Devastación en la costa noreste de Japón NEW EXPLOSION – #2 REACTOR FUKUSHIMA JAPAN Gulf States Send Troops To Bahrain Activist Post: US lawmakers seek to force action on trade pacts WASHINGTON ( AFP ) – President Barack Obama’s Republican foes in the US Congress on Monday stepped up pressure on the White House to submit free trade deals with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama for lawmakers’ final approval. … AFP sends troops to Liberia, Haiti as part of UN peacekeeping … MANILA, March 14 — The Armed Forces of the Philippines ( AFP ) held a send-off ceremony for the 15th Philippine Contingent to Liberia (PCL) and the 13th Philippine Contingent to Haiti (PCH) in a program on Monday at the Canopy Area of the … Activist Post: US Fed to meet as global crises loom large WASHINGTON ( AFP ) – The Federal Reserve’s top policymakers meet Tuesday with an upbeat US economic outlook clouded by a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan and unrest in the Middle East. The Fed’s rate-setting panel is expected … Activist Post: Give nuke neighbors 'emergency pills': US lawmaker WASHINGTON ( AFP ) – Citing worries over an earthquake-damaged Japanese nuclear power plant, a US lawmaker called Monday for giving “emergency pills” to guard Americans near similar facilities from radiation illness. … Japan quake: live report ( AFP ) | News on Green AFP – 0116 GMT: Some workers have been evacuated from the number-two reactor at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, according to Tokyo Electric Power C… Seldomsean63 says: RT @inquirerdotnet : TOKYO ( AFP )–Higher-than-normal level of radiation detected Tokyo Tues; city gov't official says it's not considered… http://post.ly/1kWn0