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March 12, 2011

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Nuclear Emergency Adds to Japan Disaster Woes

PM Kan says besides helping thousands of injured, homeless, his top priority is pair of damaged nuclear power plants in Fukushima
Official in protective gear scans for signs of radiation on a man who is from the evacuation area near the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant in Koriyama, March 13, 2011

US Delivers Aid in Disaster-Stricken Japan

US Navy says two helicopters delivered 680 kilograms of rice, bread to town of Shiroishi in one of hardest hit areas of eastern Japan
MH-53 helicopters land aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) in the Sea of Japan, March 12, 2011

Libya Continues Air Attacks on Rebel Strongholds

Government forces pounding targets in country's west and east in effort to regain control of areas taken over by rebels
Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebels, sit on their armored vehicle as they drive back at a desert road between Agela and Ras Lanouf towns, eastern Libya, March 12, 2011

Reports: Arab League Supports Libyan 'No-Fly' Zone

Arab League ministers are meeting in Egypt to discuss Libya's crisis
Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, center, arrives to attend an Arab League's emergency meeting in Cairo, March 12, 2011

UN Commission to Investigate Abuse in Libya

Human Rights Council appoints 3 high-level experts to investigate alleged human rights violations during ongoing political turmoil
The President of the Human Rights Council Thailand's Sihasak Phuangketkeow announces on March 11, 2011 at the UN Offices in Geneva, the names of a three members commission that will conduct investigations into suspected crimes in Libya

Demonstrations in Yemen

Thousands of protesters call for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down
Yemeni anti-government demonstrators shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sana'a, February 21, 2011

Assailants Kill 5 Israelis at West Bank Settlement

Military says Palestinian attackers broke into house in settlement of Itamar, stabbed to death couple and three children
Israeli troops operate in the West Bank village of Awarta, after five people were killed in the nearby Jewish settlement of Itamar, March 12, 2011

European Leaders Expand Bailout Fund

Capacity of fund, formally called the European Financial Stability Facility, increases from about $350 billion to more than $600 billion
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy participate in a media conference at an EU Summit in Brussels, March 12, 2011

Indian Electricity Initiative Shines New Light on Farm Garbage

Source of new electricity is something Tamkuha, village in Biharhas state, has in abundance: rice
A laborer works at a rice mill on the outskirts of Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, March 3, 2011
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