This is our new Friday Digest! Every Friday, this weekly news round-up gives us the occasion to share with you news from various topics: politics to arts, entertainment, media, science, sports, fun and less fun news… This digest is a list of news published this week on the Internet (Friday to Friday), selected by the Sama Team, and it is by no means exhaustive.

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Al Jazeera cameraman killed in Libya
Al Jazeera has announced that one of its cameramen, Ali Hassan Al Jaber, was killed after a reporting team for the Arabic-language channel was ambushed by government forces near the town of Benghazi. The news sparked an outpouring of emotion and support for the network and the slain cameraman.Wadah Khanfar, the director general of the Al Jazeera Network, announced the death in broadcast remakrs, saying “the network…
http://storify.com/omarc/al-jazeera-cameraman-killed-in-libya

Japan Earthquake Shifted Coastline Maximum Of 8 Feet, Scientists Say
The massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake that shook Japan and triggered a powerful tsunami on Friday has had a profound effect on both the surrounding terrain and the planet as a whole. Dr. Daniel McNamara, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, told The Huffington Post that the disaster left a gigantic rupture in the sea floor, 217-miles long and 50 miles wide. It also shifted Japan’s coast by eight feet in some parts…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/12/japan-earthquake-axis-shift-climate-change_n_834985.html

Radioactive Releases in Japan Could Last Months, Experts Say
As the scale of Japan’s nuclear crisis begins to come to light, experts in Japan and the United States say the country is now facing a cascade of accumulating problems that suggest that radioactive releases of steam from the crippled plants could go on for weeks or even months. The emergency flooding of two stricken reactors with seawater and the resulting steam releases are a desperate step intended to avoid a much bigger problem…
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/japan-fukushima-nuclear-reactor.html

Radiation fears after Japan blast
Radiation from Japan’s quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has reached harmful levels, the government says. The warning comes after the plant was rocked by a third blast which appears to have damaged one of the reactors’ containment systems for the first time. If it is breached, there are fears of more serious radioactive leaks. Officials have extended the danger zone, warning residents within 30km (18 miles)…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12740843

Japanese emperor ‘deeply worried’
Japan’s Emperor Akihito has said he is “deeply worried” about the crisis his country is facing following last Friday’s earthquake and tsunami. In an extremely rare appearance, Akihito went on live TV to make his first public comments on the disaster, and said he was praying for the people. The emperor spoke after technicians were forced to temporarily abandon a quake-crippled nuclear plant. The 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12755739

Libyan Oil Buys Allies for Qaddafi
Elhadj Maiga is a Qaddafi recruiter and a proud one at that, scrambling to assemble a pipeline of young men from Mali to go and fight for The Great Leader. At this stage, without cash for guns or transport, Mr. Maiga’s group of about 200 young men is more of a fan club than a militia. But like other pro-Qaddafi groups that have sprung up here since the rebellion in Libya began, what it lacks in logistics it makes up in loyalty…
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/world/africa/16mali.html

Bahrain’s King Declares Martial Law
Bahrain’s king declared martial law on Tuesday as his government struggled to quell an uprising by the island’s Shi’ite Muslim majority that has drawn in troops from fellow Sunni-ruled neighbour Saudi Arabia. An uneasy calm fell on Bahrain overnight, and a defence ministry statement suggested action against protesters camped out for weeks at Pearl roundabout could be swift. Forces may impose curfews, disperse gatherings…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/15/bahrain-king-declares-martial-law_n_836326.html

Japan earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis could further Apple’s iPad 2 shortages
The Apple iPad 2 has been selling out in stores across the U.S. since its launch Friday, and the scarcity of the device will probably continue as Japan continues to recover from the earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation March 11 and as it tries to rein in an escalating nuclear crisis. Apple pushed the delivery time for those ordering the iPad 2 online to 4 to 5 weeks Thursday, the same day that the research firm IHS iSuppli…
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/03/the-apple-ipad-2-has-been-selling-out-in-stores-nationwide-since-it-launch-last-friday-and-the-scarcity-of-the-device-is-li.html