TOGETHER WE CAN REBUILD   Photograph by AP Photo/NEXCO East   These two photos show a road devastated by the March 11 massive earthquake (left) and the same road after restoration in Naka, Japan. The highway company restored the 150-meter section of the highway linking Tokyo and the quake-damaged Ibaraki prefecture in six days. The [...]

Every Wednesday, the Sifter posts top-line summaries to current events around the globe. All news articles are from Reuters and BBC News.   Defiant Gaddafi pledges victor [BBC News] – Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has made his first public appearance in a week to rally his supporters. In a speech apparently from a compound [...]

THE BATTLE RAGES ON   Photograph by GORAN TOMASEVIC / REUTERS   Vehicles belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi explode after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)   via The Big Picture – Libya: UN air strikes aid rebels    

Every Wednesday, the Sifter posts top-line summaries to current events around the globe. All news articles are from Reuters and BBC News.   Japanese emperor ‘deeply worried’ [BBC News] – Japan’s Emperor Akihito has said he is “deeply worried” about the crisis his country is facing following last Friday’s earthquake and tsunami. In an extremely [...]

DEVASTATION IN JAPAN   Photograph by REUTERS/KYODO   Houses are swept by water following a tsunami and earthquake in Natori City in northeastern Japan March 11, 2011. There were several strong aftershocks and a warning of a 10-meter tsunami following the quake, which also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo. (REUTERS/KYODO)   [...]

Every Wednesday, the Sifter posts top-line summaries to current events around the globe. All news articles are from Reuters and BBC News. Libyans ‘will fight’ no-fly zone [BBC News] – Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has said his people will take up arms if a no-fly zone is imposed by Western nations or the UN, [...]