News Headlines - 11 March 2013

▽Japan marks tsunami anniversary | guardian.co.uk

Exactly two years after its north-east coast was wrecked by a deadly tsunami, Japan marked the moment that the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history triggered deadly waves that killed almost 19,000 people, while the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, promised to speed up reconstruction of flattened communities.

▽Japan marks second anniversary of quake, tsunami - The Washington Post

On Monday, Japan marked the second anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that killed nearly 19,000 people and displaced more than 300,000. The anniversary comes amid mounting discontent with the country’s slow pace of recovery.

▽Conclave Meets: Portraits of the Cardinals Who Would Be Pope - Businessweek

Here are brief biographies of some of the men who may be in the running, based on betting websites and consulting Vatican watchers. Francis Arinze (Nigeria): Christoph Schonborn (Austria): Peter Turkson (Ghana): Marc Ouellet (Canada): Leonardo Sandri (Argentina): Angelo Scola (Italian): Odilo Scherer (Brazil):

▽New York City soda ban struck down by judge in eleventh-hour ruling | guardian.co.uk

A judge has halted a controversial ban on large sugary drinks in New York just hours before it was to go into force, ruling it "arbitrary and capricious". The decision dealt a blow to the mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, who had personally promoted the new restrictions.

▽India rape suspect found dead in jail cell. Police say suicide; parents allege murder - CNN.com

One of the men accused of gang raping and fatally beating a woman on a New Delhi bus was found dead in his jail cell Monday. Police say Ram Singh hanged himself. But his lawyer and parents claim he was murdered.