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Wednesday, 16 March 2011

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Iraqi Delay Hinders U.S. Planning Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

BAGHDAD -- Iraq's long delay in finalizing its government has complicated the Obama administration's drive to set up a small army of diplomats and contractors here after the end of the year, when the last American troops are supposed to leave. The lack of permanent security ministers has also slowed...

Fukushima workers withdraw after radiation spikes BBC News

Continue reading the main story Japan Earthquake Japan quake Live In pictures Q&A: Fukushima explained Health risks 'low'...

Colombia Farc 'drug boss' Oliver Solarte killed BBC News

Continue reading the main story Related Stories Santos hails Farc 'turning point' Colombia's president on talking to Farc Farc 'likely to survive Jojoy death' Colombia's armed forces say they have killed a Farc rebel leader who acted as the group's main contact with Mexico's...

Offer to send experts on Chernobyl crisis Irish Times

DANIEL McLAUGHLIN UKRAINE:�UKRAINE HAS offered to send atomic power experts who dealt with the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl accident to Japan to help handle the crisis at its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. A huge explosion tore apart the Chernobyl plant in what was then the...

Obama's Energy Policy Faces Pressure Wall Street Journal

By JONATHAN WEISMAN And STEPHEN POWER WASHINGTON—Japan's nuclear disaster is putting new pressure on President Barack Obama's energy strategy, which has relied on calls to expand nuclear power to win support for a broader effort to promote alternatives to coal and oil. On Tuesday, the White...

White House Intensifies Search for Next FBI Chief Wall Street Journal

By EVAN PEREZ The Obama administration is ramping up its search for a new Federal Bureau of Investigation director, as Robert Mueller's term approaches its end in early September, with former Bush and Clinton administration officials and a federal judge among those being considered. View Full Image...

France fails to get G-8 accord on Libya no-fly zone The Jordan Times

Tweet - The G-8 powers failed on Tuesday to agree on a no-fly zone over Libya, a setback to the chances of swift action to halt Muammar Qadhafi's advance against rebel forces that leaves the ball with the UN Security Council. In a blow to France's efforts to use the crisis in Libya to reassert its...

Japan's Nikkei 225 rebounds as economic concerns ease BBC News

Continue reading the main story Nikkei 225 Index Last Updated at 16 Mar 2011, 00:15 value change % 8928.52 + +323.37 + +3.76 Continue reading the main story Japan Earthquake...