|  VIDEO: US sending radiation experts to Japan   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:10 PM PDT Radiation levels have fallen at Japan's earthquake-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant after a third explosion and a fire, officials say.   
 
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  |  Japan nuclear plant explosions increase meltdown fears, rock global markets   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 11:43 AM PDT A third explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex caused authorities to evacuate most of the plant's personnel. As Steve Mufson and Chico Harlan reported:   
 
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  |  Egypt Dissolves Hated State Security Agency   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:30 PM PDT Egypt's interior minister dissolved the country's hated state security agency, which was accused of multiple human rights abuses during former President Hosni Mubarak's rule.    
 
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  |  Israel Seizes Ship Loaded With Arms That Was Bound for Egypt   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:00 PM PDT Military officials speculated that the weapons were bound for Gaza.    
 
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  |  Palestinians Rally for Reconciliation of Their Rival Governments   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:43 PM PDT Palestinians thronged major squares in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in support of ending the long-running feud between two Palestinian governments.    
 
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  |  The New Old Age: Few Options for Elderly Muslims   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 09:48 AM PDT Many Muslims are reluctant to consider placing an elderly family member in a nursing home, few of which are able to meet their cultural needs.    
 
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  |  Two killed in new Bahrain clashes   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:56 PM PDT At least two people are killed and as many as 200 injured in clashes between anti-government demonstrators and security forces in Bahrain.   
 
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  |  US web suicide nurse found guilty   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:02 PM PDT A US nurse is convicted of aiding the suicides of a British man and a Canadian woman after seeking out depressed people online and urging two to kill themselves.   
 
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  |  Egypt dissolves hated internal security force   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:14 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Tuesday dissolved an internal security and spying agency whose reputation for brutality helped ignite the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power last month.    
 
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  |  VIDEO: Rain brings radiation fears in Sendai   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:34 PM PDT In the Japanese city of Sendai, survivors of Friday's earthquake and tsunami are not only having to cope with the aftershocks, but also fear exposure to radiation.   
 
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  |  Tsunami could be 1,000-year event   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:32 PM PDT Tsunamis on the scale that hit north-east Japan last week may strike the region about once every 1,000 years, a leading seismologist has said.   
 
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  |  U.S. Military Steps Up Relief, Rescue   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:40 PM PDT The U.S. military expanded its earthquake-relief efforts in Japan, sending equipment to help firefighting efforts at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and deploying troops to assist humanitarian relief and search-and-rescue efforts.   
 
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  |  Palestinian unity rally in Gaza ends in violence   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:23 PM PDT GAZA (Reuters) - Violence broke out after a rally for Palestinian unity in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday when Hamas supporters beat other participants with clubs, witnesses said, though the Islamist group denied being behind any violence.    
 
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  |  Japan crisis revives global nuclear debate   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:12 PM PDT The crisis in Japan has put governments on the defensive and undermined the nuclear power industry's recent renaissance as the clean energy of the future.   
 
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  |  Obama to Begin Latin American Trip   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 11:12 AM PDT President Barack Obama will kick-start a Latin American trip Friday in Brazil, where White House officials say he will look to boost U.S. exports and expand other economic opportunities.   
 
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  |  Crises Test Kan's Leadership Ability   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 10:54 AM PDT Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's public appearances have become increasingly rare in the days since his visible tour through Japan's quake-hit northeast. Instead, Mr. Kan's chief cabinet secretary has become the country's front man.   
 
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  |  'There Is Nothing Left'   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:42 PM PDT In Minamisanriku, where nearly half of the 17,000 population are still missing following the tsunami that devastated Japan's northeastern coast, residents pick through a post-apocalyptic landscape for signs of hope.   
 
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  |  Japan City Crafts Own Safety Policy   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 01:01 PM PDT After Tuesday's revelation that radiation levels had spiked around the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power complex, the city of Iwaki, just outside the evacuation zone, is telling its 340,000 citizens to stay home, close windows and doors and keep out of the rain.   
 
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  |  Grandparents Mount Quest   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:42 PM PDT Hideo Higuchi and his wife sat in their truck, staring at the long lake in front of them. Beneath was the road to their daughter's home in tsunami-swamped Ishinomaki. Now it was a dead end.   
 
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  |  China's Nuclear Plans Under Scrutiny   Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:49 PM PDT Japan's nuclear crisis is likely to lead to greater scrutiny of the ambitious nuclear-energy plans in China, which is also prone to earthquakes and has had issues with safety and transparency in the past.   
 
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