Staff withdrawn from Japan plant
A spike in radiation levels at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant forces workers to suspend their operations.
| Bahrain police tackle protesters
Riot police in Bahrain launch an assault on anti-government demonstrators camping in a square in the capital, a day after deadly clashes.
| UN talks on Libya no-fly zone due
Negotiations are expected to begin on a draft United Nations resolution from the UK, France and Lebanon, seeking to impose a no-fly zone on Libya.
| Portugal receives debt downgrade
Ratings agency Moody's downgrades Portugal's sovereign debt, while the government's austerity plans run into opposition.
| Egypt dissolves security agency
Egypt's interior ministry dissolves the country's notorious internal security agency, which has been accused of human rights abuses.
| Four killed in Ivory Coast attack
Four people are shot dead by gunmen in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, as violence continues to spread following disputed elections.
| Haiti's cholera 'to be far worse'
The cholera epidemic affecting Haiti looks set to be far worse than officials had thought, experts fear.
| Israel intercepts 'weapons ship'
The Israeli navy has intercepted an Egypt-bound ship carrying arms intended for militant groups in the Gaza Strip, military officials say.
| Colombia rebel 'drug boss' killed
Colombia's armed forces kill a Farc rebel leader, Oliver Solarte, who they say was the group's main contact with Mexico's drug cartels.
| Robotic sub revisits sunken shipping container
A robotic sub revisits a shipping container lost off the coast of California in 2004, finding it teeming with underwater life.
| Disney 'scuttle' 3D Yellow Submarine remake
Disney Studios has scrapped plans for a 3D remake of The Beatles' 1968 film Yellow Submarine, according to industry paper Hollywood Reporter.
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Apple to delay iPad 2 sales in Japan
Apple will delay the launch of the iPad 2 in Japan as that country reels from impact of the March 11 earthquake and the continued aftershocks.
| Reports say Netflix in talks for original content
White hot movie-streaming service could be looking to become the Web version of HBO as it negotiates to acquire original TV series directed by "The Social Network"'s David Fincher.
| U.S. military blocks sites to free space for quake relief
Amazon, YouTube, 11 other sites popular with military personnel are blocked from the .mil computer system in effort to reserve bandwidth for use in quake recovery efforts.
| Facebook takes another swing at Web video
The social network is live-streaming Major League Baseball games for free until opening day in a test of its promotional power, says MLB.com.
| Chrome still shines, 10 versions later
Google Chrome exploded on to the browser scene in 2008 and hasn't let up on its rocketing trajectory. Now at 10 percent of the worldwide browser market share, we take a new look at the browser and what makes people crazy for Chrome.
| HP's big plans for a WebOS world
Despite a lot of talk of enterprise software and services during Leo Apotheker's keynote speech Monday, here's why the consumer business still matters--a lot--to HP.
| HAL-5: The exoskeleton robot 'to suit you'
Just two days before the largest earthquake in Japan's recorded history, Cyberdyne showed off its new Hal-5 suit at the inaugural International Forum on Cybernics 2011 in Tokyo.
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