Japan Nuclear Crisis Deepens As Radiation Keeps Crews At Bay -- The Guardian
Race is on to restart cooling systems with emergency power after dropping water on damaged reactors has little effect
Helicopter crews and teams of police officers in water cannon trucks are battling intense radiation at the crippled Fukushima power station in Japan in a desperate bid to douse overheating fuel rods with tonnes of water.
Authorities have drafted in extra workers and turned to ever more radical tactics as fears grow that pools used to cool down spent fuel rods have leaked, leaving the rods exposed and in danger of catching fire, which could release huge amounts of radiation into the air.
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MIDDLE EAST
Alarmed US urges calm as Mideast uprisings grow.
Bahrain opposition leaders arrested, Shiite neighborhoods sealed off. Bahrain authorities detain six opposition leaders. Rights group accuses Bahrain of using 'excessive force' on protesters. UN warns of 'shocking' abuses in Bahrain.
Abbas to meet Hamas in Gaza for Palestinian unity talks.
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,439.
ASIA
Six days later, Japanese still confronting magnitude of quake crisis. Japanese choppers dump water on stricken reactor. U.S. officials alarmed by Japanese handling of nuclear Crisis. Japan renews nuclear efforts as U.S. sounds alarm. Mounting Japan crisis sparks exodus of foreigners.
Japanese earthquake: Rebuilding may cost more than Kobe quake's £100bn.
China suspends nuclear building plans.
Pressure mounts on all parties in Afghan war to begin talks.
Pakistani Christians convert to Islam because of threats and intimidations.
CIA faces reduced role in Pakistan after murder row.
AFRICA
Gaddafi tells Benghazi his army is coming tonight. Libya threatens retaliation as U.S. seeks UN resolution authorizing strikes. US official says Gadhafi getting upper hand. Qaddafi's forces encircle last city before rebel capital. U.S. considering military actions beyond no-fly zone to stop Kadafi. Gaddafi forces push forward as U.S. mulls air strikes. US reverses strategy on Libya. ICRC departs Libyan rebel stronghold.
South Sudan army clash with heavily armed militia.
Ivory Coast crisis: 'Deadly shelling' in Abidjan. With Ivory Coast crippled by sanctions, a leader still holds on.
Pirates seize ship, use it to launch new attack.
Nigeria militants claim oil strike, army blames youths. Eni’s Agip Oil facility in Nigeria attacked, military say.
EUROPE
Gaddafi did not fund Sarkozy, Claude Gueant insists.
‘Biblical Exodus’ of refugees from Africa unrest spurs backlash in Europe.
Portugal may soon go the way of Ireland.
EU police arrest 9 Kosovo war crimes suspects.
Kadyrov's rule inspires fear in Chechnya.
500,000 pack Dublin for St. Patrick's Day parade.
AMERICAS
Hugo Chavez calls off Venezuela's nuclear energy plans.
Peru's presidential field split over mining taxes.
South Africa: Aristide leaving for Haiti Thursday.
UN 'supports Central America's fight against violence'.
El Salvador's long-ago civil war still colors U.S. relations.
Haiti cholera 'far worse than expected', experts fear.
US life expectancy surpasses 78, a new record.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
80 people reportedly killed in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan. US Predators strike again in al Qaeda stronghold of Datta Khel.
Canadian charged with helping Najibullah Zazi in New York bomb plot.
Close reading Al Qaeda's latest jihadist women's eMagazine (yes, latest).
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Airbus under investigation over Rio-Paris crash.
US backing for world currency stuns markets.
Japan earthquake may push up price of electronic goods.
Japan plays down need for yen action from G7.
FedEx outlook bright on growing demand.
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