News Headlines - 11 March 2012

▽Japan marks somber anniversary of disaster - CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57394976/japan-marks-somber-anniversary-of-disaster/
People across Japan prayed and stood in silence on Sunday to remember the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation one year ago, killing just over 19,000 people and unleashing the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century.

▽Blow for Nick Clegg as Liberal Democrats refuse to endorse NHS reforms - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/liberaldemocrats/9136691/Blow-for-Nick-Clegg-as-Liberal-Democrats-refuse-to-endorse-NHS-reforms.htm
Liberal Democrats have refused to fully endorse controversial reforms of the health service in a blow to party leader Nick Clegg.

▽Anti-Putin Protesters Struggle to Keep Up Steam - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/world/europe/moscow-protesters-confront-the-reality-of-putins-re-election.html
Thousands of people thronged a concourse along a main street in Moscow on Saturday to denounce President-elect Vladimir V. Putin and to cry out together, one more time, for political freedom.

▽Catholics oppose gay marriage plans - The Press Association
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jAOEE4Z_ax-Zt8Ycxhuyqm48bVCQ?docId=N1033471331460818749A
Catholics will be urged to protect the "true meaning" of matrimony as the Catholic Church steps up its campaign against Government plans for gay marriage.

▽'The Voice' set to launch against 'Britain's Got Talent' - NME.com
http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/the-voice-set-to-launch-against-britains-got-ta/262552
The Voice is set to launch on the same night as the return of Britain's Got Talent. The BBC1 talent show, which features Jessie J, Tom Jones, will.i.am and The Script's Danny O'Donoghue as coaches, will air its first episode on March 24 – the same night as its ITV1 rival, Britain's Got Talent.