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Automakers around the world are adjusting production to deal with a shortage of parts made in Japanese factories. The crisis is even affecting car colors because key pigments come from Japan. Ford has stopped new orders for trucks, SUVs and cars that come in tuxedo black, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The Supreme Court hears a case this week to determine whether hundreds of thousands of women will be allowed to sue Wal-Mart. If the class action lawsuit is allowed to proceed, it could cost the retailer billions of dollars.

Yemen's president, clinging to power despite weeks of protests, scrapped an offer to step down by year's end on Sunday. The withdrawal indicates an attempt to negotiate a transfer of power to end the crisis has failed.

The water that was used to cool reactors at a crippled power plant in Fukushima may itself now be carrying radiation into the soil and sea. Meanwhile, people who fled their homes near the plant are growing increasingly frustrated.

With Western allies engaged in military attacks on Libya with no clear plan in sight, James Traub of Foreign Policy argues that if the Libyan rebels manage to come out on top, they will need further outside assistance — but deciding who will play that role could prove tricky.

In an interview with the BBC, Crowley said that the U.S. is not torturing Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, but felt his treatment undermines U.S. credibility.

Melissa Block talks with Abderrahim Foukara, Washington Bureau Chief of Al Jazeera, about President Obama's speech on Libya

Melissa Block speaks with EJ Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and Matthew Continetti of the The Weekly Standard, for analysis on Obama's speech.

The 2011 Pritzker Architecture Prize goes to Eduardo Souto de Moura, a Portuguese architect who blends modernism with tradition and history. The jury noted that Souto de Moura's buildings are "imbued with intelligence and seriousness."

Tourists flock to Dubai just to see the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest structure. Alain Robert went to climb it. The Frenchman, known as Spiderman, has scaled more than 70 skyscrapers.