Contamination Help On the Way

Contamination Help On the Way

Contamination Help On the Way

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 11:10 PM PDT

And so it is on all the T.V news programs: That after the news readers, over film footage of the da


Police gear up for mass march against cuts (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:45 PM PDT

Police look on while demonstrators block the main gate to Downing Street ahead of the budget speech by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne. Thousands of police were preparing for tens of thousands of people to descend on London Saturday for a huge protest march against the government's harsh austerity measures.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Thousands of police were preparing for tens of thousands of people to descend on London Saturday for a huge protest march against the government's harsh austerity measures.

Report: 230,000 displaced by Mexico's drug war (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:16 PM PDT

Police detectives look for fingerprints on television entertainer Jose Luis Cerda's car near to his network's office in Monterrey March 24, 2011. Police found Cerda, who had been shot in the head, blindfolded and with his feet and hands bound, dumped by a main highway in Mexico's richest city Monterrey after being kidnapped on Thursday night when he left the network's local offices, police said. Brazen hitmen had returned to the site and later carried off Cerda's abandoned body on Friday just as police and journalists arrived at the scene, a day after Mexican media vowed to play down their coverage of the drugs war. Picture taken March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer (MEXICO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)AP - About 230,000 people have been displaced in Mexico because of drug violence, and about half of them may have taken refuge in the United States, according to a new study.

Rescuers struggle to reach Myanmar quake areas (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:40 PM PDT

Locals are seen gathering outside a flattened house in the area of Myanmar's northeastern city of Tachilek, a day after an earthquake struck the area. At least 75 people were killed, according to officials, with fears that the toll would rise significantly.(AFP/The Irrawady/John San Lin)AFP - Rescuers struggled to reach remote Myanmar towns hit by a powerful earthquake which killed 75 as rare images from the area showed roads torn apart and wooden homes reduced to piles of timber.

South Korea marks one year since warship sinking (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:12 PM PDT

South Korean soldiers are seen checking a barbed wire fence on a beach in Taean, 170 kms southwest of Seoul, on March 23, during a joint logistics drill with the US. S.Korea carried out live fire naval drills on Saturday in a show of strength against the North to mark a year since the sinking of one of its warships which Seoul blames on Pyongyang.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - South Korea carried out live fire naval drills in a show of strength against the North to mark a year since the sinking of one of its warships which Seoul blames on Pyongyang.

UK Capital Requirements for Banks Give Competitive Advantage to Hedge Funds

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:36 PM PDT

UK financial regulators are expected to impose higher capital requirements on UK banks than regulato


Japan aid effort continues at Miami tennis event (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 09:25 PM PDT

Kim Clijsters of Belgium collects donation from a fan for AFP - Tennis stars led by Kim Clijsters and Robin Soderling helped raise some $300,000 for stricken Japan as players collected donations from fans at the $9 million WTA and ATP Masters event.

Workers try to pump radioactive water from Japan reactors (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:27 PM PDT

A man cleans his bicycle at an area destroyed by the tsunami in Kamaishi town, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan March 25, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - Japanese engineers were frantically attempting on Saturday to pump out puddles of radioactive water at the earthquake-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant after it injured three workers and delayed efforts to cool reactors to safe levels.

China: Japan crisis won't deter its nuclear growth (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:45 PM PDT

AP - China says it has faith in the safety of its nuclear power technology and won't scrap plans to expand its domestic industry because of Japan's crisis.


England travel to Wales for Euro 2012 qualifier (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PDT

England captain John Terry (R) and Frank Lampard (L) take part in a training session at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. England play a Euro 2012 qualifying match against Wales on Saturday.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - England travel to Wales for a vital Euro 2012 qualifier on Saturday with Fabio Capello knowing only a win will do after a public relations blunder that has hurt the Italian manager's credibility.

Salvador nabs alleged smuggler in migrant massacre (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:35 PM PDT

AP - Salvadoran police on Friday arrested a man accused of running a human smuggling ring that transported some of the victims in the massacre of 72 migrants in northern Mexico last August.


US recognizes Ouattara as rightful I.Coast leader (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:46 PM PDT

An armed militiaman backing internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara stands guard at a makeshift checkpoint in the Abobo district of Abidjan. The United States recognizes Ouattara as the rightful leader of the weast African nation of Ivory Coast, US President Barack Obama said.(AFP/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - The United States recognizes President Alassane Ouattara as the rightful leader of the west African nation of Ivory Coast, US President Barack Obama said late Friday.

Huge payout over US priests sex-scandals

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 07:56 PM PDT

Decision to pay $166 million in damages is the largest ever by a Catholic religious order such as the Jesuits.


U.S. Navy thwarts pirate attack off Oman, officials say

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 06:30 PM PDT

An attempted pirate attack was disrupted by U.S. Navy forces supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, officials said Friday.

Libyans flee fighting, end up in desert

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 06:29 PM PDT

Outside the Libyan city of Ajdabiya, tents have sprouted in the rolling desert, where the sands blow and farmers grow figs and grapes.

Sri Lanka rise to England challenge in W.Cup quarters (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 07:26 PM PDT

England fast bowler Tim Bresnan (L) runs as the team trains at the R.Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo. England play Sri Lanka in the 2011 Cricket World Cup fourth quarter-final match on Saturday.(AFP/William West)AFP - Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara hopes fit-again spinner Muttiah Muralitharan rises to the challenge of a World Cup quarter-final against England on Saturday.

Gates pushes peace amid bombings in West Bank (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 07:55 PM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives at a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, not pictured, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Fadi Arouri, Pool)AP - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad sounded willing to renew efforts toward peace with Israel. But entreaties by the visiting American Pentagon chief to Israeli leaders were publicly rebuffed and met with vows for retribution for this week's bus-stop bombing and mortar attacks on Israel.

Venezuelan students stitch lips in protest (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 07:48 PM PDT

Student Gabriela Torrijo, 18, participates in a hunger strike with her lips partially sewn together outside the United Nations Development Program (PNUD) in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday March 25, 2011. The hunger strike began several weeks ago to demand the government increase university budgets. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubilllos)AP - Four students in Venezuela have partially sewn their lips together to press their demands for funding for public universities as part of a growing hunger strike.

New Zealand hails Oram as Black Caps atone (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 07:36 PM PDT

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori (L) congratulates fielder Jacob Oram for the dismissal of South Africa's batsman Jacques Kallis during their quarter-final match of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup at the Sher-e Bangl National Stadium in Dhaka.(AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - New Zealand awoke Saturday in stunned disbelief to news the Black Caps had knocked South Africa out of the World Cup with the much-criticised Jacob Oram the match hero.

Powerful quake in NE Myanmar kills more than 70 (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:23 PM PDT

In this photo released by Democratic Voice of Burma, a soldier stands in front of a house destroyed by an earthquake in Tarlay, Shan state, Myanmar, Friday, March 25, 2011. The Thursday night quake, measured at a magnitude 6.8 by the U.S. Geological Survey, toppled homes in northeastern Myanmar and killed dozens of people. (AP Photo/DVB, Alinyaung)AP - A powerful earthquake that toppled homes in northeastern Myanmar has killed more than 70 people, and there were fears the toll would mount as conditions in more remote areas became known.
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