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updated 5:35 a.m.EDT, Sat March 19, 2011

Fighter jet shot down over rebel-held Libyan city

The civil war in Libya took a significant turn Saturday when a fighter jet fell from the sky and burst into flames as explosions rang out in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. FULL STORY

Disaster in Japan

• Radiation found in food near plant
• LIVE: Japan TV | News blog updates
• Winds forecasted to shift over Japan
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• Latest photos: Destruction | Survivors
• Full coverage | Tsunami: Before, after

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Hiroshima survivors fear new crisis

The floodwaters from the tsunami remind Shigeko Sasamori of Hiroshima's rivers swamped with corpses. And the struggle at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant makes her wonder if the crisis will plague a new generation. FULL STORY

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2 American teachers found in Japan5:40

Update: Help arrives for quake survivor

'Whale Wars' activist survives quake3:28

Wildlife among victims of tsunami

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Comments: Kudos for no-fly zone

Disasters test Japan's mettle anew

Next full moon will be biggest in years

Reagan shooting: Return to the limo3:02

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Entertainment

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Living and Eatocracy

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• 5 questions to ask your sommelier
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• Middleton's see-through dress sold
• Disasters and divine retribution?

Justice

• Yale murder suspect pleads guilty
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• Kids' agency on the defensive
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• Second trial in deadly home invasion

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• Bona fide NBA title contenders
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Mother Nature Network

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• Panel: Don't treat fliers like terrorists
• Seattle fans share their secrets
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