|  Hezbollah urged to lay down weapons   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 01:26 PM PDT Thousands rally in Lebanon as former prime minister al-Hariri calls on Iranian-backed fighters to give up their guns.   
 
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  |  Muslim cleric shot dead in northeastern Nigeria   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 01:53 PM PDT MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen Sunday shot dead a Muslim cleric in northeastern Nigeria who was known for giving sermons condemning the actions of an Islamic sect responsible for a series of violent attacks in recent months.    
 
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  |  Regional Elections in Russia Test Ruling Party   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 01:34 PM PDT The vote is being watched as an indicator of public support for United Russia ahead of parliamentary elections in December and presidential elections in 2012.    
 
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  |  The Caucus: Roast, as Usual, on Gridiron Menu   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 12:46 PM PDT President Obama indulges the press, and himself, with an appearance at the annual Gridiron Club dinner.    
 
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  |  Nuclear plant worker worries about colleagues, future   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 01:50 PM PDT When Tstutomu Tashiro first tallied the damage from the quake that hammered his area, he was surprised by his good fortune. The next morning, his world fell apart: the siren sounded at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.   
 
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  |  Japan's Nuclear Crisis Stokes Fear in Europe   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 01:01 PM PDT As Japan struggled to bring under control its escalating nuclear crisis, debate about the merits and dangers of nuclear power flared anew in Europe.    
 
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  |  Japan earthquake and tsunami death toll expected to exceed 10,000; survivors worry about dwindling supplies, food   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 12:52 PM PDT TOKYO  - The death toll from Japan's earthquake and tsunami is almost certain to exceed 10,000, Japanese officials said Sunday as hundreds of bodies washed ashore in the hard-hit city of Sendai, and at the southern end of the island the Shinmoedake volcano started erupting again after several qui...   
 
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  |  Damilola killer returns to prison   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 01:20 PM PDT One of the two brothers convicted over the murder of schoolboy Damilola Taylor in south London has been returned to jail.   
 
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  |  In Tsunami, Japan’s Seawalls Were No Security   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 11:41 AM PDT The devastation could push Japan to redesign — or even reconsider — the concrete seawalls it relies so heavily on.    
 
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  |  Protesters Seal Off Bahrain’s Financial Center   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 11:25 AM PDT In the most serious challenge to the royal family since protests began, demonstrators blocked workers and pushed back the police who tried to disperse them.    
 
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  |  VIDEO: Japanese survivors find town swept away   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 11:33 AM PDT Alastair Leithead is in Minamisanriku, a small port which was completely devastated by Friday's earthquake and tsunami in Japan.   
 
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  |  Manchester City 1-0 Reading   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 11:41 AM PDT Micah Richards' powerful header breaks Reading's brave resistance and books Manchester City an FA Cup semi-final date with Manchester United at Wembley.   
 
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  |  At Sendai City Hall, a Relief Center, Thousands Wait and Wonder What’s Next   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 01:45 PM PDT The central part of Sendai was remarkably spared from the worst of the damage, and has been transformed into a large makeshift emergency relief center.    
 
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  |  In Tsunami, Japan’s Seawalls Were No Security   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 11:41 AM PDT The devastation could push Japan to redesign — or even reconsider — the concrete seawalls it relies so heavily on.    
 
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  |  The Caucus: State Department Spokesman Out, After Comments on Prisoner   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 11:25 AM PDT The chief State Department spokesman, P.J. Crowley, stepped down today after publicly criticizing the treatment of Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is being detained on charges of leaking classified information to Wikileaks.    
 
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  |  City Room: Officer Killed in Brooklyn   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 01:16 PM PDT A New York City police officer was killed in Brooklyn on Sunday morning.    
 
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  |  Japanese inspired and angered; resigned to more quakes   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 11:13 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - While images of brutal destruction wreaked by a devastating earthquake and tsunami have stunned the nation and the world, Japanese are finding both inspiration and reasons to vent in the aftermath of the disaster.    
 
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  |  Ten wounded in Iraq prison riot   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 11:08 AM PDT TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - At least five guards and five inmates were hurt when a riot erupted Sunday in a prison in former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's home city of Tikrit, police and a provincial council member said.    
 
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  |  Crowley quits over Manning comments   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 02:02 PM PDT US state department spokesman resigns after calling Pentagon 'stupid' over treatment of soldier accused over WikiLeaks.   
 
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  |  Residents Near Stricken Plants Felt False Sense of Security   Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:22 AM PDT One resident says she was lulled into a sense of complacency by the absence of past problems at the nearby nuclear complexes.    
 
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