Sign in to comment!   Middle East  Japan's leader rejects calls
for resignation  Japan's unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan
refused to resign Wednesday as opposition lawmakers criticizing
his disaster management prepared to file a no-confidence motion
in parliament.  "What is most sought by the people is for us to
work together to achieve reconstruction and resolve the nuclear
crisis," Kan told a parliamentary session. "I must respond to
their needs and that is my responsibility."  Kan is facing calls
for his resignation from opposition lawmakers and even some
members of his own ruling party. Opposition parties were
expected to submit a no-confidence motion against him later
Wednesday.  He is most likely to survive the motion because his
Democratic Party of Japan controls the powerful lower house of
parliament. But dozens of ruling lawmakers may support the
motion to pressure Kan to step down, a move that could split his
party.  An earthquake and tsunami on March 11 damaged cooling
systems at the Fukushima Da