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Germany Shuts Seven Nuke Plants

Germany Shuts Seven Nuke Plants The Guardian reports: Angela Merkel's U-turn on nuclear energy became even more gear-crunching on Tuesday when she announced the temporary closure of seven of Germany's nuclear power stations. The chancellor said that reactors built before 1980 …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

House Passes New Spending Bill

House Passes New Spending Bill The Hill reports: Republicans said a longer-term measure is preferable, but accused Senate Democrats and President Obama of having no viable plan. The House on Tuesday approved a sixth short-term spending resolution for the current fiscal year …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Qaddafi to Rebels: 'Surrender or Run'

Qaddafi to Rebels: 'Surrender or Run' The AP reports: Moammar Gadhafi's forces overwhelmed rebels in a strategic eastern city, hammering them with airstrikes, missiles, tanks and artillery Tuesday in an assault that sent residents fleeing and threatened to open the way for an …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Petraeus Sees Progress Against Taliban

Petraeus Sees Progress Against Taliban Washington Pos t reports: Gen. David H. Petraeus told lawmakers Tuesday that the U.S. and NATO forces he commands in Afghanistan have halted the Taliban’s momentum in much of the country, but he predicted difficult fighting ahead as the …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Aftershocks Hit Japan

Aftershocks Hit Japan The AP reports: Japan has been rattled by a couple of aftershocks within minutes, causing buildings in Tokyo to sway. The first, measuring 6.2 in magnitude, struck Tuesday night off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, 200 miles (325 kilometers) …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Boehner Confident Stopgap Will Pass

Boehner 'Confident' Stopgap Will Pass The Hill reports: Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Tuesday he is “confident” the House will pass a new three-week funding bill cutting $6 billion in spending, despite swelling opposition from conservatives demanding deeper savings. "I …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Report: Radiation Levels Drop

Report: Radiation Levels Drop The New York Times reports: A small crew of technicians braved radiation and fire through the day on Tuesday as they fought to prevent three nuclear reactors in northeastern Japan from melting down and stop storage ponds loaded with spent uranium …

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Watch: Beck on Future with Fox

Watch: Beck on Future with Fox Huffington Post reports: Glenn Beck returned from his week-long vacation on Monday, and used his first day back on the job to respond to a widely-discussed New York Times piece that said that Fox News was "contemplating life without" him. Beck …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

NRA Won't Attend Gun Policy Meet

NRA Won't Attend Gun Policy Meet The New York Times reports: More than two months after the Tucson shootings, the administration is calling together both the gun lobby and gun safety groups to find common ground. But President Obama has no plans to take the lead in proposing …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

WH Splits on Social Security Reform

WH Splits on Social Security Reform The Hill reports: Social Security reform is splitting President Obama’s economic and political advisers. Obama is being pulled in opposite directions by those whose priorities are fiscal and those whose No. 1 concern is electoral. Treasury …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Qaddafi Forces Close in on Benghazi

Qaddafi Forces Close in on Rebels Al Jazeera reports: Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader's forces and rebels are fighting for control of the oil town of Brega as the battle for eastern Libya edged closer to Benghazi, the so-called "rebel capital" in the east. Al Jazeera's Tony …

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Barbour Aide Quits After Japan Joke

Barbour Aide Quits After Japan Joke Politico reports: Governor Haley Barbour's press secretary resigned today after Politico reported that he'd circulated off-color jokes about the Japan earthquake and former Attorney General Janet Reno, his office said in a curt statement …

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Canadian MP: Don't Call Honor Killings 'Barbaric'

Canadian MP: Don't Call Honor Killings 'Barbaric' The Toronto Sun reports: Liberal MP Justin Trudeau said the government should not call honour killings "barbaric" in a study guide for would-be Canadian citizens. On Monday, the federal government updated its Discover Canada …

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Advancing Qaddafi Forces Offer Amnesty To Rebels

Qaddafi Forces Offer Amnesty The New York Times reports: AJDABIYA, Libya — Military forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi cranked up military and psychological pressure on the rebels on Monday, offering amnesty to those who surrendered their weapons but bombing a strategic …

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Japan Tsunami In Satellite Photos

Japan Tsunami In Satellite Photos The Huffington Post reports: Released Google Satellite photos show the extent of damage after a magnitude-8.9 earthquake and ferocious tsunami slammed into Japan's eastern shore Friday. Among the many landmarks featured in the series: Fukushima …

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Companies Racing To Repair Earthquake-Damaged Undersea Cables

Companies Racing To Repair Undersea Cables The Wall Street Journal reports: BEIJING—Asia's major telecom operators scrambled Monday to eliminate the impact on their operations from damage to several submarine cables following the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Many …

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2,000 Bodies Wash Ashore Near Missing Town

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Elderly Japanese Relive War's Devastation

Elderly Japanese Relive War's Devastation The New York Times reports: NATORI, Japan — Hirosato Wako stared at the ruins of his small fishing hamlet: skeletons of shattered buildings, twisted lengths of corrugated steel, corpses with their hands twisted into claws. Only once before …

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Arab Unrest Sunders US-Saudi Relations

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Publishers Balk At Library E-Books

Publishers Balk At Library E-Books The New York Times reports: Imagine the perfect library book. Its pages don’t tear. Its spine is unbreakable. It can be checked out from home. And it can never get lost. The value of this magically convenient library book — otherwise known as an …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011