Inflation in China Poses Big Threat to Global Trade

By DAVID BARBOZA

Inflation endangers China’s status as the low-cost workshop for the world and poses risks for companies and resource-rich countries that have been counting on it for growth.

Tokyo Utility Lays Out Plan for Its Reactors

By KEN BELSON and STEVEN LEE MYERS

As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited, Tokyo Electric said it hoped to stabilize the reactors.

In a Medical Tent in Libya, a Grim Procession

By C. J. CHIVERS

An overcrowded tent in the rebel holdout city of Misurata illustrates the grim results of modern weapons on human life.

• Interactive Feature: A Procession of Wartime Trauma
• A City in Libya Takes Halting Steps to Democracy
• Rebels Flee Key Libyan Town

Scrutiny Lags as Jets Show Effects of Age

By CHRISTOPHER DREW and JAD MOUAWAD

The hole in the roof of a Southwest Airlines 737 this month revived fears of problems in aging passenger jets.

For Passover, Quinoa Is Popular, but Kosher?

By PAUL VITELLO

Quinoa, a grainlike crop, appeals to Jews avoiding leavened bread during the holiday, but some question its acceptability.

The Caucus

Amid Din, Serious Talk on Debt

By JOHN HARWOOD

Republicans and Democrats appear to agree that the issue of short-term debt should be decoupled from talks about the long-term deficit.