TOKYO — One of the reactors at Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant has been damaged more severely than originally thought, officials said Thursday — a serious setback for efforts to stabilize the radiation-leaking complex. Repairs to monitoring equipment revealed the new data, which also showed that the water level in the core of Unit 1 at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant is much lower than previously thought, leaving the portion of the fuel rods still intact fully exposed. Other fuel has slumped to the bottom of the pressure vessel and is thought to be covered in water. Read full article > >

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New data show greater-than-expected damage to 1 reactor at Japan’s nuke plant

Nikica Jelavic’s spectacular overhead kick gives Rangers a nervy win over Aberdeen that keeps the pressure on league leaders Celtic.

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Ministers are to hold talks on the conflict in Libya, amid calls for Nato to step up the pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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Ministers to hold talks on Libya

Even in this day and age, the pressure’s on for women to find a husband. A new study of 22,000 people from around the world found that British women who shacked up with their boyfriends before they were married were unhappier than married women because…

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Study: Unmarried Women Have Low Self-Esteem

The UK and France seek to ramp up the pressure on Col Gaddafi ahead of Friday’s EU summit, saying the Libyan leader should leave immediately.

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Washington – Nearly three weeks after Libya erupted in what may now turn into a protracted civil war, the politics of military intervention to speed the ouster of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi grow more complicated by the day — for both the White House and Republicans. President Obama, appearing Monday morning with Australia’s prime minister, tried to raise the pressure on Colonel Qaddafi further by talking about “a range of potential options, including potential military options” against the embattled Libyan leader. read more

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TUNIS – Tunisia, whose revolution convulsed the Arab world, ousted its second leader in less than two months Sunday, as the euphoria triggered by the uprising in January began to give way to the realization that achieving meaningful reforms may prove tougher than toppling dictators.

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Pressure for change builds across Arab world

TUNIS – Tunisia, whose revolution convulsed the Arab world, ousted its second leader in less than two months Sunday, as the euphoria triggered by the uprising in January began to give way to the realization that achieving meaningful reforms may prove tougher than toppling dictators.

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Pressure for change builds across Arab world

Chelsea ease the pressure on manager Carlo Ancelotti as they cruise to a first leg win over Copenhagen in their last 16 Champions League tie.

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FC Copenhagen 0-2 Chelsea

Thousands of union members and supporters amass in Wisconsin to keep up the pressure on a Republican-backed bill that would curb union rights.

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Wisconsin protesters staying put

CAIRO – An array of new developments turned against President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday as Egypt moved closer to a full rupture between its autocratic government and a growing popular rebellion.

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Protests, strikes and media shift intensify pressure on Mubarak government

Peter Crouch scores his second league goal of the season as Tottenham grind out a scrappy win against Blackburn to keep the pressure on the top four.

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Blackburn 0-1 Tottenham

Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Cairo for a seventh day to try to increase the pressure on President Hosni Mubarak to step down after 30 years in power.

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‘Mubarak out of order, Mubarak donkey’

Adam Johnson’s first-half strike earns Man City victory over Blackpool as they keep up the pressure on Man United at the top of the Premier League.

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Manchester City 1-0 Blackpool

Defender Chris Baird strikes twice in the first half to help Fulham move out of the relegation zone and ease the pressure on manager Mark Hughes.

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Stoke 0-2 Fulham