News Headlines - 18 March 2013

▽David Hockney's assistant, 23, found dead in artist's home - Telegraph

Police are investigating after a friend and assistant to David Hockney died in hospital after being taken from the artist’s home in a serious condition.

▽BBC News - Press regulation deal struck by parties - Labour

A deal has been struck between the three main political parties on measures to regulate the press, Labour has said.

▽BBC News - Seevakumaran: Central Florida student 'planned massacre'

A US university student may have been planning a massacre before he killed himself instead, authorities have said.

▽Many Iraqis Prefer to Ignore 10th Anniversary of War - NYTimes.com

The war that arrived a decade ago is still too painful and too controversial to be taught to schoolchildren or subjected to serious academic study at universities, and the local news media are too busy reporting on the latest bombings, protests and political disagreements to care much about an anniversary.

▽Power Blackout Interrupts Cooling at Fukushima Nuclear Plant | Environment News Service

The affected system is used to cool three pools containing about 2,100 spent fuel rods from the plant’s number 1, 3, and 4 reactors, which suffered core meltdowns in the week following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that knocked out power to Fukushima Daiichi. TEPCO said the blackout also has interrupted the cooling system for another pool containing about 6,300 rods, and it has also affected part of a system that disposes of contaminated water.