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Cyberattacks on federal networks up 40 percent in 2010

Agencies should improve continuous monitoring to mitigate threats, says White House.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?a ... dcn=e_gvet

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U.S. not prepared for 'potentially devastating' cyberattacks, House panel told

Experts recommend active defense of critical infrastructure
http://gcn.com/articles/2011/03/17/crit ... TC_DEFENSE

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Gates Details $13.6B in DoD Cuts

But Some Projected 'Savings' Not What They Seem. The opening round in an expected barrage of Defense Department
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=6012459

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Bandwidth demands an ongoing battle for military

Changes in acquisition strategy will be key to meeting warfighter requirements
http://gcn.com/articles/2011/03/16/sate ... TC_DEFENSE

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Cracks Turn Up in U.S. Navy's First LCS (Ruh Roh!!!)

A 6-inch crack in the hull of the littoral combat ship USS Freedom caused the ship to abort sea-keeping trials in
mid-February and return to its homeport of San Diego for repairs, the U.S. Navy confirmed March 18.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=5999454

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Report criticizes defense agency's auditing (Great Caesar's Ghost)

Internal oversight of Defense Logistics Agency activity falls short.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... ailarticle

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Don't count on recycling to maintain IPv4 address pool

Marketplace won't delay transition to the next generation of Internet protocols
http://gcn.com/articles/2011/03/21/cybe ... -side.aspx

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Security concerns suppress Pentagon's appetite for wireless devices (Fairy Tale)

The U.S. military wants to go wireless. It wants handheld devices to replace desktop computers,
it wants information available for troops "anywhere, on any device anytime," it wants employees
to telework, and it wants to do this all with commercial products.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110 ... ne=NGtoday

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SecurID Company Suffers a Breach of Data Security (COTS!!!)

The RSA Security unit of EMC said that a data breach might compromise computer security
products used by corporations and governments.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/techn ... l?emc=eta1

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Military using social media to connect to terrorists

The United States military is using social media to infiltrate terrorist networks,
The Guardian reports.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110 ... ne=NGtoday

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Real Winners

There's this guy named Charlie Sheen infesting all kind of media outlets with a message that he's a winner,
though his antics make him look like a loser, especially when compared to some real and often anonymous winners:
http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2011/03/real_winners.php

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ROBERT HALE

Comptroller, U.S. DoD
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=6012270

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Officers Censured Over Enterprise Videos

The secretary of the Navy issued censure letters Friday to four senior officers after an investigation into controversial
videos shown aboard the aircraft carrier Enterprise, including the captain who masterminded and starred in the videos, Owen P. Honors.
http://www.military.com/news/article/of ... ideos.html

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Wounded Warriors program helps vets find jobs

PERRYVILLE, Md. - When Larry Perry came home from Iraq, there were a lot of questions
about what kind of future the 24-year-old Navy corpsman would have.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/a ... bs-032011/

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Program Manager Class

Proposed classification would affect pay plans, series, titles and grades of IT program managers.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0311/032111ww.htm

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OPM Defines IT Program Managers

Program management is classified as an official career field for federal information technology positions
in a new draft proposal issued by the Office of Personnel Management.
http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2011/ ... nagers.php

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Senator proposes cuts to federal annuity benefits (Make Sure it covers Congress)

Bill would eliminate pensions for all government employees hired from 2013 onward.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?a ... dcn=e_gvet

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Obama signs three-week stopgap spending bill

Negotiations will continue next week to fund government for the rest of fiscal 2011.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?a ... dcn=e_gvet

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CBO: Obama budget underestimates deficits by $2.3 trillion over upcoming decade

WASHINGTON - A new assessment of President Barack Obama's budget released Friday says the White House underestimates
future budget deficits by more than $2 trillion over the upcoming decade.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... ltoafriend

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A Crisis That Markets Can't Grasp

As Japan's disaster evolves, Wall Street keeps recalculating the damage. So far,
it's been hard to rely on history for guidance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/busin ... l?emc=eta1

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Economy's strain on local governments grows severe

Older children no longer have school buses. Public library hours have been slashed. Waits are longer at the assessor's
office because of fewer staff. Layoffs have also hit the public works department and local teens can no longer be hired
in the summer to spruce-up parks and playgrounds.
http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/U ... 9-15-26-04

