Amid Tweeted Frustration, Japan May Take Control of TEPCO (Time.com) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:15 PM PDT Time.com - Few are happy about the way TEPCO has handled the Fukushima crisis but there has been very little public rancor -- except on Twitter  
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Frustrated Eastern European doctors head west (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:57 PM PDT AFP - More and more eastern European doctors are heading west as government economic austerity measures eat into their pay and conditions deteriorate, leaving behind understaffed health systems in crisis.  
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Malaysia clerics ban 'poco-poco' dance for Muslims (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:30 PM PDT AP - Islamic clerics in a Malaysian state want Muslims to avoid a popular dance they claim has Christian influences.  
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VIDEO: Migrants to be moved from Lampedusa Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:26 PM PDT The unrest in North Africa has seen thousands of migrants from Libya and Tunisia flee to Lampedusa, an Italian island in the Mediterranean.  
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VIDEO: Japan's evacuees wait for all-clear Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:34 PM PDT Japan has said it has no plans to widen the evacuation zone around the Fukushima nuclear plant, despite the IAEA urging the government to assess the situation.  
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Jay-Z And Beyonce To Buy EMI? Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:33 PM PDT According to sources close to the matter, Shawn ?Jay-Z? Carter and Beyonce Knowles have  
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Fake Apple Gang Nabbed in Shanghai Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:56 PM PDT A gang of six Chinese were arrested for making fake Apple iPads and iPhones. The Chinese government  
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Ivory Coast: Gbagbo's Last Stand as General Mangou Defects (Time.com) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:15 PM PDT Time.com - A dramatic late-night defection by the army chief may sound the death knell of Laurent Gbagbo's campaign to retain the presidency in Ivory Coast  
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Snapshot: Japan's nuclear crisis (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:49 PM PDT Reuters - Following are main developments after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeast Japan and crippled a nuclear power station, raising the risk of an uncontrolled radiation leak.  
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Security Guard Arrested Near London 2012 Olympic Stadium (Time.com) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:30 PM PDT Time.com - With the countdown to the next Olympic Games well underway, a disturbing reminder of the "new normal" has come with a guard being arrested on the suspicion of possessing explosives  
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Japan nuclear evacuation will be 'long term' Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:23 PM PDT Officials under pressure to extend evacuation zone around Fukushima atomic plant as radiation leaks continue.  
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Losing Sleep Over Owing The IRS? Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:15 PM PDT Every year as April 15 approaches, I hear from people who are losing sleep knowing they will not ha  
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Japan crisis drags, France wants global nuclear reform (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:37 PM PDT Reuters - Japan's nuclear and humanitarian crisis stretched to three weeks Friday with radiation still leaking from a crippled nuclear power plant, thousands of homeless people struggling to rebuild their lives, and little hope of a quick resolution to either.  
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Mexican brothers face death penalty in Malaysia drugs charge (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:32 PM PDT Reuters - Three Mexican brothers will be hanged in Malaysia if convicted on a drugs trafficking charge, a Malaysian government lawyer said on Friday.  
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Mexican brothers face death penalty in Malaysia drugs charge Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:32 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Three Mexican brothers will be hanged in Malaysia if convicted on a drugs trafficking charge, a Malaysian government lawyer said on Friday.  
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Rebels cheer cracks in Gaddafi rule (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:52 PM PDT Reuters - Rebels cheered the defection of a Libyan minister as a sign that Muammar Gaddafi's rule was crumbling, but U.S. officials warned he was far from beaten and made clear they feared entanglement in another painful war.  
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Japan PM: stricken nuclear plant to be scrapped (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:20 PM PDT AFP - Japan has said its crisis-hit nuclear plant must be scrapped, but currently had no plans to evacuate more people, despite calls for a larger exclusion zone around the crippled facility.  
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Brazil Fails to Save Dollar; Likely to Give up Trying Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:27 PM PDT The Brazilian government has tried numerous times to keep their local currency, the real, from stren  
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U.S. Carbon Emissions Plunge Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:54 PM PDT New data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration today showing that U.S. greenhouse g  
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Google's China Troubles Growing Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:50 PM PDT Google (GOOG) just can't seem to get a break in China. It almost seems that the Chinese government i  
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