Bahrain police push protesters out of financial area

Bahrain police push protesters out of financial area

Bahrain police push protesters out of financial area

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 12:39 AM PST

MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahraini riot police fired thick clouds of tear gas and pushed back protesters who blocked a main thoroughfare leading to the Bahrain Financial Harbour, a key business district in the Gulf Arab region's banking centre.

Earthquake, tsunami stops Japan's sporting calendar

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 12:39 AM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - The sporting calendar in Japan continued to be disrupted following the biggest earthquake on record which triggered a 10-metre tsunami, with soccer matches and marathons being cancelled and stadiums damaged.

Deaths in Japan quake, tsunami may top 10,000

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 12:39 AM PST

"The death toll is almost certain to rise above 10,000," said Naoto Takeuchi, chief of Miyagi prefecture's policy force, according to NHK.

Egypt to lift restrictions on political parties

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 12:31 AM PST

CAIRO, March 13 — Egypt will lift restrictions on forming political parties that choked political life during the rule of President Hosni Mubarak after a March 19 referendum on constitutional amendments, an army source said yesterday. Under Mubarak, parties needed the approval of a committee chaired by the head of the upper house of parliament, ...

Japan fights nuclear disaster; quake may have killed 10,000

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 12:08 AM PST

SENDAI, Japan (Reuters) - Japan was fighting to contain what could be the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years after the cooling failed at a second reactor crippled by a quake which may have killed over 10,000.

Israel to build settler homes after Palestinian attack

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 11:47 PM PST

JERUSALEM, March 13 — Israel said today it would build several hundred new homes for settlers in the occupied West Bank, a day after a Palestinian attack killed an Israeli couple and three of their children. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened late yesterday a special session of a ministerial committee on settlement to approve the step ...

Japan fights nuclear disaster;quake may have killed 10,000

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 11:24 PM PST

SENDAI, Japan, March 13 — Japan was fighting to contain what could be the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years after the cooling failed at a second reactor crippled by a quake which may have killed over 10,000. Strong aftershocks continued to shake Japan's main island as the desperate search pressed on for survivors from Friday's massive ...

Bahrain police push back protesters in financial area

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 10:49 PM PST

MANAMA, March 13 — Bahraini riot police blocked a key thoroughfare today to stop protesters who were planning to prevent employees from entering the Bahrain Financial Harbour, a key business district. Forming a thick line across the motorway, police fired tear gas at dozens of protesters and pushed them back towards Pearl roundabout, the focal ...

‘Is it a dream?’ Stunned Japan grapples with disaster

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 09:24 PM PST

SENDAI, Japan, March 13 — A wrecked airplane lies nose-deep in splintered wood from homes in the port city of Sendai. About an hour's drive away, workers in white masks and protective clothing scan thousands of people for radiation. Two days after a ferocious earthquake and tsunami submerged Japan's northeast coast, killing hundreds and forcing ...

Obama pokes fun at possible 2012 challengers

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 09:03 PM PST

WASHINGTON, March 13 — President Barack Obama left no target untouched today, poking fun at his potential rivals in the 2012 presidential election in a speech to journalists and high-powered Washington officials. Speaking at the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, where the policy is to singe but not burn, Obama began by making light of some ...

Dangers posed by Japan’s quake-hit nuclear plant

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 08:20 PM PST

VIENNA, March 13 — Japanese authorities struggled today to prevent a disaster at two reactors at the quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant a day after an explosion and radiation leak in the wake of a massive earthquake. Operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) began using sea water and boric acid to cool its No.1 reactor after an explosion blew ...

Quake-hit Japan nuclear plant faces new threat

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 07:40 PM PST

SENDAI, Japan, March 13 — Japan faced a fresh radiation threat at an earthquake-crippled nuclear plant today after the cooling system failed at a second reactor in what could be the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years. The previous day, thousands were evacuated following an explosion and leak from the facility's No. 1 reactor in Fukushima, ...

China says Middle East should solve problems itself

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 07:25 PM PST

BEIJING, March 13 — Middle East countries should be left to themselves to resolve the problems they currently face without outside interference, a Chinese vice foreign minister said during a visit to the region. While China supported a United Nations resolution for an arms embargo and other sanctions targeting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his ...

Jewish couple and three children killed in West Bank

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 07:20 PM PST

ITAMAR, West Bank, March 13 — A Jewish couple and three of their children were stabbed to death in bed in a West Bank settlement in what Israeli officials said today was an attack by one or more Palestinians who broke into their home. Israeli troops set up roadblocks and were searching the area around the Jewish religious settlement of Itamar, ...

Radiation levels rise above limit at quake-hit plant

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 05:59 PM PST

TOKYO, March 13 — Radiation levels have risen above the safety limit around Tokyo Electric Power Co's (Tepco) nuclear plant hit by a massive earthquake and the company has informed the government of an "emergency situation", Kyodo agency reported today. It did not mean an immediate threat to human health, the company said. The company said earlier ...

Israel to build hundreds of W. Bank settler homes

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 11:38 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel announced on Sunday it planned to build hundreds of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Japan says explosion possible at another nuclear building

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 11:38 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - There is a risk of an explosion at a building housing a nuclear reactor damaged by a massive earthquake in northeastern Japan after a buildup of hydrogen, although it is unlikely to affect the reactor's core container, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said on Sunday.

Al Jazeera says its cameraman killed in Libya ambush

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 11:07 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Al Jazeera news network said on Saturday one of its cameramen working in Libya had been killed in an ambush near Benghazi in the rebel-held east of the country.

Bahrain police push back protesters in financial area

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 11:07 PM PST

MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahraini riot police blocked a key thoroughfare on Sunday to stop protesters who were planning to prevent employees from entering the Bahrain Financial Harbour, a key business district.

"Is it a dream?" Stunned Japan grapples with disaster

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 10:37 PM PST

SENDAI, Japan (Reuters) - A wrecked airplane lies nose-deep in splintered wood from homes in the port city of Sendai. About an hour's drive away, workers in white masks and protective clothing scan thousands of people for radiation.

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