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Video: Official: 'Just first phase of coalition ops' in Libya

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 01:47 PM PDT

March 19: Vice Admiral William Gortney confirms that 110 Tomahawk missiles were launched Saturday at Libyan air missile defense systems from British and US ships. (Other)Vice Admiral William Gortney confirms that 110 Tomahawk missiles were launched Saturday at Libyan air missile defense systems from British and US ships. (msnbc tv)




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Video: Libyan official: Attacks resulted in 'tremendous casualties'

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 10:43 AM PDT

March 19: Libyan officials called Saturday's coalition missile strikes "barbaric aggression" that directly contradicted a previously announced cease-fire by the African country's government. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Other)Libyan officials called Saturday's coalition missile strikes "barbaric aggression" that directly contradicted a previously announced cease-fire by the African country's government. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (msnbc tv)




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Posted: 19 Mar 2011 10:43 AM PDT

Yemen's leader fails to stop uprising

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 02:18 PM PDT

Anti-government protestors gesture, while chanting slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday.A crackdown that killed dozens failed to stop massive demonstrations against Yemen's U.S.-backed president, as crowds of thousands clashed Saturday with security forces smashing their protest camps and even seized control of one southern city.




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US law enforcement role in Mexico drug war surges

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 12:02 PM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 17, 2009 file picture shows photographs and other items on a bed next to a bullet-riddled wall in an apartment in Cuernavaca, Mexico after alleged drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran-Leyva and three members of his cartel were killed during a shootout with Mexican Navy Special Forces. The operation against Beltran-Leyva began with U.S. law enforcement agents in Mexico electronically spying on the cartel boss, who then relayed detailed information on his whereabouts to U.S.-trained Mexican Navy Special Forces. At the time, the death of Beltran-Leyva was considered a rare success in U.S.-Mexico law enforcement cooperation. Now, unprecedented numbers of U.S. law enforcement agents work in Mexico, and high-profile arrests occur monthly, with support from an array of U.S. intelligence assets. (AP Photo/Antonio Sierra, File)Arturo Beltran-Leyva, a notoriously cruel cartel boss and one of Mexico's most wanted criminals, threw a riotous Christmas party two years ago with Grammy-winning musicians, prostitutes, and lavish food and drinks.




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Japan's earthquake, radiation threats take toll on tourism

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 10:07 AM PDT

People cross the street in the Akihabara district of Tokyo on March 18. Amidst fears of a nuclear catastrophe in northeaster Japan, a smaller than usual number of foreign tourists were seen in the popular electronics shopping district.The devastating earthquake and tsunami, a growing death toll and search for missing persons, and an evolving nuclear radiation threat are causing many travelers to cancel trips to Japan.




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Ariz. vet gives his Purple Heart coin to Giffords

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 11:20 AM PDT

In this March 16, 2011 photo, Sierra Vista resident Al Lee, holds the Purple Heart coin he received, along with the Purple Heart Medal and lapel pin, after being wounded in Iraqi in 2003, in Tucson, Ariz. The commander of the local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart presented the coin to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' staff on Wednesday for them to give to the congresswoman who was shot in the head on Jan. 8 in Tucson. (AP Photo/Provided by Congresswoman Giffords' office via Sierra Vista Herald) An Arizona veteran who received a Purple Heart after being wounded in Iraq has given part of his award to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.




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Bonds goes on trial Monday for 2003 testimony

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 10:48 AM PDT

FILE - This March 1, 2011, file photo shows former baseball player Barry Bonds arriving at a federal courthouse in San Francisco, A federal judge has barred the jury from hearing angry voicemails Barry Bonds' left with his mistress during their stormy nine-year relationship. Prosecutors wanted to introduce the voicemails at the slugger's perjury trial starting next week to show that Bonds was experiencing so-called 'roid rage when he left the messages demanding to know the whereabouts of Kimberly Bell. But U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston said Thursday, March 17, 2011 that the voicemails had little relevance to proving Bonds lied when he denied knowingly taking steroids. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)When Barry Bonds walked into the federal courthouse in San Francisco on Dec. 4, 2003, his career total stood at 658 home runs, baseball had yet to institute drug testing with penalties and the Giants were nearly a half-century removed from their last World Series title.




