WORLD
* Levels of radioactive iodine in water at Fukushima’s reactor No. 2 are 100,000 times above the normal levels, Kyodo Japanese news agency said
* NATO is taking over command of military operations in Libya from coalition forces, world media reported
* The Japanese government ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which operates the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, to find the cause of soaring radioactivity
* The death count in Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami has climbed to 10,668 people, the Japanese newspaper Sankei reported on its website, citing police data
* Coalition warplanes attacked Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s stronghold of Sabha in southwest Libya, the country’s state television reported
RUSSIA
* The space agencies of Russia and Israel signed an agreement on cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space
* Russians set their clocks forward one hour for the last time and would not switch to winter time anymore following a relevant presidential decree signed last month
SPORTS
* Russian Formula One racer Vitaly Petrov was on the podium for the first time in his racing career, after finishing third at the Formula One Australian Grand Prix