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Miracle As Baby Is Found In Japan Rubble – A four-month old baby girl dressed in a pink snow suit has been found in the ruins of a home in earthquake and tsunami-ravaged Japan – 72 hours after the disaster hit. She was rescued from the rubble of her devastated town of Ishinomaki apparently uninjured. Think about that. Didn’t drown and didn’t get hit by debris. Without being able to help herself. [metro]

Japan Suspends Work At Stricken Power Plant – Japan suspended operations to keep its stricken nuclear plant from melting down Wednesday after surging radiation made it too dangerous to stay. Workers have been dousing the reactors in a frantic effort to cool them needed to withdraw due to the radiation risk. [associated]

Fear Grips Tokyo – Japan faced catastrophe yesterday after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating towards Tokyo, prompting hundreds of people to flee the capital and others to stay home and stock up on essential supplies. The crisis worsened late in the day when the operators of the power station said that nuclear fuel had been exposed to the atmosphere. [timeslive]

Shaik Placed In Prison Hospital Wing – A “shell-shocked” Schabir Shaik has been placed in the hospital wing of the Westville Prison in Durban while he awaits the outcome of a probe into allegations of assault and parole violations. “He is lying isolated in the hospital section of the prison,” his lawyer, Reeves Parsee, was quoted saying. Yes, Reeves – we know he is lying. [mail&guardian]

Dewani Sent To Psychiatric Hospital – Murder accused Shrien Dewani has been ordered to live at the Priory Hospital – a specialist centre for treating mental health problems – as part of his bail conditions. Dewani, 31, had been on bail at his family home in Bristol. Dewani’s wife, Anni, died in a shooting during their honeymoon in South Africa in November 2010. [news24]

US Might Funnel Seized Gaddafi Money To Rebels -The Obama administration put Libya’s foreign minister on a blacklist on Tuesday and sought ways to tap into some of the billions of dollars of seized Libyan assets to aid an embattled Libyan opposition. The White House said it was exploring ways to funnel cash to rebels fighting forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. [yahoo]

Berlusconi Accused Of  Having Sex With Teen 13 Times – Premier Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with an underage Moroccan teen 13 times at his villa near Milan, prosecutors said in a document filed Tuesday. The document alleges that the sex-fueled parties started with dinner, progressed to erotic dancing and culminated with Berlusconi’s choice of a sex partner, or partners. Charlie Sheen would be proud. [npr]

More Cocaine Found At NASA – NASA is investigating after 4.2 grams of cocaine was found in a facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida where the agency maintains and launches its space shuttles. The disclosure of the drug investigation comes one day after a NASA contractor fell to his death at the launch pad where the space shuttle Endeavour was being readied for its last launch next month. Launch party, anyone? [cbsnews]

NASA Considers Shooting Space Junk With “Lasers” – The growing cloud of space junk surrounding the Earth is a hazard to spaceflight, and will only get worse as large pieces of debris collide and fragment. Possibly high on coke, NASA space scientists have hit on a new way to manage the mess: Use mid-powered lasers to nudge space junk off collision courses. [wired]

Celine Dion Returns To Vegas With New Show – Dion’s new show, opening Tuesday on the Las Vegas Strip, is a stripped-down tribute to Old Hollywood comprised of a 31-person orchestra, a trio of back-up singers and an entourage of guitarists, drummers and a pianist, all clad in black tuxedos and cocktail dresses. Dion is back, hoping to revitalise recession-hit Vegas. [associated]

Germany Shuts Down Seven Nuclear Power Stations – Angela Merkel’s U-turn on nuclear energy became even more gear-crunching on Tuesday when she announced the temporary closure of seven of Germany’s nuclear power stations. The chancellor said that reactors built before 1980 would be taken offline while an urgent review of their safety was carried out. Nice. [guardian]

Bon Jovi Blames Steve Jobs Personally For Killing Music – Shot through the heart, and Steve Jobs is to blame. That is Jon Bon Jovi’s assessment of the current state of the music industry. Bon Jovi (of the iconic rock group “Jon”) had some uncharacteristically harsh words for Apple and its turtlenecked benevolent dictator Steve Jobs in an interview with the London-based Sunday Times Magazine. [musicmix]

Three-Year-Old Is UK’s Youngest Ever Alcoholic – They do start young in the UK. A three-year-old child who was treated in hospital for addiction to alcohol is thought to be Britain’s youngest ever alcoholic. The youngster was one of 13 people under the age of 12 who were diagnosed as alcoholics by the state-run National Health Service (NHS) in central England between 2008 and 2010. [afp]

World’s Most Expensive Dog Sells For R10 Million – Tibetan Mastiffs are known to be the world’s most expensive dogs, and now, a Red Tibetan Mastiff puppy has grabbed the title of the world’s most expensive dog after being sold for about £1 million ($1.6 million). [bornrich]

High Society Splits: European Socialite Divorcees – Irish fashionista Daphne Guinness married Greek shipping heir Spyros Niarchos in 1987 when she was 19 years old. The couple had three children before they split in 1999, and Guinness reportedly received £20 million in the settlement. She has since been linked to the married French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy. Follow the link for eight more. [huffpo]

Friday’s Lottery Jackpot Hits A Very Rare R1 Billion – Friday’s Euromillions lotery jackpot is sitting on EUR 105 Million, which equates to over One Billion Rand. What would YOU do with that kind of money? Hard to pass up an opportunity like this. Get your tickets safely and securely online NOW. [2oceansvibe]

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