WORLD
* Libyan government planes have dropped bombs on four large oil-storage tanks in the besieged western city of Misurata, destroying them and sparking a fire that spread to four more, al Jazeera quoted a rebel spokesman as saying
* Radiation levels have dropped inside the No. 1 reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Kyodo news agency reported
* The Iranian Navy on Saturday thwarted an attempt by pirates to hijack an oil tanker from the United Arab Emirates, Press TV reported
* China has no plans to reduce its military personnel, the Chinese Defense Ministry said
RUSSIA
* Russia's ruling party needs new faces and new ideas, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said
* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has dismissed another four Interior Ministry generals, the Kremlin press service said
