NATO Asks U.S. Military to Extend Libya Mission As Qaddafi Holds On

NATO Asks U.S. Military to Extend Libya Mission As Qaddafi Holds OnNATO has asked the U.S. military to continue flying airstrike missions over Libya through Monday, extending the previously announced timeline for U.S. participation in that mission by two days, NATO and Pentagon officials tell Fox News. During testimony on Thursday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen announced the U.S. would hand off all strike missions to partner nations by the end of Saturday.Two weeks after mostly U.S. missiles and bombs opened an international air assault on Libya's Muammar al-Qaddafi, America's naval and air forces were expected...

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Engineers Pin Hopes on New Tactic to Stop Japan's Nuclear Plant Leak

Engineers Pin Hopes on New Tactic to Stop Japan's Nuclear Plant LeakTOKYO -- Engineers pinned their hopes on chemicals, sawdust and shredded newspaper to stop highly radioactive water pouring into the ocean from Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant Sunday as officials said it will take several months to bring the crisis under control, the first time they have provided a timetable.Concrete already failed to stop the tainted water spewing from a crack in a maintenance pit, and the new mixture did not appear to be working either, but engineers said they were not abandoning it.The Fukushima Da-ichi plant has been leaking radioactivity since...

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Afghanistan Koran Burning Protests Rage On for Third Day

Afghanistan Koran Burning Protests Rage On for Third Day A government spokesman said one had been killed and 16 were injured in a new Koran burning protest in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar Sunday, where hundreds took to the streets to demonstrate for a third consecutive day.Hundreds also blocked off a highway for three hours in Jalalabad city, shouting for U.S. troops to leave and burned an effigy of President Obama.A similar protest in eastern Parwan province blocked a main highway with burning tires for about an hour, with more than 1,000 people protesting against the desecration of the Koran, said provincial police chief Sher...

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Florida Police Recruit Missing, Boyfriend Won't Talk

Florida Police Recruit Missing, Boyfriend Won't TalkINDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. -- Kelly Rothwell liked to tell friends she had the best backyard: From the living room window in her second-floor condo, she could see the blue water of the Gulf of Mexico gently rolling onto the white, sandy beach. It was a soothing sight for Rothwell, a 35-year-old police recruit whose loved ones say her life was anything but tranquil.Rothwell hasn't been seen in almost three weeks, and detectives, family and friends grimly concede there's a good chance she is dead.On March 12, she told a close friend over lunch that she was going to break up with her live-in...

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Southwest Airlines: Cracks Found in 2 More Planes

Southwest Airlines: Cracks Found in 2 More Planes April 4. Inspectors have found small, subsurface cracks in two more Southwest Airlines planes that are similar to the cracks that caused a jetliner to lose pressure and make a harrowing emergency landing in Arizona, the airline said Sunday. The two planes will be evaluated further and more repairs will be undertaken before they are returned to service, Southwest said in a statement.Friday's flight carrying 118 people rapidly lost cabin pressure after the Boeing 737-300's fuselage ruptured -- causing a 5-foot-long tear -- just after takeoff from Phoenix.Passengers recalled tense minutes...

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