ministers Firm Up Bailout-Fund Plan View the latest What's News Online Past Editions of In Today's Paper advertisement   13 Bollinger Boulevards The global economic downturn has had little impact on the exorbitant price tags on the world's top 10 most exclusive streets. 14 • High Fashion Sees Something New in the Hood • The Runways' Best, Worst and Weirdest   OPINION 15 The Air India Fiasco New Delhi can save its carrier by privatizing it. Nuclear Overreactions Modern life requires learning from disasters, not fleeing all risk. Democrats vs. Obama on Trade A 'no brainer' for everyone except the White House. The Air India Fiasco New Delhi can save its carrier by privatizing it. 16 OPINION • The Season of the Political Sting •  STEPHEN BAKER: Watson Is Far From Elementary • Notable & Quotable   17 OPINION •  WILLIAM TUCKER: Japan Does Not Face Another Chernobyl •  MIRA SETHI: Pakistan's Army Is the Real Obstacle to Peace   23 Rush to Fix Quake-Damaged Undersea Cables Asia's telecom firms rushed to repair the damage to several submarine cables following Japan's massive earthquake and resulting tsunami. • digits:Quake Disrupts Internet, Tech Supply Chains Tokyo Falls 6.2%; Other Asian Markets Mixed Investors dumped Japanese shares Monday, sending the main index down 6.2% amid concerns about a nuclear emergency and earthquake damage. Other Asian markets were mixed. • Quake to Test Economy, Markets • BOJ Offers $220 Billion Money-Market Injection • ROI: What the Quake Means for Stocks • MarketBeat: Yen Rises Sharply on Repatriation 24 • GE Vows to Help Japan on Nuclear Crisis • GE Plans Multiuse Factory in India   25 • China Orders Ships in Carlyle-Led Deal • Berkshire Hathaway to Buy Lubrizol for $9 Billion in Cash • EU Mulls Board to Review Foreign Investments   26 • Renault Apologizes to Fired Employees • Japanese Auto Makers, Other Firms Extend Production Halts • San Miguel's Profit Drops 65% • Zain Gets $950 Million Bid for Saudi Assets   27 • Quake Sparks Tech Supply Shortage Concerns • Quake's Insurance Tab Could Run $35 Billion   28 • China Everbright Bank Hires Banks for IPO • Morgan Stanley's Asia Chief to Return to U.S. • Nippon Life to Buy 26% in Reliance Life • Ping An to Sell $2.5 Billion Stake to Chow Tai Fook   29 • Motive for Stock Leak Can Be Respect, Love • Lehman Auditor May Bear The Brunt   30 • Japanese Yields Tumble • Quake Worries Boost Treasurys   31 • Dow Falls 51.24 Points, Paring Bigger Loss • Euro Tops $1.40   36 • HEARD ON THE STREET: New Insurance Rules Risk Accidental Damage • HEARD ON THE STREET: Aftershocks for Japan's Power Industry • HEARD ON THE STREET: Can Yahoo Unlock Its Treasure?