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Space Probe Enters Mercury Orbit
Probe Enters Mercury Orbit BBC News reports: Nasa's Messenger spacecraft has successfully entered into orbit around the planet Mercury - the first probe to do so. The robotic explorer initiated a 14-minute burn on its main thruster at 0209 GMT on Friday. This slowed the …
Egyptian Military Arming Libyan Rebels
Egyptian Military Arming Libyan Rebel Forces The Wall Street Journal reports: CAIRO—Egypt's military has begun shipping arms over the border to Libyan rebels with Washington's knowledge, U.S. and Libyan rebel officials said. The shipments—mostly small arms such as assault rifles …
G7 To Stabilize Value Of The Yen
G7 To Stabilize Value Of The Yen The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — The United States and other major industrial nations will join Japan in a highly unusual effort to stabilize the value of the yen by intervening in currency markets, the Group of 7 nations announced …
Ousted President Aristide Returns To Haiti
Ex-President Returns To Haiti BBC News reports: Haiti's former leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide has left South Africa to return to his home country after seven years in exile, officials say. He is expected in Port-au-Prince early on Friday, two days before Haiti's presidential …
Japanese Run Power Cable Into One Reactor
Japanese Run Cable Into One Reactor BBC News reports: Engineers at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant have managed to lay a cable to reactor 2, the UN's nuclear watchdog reports. Restoring power should enable engineers to restart the pumps which send coolant over the …
Canada Sends Fighter Jets to Enforce No Fly Zone
Canada Sends Jets to Enforce Libyan No Fly Zone Toronto Sun reports: Canada will send six CF-18 fighter jets to southern Europe to help enforce a no-fly zone over Libya, defence sources told QMI Agency. Fighter jets from CFB Bagotville in Quebec are expected to head to Europe …
Enforcing the No-Fly Zone
In a normal time, imposing a no-fly zone upon a country like Libya would be an easy exercise of US power. But three wars is a lot even for America. Obama moves on Libya. Probably not the last move either. Here's where the anti-interventionists have a point: in a normal time, imposing a no-fly zone …Nuke Energy: The Next Casualty of Japan
The aftershocks from the Japan quake are being felt around the world: Nuclear energy projects are being suspended with knee-jerk swiftness and little thought. It's like watching a Japanese Monster B-Movie: Battered by two epically-scaled natural disasters and now a human-made emergency in the form …Security Council Approves Libya No Fly Zone
Security Council Approves Libya No Fly Zone The New York Times reports: The United Nations Security Council voted Thursday to authorize military action, including airstrikes against Libyan tanks and heavy artillery and a no-fly zone, a risky foreign intervention aimed at …
Ryan: Obama 'Punting' on Budget
Ryan: Obama 'Punting' on Budget Politico reports: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) accused Barack Obama of “punting” on the budget debate Thursday, saying the president is “ignoring the problem.” The House Budget Committee chairman said he has “never discussed” budgetary issues with …
Qaddafi: 'We Will Show No Mercy'
Qaddafi: 'We Will Show No Mercy' Reuters reports: Muammar Gaddafi told Libyan rebels on Thursday his armed forces were coming to their capital Benghazi tonight and would not show any mercy to fighters who resisted them. In a radio address, he told Benghazi residents that …
Obama Visits Japan's Embassy
Obama Visits Japan's Embassy The Hill reports: U.S. officials defended their grave assessment of the situation in Japan as President Obama made an unannounced visit to that country’s embassy to sign a condolence book. Obama is scheduled to make a statement on the situation in …
House Votes to Defund NPR
House Votes to Defund NPR The Washington Post reports: After a contentious debate and over procedural objections from Democrats, the House on Thursday voted to prevent federal funds from going to National Public Radio. The proposal, sponsored by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.)…
Senate Passes Stopgap Bill
Senate Passes Stopgap Bill The Hill reports: Passage gives White House and Republicans three more weeks to reach a spending deal for the year. The Senate on Thursday approved legislation to fund the government for three more weeks, sending the measure to the White House. …
France Expects UN Libya Vote Soon
France Expects UN Libya Vote Soon Reuters reports: France believes there is enough support at the U.N. Security Council to pass a resolution on Libya on Thursday and military intervention could take place within hours of that, senior French diplomatic sources said. Any action …
Radiation Sets Off U.S. Airport Alarm
Radiation Sets Off U.S. Airport Alarm CBS News reports: Trace amounts of radiation from Japan have been detected in Chicago, CBS News station WBBM-TV reports . Travelers coming in from Japan on Wednesday triggered radiation detectors at O'Hare International Airport as they …
Schaeffer: Japan Will Burn More Oil
Schaeffer: Japan Will Burn More Oil Ash Bennington of CNBC speaks with FF writer Brad Schaeffer about the effect the nuclear crisis will have on their energy consumption: While oil – and just about everything else but Treasuries – sold off Monday in the wake of the Japanese nuclear …
Obama 'Strongly Opposes' NPR Defund Bill
Obama 'Strongly Opposes' NPR Defund Bill The Hill reports: The Obama administration said it "strongly opposes" a House measure to defund NPR, but stopped short of a veto threat. The Obama administration on Thursday said it "strongly opposes" a House measure that would …
GOP Puts Budget Amendment on Hold
GOP Puts Budget Amendment on Hold The Hill reports: A sweeping proposal to add a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution has been delayed in the Senate after GOP leaders decided it should have unanimous Republican support before it moves forward. The decision has some …