Seattle Post-Intelligencer: World

WASHINGTON -- Two weeks after a dark-of-night barrage of mostly U.S. missiles and bombs opened the international air assault on Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, the American combat role is ending, the rag-tag rebels are reeling and the Pentagon is betting its European allies can finish the job.

MADRID -- Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced on Saturday he will not seek a third term in office at general elections in 2012, opening a process of primaries to elect his successor at the helm of the Socialist Party.

BELGRADE, Serbia -- NATO war planes hit tanks with deadly precision, with the aim of degrading a despot's army and leveling the playing field for a ragtag rebel force. In many ways, the air strikes on Libya mirror the Western alliance's Serbia campaign 12 years ago.

LONDON -- The streets of Piccadilly Circus were crowded as usual Friday when Russian tourist Olga Yershevich did an unexpected doubletake: Right in front of her, in a horse-drawn carriage, were three people who looked very much like Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William, and, in a wedding gown, Kate Middleton.

BERLIN -- For a look at just how long radioactivity can hang around, consider Germany's wild boars.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- The Honduran government wants to impose a law aimed at ensuring the country's frequently striking teachers show up for work the number of days legally required.

MEXICO CITY -- President Felipe Calderon announced the resignation of his attorney general on Thursday and nominated the assistant in charge of organized crime as his successor, the first woman to hold the post if she is approved.

TRIPOLI, Libya -- The biggest danger to Moammar Gadhafi is not the rebel forces struggling to march on his capital. It's more likely to be the crumbling of the remaining, fragile support for his regime.

PARIS -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ousted adviser on diversity called the president's conservative party the "plague of Muslims" amid a growing furor over its plans to debate Islam's role in France.

LONDON -- Britain refused Thursday to offer Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa immunity from prosecution after his apparent defection, but said his departure would hearten rebels fighting to topple Moammar Gadhafi's regime.