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Video: British PM: 'This will not be another Iraq'

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 10:36 AM PDT

March 19: NBC's Kier Simmons explains the current stance being taken by the British government and the type of military support being offered by the western ally. (Other)NBC's Kier Simmons explains the current stance being taken by the British government and the type of military support being offered by the western ally. (msnbc tv)




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Radiation found in Japanese milk, spinach

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 02:15 PM PDT

Japanese officials said Saturday that radiation levels in spinach and milk from farms near the tsunami-crippled facility exceeded government safety limits.

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Knut, Berlin's beloved polar bear, dies

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 12:54 PM PDT

Knut walking through his enclosure at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin on June 17, 2010.Berlin zoo official says polar bear Knut has died in his compound.




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Posted: 19 Mar 2011 12:54 PM PDT

Despite hardships, Japanese-American is sticking it out

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 07:06 AM PDT

Steven Negishi's friends are leaving Japan, his family is bundling up at home to stay warm since there is no heat and the shelves are nearly empty at the stores – but he wants the world to know, Japan "will come back."

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Fukushima water tests above safety level

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 09:27 AM PDT

Japan's Health Ministry says radioactive iodine in drinking water in Fukushima prefecture was at one point above government safety limits.

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Obama praises Brazil on Latin America tour

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 03:42 PM PDT

President Barack Obama listens to the U.S. national anthem as he stands with Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff at Planalto palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Saturday.President Barack welcomed Brazil's rise as an economic power as he opened a Latin America tour against the backdrop of an escalating Western military showdown with Libya's Moammar Gadhafi.




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Report: Valerie Plame Wilson to pen suspense books

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 11:52 PM PDT

FILE - Valerie Plame Wilson of Count Down to Zero poses for a portrait at the Gibson Guitar Lounge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah in this January 25, 2010 file photo. The New York Times reports Saturday March 19, 2011 that Wilson has a book deal with Penguin Group USA for a series of international suspense novels. The newspaper says she will team up with mystery writer Sarah Lovett on the books, which will feature a fictional operative. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File)Former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson is turning to fiction writing more than three years after publishing a memoir about her career.




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Allied forces fire missiles on Libya

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT

The destroyer USS Barry launches a Tomahawk missile at Libyan targets at the start of Operation Odyssey Dawn on Saturday.A coalition of American and European forces bombed Libyan targets by air and sea Saturday in the first phase of a military campaign to drive Moammar Gadhafi from power.




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Egyptians vote on constitutional changes

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 03:52 AM PDT

An Egyptian army soldier guards outside a polling station as voters wait to cast their vote in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 19, 2011 during referendum on constitutional amendments . The referendum gives Egypt's 40 million voters their first taste of a free vote in decades, but also poses the first major challenge to the country's transition to democracy after decades of authoritarian rule. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)Eager for their first taste of a free vote in decades, Egyptians formed long lines outside polling centers on Saturday to cast their ballots on a package of constitutional amendments sponsored by the ruling military.




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One reactor at Japan nuke plant appears stable

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 08:15 AM PDT

A replica of the Statue of Liberty stands amid the rubble of Ishinomaki, Japan, pictured Friday.One of six tsunami-crippled nuclear reactors appeared to stabilize Saturday as workers raced to restore power to the stricken power plant to prevent a greater catastrophe.




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Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher dies at 85

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 03:46 PM PDT

Warren Christopher was the top U.S. diplomat under President Bill Clinton from 1993-97.Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who helped bring peace to Bosnia and negotiated the release of U.S. hostages in Iran, died in California at age 85 late Friday, a business partner said.




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