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Citing pension costs, Costa Mesa, Calif., plans to lay off nearly half its employees

Nearly half the city workers in Costa Mesa received layoff notices last week. Street sweepers. Firefighters. Mechanics. Payroll clerks.
Animal control workers. In all, about 210 of the city's 472 employees, many of whom have worked there for decades. On Thursday, as the
notices were being handed out, one 29-year-old maintenance worker committed suicide by jumping from the city hall roof.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... ltoafriend

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A Volatile Week Ends Higher on Wall Street

A cease-fire in Libya and global intervention to stabilize the Japanese yen send the major indexes up.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/busin ... l?emc=eta1

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Oil Prices Jump on Airstrikes in Libya

Oil prices jumped more than $2 a barrel on Monday as the Western military action in Libya and
continuing unrest in the Middle East raised fears of possible disruptions to crude supplies.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/busin ... l?emc=eta1

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Geithner to decide on regulation of foreign-exchange swaps

The Dodd-Frank bill gave Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner broad new power, such as his
upcoming decision on regulating foreign-exchange swaps.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... ailarticle

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Fallon board eliminates own pay

Decision follows Blue Cross move
http://www.boston.com/business/healthca ... s_own_pay/

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Insurer battles identity crisis

Blue Cross's status as nonprofit scrutinized amid outcry over pay
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/ ... _over_pay/

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AT&T to Buy T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion

AT&T announced on Sunday that it had agreed to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion,
in a deal that would create the largest carrier in the nation and promised to reshape the industry.
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/ ... /?emc=eta1

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Why Howrey law firm could not hold it together

Another venerable Washington law firm went out of business last week.
So, what happened to Howrey?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... ailarticle

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Chu: Where nuclear reactors are placed will change

Energy Secretary Steven Chu says Japan's nuclear crisis will influence the locations
of new U.S. nuclear reactors.
http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/U ... 0-11-40-49

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Coakley warns on spent fuel rods

AG says storage at Vt. Yankee, Pilgrim a risk
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massac ... fuel_rods/

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Black and White and Married in the Deep South: A Shifting Image

Data from the most recent census suggests that in the deep South, historically hostile to mixed-race couples,
a shift in attitude is well under way.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/us/20 ... l?emc=eta1

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Arizona, Bowing to Business, Softens Stand on Immigration

The State Senate voted down several anti-immigration bills, an admission that last year's laws had hurt
the state's tourism and convention industry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/us/19 ... l?emc=eta1

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Clinton warns Iran over meddling in Persian Gulf (That Ought to Scare em)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Iran on Saturday to stop meddling in Bahrain and other Arab states in
the Persian Gulf, but also called on the kingdom's leaders not to use force against anti-government protesters.
http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/E ... 9-13-35-39

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Syrian forces seal city after clashes kill 5

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/M ... 9-13-19-09

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Syrian Police Attack Marchers at Funerals

Amid funerals for slain protesters, the government reportedly was allowing residents
to leave but not enter the southern city of Dara'a.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/world ... l?emc=eta1

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'Enough!' the Arabs say, but will it be enough?

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/A ... 9-12-42-35

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Iraqis denounce Saudi king over Bahrain unrest

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/M ... 9-09-37-51

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Bahrain Tears Down Monument as Protesters Seethe

Bahrain tore down the monument at the center of Pearl Square in a symbolic end to the
popular protests put down by the government.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world ... l?emc=eta1

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Bahrain opposition seeks U.N., U.S. help (So how we gonna handle this one?? No Fly Zone II??)

MANAMA, Bahrain - Bahrain's opposition asked for U.N. and American intervention in the government crackdown
on the Shiite protests trying to loosen the monarchy's grip, in a brief protest...
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/a ... lp-032011/

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Yemen's US-backed leader fails to stop uprising

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/M ... TE=DEFAULT

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Dozens of Protesters Are Killed in Yemen

The largest protest so far in Yemen came under violent and sustained attack in the center
of the capital, Sana.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world ... l?emc=eta1

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In Yemen, Opposition Encourages Protesters

A show of support came a day after the worst violence by government supporters since
the protests began about a month ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/world ... l?emc=eta1

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Yemen's weakened president abandoned by own tribe

The U.S.-backed president of Yemen suffered a devastating political blow on Sunday when his own powerful tribe demanded
his resignation, joining religious leaders, young people and the country's traditional opposition in calls for an end to
his three decades in power.
http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/M ... 0-14-59-41

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Tanks deploy in Sanaa as top army general defects (No Fly Zone III???)

