Earthquake hit Japan on Friday, Triggering 10 meters Tsunamis Northeastern Japan has been hit by a huge tsunami, thought to have been caused by an earthquake which struck about 400km (250 miles) from Tokyo and measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale. At least 29 people are reported dead. The numbers are expected to rise. Reports also say 200 people were washed away, with several others missing in the city of Sendai. There are about 50 fires blazing along the coastline and 4 million homes have been left without power. There is widespread damage in the country’s north-east. Earlier, a series of volcanic eruptions in Russia’s Far East are posing a potential threat to aircraft. //// Libyan oil is low in sulfur, which makes it highly valued in the West, because the fuel produced from it gives off less pollution. And it is this light, sweet oil that that has kept Western companies on sweet terms with the Gaddafi regime for decades. On the ground in Libya, while it certainly does seem as if Gaddafi’s men are pushing back and winning the battle there, on the international stage it is the rebels who are really coming in the front. The EU ministers in Brussels meet on Friday for the second round of negotiations over the international response. Leaders of major powers are discussing whether or not to go ahead with some kind of no-fly zone or foreign intervention. “There have been several hundred people killed, but it is not a huge level of violence. It certainly is not a global level of …