Month: March 2011

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration and America’s allies have won an open-ended endorsement from the United Nations for military action in Libya, where Muammar Gaddafi’s regime is pressing to eliminate any opposition to his rule. […] […]

Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s regime last night threatened retaliation attacks against passenger aircraft in the Mediterranean if foreign countries launched air strikes against Libya. The warning came as the United States said it would back […] […]

As it struggles to gain control of a nuclear crisis and feed and shelter the thousands of people left homeless by last week’s devastating tsunami, the Japanese Government is facing a growing chorus of criticism […] […]

BARACK Obama has called the leaders of France and Britain to coordinate Libya strategy after the UN Security Council backed military action against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces. The council meeting voted to permit “all necessary measures” […] […]

YAMAGATA, JAPAN—Smoke billowed from a building at Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant Friday as emergency crews worked to reconnect electricity to cooling systems and spray more water on overheating nuclear fuel at the tsunami-ravaged facility. […] […]

TOBRUK, LIBYA—The U.N. Security Council authorized “all necessary measures” to stop Moammar Gadhafi in Libya — including strikes by sea and air — hours after he vowed in harrowing terms to launch a final assault […] […]

OTTAWA — Canada is poised to send in fighter jets to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya, defence sources told The Canadian Press. Six CF-18 fighter-bombers are being readied at Canadian Forces Base Bagotville, Que. […] […]

CAIRO—Protesters against Moammar Gaddafi in the eastern city of Benghazi cheered and let off fireworks on Friday after a UN Security Council vote authorizing a no-fly zone over Libya, live footage showed. A crowd of […] […]

JAPAN’S effort to bring its nuclear crisis and feared meltdown under control could take weeks, a senior US nuclear expert has warned. The warning came as the Group of Seven countries agreed to a joint […] […]