Bahrain Bans Newspaper

Bahrain Bans Newspaper

Bahrain Bans Newspaper

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:55 PM PDT

Bahraini authorities banned the country's main opposition newspaper in a widening effort to muzzle antigovernment media.


Tsunami Killed 2 Workers at Plant

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:44 PM PDT

The utility that runs a tsunami-crippled Japanese nuclear power plant says two workers were killed when the wave swept ashore more than three weeks ago.


A Mystery in Tripoli: Blood on the Street? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:20 PM PDT

Time.com - In Gaddafi's besieged capital, a burst of gunfire in the night leads to rumor and bitter speculation.


Google profile in China shrinking (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:46 PM PDT

AP - A year after a public spat with Beijing over censorship, Google Inc. says its business with Chinese advertisers is growing even as the Internet giant's share of online searches in China plunges.


Slaughter in Ivory Coast as the Grisly Political Standoff Intensifies (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Hundreds die as the town of Duekoue changes hands, and the forces of Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara continue to battle for control of the nation


Workers struggle to plug leak at Japan nuclear plant

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:48 PM PDT

Highly radioactive water continued leaking Sunday from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility into the Pacific Ocean, following a failed attempt to plug a cracked concrete shaft, a utility company official said.

Japan nuclear struggle focuses on cracked reactor pit (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:12 PM PDT

Reuters - Japanese engineers grappling on Sunday to end the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl tried to seal a crack that has been leaking radiation into the ocean from a crippled reactor.


Bahrain bans main opposition newspaper (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:40 PM PDT

In this photo dated March 25, 2011, women work in a basement workshop in central Baghdad, Iraq, making Bahrain national flags. The sewing machines have been working hard to produce the red and white Bahraini flags which are proving to be very popular for Iraqi protesters to wave at demonstrations, unfurl from buildings and fly from car antennas. The fervor for the Bahrain national symbol is testimony to the solidarity which Iraqi Shiites feel with their religious brethren in Bahrain battling for more rights.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Bahraini authorities have banned the country's main opposition newspaper in a widening effort to muzzle anti-government media.

"WINDIA!" Indian press revels in World Cup win (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Indian cricketers celebrate with the trophy after beating Sri Lanka in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup final match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, on April 2. India won by six wickets.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Indian newspapers revelled in the national team's World Cup cricket victory, hailing skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men as heroes for a new generation.

Japan nuclear struggle focuses on cracked reactor pit

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:42 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese engineers grappling on Sunday to end the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl tried to seal a crack that has been leaking radiation into the ocean from a crippled reactor.

Japan battles to stop radiation leak into sea (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:01 PM PDT

A woman, who's husband and father have been missing in the tsunami disaster, and her son are seen here visiting their residencial area where all houses were washed away by the tsunami at Rikuzentakata, in Iwate prefecture, on April 2. Along the battered coast, 25,000 Japanese and US military and rescue crew on Sunday entered the third and final day of a massive search for bodies.(AFP/Jiji Press)AFP - Workers at Japan's crippled nuclear plant were trying to seal a crack in a concrete pit that has leaked radiation into the Pacific as part of their battle to shut down the facility.

Libya shells town in west as rebels name "crisis team" (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:17 PM PDT

Rebel fighters pray at the graves of around 10 fellow rebels who were killed in what they say was a coalition airstrike on a group of vehicles along the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega April 2, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi shelled a building in Misrata early on Sunday to try to dislodge rebels from their last big stronghold in western Libya where a doctor says hundreds have been killed.

Charity: More than 1,000 killed in Ivorian town (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:15 PM PDT

Soldiers loyal to Laurent Gbagbo patrol a street in the central Plateau neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, April 2, 2011. Answering a call to arms, hundreds of members of a violent youth militia allied with Ivory Coast's strongman swarmed one of two bridges leading to his presidential palace. Gbagbo is facing the biggest threat to his 10-year rule after an armed group swept across the country taking nearly 80 percent of the territory.(AP Photo/Emanuel Ekra)AP - Unknown attackers wielding machetes and guns killed more than 1,000 civilians in the neighborhood of an Ivory Coast town controlled by forces fighting to install the internationally recognized president, the Catholic charity Caritas told The Associated Press Saturday.

Myanmar warns no 'decadent' dress for New Year's (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:37 PM PDT

AP - Revelers who wear "decadent" clothing during Myanmar's upcoming New Year's celebrations can face up to a month in prison, a news report said Sunday.


Forbes Leadership Highlights of the Week

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:16 PM PDT

They may say that good things come in threes, but this week we kept having too much good advice to w


Libya shells town in west as rebels name "crisis team"

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:17 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi shelled a building in Misrata early on Sunday to try to dislodge rebels from their last big stronghold in western Libya where a doctor says hundreds have been killed.

VIDEO: Inside Kazakh president's museum

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 04:06 PM PDT

The BBC's Rayhan Demytrie went to visit a museum dedicated to the Kazakh president, which has been set up in his former school.


European bank appears set for landmark rate hike (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:12 PM PDT

European Central Bank (ECB) President Jean-Claude Trichet. The ECB is expected to announce its first interest rate hike since July 2008 this week even as the eurozone crisis deepens with three members missing key deficit targets(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - The European Central Bank is expected to announce its first interest rate hike since July 2008 this week even as the eurozone crisis deepens with three members missing key deficit targets.

Libyan rebels say airstrike killed 13 of their own (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:11 PM PDT

Libyan rebels ride in the back of a truck as they head towards the frontline near Brega, Libya, Saturday, April 2, 2011. NATO said on Saturday that it was investigating Libyan rebel reports that a coalition warplane had struck a rebel position that was firing into the air near the eastern front line of the battle with Gadhafi's forces. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - A NATO airstrike intended to thwart Moammar Gadhafi's forces killed 13 rebel fighters in eastern Libya instead, the opposition said Saturday, but they described it as an "unfortunate accident" and stressed it did not diminish their support for the international air campaign.

UN envoy: UN workers killed running from bunker (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:10 PM PDT

Afghan protestors walk with sticks, as they carry a wounded colleague during a demonstration to condemn the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book by a U.S. Florida pastor, in Kandahar southern of Afghanistan on Saturday, April. 2, 2011. The governor's office in Kandahar has raised the death toll to nine in a Quran burning protest that turned violent in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - Fearing for their lives, the U.N. workers dashed into a dark bunker hoping to escape the mob of Afghan protesters angry over the burning of a Quran by a Florida church.
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