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29 Mar 11
Qaddafi's Militia Members Sue Alleged Rape Victim The woman who was forcibly removed from a hotel on Saturday when she tried to tell foreign journalists she'd been raped by pro-Qaddafi forces will now face a lawsuit for her actions. The New York Times | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a microchip that can charge electronics through body motions. The Daily Mail | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 The discovery means that there's "a high possibility that there has been at least some melting of the fuel rods," says a government spokesman. The New York Times | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 The president said it was in the U.S. interest to prevent a massacre, but made clear that Qaddafi would not be removed by force. Wall Street Journal | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Disappearing during times of crisis is "something of a tradition among Japan's industrial and political elite," but in the wake of the nuclear disaster, it's one the public is less willing to tolerate. The Washington Post | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Under the "citizenship loyalty" law, anybody convicted of treason or espionage now stands to lose their Israeli citizenship. Reuters | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in a show of support for embattled President Bashar Assad. Al Jazeera | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 With Roy Moore's likely entry, the 2012 GOP presidential field gets a little more entertaining. CBS News | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Investigators are looking into whether BP managers downplayed safety concerns before last year's Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion. Bloomberg | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 The bust of a facility in California used to house pregnant foreign women has the New York Times wondering whether "maternity tourism is entering a new, more institutionalized phase." The New York Times | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 A European Commission plan would ban cars from cities by 2050 and put an end to cheap continental flights. UK Telegraph | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 The global community agrees Qaddafi should go, and Italy looks for a way to grant him asylum. Guardian | Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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