Japan baseball opens, tsunami-hit team wins

Rakuten Eagles, displaced after home of Sendai was devastated by tsunami, beats defending champs amid relief and cheers

• Apr 12, 2011

France, U.K. say NATO falling short in Libya

Countries say alliance not doing enough to target Qaddafi's heavy arms, protect rebel-held city of Misrata

• Apr 12, 2011

Egypt's Mubarak hospitalized with heart problems

Former Egyptian president, 82, abruptly hospitalized on day he was to be summoned for questioning over corruption allegations

• Apr 12, 2011

Witnesses: Syrian protesters fired on from roofs

U.S. calls Syrian regime's repression "outrageous"; More than 200 protesters dead so far; Assad blames gangs, not reformers

• Apr 12, 2011

Libyan woman details alleged gang rape

Iman al-Obeidi, who confronted foreign journalists with story of rape and beating by Qaddafi soldiers, recounts horrid episode

• Apr 12, 2011

Drone may have killed U.S. troops in Afghanistan

Pentagon investigating if unmanned Predators killed a Marine and Navy medic

• Apr 12, 2011

Ivory Coast president: Put down your guns

Armed fighters still prowl streets even after Laurent Gbagbo was arrested by forces backing President Ouattara

• Apr 12, 2011

Woman ticketed in France for wearing veil

France first country to implement law banning garments in public; Many see ban as a stigma

• Apr 12, 2011

Japan's Chernobyl: Nuke crisis level raised

Authorities up severity to highest international level, on par with Chernobyl disaster despite unleashing one-tenth the radiation so far

• Apr 12, 2011

Ex-Libyan minister to share info on Qaddafi

Moussa Koussa, who defected to U.K., is traveling to Qatar to attend conference on Libyan crisis

• Apr 12, 2011

Gbagbo gone, Ivory Coast sees "new era of hope"

Arrest of cornered strongman who refused to cede power after losing election brings "dawn of a new era"

• Apr 12, 2011

Japan raises nuclear alert to Chernobyl level

Despite Japan's radiation amount being only 10 percent of Chernobyl's, nuclear crisis alert level also raised to 7

• Apr 12, 2011

Australia to put women on war frontline

Joining only Israel, Canada and New Zealand, Australia will offer active combat roles to female soldiers

• Apr 11, 2011

Japan: TEPCO puts out fire at damaged nuke plant

Workers discovered small fire near a reactor building at nuclear plant, but it was extinguished quickly, says operator

• Apr 11, 2011

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake jolts Tokyo

There are no initial reports of injuries or damage; No tsunami warning issued

• Apr 11, 2011

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