Tanks and armored vehicles have deployed in the Yemeni capital after a top army commander and close
http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/M ... 1-05-26-14

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Hamas fires dozens of mortars at Israel

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/M ... 9-10-02-15

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Egyptians vote on constitutional amendments in nationwide referendum

CAIRO - Eager for their first taste of a free vote in decades, Egyptians formed long lines outside polling centers
on Saturday to cast their ballots on a package of constitutional amendments sponsored by the ruling military.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egy ... ltoafriend

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After Revolt, Egyptians Try to Shape New Politics

The people who helped bring down President Hosni Mubarak are under pressure to create a national party.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world ... l?emc=eta1

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Egyptian Voters Approve Constitutional Changes

The results, which will usher in rapid elections, underscore the weakness
of nascent liberal groups.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/world ... l?emc=eta1

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Gaddafi's forces enter Benghazi as U.S., allies prepare military action against Libya

TRIPOLI, LIBYA - Forces loyal to Moammar Gaddafi entered the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi Saturday after
air strikes and fierce fighting, a fresh act of defiance even as the United States and its allies prepared to
launch military attacks on Libya.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us- ... ltoafriend

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Obama Warns Libya, but Attacks Go On

President 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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world ... l?emc=eta1

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Obama endorses military action against Gadhafi, warning of 'the potential for mass murder'

WASHINGTON - After weeks of hesitation and divisions among his advisers, President Barack Obama on Friday endorsed military
action against Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, saying U.S. values and credibility are at stake to stop "the potential for mass murder"
of innocents.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/obama-end ... ltoafriend

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US-Led Attacks Begin on Libya's Air Defense

A U.S.-led coalition of warships, submarines and aircraft has begun strikes aimed at key elements of Libya's integrated air defense
systems along the Mediterranean coast, to be followed by the enforcement of a no-fly zone over northern Libya, supported by at least
25 ships, according to plans revealed Saturday.
http://www.military.com/news/article/us ... fense.html

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First wave of allied assault: 112 missiles

WASHINGTON - U.S. and British ships and submarines launched the first phase of a missile assault on Libyan air defenses,
firing 112 Tomahawk cruise missiles Saturday at more than 20 coastal...
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/a ... es-031911/

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Allies Target Qaddafi's Ground Forces as Libyan Rebels Regroup

American and European militaries intensified their barrage of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's
forces by air and sea on Sunday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/world ... l?emc=eta1

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More than 8,000 Libyans killed in revolt: rebel

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/ ... 3620110320

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France Deploys About 20 Aircraft to Enforce Libya No-Fly Zone

PARIS - A French warplane has fired on a Libyan military vehicle as France deployed some 20 aircraft to protect
civilians and to enforce a U.N.-backed no-fly zone over Benghazi, the French spokesman for the Joint Staff said March 19. ..
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=6007194

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U.S. actions in Libya may speak louder than words

PARIS - As international forces launched attacks against Libya on Saturday, Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton struck a tone highly unusual in the annals of American military interventions: humility.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us- ... ltoafriend

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Bataan going to Mediterranean ahead of schedule

The amphibious assault ship Bataan, two sister ships and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit will deploy
ahead of schedule next week in response to the crisis in Libya, the Navy's 2nd Fleet announced...
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/n ... y-031811w/

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NATO set to decide whether to join coalition military action against Libya

BRUSSELS - NATO's top decision-making body is set to decide whether the alliance will join
in the strikes on Libya.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nat ... ltoafriend

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Military Forces Arrayed Against Gadhafi

The multi-national effort to enforce a United Nations resolution on Libya began military operations against Libyan
air defenses on the evening of March 19. Overall direction of the effort is not yet clear, but several key NATO
partners appear to be leading the operations. ...
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=6011905

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Arab League criticizes airstrikes on Libya (Bad JuJu)

CAIRO - The head of the Arab League has criticized international strikes on Libya, saying they caused civilian deaths.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/a ... ya-032011/

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Sarkozy Puts France at Vanguard of West's War Effort

Motivated by French failures to respond quickly to the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt,
President Nicolas Sarkozy brought Western allies together on Libya.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/world ... l?emc=eta1

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Airstrikes in Libya; Questions Back Home

As President Obama's most recent military action gets criticism from left and right,
his challenge is to keep the focus on his own political agenda.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/world ... l?emc=eta1

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What is the Libya endgame?

