MSNBC: Breaking News & Hottest Global News without Border [March ‘11 Diet]

MSNBC · Mar 19, 2011, 04:05 AM

Fighting continued in Libya on Friday despite the government's declaration of a cease-fire after the United Nations authorized military action to protect Libyan civilians.

Source: NATO prepares for Libya action

MSNBC · Mar 19, 2011, 08:05 AM

Emergency workers racing to cool dangerously overheated uranium fuel scrambled Saturday to connect Japan's crippled reactors to a new power line.

Source: Japan races to restart nuclear plant cooling systems

MSNBC · Mar 19, 2011, 12:05 PM

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi entered Benghazi Saturday, Al-Jazeera television reported, and a plane was shot down over the rebel-held city.

Source: Gadhafi's forces attack rebels in Benghazi

MSNBC · Mar 19, 2011, 04:05 PM

Top officials from the United States, Europe and the Arab world have announced immediate military action to protect civilians amid combat between Gadhafi's forces and rebel fighters.

Source: World leaders launch military action in Libya

MSNBC · Mar 19, 2011, 08:05 PM

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said allied air forces had gone into action on Saturday over Libya and were preventing Moammar Gadhafi's forces from attacking the rebel city of Benghazi.

Source: Allies launch military action in Libya

MSNBC · Mar 20, 2011, 04:05 AM

Berlin zoo official says polar bear Knut has died in his compound.

Source: Knut, Berlin's beloved polar bear, dies

MSNBC · Mar 20, 2011, 12:05 PM

Ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a Saturday speech in New Delhi stresses the importance of America's ties with India while sounding a warning note on China's rise.

Source: Palin in India talk warns of China's rise

MSNBC · Mar 20, 2011, 04:05 PM

An 80-year-old woman and her teenage grandson were rescued Sunday in northeastern Japan when the youth was able to pull himself out of their flattened two-story house nine days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

Source: Woman, grandson found under rubble in Japan

MSNBC · Mar 20, 2011, 08:05 PM

A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vows a "long war" after the U.S. and European militaries blast his forces with airstrikes and missiles early Sunday. Meanwhile, Qatar says it will join the operation.

Source: Gadhafi defiant in face of allied air strikes

MSNBC · Mar 21, 2011, 04:05 AM

Japanese officials report progress in their battle to gain control over a leaking nuclear complex, but the crisis is far from over, with the discovery of more radiation-tainted food.

Source: Japan reports progress at leaking nuclear complex