Gaddafi struggles to keep control

Gaddafi struggles to keep control

Gaddafi struggles to keep control

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:02 PM PST

Pro-democracy protesters takeover eastern part of the country, as state structure appears to be disintegrating.


VIDEO: The monarchy's life in Nepal's republic

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:53 PM PST

Nepal is the world's newest republic, after removing its monarchy from power in 2008.


Judge to rule on WikiLeaks founder Assange's extradition

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:46 PM PST

A judge in Britain is expected to rule Thursday on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden.

BASF says 2020 profit tripled to 4.56 billion (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:50 PM PST

BASF, the world's biggest chemicals company, presented stunning 2010 results on Thursday, including a net profit that leapt more than three-fold to 4.56 billion euros ($6.27 billion).(AFP/DDP/File/Alexander Heimann)AFP - BASF, the world's biggest chemicals company, presented stunning 2010 results on Thursday, including a net profit that leapt more than three-fold to 4.56 billion euros ($6.27 billion).

Philippines: Marcos' victims to get compensation (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:49 PM PST

AP - Lawyers for victims of human rights violations under Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos say more than 7,500 of them will receive compensation starting next week, 25 years after his ouster in a "people power" revolt.


Europe rethinks dependence on Libyan oil (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:07 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Unrest in Libya continues to wreak havoc on world oil markets, with prices soaring and European nations weighing how to offset disruptions in gas and crude imports from the North African country.


Qaddafi holds no sway over these Libyans (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:32 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - At the Saloum crossing from Egypt into Libya, there was clear evidence of the revolutionary upheaval afoot in Muammar Qaddafi’s country.


VIDEO: Anna Wintour on McQueen's legacy

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:17 PM PST

American Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour talks about the enduring influence of Alexander McQueen, as New York's Metropolitan Museum prepares to hold an exhibition dedicated to the work of the British fashion designer.


VIDEO: NZ moves from 'rescue to recovery'

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:37 PM PST

New Zealand rescuers say they are continuing to search for survivors in the aftermath of Tuesday's powerful earthquake in Christchurch.


VIDEO: Obama condemns 'outrageous' Libya

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:30 PM PST

US President Barack Obama has denounced the violent crackdown by the Libyan authorities on peaceful protesters as "outrageous and unacceptable".


VIDEO: Djordjevic jailed over Kosovo murders

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:41 PM PST

A former Serbian chief of police has been jailed for 27 years for his role in the murder of more than 700 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in 1999.


Indonesia cleric denies charges

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:07 PM PST

Abu Bakar Bashir tells court that under Islamic law training fighters is acceptable but he denies any involvement in it.


NATO's "successful" Afghan night raids come with high

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:59 PM PST

SURKH ROD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A few minutes and a few bullets were enough to turn Abdullah from an 11th grade student with dreams of becoming a translator to the despairing head of a family of more than a dozen.

VIDEO: NZ moves from 'rescue to recovery'

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:37 PM PST

New Zealand rescuers say they are continuing to search for survivors in the aftermath of Tuesday's powerful earthquake in Christchurch.


VIDEO: Anna Wintour on McQueen's legacy

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:17 PM PST

American Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour talks about the enduring influence of Alexander McQueen, as New York's Metropolitan Museum prepares to hold an exhibition dedicated to the work of the British fashion designer.


VIDEO: Obama condemns 'outrageous' Libya

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:30 PM PST

US President Barack Obama has denounced the violent crackdown by the Libyan authorities on peaceful protesters as "outrageous and unacceptable".


Yemen's Saleh orders protection for protesters

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:25 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered his security forces to protect demonstrators trying to end his 32-year rule, a statement said.

Yemen's Saleh orders protection for protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:25 PM PST

Reuters - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered his security forces to protect demonstrators trying to end his 32-year rule, a statement said.


Kurdish protests mar 'The Other Iraq' (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:14 PM PST

Security forces inspect a destroyed television station in Sulaimaniyah, 260 kilometers (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. Gunmen burst into a Kurdish television station in northern Iraq on Sunday, shooting up the equipment and setting fire to the building, possibly in retaliation for footage they aired earlier in the week of a deadly protest, station officials said. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)AP - A city that stands out in Iraq for its quality of life — the electricity works, the water's clean and there's even a bowling alley — has turned violent and tense in the past week as at least four protesters have been killed in marches against cronyism and corruption.

China proposes death penalty for organ traffickers (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:04 PM PST

Photo illustration. Organ traffickers in China could face the death penalty under a draft law being reviewed by the country's top legislature, state media reported Thursday.(AFP/Illustration/Martin Bureau)AFP - Organ traffickers in China could face the death penalty under a draft law being reviewed by the country's top legislature, state media reported Thursday.
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