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From what’s going on in the Capitol to what’s happening oversees, we have it all.
Today we see Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, taking matters into his own hands by bombing airplanes and killing more people. Japan continues to rebuild as they face fears of radiation contamination.
Take It In The Ring
Contenders: Muammar Gaddafi vs Rebels
Match: Muammar Gaddafi took advantage of international indecision to attack the heart of the 5-week-old uprising on Saturday, sending troops, tanks and warplanes to swarm the first city seized by the rebels. Crashing shells shook buildings, and the sounds of battle drew closer to Benghazi’s center.
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GlobalGrind’s Global Mind
Where: Japan
What: Exhausted engineers attached a power cable to the outside of Japan’s tsunami-crippled nuclear plant on Saturday in a race to prevent deadly radiation from an accident now rated at least as bad as America’s Three Mile Island incident in 1979.
Further cabling inside was under way before an attempt to restart water pumps needed to cool overheated nuclear fuel rods at the six-reactor Fukushima plant in northeastern Japan, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo.
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Inside the Capitol
Where: Wisconsin
Who: Judge Maryann Sumi
What: Judge Maryann Sumi of Dane County, Wisconsin has blocked the state’s infamous bill eliminating most collective bargaining rights for public employees from taking effect, at least temporarily.
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Hero of the day
Who: Warren Christopher
What: Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher died Friday from complications of kidney and bladder cancer, his family said. He was 85.
As America’s chief diplomat for four years during President Bill Clinton’s administration, Christopher “eschewed confrontation in favor of negotiation with friend and foe alike,” according to a profile posted on the State Department website.
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Better Than Fiction
Character: The New York Times
Plot Line: The New York Times reported Friday morning that all four of its journalists missing in Libya have been found and will be released. Earlier, Saif Gaddafi, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, had given an interview where he seemed to be referring to only one of the journalists and said “she” would be released. But the Times said that the State Department had clarified to the paper that all four would in fact be set free.
Numbers Game
Number: 7,197
Where: Japan
What: As searches for survivors continued Saturday, police in Japan said more than 7,100 people had died since the monster earthquake and ensuing tsunami struck.
On Saturday morning 7,197 people were confirmed dead, according to Japan’s National Police Agency. Another 10,905 people were missing and 2,611 were injured, the agency said.
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This Day In History
Year: 2003
What: On this day in 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad.
