News 1st Look: Retribution in Libya: A warning sign?

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Retribution in Libya: A warning sign?

Retribution in Libya: A warning sign?
Floodwaters force closure of Bangkok airport
U.N.: World is days away from 7 billion people
Envoy: Libya wants NATO to end no-fly zone
Yemeni women burn veils to protest regime
Weakening Rina to hit Mexico as Category 1 storm
Kenya: Al-Shabaab did not order grenade attacks
Turkish rescuers pull 2 more from quake rubble
Tanker explodes near U.S. base in Afghanistan
Can Islamic parties sell democracy?

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 08:53 AM PDT

After months of grinding civil war, the final battle for Libya's liberation unleashed a bloodbath. Human Rights Watch says dozens of apparent reprisal killings occurred on both sides.

Floodwaters force closure of Bangkok airport

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 11:29 AM PDT

Floodwaters have forced the closure of Bangkok's Don Muang airport and the evacuation of flood victims who have taken refuge there.

U.N.: World is days away from 7 billion people

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 07:43 AM PDT

The world is days away from officially reaching a population of 7 billion, the United Nations said in a report Wednesday.

Envoy: Libya wants NATO to end no-fly zone

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 12:42 PM PDT

A Libyan ambassador told the United Nations Security Council Wednesday that his country would like the NATO no-fly zone to be terminated by the end of this month, but he added that Libya's security concerns would need to be evaluated before a final decision could be made.

Yemeni women burn veils to protest regime

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 09:33 AM PDT

Yemeni women defiantly burned their traditional veils Wednesday in protest of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's brutal crackdown on anti-government demonstrations.

Weakening Rina to hit Mexico as Category 1 storm

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 11:09 AM PDT

Rina was on the verge of strengthening into a major Category 3 hurricane Wednesday as it inched closer to the popular Mexican resort town of Cancun, forecasters said.

Kenya: Al-Shabaab did not order grenade attacks

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 09:44 AM PDT

Twin grenade attacks in Nairobi earlier this week were not the work of the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab, a Kenyan government spokesman said Wednesday.

Turkish rescuers pull 2 more from quake rubble

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:36 PM PDT

Rescuers pulled a teen and a teacher from collapsed buildings early Wednesday, nearly three days after a massive earthquake left heaps of twisted metal and concrete chunks in eastern Turkey.

Tanker explodes near U.S. base in Afghanistan

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:24 AM PDT

At least 10 people died and 35 others were injured Wednesday when a tanker filled with tons of fuel and strapped with a mine exploded near a U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan, a government official said.