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Pierced by flashlights listening for periodic explosions and wore white full body jump suits that provide scant protection from the invisible radiation sleelting through their bodies. consider that, the plight of the 50 individuals. the workers that have been dousing reactors with seawater in a frantic effort to stabilize the temperature there is are being asked to endure up to five times the maximum radiation exposure allowed for american nuclear power plants. todays elevated levels were appare...

Fire from the sky. fear on the ground. western leaders consider a no-fly zone for libya, as colonel gadhafis troops drop bombs in rebel territory. it is 12:00 p.m. in tripoli. 5:00 a.m. in washington. im max foster, youre watching "world one," live from london. also ahead -- >> they ask if weve wronged god because were really suffering. i cant even hang clothes outside, the neighbors tell me to remove them because they stink. i cant sit with our children, hell run from the house saying hell beat...

Advance west would not be possible. >> in tripoli on saturday, a bizarre scene at a hotel filled with international journalists. this woman burst in screaming she had been beaten and gang raped by gadhafis forces. look what they did to me, she scis, my honor was violated by them. libyan officials initially claimed she was a mentally ill prostitute her family maintains shes a lawyer. government minders snatched her away, throwing a bag over her head. she was dragged to a waiting car. if you dont ...

We have always said that arab leadership and participation is crucial. the arab league showed that leadership with its pivotal statement on libya. they joined the discussions in paris last weekend on implementation. we are deeply appreciative of their continuing contributions, including aircraft and pilots from qatar. this evening united arab emirates announced they are joining the coalition and sending planes to help protect libyan civilians and enforce the no-fly zone. we welcome this importan...

East of the city. she said that she had been abused by them, that she had been held by them, 15 men, she said, had raped her. she showed how shed been tied at the wrists and at the ankles. she had rope burns on her wrists and ankles. shed been badly beaten about her face. she showed heavy bruising on her legs, blood on her inner thigh. the story appeared consistent with her injuries. but she began telling journalists this story, government officials here in the hotel closed in to try and shut he...

Prostitute her family maintains shes a lawyer. government minders snatched her away, throwing a bag over her head. she was dragged to a waiting car. if you dont see me tomorrow, then thats it. despite massive attention to her plight and the government claims of her release, her family says she mains locked in a government compound and no journalist has seen or heard from her since. by sunday, opposition forces continued their push west, taking ras lanouf. new video appeared of opposition forces ...

The camps over the border in tunisia. describe the conditions and the plight of the people where you are. >> reporter: its desperate, and its fairly grim, but its not the humanitarian catastrophe that the united nations hcr department had feared only 24 hours ago. thats of course the good news. im about three miles for the border and the guys asleep tonight, the majority of them are bangladeshi migrant workers. they certainly said the world forgot over the last 72 hours. and the stories are pain...

What are you hearing? >> reporter: well, what we saw today was a very large demonstration outside the courthouse, the main center of the opposition here. we saw despite the fact that its very windy, rainy, and cold, thousands and thousands of people demonstrating against the regime of moammar gadhafi. and also expressing solidarity for the plight of the people in tripoli who are also trying to overthrow the regime of moammar gadhafi. what were hearing from tripoli is that indeed as was expected ...

Today was a very large demonstration outside the courthouse, the main center of the opposition here. we saw despite the fact that its very windy, rainy, and cold, thousands and thousands of people demonstrating against the regime of moammar gadhafi. and also expressing solidarity for the plight of the people in tripoli who are also trying to overthrow the regime of moammar gadhafi. what were hearing from tripoli is that indeed as was expected after friday prayers, thousands of people took to the...

At the plight of psychiatric patients in kenya. plus, tigers luck runs out. the former number-one golf champ makes an early exit in arizona. first, city by city, this rebellion spreads. were in libya now where leader muammar gadhafi is slowly losing his grip on the country he has ruled for 42 years, despite his brutal attempts to suppress revolt. in tobruk, the armies abandoned the town and the people say they are in control. the uprising which has succeeded in parts of the east has been dis...