Vice Adm. Bill Gortney, director of the Joint Staff, said Sunday the U.S. wants to shift operational responsibility
for the campaign to an international command within a few days. All right - what then?
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51603.html

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HASC Chair Questions No-Fly Goals

The first Arab state has publicly committed to enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya - Qatar - as initial battle damage
assessments of yesterday's air strikes indicate Qaddafi's air defense have been seriously degraded. On the home front,
the first signs of open worry from Capitol Hill surfaced with the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee saying
he was, "concerned that the use of military force in the absence of clear political objectives for our country risks
entrenching the United States in a humanitarian mission whose scope and duration are not known at this point and cannot
be controlled by us."
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/03/20/hasc- ... fly-goals/

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Liberal Democrats in uproar over Libya action

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51595.html

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Cruise missile blasts Gadhafi's compound near tent

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/A ... TE=DEFAULT

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Gadhafi vows 'long war' after allies strike

TRIPOLI, Libya - Anti-aircraft fire erupted in the Libyan capital on Sunday, marking the start of a second
night of international strikes as a defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed a "long war." The...
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/a ... ke-032011/

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NATO Needs Better Nonmilitary Options

Against the backdrop of a decade of Western intervention in ...
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=6012434

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New Details on Russia's T-95 Tank Emerge

http://defensetech.org/2011/03/18/new-d ... rge/?wh=wh

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Haiti now must wait for presidential vote results

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/C ... 0-21-55-29

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A week after disaster, doubts about Japanese government's grip on crisis

TOKYO - Reeling from a historic earthquake and tsunami, Japanese authorities struggled Saturday to deal with a humanitarian
crisis, a still-untamed nuclear power plant and emerging doubts about the government's credibility and competency.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ami ... ltoafriend

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Japan cites radiation in milk, spinach near plant

Japan said radiation levels in spinach and milk from farms near its nuclear
complex exceed government safety limits.
http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/A ... 9-00-26-34

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DODDS teachers hired in the U.S. told to stay in Japan

Defense Department school employees in Japan who were hired from the States were ordered Friday not to exit the country,
leaving some with little choice but to keep their young children in Japan with them.
http://www.stripes.com/news/dodds-teach ... -1.138215#

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Report: Japan's government to lend up to $122 billion to companies for quake recovery

TOKYO - Japan's government is creating a lending plan worth up to 10 trillion yen ($122 billion) to help companies recover
from this month's devastating earthquake and tsunami, a business newspaper reported Saturday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... ltoafriend

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Japan's Automakers Expect Longer Delays

Nissan, Honda and Toyota are all carefully reviewing how they will get back to normal and make up for delays
in deliveries to their overseas dealers and factories.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/busin ... l?emc=eta1

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Nuclear plant operator says reactor pressure has stabilized, no longer plans to vent gas

TOKYO - Nuclear plant operator says reactor pressure has stabilized, no longer plans to vent gas.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nuc ... ltoafriend

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Stress Test for the Global Supply Chain

Modern global supply chains are like the human body: remarkably resilient, but also vulnerable at some points.
The crises in Japan expose some of those weaknesses.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/busin ... l?emc=eta1

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Crises in Japan Ripple Across Global Economy

Tsunamis, radioactive plumes, Middle Eastern revolutions and a new round of the
European debt crisis could derail a tenuous bounceback.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/busin ... l?emc=eta1

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Japan Factories Take Steps to Resume Production

The announcement that Nissan would restart production was among a handful of encouraging
signs for Japan's economy in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/busin ... l?emc=eta1

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A Disaster Spares the Heart of Sony

Sony has 60,000 workers in Japan, but no employee casualties. The next step will be to
restart its many plants in Tohoku, the region hit hardest.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/busin ... l?emc=eta1

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7th Fleet steps up relief efforts

As some military families in Japan prepared for voluntary evacuations, the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet continued
humanitarian aid efforts over the weekend, despite cold weather and aftershocks as strong as 6.1 in magnitude.
http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/7th ... -1.138405#

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