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Qaddafi Forces Still on Offensive

Al Jazeera reports: Libya has witnessed more intense fighting as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the country's embattled but defiant leader, continue to attack rebel positions across the North African state. Undaunted by air strikes launched by coalition warplanes aimed at enforcing a …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 23, 2011

Hillary: Qaddafi May Want Exit Plan

ABC News reports: People close to Libya's embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi are reaching out to allies around the world exploring their "options," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told ABC News' Diane Sawyer today, and the U.S. government has gotten unconfirmed reports that at least one of …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 23, 2011

Strange Smoke Rises From Reactor

CNN reports: Tokyo (CNN) -- Officials evacuated workers at the quake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Wednesday afternoon as a black plume of smoke billowed above one of the reactors, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The company said it was unclear what was causing the smoke, which …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 23, 2011

Tokyo Gives Infants Water Warning

The New York Times reports: TOKYO — Infants in Tokyo and surrounding areas should not drink tap water, a Tokyo official said Wednesday, after radioactive iodine from a crippled nuclear power plant was detected in the capital’s water supply. Ei Yoshida, head of water purification for the …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 23, 2011

Qaddafi: I Won't Go

BBC News reports: Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has made his first public appearance in a week to rally his supporters. In a speech apparently from a compound hit by coalition air strikes on Sunday, he urged "all Islamic armies" to join him, saying: "We will be victorious." Fighting …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 23, 2011

Obama: War May Go Until Qaddafi's End

Politico reports: SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador —President Barack Obama acknowledged Tuesday that the joint military operation under way in Libya to protect civilians could continue as long Col. Muammar Qadhafi remains in control in Tripoli, but the president also insisted that the U.S. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 23, 2011

Questions Arise About Pilot Rescue

The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — An American pilot and a weapons officer were safely rescued in Libya on Tuesday after their warplane crashed near Benghazi, but the United States Marine Corps dropped two 500-pound bombs during the recovery and faced questions about whether …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 23, 2011

CNN Beats Fox In Cable News Ratings

The New York Times reports: CNN has been the big ratings gainer among the cable news networks during the extensive coverage of events in Japan and Libya in the last two weeks, and that success has come mostly at the expense of MSNBC, which has fallen into third place almost across the board …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 23, 2011

Judge Scraps Google Books Deal

The New York Times reports: Google ’s ambition to create the world’s largest digital library and bookstore has run into the reality of a 300-year-old legal concept: copyright. The company’s plan to digitize every book ever published and make them widely available was derailed on Tuesday …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 23, 2011

Six Syrians Killed In Mosque

The New York Times reports: DAMASCUS, Syria — At least six people were killed early Wednesday when Syrian security forces attacked protesters who had taken refuge in a mosque in the center of the southern city of Dara’a, Reuters reported. On Tuesday, antigovernment protests had …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 23, 2011

Lowry: The Foggy Intervention

Rich Lowry writes in National Review : Everyone knows about the fog of war. In Libya, Pres. Barack Obama has added to the inherent indecipherability of immediate military events the fog of obfuscation. We aren’t leading military operations, even though the operation is led by an …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 23, 2011

University Gets Anonymous $100 Million Gift

The Wall Street Journal reports: In a twist on a higher-education mystery, anonymous donors once again have bestowed riches on Kalamazoo, Mich. The city's Western Michigan University said Tuesday that it received $100 million from anonymous donors to establish a medical school. WMU ranked …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 23, 2011

Detroit Population Lowest in 100 Years

Reuters reports: Detroit's population dropped 25 percent over the last decade to its lowest level in a century, according to U.S. Census figures released on Tuesday. The city's population fell to 713,777 last year from 951,270 in 2000 when the last census was taken as the region suffered …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 22, 2011

SD Law Requires Wait for Abortion

ABC News reports: South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed a law Tuesday requiring women to wait three days after meeting with a doctor to have an abortion, the longest waiting period in the nation. Abortion rights groups immediately said they plan to file a lawsuit challenging the …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 22, 2011

Libyan Rebels Picked Up U.S. Pilot

Babak Dehghanpisheh writes at The Daily Beast: The American F-15E went down in eastern Libya after midnight Tuesday about 25 miles east of Benghazi, the de-facto rebel capital. Both pilots ejected before the plane crashed and the Pentagon has confirmed that they are safe. But what exactly …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 22, 2011

Totten: Arab Revolt Hits Syria

Michael Totten writes at Commentary 's online blog Contentions: When Muammar Qaddafi began to re-conquer Libya it briefly appeared that only the moderate and nominally “pro-American” dictatorships in the Middle East were at risk, but the hard and violent anti-American regimes aren’t yet in …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 22, 2011

Fed Turns Record Profit

The Hill reports: The Federal Reserve turned a record $81.7 billion profit in 2010, up 53 percent from 2009, the central bank reported Tuesday. The vast majority of the Fed's profit — $79.3 billion — will be turned over to the Treasury Department, with the rest being paid out to member …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 22, 2011

York: The Pointless No-Fly Zone

Byron York writes in the Washington Examiner : Admiral Samuel Locklear III, commander of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn, which is conducting the coalition attacks on Libya, just finished a briefing with reporters from on board the USS Mount Whitney. Locklear said U.S. and coalition forces are …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 22, 2011

Mystery Oil Spill Hits Gulf

The Times-Picayune reports: Emulsified oil, oil mousse and tar balls from an unknown source were washing up on beaches from Grand Isle to West Timbalier Island along the Gulf of Mexico, a stretch of about 30 miles, and it was still heading west Monday afternoon, a Louisiana official said. …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 22, 2011

Egypt's Interior Ministry on Fire

CNN reports: The Egyptian Interior Ministry was on fire Tuesday in downtown Cairo following a protest earlier in the day. Flames could be seen on the roof of the multi-story building, and a dark plume of smoke loomed over the city. People could be seen fleeing the building as it burned. …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 22, 2011