Daily International News
March 18, 2011
Northeast Asia
Japan weighs need to bury nuclear plant; tries to restore power [Reuters]
Japan raises severity of nuclear accident [AP]
Frantic Repairs Go On at Plant as Japan Raises Severity of Crisis [NYT]
Where Fukushima meets Stuxnet: The growing threat of cyber war [FP]
Japan crisis: Germany to speed up nuclear energy exit [BBC]
Five other worldwide nuclear plants of concern [FP]
APNewsBreak: Source: minuscule fallout reaches US [AP]
WHO says no travel bans needed for Japan [AP]
NKorea proposes joint volcano research with South [AP]
Southeast Asia/Pacific
Malaysia: Ship with illegal cargo was Iran-bound [AP]
Fresh riots at Australia’s Christmas Island centre [BBC]
Small bomb explodes outside Indonesia’s capital [AP]
Alert level at Indonesia volcano raised to highest [AP]
South/Central Asia
Indian PM Manmohan Singh denies bribing MPs for votes [BBC]
C.I.A. Drones Kill Civilians in Pakistan [NYT]
Punjab Assembly passes resolution against drone strikes [Dawn]
Middle East
Yemeni snipers open fire on protesters, kill 31 [AP]
Abbas asks for Israeli permission to head for Gaza [Xinhua]
Saudi king to announce reforms [Al Jazeera]
Iraqi Shiites decry Sunni crackdown in Bahrain [AP]
Iran cleric tells Bahraini Shiites to protest on [AP]
Africa
China: ‘serious reservations’ about Libya UN resolution [AP]
Libya Says It Will Release Times Journalists [NYT]
Libya Calls Ceasefire After Britain and France Vow Action ‘Soon’ [NYT]
As U.N. Backs Military Action in Libya, U.S. Role Is Unclear [NYT]
Gbagbo calls on civilians to join Ivory Coast fighting [Reuters]
Witnesses: Tanks enter Ivory Coast district [AP]
DR Congo blocks UK company from oil search in gorilla refuge [BBC]
Europe
Edinburgh airport evacuated after bomb scare [Guardian]
Air France faces charges over 2009 Atlantic crash [AP]
G7 countries agree on intervention to control yen rise [BBC]
Americas/Domestic
Former Haitian president returns from 7-year exile [AP]
Mexico’s top diplomat defends US drone flights [AP]
Obama Op-ed: Jobs at top of Latin America agenda [USA Today]
Chile, US diplomats to sign nuclear energy accord [AP]
Senate passes short-term government-funding measure that includes some easy cuts [WaPo]