Western powers strike Libya for second night (Reuters)

Western powers strike Libya for second night (Reuters)

Western powers strike Libya for second night (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:33 PM PDT

A tank belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi explodes after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicReuters - Western powers launched a second wave of air strikes on Libya early on Monday after halting the advance of Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Benghazi and targeting air defenses to let their planes patrol the skies.

Gadhafi vows to fight as strikes hit his forces (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:41 PM PDT

A Libyan boy reacts while standing on top of a destroyed military vehicle belonging to the forces of Moammar Gadhafi in the outskirts of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - Moammar Gadhafi vowed a "long war" as allied forces launched a second night of strikes on Libya, and jubilant rebels who only a day before were in danger of being crushed by his forces now boasted they would bring him down. The U.S. military said the international assault would hit any Gadhafi forces on the ground that are attacking the opposition.

Briton's relative 'arrested in Hong Kong killing' (AFP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:50 PM PDT

The suspect in the killing of a 64-year-old British woman in Hong Kong is the estranged husband of the victim's niece, reports said Monday. Police have arrested a 29-year-old man in connection with the death of Janet Gilson, who was last seen on March 15 at her niece's home on Lamma Island.(AFP/File/Voishmel)AFP - The suspect in the killing of a 64-year-old British woman in Hong Kong is the estranged husband of the victim's niece, reports said Monday.

Australia to scale down riot-hit immigration camp (AFP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:42 PM PDT

Australia has said that it would reduce the number of asylum seekers at an overcrowded detention centre on Christmas Island but would not abandon the camp which has endured days of riots and escapes.(AFP / THE WEST AUSTRALIAN/The West Australian)AFP - Australia said Monday it would reduce the number of asylum seekers at an overcrowded detention centre on Christmas Island but would not abandon the camp which has endured days of riots and escapes.

Haiti's Long Drawn-Out Presidential Election (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - The poorest country in the western hemisphere casts its vote in a presidential run off. But don't expect a winner to be announced till March 31, at the earliest


Warren Buffett Says Japan Quake Presents Buying Opportunity

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 09:39 PM PDT

Not the sentiment one wants one?s name attached to a headline on Reuters, but Warren Buffet is


Verizon Could Buy Sprint Even If Vodafone Brits Balk

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 09:14 PM PDT

Can Verizon and it's partners across the pond pull it off? On its own, Verizon has $7 billion in ca


VIDEO: 'Tanks and snipers' all around Misrata

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 07:46 PM PDT

A rebel spokesman in Misrata, about 200km east of the Libyan capital Tripoli, said earlier that pro-Gaddafi forces had launched fresh attacks on Sunday with heavy shelling.


VIDEO: Benghazi 'hopeful' of Gaddafi defeat

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PDT

More explosions in Libya tonight on Day Two of the campaign against Col Gaddafi's military forces.


VIDEO: Egypt votes for new constitution

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 04:42 PM PDT

Egyptians have strongly backed constitutional changes that will allow the country to move quickly on to elections.


Gates hopes to expand US-Russian cooperation (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:28 PM PDT

AP - Robert Gates has arrived in Russia for what's expected to be his final visit as U.S. Defense Secretary, and he's hoping to ease Moscow's worries over a missile defense shield in Europe and expand a military relationship that has grown dramatically since his Cold War days at the helm of the CIA.


Japan death toll likely to top 18,000

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Progress reported in controlling crisis at stricken nuclear plant as authorities battle fallout of quake and tsunami.


VIDEO: 'Tanks and snipers' all around Misrata

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 07:46 PM PDT

A rebel spokesman in Misrata, about 200km east of the Libyan capital Tripoli, said earlier that pro-Gaddafi forces had launched fresh attacks on Sunday with heavy shelling.


VIDEO: Benghazi 'hopeful' of Gaddafi defeat

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PDT

More explosions in Libya tonight on Day Two of the campaign against Col Gaddafi's military forces.


VIDEO: Protection of civilians priority in Libya

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 07:11 PM PDT

Libyan authorities announced an earlier ceasefire on Friday, following the passing of a UN resolution authorising international action against the country.


Gates warns against widening Libya mission

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 07:49 PM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday the Libyan operation is off to "a strong and successful start" but he warned against widening the goals of the mission beyond what was spelled out in the United Nations Security Council resolution.

Egypt: Constitution changes pass in referendum (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 09:13 PM PDT

Protesters shout slogans against Egyptian reform campaigner and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei as he arrives to cast his vote outside a polling center in Cairo's Mokkatam district, Egypt, Saturday, March 19, 2011. A crowd of angry men pelted ElBaradei with rocks and smashed his car windows outside a polling center. He wasn't injured but was forced to flee in an SUV without casting his ballot in a referendum on whether to adopt a package of constitutional amendments that would allow new parliamentary and presidential elections to be held later this year or early in the next. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)AP - Egyptian voters overwhelmingly approved changes in the constitution, opening the way for parliamentary and presidential elections within months, according to final results from a landmark referendum announced Sunday. Opponents fear the swift timetable could boost the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood and members of the former ruling party.

Obama tours Rio, lifts Brazil as a model for peace (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 09:10 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama walks with his daughter Sasha during his tour of the Ciudad de Deus Favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, March 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Immersing himself in Brazil's poverty and pride, President Barack Obama on Sunday held up the South American nation as a model of democratic change in a time of uprisings and crackdowns across the Arab world and yet another war front for the United States.

Death toll in Pakistan mine explosion rises to 21 (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:04 PM PDT

Pakistan army soldier, mine workers and local residents gather outside a coal mine after a explosion in Sorange near Quetta, Pakistan on Sunday, March 20, 2011. A methane gas explosion in a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan killed at least six miners and trapped 46 others, a top mining official said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - The death toll from a Pakistan mine explosion rose to 21 on Monday and there was little chance of survival for the 31 men still trapped, a senior mining official said.

George W. Bush Was No Conservative

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 08:50 PM PDT

There?s an interesting debate in the blogosphere about whether President George W. Bush was a


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