IDF responds with tank and helicopter strikes; Hamas claims responsibility for 10 of the mortars; barrage of projectiles explode in Eshkol, Sha'ar Hanegev and Sdot Hanegev regional councils, one building damaged.
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
50 mortars fired into Israel, 2 injured; IDF strikes Gaza
Strong earthquake hits northeastern Japan
TOKYO, March 19 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the 18:56 p.m.(0956 GMT) quake. No tsunami warning was issued.
The focus of the quake was in the northern parts of Ibaraki Prefecture at a depth of about 20 kilometers, the agency said.
The tremor was widely felt in the surrounding prefectures. The building of Xinhua's office in downtown Tokyo swayed for several seconds.
Yemen troops on streets as two party members quit | Reuters
(Reuters) - Two prominent members of Yemen's ruling party resigned on Saturday in protest against the killing of dozens of anti-government protesters, while troops enforced a state of emergency in the capital.
Defying the crackdown, the opposition vowed to keep up its "peaceful revolution" in the poor Arabian peninsula state, a neighbor of Saudi Arabia and a U.S. ally against al Qaeda.
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Elevated Radioactivity Found in Japanese Milk, Spinach - WSJ.com
TOKYO—Raising concerns over possible contamination from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Japan's health ministry said Saturday that an abnormal amount of a radioactive material was detected in spinach grown about 110 kilometers (about 70 miles) northeast of Tokyo.
The ministry also said that an abnormal amount of the material, called iodine-131, was detected in milk from a dairy farm about 50 kilometers away from the plan
via online.wsj.com
Warren Christopher, Former Secretary of State, Dies at 85 - NYTimes.com
Warren M. Christopher, secretary of state in President Clinton’s first term and the chief negotiator for the 1981 release of American hostages in Iran, died Friday night in Los Angeles. He was 85 and had been ill with kidney and bladder cancer.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Amid Protests, Saudi King Offers Billions in Benefits - NYTimes.com
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) — Hundreds of Saudi Shiites in the eastern part of the kingdom protested peacefully on Friday in support of Shiites in Bahrain, as King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia offered $93 billion more in benefits and strengthened his security and religious police forces.
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U.S. to deploy more ships to support Libya planning - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will deploy additional amphibious ships to the Mediterranean, the military said on Friday, as part of the Obama administration's plans for responding to ongoing violence in Libya.
The USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group will deploy on March 23 "ahead of its original schedule in order to relieve units from the USS Kearsarge (Amphibious Ready Group) currently positioned in the Mediterranean Sea," it said in a statement.
The arriving group includes the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan, based in Virginia, and other ships.
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