US Hoping for UN Security Council Vote on Libya
"The U.N. Security Council meets Thursday for more discussions on a resolution to set up a 'no-fly' zone over Libya, as forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi pound rebel strongholds...

Gadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam, said in a television interview that whatever decision the council takes it will be too late. Seif al-Islam told EuroNews that  pro-Gadhafi forces are almost to Benghazi and that within 48 hours everything would be finished. "

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Radiation Plume Course Charted by U.N. Agency
"A United Nations forecast of the possible movement of the radioactive plume coming from crippled Japanese reactors shows it churning across the Pacific, and touching the Aleutian Islands on Thursday before hitting Southern California late Friday."