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Oil refinery ablaze near Tokyo after huge quake
Japanese nuclear plants shut after quake
Nikkei extends loss after quake, closes at 5-wk low
SC notice to Chhattisgarh govt on Binayak Sen's bail plea
Charlie Sheen sues Warner Bros. and Chuck Lorre for $100 million
Insider trading: Former McKinsey director testifies against Lankan billionaire Rajaratnam
Ahmedabad-bound plane makes emergency landing
Obama appoints Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen as member of PMAB
No-fly zone plan will be presented on March 15: Hillary Clinton
Japan PM may have taken donations from Korean: Report
Suspected ETA chief arrested in France: Spanish radio
Gaddafi and his clique must go: Britain and France
Saudi police open fire at protesters, one injured
Hamid Karzai relative killed by coalition forces: Family
US Muslim lawmaker weeps during testimony
Peru feared Chile-Japan plot on Fujimori: WikiLeaks
2 journalists missing in Libya; 1 from Guardian
Muammar Gaddafi forces 'recapture' Libyan town of Zawiyah
26 Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan for violating maritime boundary
Two Jaish-e-Mohammad militants killed in encounter near Srinagar

Oil refinery ablaze near Tokyo after huge quake

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 12:05 AM PST

A huge fire engulfed an oil refinery in Iichihara near Tokyo after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Friday, TV pictures showed.

Japanese nuclear plants shut after quake

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 11:45 PM PST

Some Japanese nuclear power plants and oil refineries were shut down and a major steel plant was ablaze after a powerful earthquake rocked the country, buckling roads, triggering landslides and knocking out power.

Nikkei extends loss after quake, closes at 5-wk low

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 11:35 PM PST

Japan's Nikkei average closed down 1.7 per cent, hitting a 5-week low after a massive earthquake hit the northeast coast of Japan on Friday.

SC notice to Chhattisgarh govt on Binayak Sen's bail plea

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 10:54 PM PST

The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Chhattisgarh government on a petition by rights activist Binayak Sen seeking bail and stay on his life imprisonment imposed by a sessions court for his links with Maoists.

Charlie Sheen sues Warner Bros. and Chuck Lorre for $100 million

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 09:10 PM PST

Troubled Hollywood star Charlie Sheen has filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros.and 'Two And A Half Men' creator Chuck Lorre, for USD 100 million here today.

Insider trading: Former McKinsey director testifies against Lankan billionaire Rajaratnam

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:53 PM PST

Former McKinsey director Anil Kumar today testified against his ex-Wharton classmate and Sri Lankan-born billionaire Raj Rajaratnam in the biggest insider trading case to hit US courts in decades.

Ahmedabad-bound plane makes emergency landing

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 07:11 PM PST

Passengers of a Ahmedabad-bound SpiceJet plane had a narrow escape when pilot had to land under emergency conditions after one of its engine caught fire soon after take off from Sanganer airport, officials said.

Obama appoints Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen as member of PMAB

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 05:04 PM PST

US President Barack Obama has appointed Shantanu Narayen, president and CEO of Adobe Systems, as a member of his Management Advisory Board

No-fly zone plan will be presented on March 15: Hillary Clinton

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:55 PM PST

A plan aimed at establishing a no-fly zone over Libya will be presented March 15 to NATO, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

Japan PM may have taken donations from Korean: Report

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:12 PM PST

Beleaguered Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan may have received political donations from a Korean national residing in Japan, the Asahi newspaper reported on Friday.

Suspected ETA chief arrested in France: Spanish radio

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 03:21 PM PST

Police in northwest France late on Thursday arrested the suspected military chief of the armed Basque separatist group ETA, Alejandro Zobaran Arriola, Spanish national radio reported.

Gaddafi and his clique must go: Britain and France

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 01:52 PM PST

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his ruling clique have lost legitimacy and must step down to end violence in the country, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday.

Saudi police open fire at protesters, one injured

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 12:53 PM PST

Saudi police opened fire on Thursday to disperse a protest in the mainly Shiite east, leaving at least one man injured, as the government struggled to prevent a wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world from reaching the kingdom.

Hamid Karzai relative killed by coalition forces: Family

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 11:49 AM PST

A relative of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been killed by international forces, Karzai's brother and officials said on Thursday.

US Muslim lawmaker weeps during testimony

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 10:31 AM PST

Representative Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to the US Congress, broke down in tears on Thursday while offering emotional testimony in a controversial hearing on homegrown Islamic terrorism.

Peru feared Chile-Japan plot on Fujimori: WikiLeaks

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 09:09 AM PST

Peru suspected collusion between Santiago and Tokyo in November 2005 when ex-president Alberto Fujimori unexpectedly ended his exile in Japan and traveled to Chile, according to a cable published on Thursday by WikiLeaks.

2 journalists missing in Libya; 1 from Guardian

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 07:36 AM PST

A correspondent for British newspaper the Guardian and a Brazilian journalist travelling with him have gone missing in Libya, their papers said today.

Muammar Gaddafi forces 'recapture' Libyan town of Zawiyah

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:57 AM PST

Pro-and anti-Gaddafi forces were on Thursday locked in fierce battles in several Libyan cities amid reports that strategic oil town of Zawiyah had been recaptured by government troops, as France became the first State to recognise the opposition national council which is seeking a no-fly zone over the country.