Mar 12 Arab League Backs No-Fly Zone in Libya On Saturday, the 22-nation Arab League asked the U.N. Security Council to implement a no-fly zone in Libya to prevent Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces from more air attacks on the Libyan people. Never noted for moving decisively, the League's… Continue reading
Mar 12 Explosion Rocks Japanese Nuclear Power Plant in Quake's Aftermath By News Desk Updated 4:15 p.m. ET | In a last-ditch effort to avert a nuclear meltdown, officials in Japan flooded a nuclear reactor with seawater on Saturday, the New York Times reported. Japan's chief cabinet secretary, Yukio Edano, said Tokyo Electric… Continue reading
Mar 11 8.9-Magnitude Earthquake Triggers Tsunami in Japan, Hundreds Killed By Francine Uenuma By: Francine Uenuma and news desk Updated 10:13 p.m. ET | After 2 Disasters, Officials Scramble to Prevent More at Nuclear Plants Thousands of residents have been evacuated as workers struggled to get nuclear… Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch Japan Reels From Tsunami, Quake: Did Preparations Work? Japan Reels From Tsunami, Quake: Did Preparedness Work?… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch News Wrap: Gadhafi's Forces Pushing to Retake Oil Port of Ras Lanouf News Wrap: Gadhafi Continues Assult on Key Oil Port City of Ras Lanouf… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch U.S. Pacific Rim on High Alert After Japan Quake Triggers Tsunami Along U.S. West Coast, Tsunami Warnings Heeded Amid Some Damage… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch Despite Colossal Quake and Tsunami, Life in Japan 'Particularly Orderly' After Colossal Quake, Tsunami, Life in Japan 'Particularly' Orderly… Continue watching
Mar 11 View Live Aftershock Activity in Japan By Travis Daub Aftershocks continue to rock cities across Japan after an 8.9-magnitude struck off the country's east coast. To see a live view of seismic activity in the region we created a Google Earth map, overlaid with… Continue reading
Mar 11 Thousands Displaced as Violence Escalates in Ivory Coast By Saskia de Melker In Ivory Coast, hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled their homes or escaped to neighboring countries as post-election fighting in the West African nation threatens to escalate into civil war, some regional specialists warn. Violence erupted after elections… Continue reading
Mar 11 Afghan Civilian Casualties Database Appears in Unexpected Place: Science We close this week with an unusual collaboration in the world of science. In January, 2011, the military released an entire database of civilian casualties to the journal, Science -- a first for a science magazine. The data… Continue reading