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Japan official: Disasters overwhelmed government
By News on Mar 18, 2011
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TOKYO (AP) -- The Japanese government acknowledged Friday that it was overwhelmed by the scale of last week's twin natural disasters, slowing the response to the nuclear crisis that was triggered by the earthquake and tsunami that left at least 10,000 people dead....Japanese fend for themselves as aid trickles in
By News on Mar 18, 2011
SHIZUGAWA, Japan (AP) -- An American helicopter crewman shouted above the din of the rotor: "What do these people need? Do they need food? Do they need medicine?"...
Libyan declares cease-fire after UN vote
By News on Mar 18, 2011
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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Libya declared an immediate cease-fire and promised to stop military operations Friday in a bid to fend off international military intervention after the U.N. authorized a no-fly zone and "all necessary measures" to prevent the regime from striking its own people....US, allies set for quick military action in Libya
By News on Mar 18, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration and America's allies have won an open-ended endorsement from the United Nations for military action in Libya, where Moammar Gadhafi's regime is pressing to eliminate any opposition to his rule. Now they'll have to move fast....Familiar barriers slow Obama's transparency drive
By News on Mar 18, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One government agency is still trying to find correspondence for a political reporter between federal officials there and prospective presidential candidates - from the 2008 election. Another censored 194 pages of internal e-mails about President Barack Obama's new rules on open government. Another agreed to hand over records of travel expenses then changed its mind and refused to turn them over....
