World Mar 31 Fighters in Ivory Coast Push Into Abidjan Members of Pro-Ouattara forces hold their weapons on March 29 in Duekoue in western Ivory Coast. (Zoom Dosso/AFP/Getty Images) Forces loyal to democratically elected president Alassane Ouattara are pressing into Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, in a bid to wrest…
World Mar 30 Four Reactors to Be Decomissioned, Seawater Radiation Levels Rise Tokyo Electric Power Company has said four of the six reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant cannot be fixed and will be decommissioned as efforts to contain the spread of radioactive water continue at the facility. Meantime, seawater…
World Mar 29 Japan in ‘Maximum Alert’ as It Struggles to Contain Nuclear Crisis Photo by Tokyo Electric Power Company Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said his government was "in a state of maximum alert" as the crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant continues to spread, with radioactive contamination in the air, soil…
World Mar 28 Explosion at Yemen Arms Factory Kills at Least 78; Suicide Bombers Strike Afghan Construction Company Yemenis lined up bodies after a massive blast killed at least 75 people at an ammunition plant in southern Yemen looted by al-Qaida on March 28. (AFP/Getty Images) In Jaar, Yemen, several massive explosions at an ammunition factory killed…
World Mar 25 Gunfire Reported in Protests in Syria, Government Promises Reforms Hundreds of Syrians march from the Omayyed mosque in Damascus' Old City toward Souk Al-Hamadiyeh street on Friday, chanting: 'Daraa is Syria' and 'We will sacrifice ourselves for Syria.' (AFP/Getty Images) Protesters in the Southern Syrian city of Daraa…
World Mar 24 NATO Reaches Deal to Enforce No-Fly Zone Over Libya 7:30 p.m. ET | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday evening that the United States welcomed the decision by the NATO alliance to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya -- but not other military operations there. Speaking at the…
World Mar 24 Workers at Nuclear Plant Hospitalized, Radiation in Tokyo’s Water Stokes Fears Updated 4:30 p.m. ET New photos of the so-called "Fukushima 50" -- the workers who have stayed behind to help rescue a damaged nuclear plant have been made available this week. (Workers at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.
World Mar 23 Afghan Dressmaker Helps Inspire Other Start-ups A seamstress in Afghanistan "refused to give up" under a restrictive regime and went on to become a successful entrepreneur in the war-ravaged country.
World Mar 22 Ground Battles Continue Amid Air Barrage, U.S. Warplane Crashes 6 p.m. ET | In brief televised remarks, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi remained defiant in the face of coalition airstrikes and the U.N.-mandated no-fly zone. "We will be victorious in the end," he said, saying his troops will keep fighting…
World Mar 22 Karzai Outlines Handover of Areas of Afghanistan Afghan President Hamid Karzai defined seven parts of the country that he says are ready to transition to Afghan control in July, when U.S. military troops begin a phased-out withdrawal. The areas include the capital of the troubled Helmand…