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Japanese nuclear plants' operator scrambles to avert meltdowns
Japanese authorities said Sunday that efforts to restart the cooling system at one of the reactors damaged by Friday's earthquake had failed, a major setback in the struggle to contain what has become the most serious nuclear power crisi...
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Japan begins grim relief mission with towns flooded, thousands reported missing
Rescue teams searched through matchstick rubble Saturday for thousands of people missing in flooded areas of northeastern Japan, beginning one of the most complex relief efforts in history.
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Japan reeling after quake
A bulldozing tsunami triggered by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake devastated the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, turning cars into driftwood, washing away neighborhoods and leaving this industrialized country bracing for an epic humanita...
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Japanese nuclear reactors in peril
Japanese authorities declared a state of emergency Saturday for five nuclear reactors at two quake-stricken power plants as military and utility officials scrambled to tame rising pressure and radioactivity levels inside the units and st...
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8.9-magnitude quake off coast unleashes destructive tsunami
Waves as tall as 30 feet sweep away vehicles, knock over boats, buildings. Tsunami warnings issued for a dozen countries, including the U.S.
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White House to send government aid team into rebel-held territory
Clinton to meet with representatives of transition council; administration wrestles with how to achieve goal of pushing Gaddafi from power while ensuring that something better replaces him.
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Sectarian clashes in Egypt challenge revolutionary idealism
CAIRO - On the banks of the Nile, in the middle of a roiling protest Wednesday by hundreds of chanting Christians, a man raised a Koran in one hand and a wooden cross in the other. "I came here because we don't want sectarian strife," sa...
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GOP doesn't wait for Dems; approves labor rights measure
Bill would cripple most of state's public employee unions; Democratic senator calls Republican maneuver "political thuggery in its worst form."
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Libyan official flies to Egypt to meet with rulers; motive unclear
Bloody conflict enters third week; U.S. and allies consider delivery of humanitarian aid to Libya and blocking arms shipments to Gaddafi.
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Egypt's security forces are weakened after decades as Mubarak's enforcer
CAIRO - For years, Marwa Farouk lived in fear of Egypt's state security agents, who arrested and interrogated her several times for her work as an activist.
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In Utah, Sen. Hatch courts tea partyers one by one in quest for survival
LOGAN, UTAH - Here's how you run for reelection if you're a powerful Republican senator from a state where powerful Republican activists want somebody new:
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Humanitarian aid delivery, no-fly zone are under consideration
Intense international deliberations come as troops loyal to Gaddafi continue to besiege the rebel-held city of Zawiyah, 27 miles west of Tripoli.
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D.C.'s pot pioneers: Seeking a piece of the medical marijuana action
Montgomery Blair Sibley may be best known as the lawyer who defended the D.C. Madam, the infamous escort service owner who claimed to attend to the needs of Washington's elite.
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Pepco reliability plan 'cobbled together' without detailed study, report finds
Pepco's multimillion-dollar plan to reduce power outages and improve reliability was "cobbled together" without detailed study and could fail to achieve its goals, a team of independent consultants has found.
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Assault snaps string of victories, threatens hopes for quick ouster
Anti-Gaddafi forces rally, however, and say they still hold key cities, despite claims of victory by Gaddafi regime.
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Loyalists escalate lethal counterattack on rebel-held cities
Moammar Gaddafi's expanding campaign, including ground assaults, appeared to dash rebel hopes to put a swift end to his 41-year rule.
