Lack of parts from Japan halts GM production

General Motors forced to suspend pickup production at La. plant after massive quake, tsunami slam supplier

• Mar 18, 2011

As foreigners flee, Japanese lament lack of info

Lack of planning for nuclear crisis in Tokyo surprises CBS News producer Megan Towey - at least she gets to come home

• Mar 18, 2011

Smoke rises from Japan's crippled nuke plant

Japan's nuclear safety agency says smoke is rising from nuclear plant as country says it is willing to accept U.S. help

• Mar 18, 2011

Libyan no-fly zone OK'd by U.N. Security Council

All "necessary measures" to protect civilians authorized after Qaddafi vows "no mercy"; China, Russia abstain from vote

• Mar 17, 2011

With power cable laid, will cooling system work?

Japan faces "pivotal moment" with plan to reconnect power to unit 2 once latest round of water spraying completes

• Mar 17, 2011

Shock of what's happened floods Japanese psyche

Lack of information from the government, supply shortage and increased worry cause Japanese humanitarian disaster to grow

• Mar 17, 2011

Echoes of Hiroshima resonate with cancer doctor

Moved by the death of her childhood friend after atomic bombs hit Japan, doctor turns radiation into a tool for healing

• Mar 17, 2011

Day in Pictures

A glimpse at the days news as seen through a camera's lens

• Mar 17, 2011
• 10 photos

Desperate attempts to cool Fukushima reactors

Helicopters, spray trucks employed in scramble to prevent meltdown at stricken plant, but unclear if anything has worked

• Mar 17, 2011

Qaddafi vows "no mercy" as U.N. eyes action

Libyan leader vows to launch final assault on the opposition's capital; U.N. set to vote on mandate to strike his forces

• Mar 17, 2011

Nuke safety chief let Japan off easy, U.S. wrote

WikiLeaks cables show American gov't thought chief of U.N. nuclear safety watchdog was incompetent for years

• Mar 17, 2011

U.S. troops mobilized for Japan relief efforts

Airmen flying search and rescue missions, 17,000 sailors and Marines in waters off Japan; Supplies brought in

• Mar 17, 2011

Aristide at S. Africa airport en route to Haiti

Jean-Bertrand Aristide, former slum priest, was twice elected Haiti president and remains popular among majority poor

• Mar 17, 2011

Snow adds to Japan's misery

As if the Japanese people weren't suffering enough, snow fell this week, chilling the homeless and hampering rescue and relief efforts

• Mar 17, 2011
• 19 photos

Bahrain clashes: 'Riot police showed no mercy'

Tear gas and pellets fired at crowds of demonstrators in Manama

• Mar 17, 2011

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