Mar 28 Radiation Levels Spike Near Japan Plant, Detected in Seawater 12:05 p.m. ET | Tepco officials say small amounts of plutonium have been detected in the soil near the Fukushima plant, but that those levels do not yet pose a public risk. Workers are racing to… Continue reading
Mar 26 Rebels Retake Ajdabiya; President Obama to Address Nation on Libya Libyan rebels celebrate on a destroyed tank in Ajdabiya. (Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images) The Libyan military withdrew from Ajdabiya Saturday, and rebels retook control of the key eastern city, following Western air strikes on Moammar Gadhafi's forces, said a… Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch North Korea, Normally Coping With Chronic Hunger, Faces Massive Food Shortage A UN report said more than 6 million people in North Korea urgently need food aid. Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch News Wrap: Fukushima Workers Hospitalized After Possible Breach of Nuclear Core A synopsis of the day's other top news stories. Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Coalition Airstrikes Help Some Libyans Flee Fighting for First Time The battle for Libya turned to a key eastern city. Lindsey Hilsum of ITN reports. Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Corleone Correlations Syria faced escalating unrest as soldiers opened fire on demonstrators in several cities. Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Syrian Troops Fire on Demonstrators in Several Cities The Syrian government faced its strongest challenge in years as protests escalated and government troops opened fire on demonstrators in several cities. In the city of Daraa, where protests grew all week, witnesses said up to 50,000 people flooded the… Continue watching
Mar 25 Report: Time for a 'Diplomatic Surge' in Afghanistan By Stella Clingmon Afghan President Hamid Karzai (Shah Marai /AFP/Getty Images) A group of 15 prominent former diplomats from nine countries says the time is now to begin a diplomatic push for a solution in Afghanistan that includes negotiations between the Afghan government… Continue reading
Mar 25 The Panic Button: High-Tech Protection for Human Rights Investigators By Spencer Michels There's a panic button included in a software program provided by a Palo Alto, Calif.-based nonprofit called Benetech. The program itself is designed to safely store data about torture, murder, killings and other human rights abuses in countries around… Continue reading
Mar 25 Poetry as a Weapon of War in Afghanistan By Tom LeGro According to two new reports by a leading Afghanistan watcher at the Naval Postgraduate School, "the Taliban blow us away" in getting its message out to the Afghan public by using poetry and music -- means the United States does… Continue reading