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JOHANNESBURG – Actor Danny Glover arrived in South Africa on Thursday to escort former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide home, the politician’s lawyer said. Miami lawyer Ira Kurzban flew to Johannesburg Wednesday to accompany Aristide back to Haiti amid unexplained delays attributed to U.S. opposition. The star of the “Lethal Weapon” action movies arrived Thursday morning, […]

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has authorized the first evacuations of Americans out of Japan, and said it will charter aircraft to help U.S. citizens wishing to escape elevated radiation levels in the country.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Boxing champ Muhammad Ali is asking Iran to release two American hikers held since 2009 on spy charges. Ali, arguably the most prominent U.S. Muslim, on Wednesday released to The Associated Press a letter he wrote to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February. The letter asks Khameini to release Josh Fattal […]

FUKUSHIMA, Japan — Surging radiation levels forced Japan to order emergency workers to temporarily withdraw from its crippled nuclear plant Wednesday, losing time in a desperate operation to cool the overheating reactors – the most urgent crisis from last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.

TOBRUK, Libya  — Moammar Gadhafi’s forces overwhelmed rebels in the strategic eastern city of Ajdabiya, hammering them with airstrikes, missiles, tanks and artillery Tuesday in an assault that sent residents fleeing and appeared to open the way for an all-out government offensive on the opposition’s main stronghold in the east, Benghazi.

SOMA, Japan — A new fire broke out at a nuclear reactor early Wednesday, a day after the power plant emitted a burst of radiation that panicked an already edgy Japan and left the government struggling to contain a spiraling crisis caused by last week’s earthquake and tsunami.

Japan —  The Japanese government is ordering residents who live within 18 miles of the Fukushima  Nuclear Power Plant to stay inside, close their windows, and not use air-conditioning. An explosion at one crippled reactor at the plant cause Japanese officials to take action. The reactor spewed large amounts of radioactive material into the air. […]

SHOUSHA CAMP, Tunisia — Thousands of African and Asian migrant workers who fled Libya after years of toil are going home with empty pockets and many vow never to return. RELATED: TOP 9 MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE 2000’s

Despite the fact that Haiti is still in turmoil more than a year after the tragic earthquake that happened this year, the thoughts and prayers of many Haitians are with the people of Japan. RELATED: 25 reasons we love Arsenio Hall Huffpo journalist, Bryn Mooser reports: When news of the Japan disaster was coming in […]

Japan– A second hydrogen explosion has occurred Monday in the Fukushima nuclear power plant following Friday’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami. RELATED: TOP 9 MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE 2000’S The blast at the plants number-three reactor shook the facility, injured 11 people and sending smoke billowing into the sky. The first explosion which occurred […]

Japan — A hydrogen explosion was reported at the Fukushima nuclear plant Saturday night. It was the second explosion at a plant, before TV cameras showed footage of column No. 3 belching smoke. As many as 1.5 million people are without water and energy as snow fell over the country RELATED: Top 15 Black Bio-Pics […]

SENDAI, Japan — The estimated death toll from Japan’s disasters climbed past 10,000 Sunday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple nuclear reactor meltdowns and hundreds of thousands of people struggled to find food and water. The prime minister said it was the nation’s worst crisis since World War II. Also read: Top […]