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NATO to officially end Libya mission

NATO to officially end Libya mission

After seven months of an aerial bombing campaign that helped depose longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi, NATO officially ends its mission in Libya on Monday.

Senh: Not that Libya's done. Time for Syria? Oh wait, they don't oil.

 

ICC fears son of Libya's Gaddafi may flee justice

ICC fears son of Libya's Gaddafi may flee justice

The International Criminal Court said Saturday that Libya's Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact via intermediaries about surrendering for trial, but it also had information mercenaries were trying to spirit him to a friendly African nation.

 

NATO likely to end Libya mission now Gaddafi dead

NATO is to formally decide on Wednesday whether to end its mission over Libya now that Muammar Gaddafi is dead and buried and the country's new leaders have declared the nation "liberated".

 

Autopsy: Gadhafi died from shot to head

Doctors completed the autopsy of Moammar Gadhafi on Sunday, with the chief pathologist confirming the former Libyan leader died of a gunshot wound to the head.

 

Tunisia ready for 'Arab Spring' election

Barely hours after polls opened in Tunisia's landmark elections, the line of voters waiting to enter a polling station in the capital's upscale Menzah neighborhood stretched around the block and out of sight.

 

U.S.: Imminent terror attack in Kenya possible

The warning said likely targets include places that foreigners congregate, including shopping malls and nightclubs.

 

Libya to declare 'liberation,' timetable for elections

Libya to declare 'liberation,' timetable for elections

Libya's new rulers plan to declare their embattled nation "liberated" Sunday, a move that will trigger a timetable for elections and the writing of a constitution for the North African nation, according to reports from Tripoli.

 

Bombings, beheadings? Stats show a peaceful world

Bombings, beheadings? Stats show a peaceful world

It seems as if violence is everywhere, but it's really on the run. Yes, thousands of people have died in bloody unrest from Africa to Pakistan, while terrorists plot bombings and kidnappings. Wars drag on in Iraq and Afghanistan. In peaceful Norway, a man massacred 69 youths in July. In Mexico, headless bodies turn up, victims of drug cartels. This month eight people died in a shooting in a California hair salon.

Senh: As usual, the numbers don't lie. The news media, on the other hand, make it unbelievable.

 

Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, 1942-2011: Qaddafi Killed As Hometown Falls to Libyan Rebels

Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, 1942-2011: Qaddafi Killed As Hometown Falls to Libyan Rebels

Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, who ruled Libya for 42 years, died Thursday as his last stronghold fell to the Libyan forces who drove him from power, officials of Libya’s transitional government said. There were conflicting initial reports of the specific circumstances of his death: some said he was killed in Surt, his hometown; others said he died while fleeing it.

Senh: With the deaths of Moammar Gadhafi and Osama Bin Laden, who would have ever thought that the Obama administration would produce such outcomes. Of course, the Republicans would find a way to spin this negatively on Barack Obama - probably the notion that we shouldn't have gotten involved in the first place.

 

No official word on fate of Gadhafi's son

No official word on fate of Gadhafi's son

Libya's National Transitional Council offered no official confirmation Thursday of the arrest of Moatassim Gadhafi, one of the deposed leader's sons believed to have been captured after a four-hour firefight in Sirte.

 

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