VIDEO: Hundreds of Libyan prisoners freed

VIDEO: Hundreds of Libyan prisoners freed


VIDEO: Hundreds of Libyan prisoners freed

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:49 PM PDT

In Libya, the National Transitional Council is releasing hundreds of prisoners, many suspected Gaddafi loyalists, ahead of a major religious festival.


Controversial Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega will probably win re-election (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:10 PM PDT

Time.com - The old Sandinista foe of the U.S. is about to win a landslide election, despite his authoritarian bent and the slow erosion of democracy


Alfonso Cano: from ideologue to FARC rebel leader (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 1, 2000 file photo, Alfonso Cano, the leader of the Bolivarian Movement, the new political party of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, speaks during an interview in front of a painting of the eyes of Simon Bolivar outside San Vicente del Caguan, Colombia, in a FARC controlled zone. According to Colombian military authorities, Cano, the top FARC commander, was killed in a military operation on Friday Nov. 4, 2011.  (AP Photo/Scott Dalton, File)AP - Alfonso Cano was a bespectacled middle-class intellectual who rose from chief ideologist to maximum leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia after the death of its legendary co-founder.



VIDEO: Lost in Seoul

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 07:24 AM PDT

A guide to getting around the huge and confusing South Korean city Seoul - with no maps and no smart technology.


VIDEO: Lost in Seoul

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 07:24 AM PDT

A guide to getting around the huge and confusing South Korean city Seoul - with no maps and no smart technology.


VIDEO: Russian billionaire builds dream team

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:58 PM PDT

A Dagestani billionaire has created "the Manchester City of Russian football", drawing football stars from around the world to an unlikely and volatile new home.


Colombia Officials: FARC Leader Killed

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 09:40 PM PDT

The top leader of Colombia's main rebel group, Alfonso Cano, was killed Friday in a military bombing in the country's southwest, authorities said.


VIDEO: Russian billionaire builds dream team

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:58 PM PDT

A Dagestani billionaire has created "the Manchester City of Russian football", drawing football stars from around the world to an unlikely and volatile new home.


Colombian forces 'kill FARC leader'

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:37 PM PDT

Defence ministry says army has killed top commander of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia during mountain assault.


Publishing Options for Your Book

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 09:52 PM PDT

How Will Your Book Be Published? ??Let?s talk today about publishing and what are your options for your book now that you have a manuscript. (If you don't have a traditional publisher like a Simon and Schuster or a McGraw Hill, we will need to talk about the design and production of your book so ...


Holding On: Papandreou Keeps His Party in Power But Will He Still Lead Greece? (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:50 AM PDT

Time.com - With only a couple of votes to spare, the beleaguered premier manages to win political continuity for now. There may be more tumult ahead.


Federal Prosecutors Show Their Hand In Online Poker Case

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 09:40 PM PDT

For years a massive Internet poker industry operated in the U.S., arguing that facilitating for-money online poker play did not violate any U.S. law. The U.S. Justice Department, however, did not agree with that position and on Friday federal prosecutors in Manhattan filed the most detailed defense of their view that Internet poker is just ...


America's Most Dangerous Urban Bridges

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 08:39 PM PDT

During rush hour traffic on the evening of August 1, 2007, the I-35W Mississippi River bridge, officially known as Bridge 9340, collapsed catastrophically in Minneapolis, Minnesota, claiming the lives of 13 people and injuring another 145. Although the bridge was the fifth busiest in Minnesota and carried about 140,000 vehicles daily, the tragedy could have ...


Colombia says FARC rebel leader killed (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 09:19 PM PDT

Colombian rebel Alfonso Cano, chief ideologue of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), speaks to the media near San Vicente del Caguan in this February 2, 2001 file photo. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte/FilesReuters - Colombian forces killed top FARC rebel leader Alfonso Cano on Friday in the biggest blow yet to Latin America's longest insurgency and a triumph for President Juan Manuel Santos, the Defense Ministry said.



Colombian officials say top FARC leader killed (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 09:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2001 file photo, Alfonso Cano, spokesman of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, talks to reporters during a press conference in San Vicente del Caguan, in the rebel controlled area in southern Colombia.  According to Colombian military authorities, Cano, the top FARC commander, was killed in a military operation on Friday Nov. 4, 2011.  (AP Photo/Scott Dalton, File)AP - The top leader of Colombia's main rebel group, the bookish ideologue Alfonso Cano, was killed Friday in a military raid in the country's southwest, authorities said.



21 NKoreans found on boat in SKorean waters (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 08:36 PM PDT

AP - Twenty-one North Koreans have been found on a boat in South Korean waters in the Yellow Sea, the largest such arrival in nine months, an official said Saturday.


Drug War Boosts Ex-General

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:39 PM PDT

On Sunday, Guatemala holds elections expected to make Otto Pérez Molina the next president. He would be the first former military officer to take power since a 1996 agreement ended a conflict that killed an estimated 200,000 people.


Guatemala Opens Inquiry Into Disappearance

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 07:42 PM PDT

Nearly two decades after rebel fighter Efrain Bámaca went missing, the Guatemalan attorney general's office has opened an investigation into Mr. Bámaca's death and the role of Otto Pérez Molina.


Colombia says FARC rebel leader killed

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:22 PM PDT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian forces killed top FARC rebel leader Alfonso Cano on Friday in the biggest blow yet to Latin America's longest insurgency and a triumph for President Juan Manuel Santos, the Defense Ministry said.


Italy government hangs by thread as coalition crumbles

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi refused to step down on Friday despite a party rebellion that has brought his center-right coalition to the brink of collapse in the face of a growing economic crisis.