| Summary: | NEWS SPOT MARCH 25. 2011 III I CONCORDIAN \SSOCIATED PRESS (1'11. .k1)) — Funnel . Cuban President Fidel Castro said ' l'uesda\ he resigned as the head of the Communist Parn live \ ears ago and has lie\ er tried to resume the post -- one that he was thought to still hold. I t was the first time that the 84-\ car-old leader of Cuba's revolution stated so direeth that he no longer heads up the party he fitunded. -Without hesitation, I resigned all of m \ state and political positions, including that of the First Sceretan of the Pam. when I tell ill and I never tried to exercise them again after the proclamation of J uly ;1, 2006," he wrote in an essay published in Cuban stare media. I be said he did not tn. to resume his positions "even when I partially recovered my health a \ ear later, although e\ en one, affectionately, continued to refer to me by those titles." Cubans and tbreign observers had believed that the head of the Communist Party \\ "as the one title that Castro still held after he was forced to cede power to his \ ()Linger brother. Raul Castro, due to a health emergene\ . Cuba plans to hold its first Communist Pam. Congress in almost 14 years next month. ASSOCIATED PRESS GEI-01ANY (AP) — A zoo and a nation mourned the death of a beloved animal friend on Monday. ASSOCIATED PRESS ToKyo(Ap) - Despite being urged not to hoard bottled water, residents of Japan's capital on Wednesday snapped it up in droves after testing showed radioactive material in tap water at levels unsafe for infants. The city's water agency said the spike was likely caused by problems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, located 24o kilometers (15o miles) away. Earlier 'Wednesday, 'Tokyo government officials advised residents not to give tap water to infants or use it in tbrmula after tests at a purification plant detected higher levels of radioactive iodine. Grocery store owner Seiji Sasaki said he noted a sudden increase of customers. He had 40 cases of water in his store, but they were gone quickly. Meanwhile, officials evacuatedsome workers at the Fukushima plant Wednesday afterntxm as a black plume of smoke billowed above one of the reactors, plant owner Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The cause of the smoke was unclear. Workers have been scrambling to cool down fuel rods at the nuclear plant since a 9•o-magnitude earthquake and massive tsunami on March 11 knocked out cooling systems. ASSOCIATED PRESS EGYPT (AP) — The Egyptian stock market plunged 5% in the opening minute Wednesday, triggering circuit breakers as the exchange opened for the first time in nearly two months. The sell-off was expected. Traders had predicted a -bloodbath." "For sure, the main index will drop 5% in the first minute," said Ahmed Samir of Hurreya Brokerage ahead of the trading day, pointing to the red sales orders dominating his computer screen. -Then the stock market will close." The circuit breaker stops trading for 3o minutes. Outside the stock market, the orderly palm-lined street was mostly empty, with the exception of soldiers and armored personnel carriers. Security has been increased since some protesters demanded on Tuesday that the exchange not reopen. Mohamed Abdel Salam, who is the chairman of Ministry for Cleating and Settlement, will serve as chairman of the exchange for 6 months, a government statement said this week. He said this century old building has housed the Egyptian stock market since 1903. Never in the history of Egypt or the world, however, has he seen a stock market closed for such a long period. The markets have been closed since January 27. A political uprising that began two days earlier resulted in the eventual overthrow of then- President Hosni Mubarak. On Saturday, Egyptian voters overwhelmingly approved proposed constitutional amendments that pave the way for parliamentary elections in June. BY NAOMI NIX Presentation Editor Kiiut the polar bear captured the hearts of the German people, the media and the world, after he was abandoned by his mother at Zoo Berlin in 2007. A zookeeper hand-raised the cub until he was old enough to fend for himself The famous polar bear died unexpectedly Saturday in the zoo's polar bear enclosure. "This bear not only charmed the people of Berlin but also won hearts around the whole world: Frank Bruckmann, chairman of the Zoo Berlin supervisory council, said Sunday. "Knut was something very special," said Gabriele Thoene, a zoo board member. The zoo spokesperson said a necropsy will be performed to determine the cause of death of the four-year-old bear. Al memorial fund has been opened in honor of Knut, with funds going toward the preservation of polar bear habitats. Did you know? You can pick up THE CONCORDIAN all over campus! New issues delivered every Friday morning! 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