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 March 18, 2011 Afternoon Update |
 TOP NEWSObama Warns Libya on Allied ActionBy ELISABETH BUMILLER, DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and ALAN COWELLPresident Obama set forth non-negotiable conditions that he said Libya must immediately meet to avoid military action to enforce a no-flight zone and block attacks by the regime on civilians and rebels.
Cairo Activists Now Struggle With PoliticsBy NEIL MacFARQUHARThe people who helped bring down President Hosni Mubarak are under pressure to create a national party. At Least 40 Protesters Are Killed in YemenBy LAURA KASINOF and ROBERT F. WORTHThe largest protest so far in Yemen came under violent and sustained attack in the center of the capital, Sana.
Bahrain Tears Down Monument as Protesters SeetheBy ETHAN BRONNERBahrain tore down the monument at the center of Pearl Square in a symbolic end to the popular protests put down by the government. Libya Says It Will Release Times JournalistsBy DAVID D. KIRKPATRICKCol. Muammar el-Qaddafi's son Seif Islam el-Qaddafi said that four New York Times journalists were being held by pro-Qaddafi forces and would be released Friday. |
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BUSINESSRadiation Fears Add to Japan's Economic WoesBy ANDREW POLLACKWhile experts say there is little danger of contaminated food or manufactured products entering the United States from Japan, such fears could hurt Japanese exports. Yen Eases and Stocks Rise on G-7 InterventionBy BETTINA WASSENER and MATTHEW SALTMARSHThe intervention, the first such coordinated G-7 action since the euro was propped up in September 2000, brought some stability to the currency markets. DealBookFed Releases Results of Bank Stress TestsBy ERIC DASHThe Federal Reserve is relaxing its hold on some of the nation's biggest banks - permitting them to raise dividends or buy back shares for the first time since the financial crisis in the fall of 2008. Panel Urges F.D.A. to Review Menthol in CigarettesBy DUFF WILSONThe scientific panel's findings could provide a legal basis for the F.D.A. to try to limit, phase out or even possibly ban menthol in cigarettes. Off the ChartsA Shift in the Balance of Debt ObligationsBy FLOYD NORRISAfter growing rapidly for almost 20 years, the outstanding debts of the financial sector and households fell in the last two years. |
Video: The Times's David D. Kirkpatrick on the Cease-Fire
Video: Deadly Violence in Yemen
Photographs: Deadly Violence at Yemen Protest
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