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LA protesters defy eviction efforts, go to court (AP)

Wall Street protesters dance to music as they remain at the camp in front of Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stated Friday that the protestors's campsite will be dismantled, beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)AP – For now, Wall Street protesters camped out on the Los Angeles City Hall lawn still have their tent city after defying a deadline to pack up and clear out. “Still occupied,” read the sign of a protester up in a tree.


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Rescue efforts suspended at Kansas grain elevator (AP)

AP – Crews have suspended rescue efforts for three people missing since an explosion at a Kansas grain elevator that killed three workers and injured two.

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Franco-German efforts fail to satisfy markets (AP)

A securities manager points to a fluctuating stock indicator in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. Stock markets in Asia were mixed Wednesday, with investment sentiment on the wane amid Europe's ongoing debt crisis and weaker-than-expected growth in the 17-country euro zone. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP – Global stocks fell Wednesday in a downbeat appraisal of a Franco-German summit that failed to persuade investors that a convincing fix to the eurozone’s spiraling debt crisis was imminent.


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Japan’s efforts to ease nuke crisis hit setback (AP)

People shop for produce at a makeshift store at a devastated area in Kesennuma, northern Japan, Sunday, March 20, 2011, after last week's earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Kaname Muto) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDITAP – An unexpected rise in pressure inside a troubled reactor set back efforts to bring Japan’s overheating, leaking nuclear complex under control Sunday as concerns grew that as-yet minor contamination of food and water is spreading.


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Japan nuclear crisis: Workers resume efforts at Fukushima power plant

Workers briefly abandoned Japan’s quake-stricken nuclear plant on the verge of meltdown Tuesday night when increasing radiation levels made it too dangerous to remain.

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In Japan plant, frantic efforts to avoid meltdown (AP)

Police officers wearing gas masks patrol in the area of the Fukushima power plant's Unit 1 in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture (state), northern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011, amid fears that a part of the plant could meltdown after being hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami Friday. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Kaname Yoneyama)  JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORYAP – Inside the troubled nuclear power plant, officials knew the risks were high when they decided to vent radioactive steam from a severely overheated reactor vessel. They knew a hydrogen explosion could occur, and it did. The decision still trumped the worst-case alternative — total nuclear meltdown.


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US, Europe intensify efforts to isolate Gadhafi (AP)

Human Rights council members follow a speech by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday Feb. 28, 2011. The 27-nation bloc agreed an arms embargo, asset freeze and visa ban against Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi on Monday. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP – The United States and European allies intensified efforts to isolate Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Monday, redoubling demands for him to step down, questioning his mental state and warning that those who stay loyal to him risk losing their wealth and being prosecuted for human rights abuses.


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