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With warped vision, Gadhafi maddened Libya, West

Oct 21, 2011

People wave pre-Gadhafi flags as they gather to celebrate the death of deposed Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday. Moammar Gadhafi, Libya`s dictator for 42 years until he was ousted in an uprising-turned-civil war, was killed Thursday as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his
Gadhafi, Libya's leader for 42 years, killed as his hometown falls

Oct 21, 2011

SIRTE, Libya (AP) -- Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by his own people in an uprising that turned into a bloody civil war, was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two
Hype builds around North Korea’s look-alike hotel

Oct 20, 2011

The butt of countless jokes, the North Korean capital Pyongyang’s Ryukyong Hotel was the monolithic structure dominating the city’s skyline that seemed to be a veritable “white elephant.”Work started on the 105-story, pyramid-shaped building in 1987 with hopes of being opened just two years later. B
French first lady gives birth to girl: report

Oct 20, 2011

PARIS (AP) ― French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave birth to a baby girl on Wednesday night ― the first infant born to a sitting president of modern-day France, the French media reported.President Nicolas Sarkozy, finishing up a meeting in Frankfurt on the euro debt crisis, was absent when the c
Turkey launches incursion into Iraqi territory

Oct 20, 2011

Ankara begins ‘hot pursuit’ operation after Kurdish rebels kill 24 soldiersANKARA (AP) ― Turkish soldiers, air force bombers and helicopter gunships have launched an incursion into northern Iraq, hours after Kurdish rebels killed 24 soldiers and wounded 18 in attacks along the border.Prime Min
For U.S. Navy, Asia is crucial priority: admiral

Oct 20, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The U.S. Navy views the Asia-Pacific region as a top strategic priority even as it faces possible budget cuts that could curtail other global missions, the naval chief said Wednesday.With China’s clout rising and its military might expanding, President Barack Obama’s deputies and
U.S. pushes for Afghan-Talban reconciliation

Oct 20, 2011

KABUL (AP) ― U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is encouraging Afghanistan’s wary leadership to keep up Taliban reconciliation efforts and boosting counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan as the Obama administration presses ahead with troop withdrawal plans.Clinton arrived in Kabul la
America unsettled on Obama challenger

Oct 20, 2011

U.S. president suffers from faltering support, but opposing Republicans present feeble challengeWASHINGTON (AP) ― Half of all Americans believe President Barack Obama does not deserve to be re-elected, but none of the Republicans vying to challenge him in 2012 has been able to beat him in a hypothet
Jon Bon Jovi's charity restaurant opens in US

Oct 20, 2011

RED BANK, New Jersey (AP) _ In three decades as one of the world's biggest rock stars, Jon Bon Jovi has eaten in some of the world's best restaurants, savoring the best food the planet has to offer.Yet there's no place he'd rather have dinner than The Soul Kitchen, a ``pay-what-you-can'' restaurant
4th arrest made in Philadelphia basement case

Oct 20, 2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fourth person was arrested Wednesday in a scheme in which authorities said mentally disabled adults were locked up in a fetid basement while their captors cashed their Social Security checks. The latest suspect was the daughter of the alleged ringleader, officials said.Th
Reports: French first lady gives birth to girl

Oct 20, 2011

PARIS (AP) — French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave birth to a baby girl on Wednesday night — the first infant born to a sitting president of modern-day France, the French media reported.President Nicolas Sarkozy, finishing up a meeting in Frankfurt on the euro debt crisis, was absen
U.S. announces replacement of envoy on N. Korea ahead of Geneva talks

Oct 20, 2011

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- The United States announced Wednesday that Stephen Bosworth will quit his part-time job as Washington's top envoy on Pyongyang as the two sides plan to hold another round of high-level talks next week in Geneva.After two and a half years of service, Bosworth will be r
Western arms used on Arab protesters: AI report

Oct 19, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― The United States, Russia and many European countries that have supported the swell of protests across the Middle East and North Africa this year also supplied some of the weapons used against demonstrators, Amnesty International said in a new report Tuesday.The report comes as the h
U.S. offers Libya new aid package

Oct 19, 2011

TRIPOLI (AP) ― The Obama administration offered millions of dollars in new aid to Libya as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton encouraged the country’s unsteady new leadership to commit to a democratic future free of retribution, and acknowledged in unusually blunt terms that the United States
Malaria vaccine study reaches milestone

Oct 19, 2011

ATLANTA (AP) ― The quest for the world’s first malaria vaccine appears to have taken a big step: A study in Africa shows experimental shots cut the risk of disease in young children by half.The initial results from a final stage of vaccine testing were released Tuesday, and the vaccine’s developers