NATO air strikes target Misurata

NATO air strikes target Misurata


NATO air strikes target Misurata

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:08 PM PDT

At least eight rebel fighters killed as Gaddafi's forces are hit south of the eastern Libyan city.


Next on the Agenda for Washington: Fight Over Debt

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:58 PM PDT

Republicans are expected to demand fundamental changes in policy on health care, the environment, abortion rights and more, as the price of their support for raising the debt ceiling.


Rangers 5, Devils 2: Rangers Win and Then Wait to Learn Postseason Fate

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:24 PM PDT

If Carolina defeats the visiting Lightning, the Hurricanes would be in and the Rangers would be out. But if Carolina loses, the Rangers would be in the playoffs, and the Hurricanes out.


Braving Heat and Radiation for Temp Job

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:29 PM PDT

Before the quake, thousands of untrained, temporary laborers handled most of the dangerous work at nuclear plants, lured by the higher wages offered for the risks.


Taliban Seen Stirring Mob to Violence

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:08 PM PDT

Whether the killing of seven United Nations employees were planned or not, last week's violence in Mazar-i-Sharif illustrates the depths of Taliban influence in a progressive northern city.


Peru ruling party backs ex-banker in election race

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:00 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's ruling party gave its backing to presidential candidate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on Saturday, a day before Peruvians vote in the first round of an election that a left-wing nationalist is favored to win.


Mortars fired at Ouattara's hotel in Abidjan

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:48 PM PDT

UN official says the fire appeared to be coming from the presidential palace area where Gbagbo stays.


Chicago News Cooperative: Farrakhan Using Libyan Crisis to Bolster His Nation of Islam

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:01 PM PDT

Louis Farrakhan appears to be using the rebellion in Libya and his defense of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi as a means of putting his Nation of Islam back into the American spotlight.


Libya Rebels Face Military Push

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:30 AM PDT

Government soldiers and rebel gunmen battled in a key city after the Libyan military opened its most serious push into opposition territory since the start of international airstrikes.


Gbagbo troops 'hit rival's base'

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:10 PM PDT

A hotel used by the internationally recognised president of Ivory Coast has come under attack by forces loyal to his rival Laurent Gbagbo, reports say.


The Deadlocked Debate Over Education Reform

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Watching the departure of Cathleen P. Black, it seems fair to ask whether there can be such a thing as a successful schools chancellor anywhere.


All of a War’s Trappings, With Accuracy at Stake

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:01 PM PDT

In the hours before a budget deal, hundreds of bewildered Civil War buffs worried about what was shaping up as a historically inaccurate reenactment of the bombardment of Fort Sumter.


Qaddafi Forces Press Rebels With Attack on a Key City

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:08 PM PDT

The forces began the attack on Saturday morning with barrages of rocket and artillery fire into Ajdabiya, an important city to the Libyan rebels.


Syrian Forces Open Fire on Demonstrators in Two Cities

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:17 PM PDT

Syrian security forces fired on protesters in the cities of Latakia and Dara on Saturday, a day after the bloodiest and largest antigovernment protests since the uprising began.


Japan Tells Nuclear Plants to Have More Backup Generators

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:19 PM PDT

The move came after a series of malfunctions at two such plants raised concerns about whether Japan was vulnerable to a second nuclear accident.


Vote counting begins in Nigeria

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:16 AM PDT

Vote counting begins in Nigeria after relatively peaceful parliamentary elections in Africa's most populous country.


Man Utd 2-0 Fulham

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 08:55 AM PDT

Manchester United open up a 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League as they brush aside Fulham.


In Kazakhstan, a Good Old-Fashioned Sham Election

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:25 AM PDT

In a once-Soviet land, it's not the outcome that's in doubt. It's the turnout, and it had better be high if you like being a party boss.


Iran says atomic progress resumes after power plant delay

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:21 AM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran marked "nuclear technology day" on Saturday by saying it had improved the equipment used to enrich uranium -- the process which many Western countries fear Iran is using to try to produce a nuclear bomb.


Army defuses N Ireland van bomb

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:28 AM PDT

Police say device was likely set by dissident Republicans to cause disruption ahead of election campaign.


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