Obama's Brazil Visit Overshadowed By Libya

President Obama is in Brazil this weekend, discussing trade and political issues with the Brazilian leadership. However, events in Libya are overtaking his talks with Brazil's leaders about trade and forging a new relationship between the U.S. and Brazil. Host Liane Hansen talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro, who is traveling with the president.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/20/134706188/Obamas-Brazil-Visit-Overshadowed-By-Libya?ft=1&f=1004

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Ex-Mayoral Candidate Alleges Corruption During D.C. Primary

And now, a story about corruption, cronyism, pay-for-play politics, high profile firings — not to mention the FBI and an investigation by a congressional committee. The cast of characters includes the recently elected D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and one of his opponents in last year's Democratic primary, Sulaimon Brown. Brown, who has a history of run-ins with the law, says the Gray campaign paid him to stay in the race and attack the incumbent mayor Adrian Fenty. In exchange, he says, he was promised a senior post in the Gray administration. A promise that Brown says was not kept. Mayor Gray denies all of it. Robert Siegel talks with the Washington Post's D.C. political reporter Nikita Stewart for more.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/18/134664517/Ex-Mayoral-Candidate-Alleges-Corruption-In-D-C-Primary?ft=1&f=1014

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Early Radiation Data From Near Plant Ease Health Fears

The first ground-level radiation measurements from within a 37-mile radius of the disabled Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant do not reveal any immediate health threat ? and perhaps not even any health problems measurable decades from now, if levels stay where they are.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/03/19/134658088/radiation-data-near-nuclear-plant-offers-little-cause-for-concern?ft=1&f=1007

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New Republic: In Bachmann, A Serious Contender

As the competition starts to heat up in the GOP over who will declare candidacy for president in the 2012 elections, Ed Kilgore of The New Republic argues that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) could actually be a have a legitimate shot in the election ? especially when you stand her next to Palin.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/17/134617772/new-republic-in-bachmann-a-serious-contender?ft=1&f=1014

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Ex-Mayoral Candidate Alleges Corruption During D.C. Primary

And now, a story about corruption, cronyism, pay-for-play politics, high profile firings — not to mention the FBI and an investigation by a congressional committee. The cast of characters includes the recently elected D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and one of his opponents in last year's Democratic primary, Sulaimon Brown. Brown, who has a history of run-ins with the law, says the Gray campaign paid him to stay in the race and attack the incumbent mayor Adrian Fenty. In exchange, he says, he was promised a senior post in the Gray administration. A promise that Brown says was not kept. Mayor Gray denies all of it. Robert Siegel talks with the Washington Post's D.C. political reporter Nikita Stewart for more.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/18/134664517/Ex-Mayoral-Candidate-Alleges-Corruption-In-D-C-Primary?ft=1&f=1014

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U.S., Allies Launch Missile Attack On Libya

President Obama authorized limited military action against Libya on Saturday, saying Moammar Gadhafi's continued assault on his own people left the U.S. and its international partners with no other choice.

Obama said military action was not his first choice.

"This is not an outcome the U.S. or any of our partners sought," Obama said from Brazil, where he is starting a five-day visit to Latin America. "We cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people there will be no mercy."

Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, director of the Pentagon's Joint Staff, told reporters that U.S. and British ships launched more than 100 missiles on Libyan air defenses in an effort to lay down protection for a no-fly zone. The missiles targeted Libya's defense system, including "surface-to-air missiles sites, early warning sites and key communication nodes."

Gortney said they hit more than 20 sites along the Mediterranean coastline, but the success of the mission, dubbed Odyssey Dawn, was not immediately clear.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/20/134673008/attacks-reported-despite-gadhafis-cease-fire-vow?ft=1&f=1004

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Miami-Dade County Mayor Recalled

In Miami-Dade County, the voters have spoken. Mayor Carlos Alvarez was recalled Tuesday in a special election. A whopping 88 percent of Miami-Dade voters wanted Alvarez out. Robert Siegel speaks with Joy-Ann Reid, Miami Herald political columnist, about the Miami-Dade mayor recall.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/16/134602793/Miami-Dade-County-Mayor-Recalled?ft=1&f=1014

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Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher Dies

Warren Christopher, who worked for peace in Bosnia and the Mideast in the Clinton administration, died late Friday at his home in Los Angeles, according to a spokeswoman at his law firm. He was 85.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/19/134677226/former-secretary-of-state-warren-christopher-dies?ft=1&f=1014

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