News 1st Look: Can Libya's lethal stalemate be broken?

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Can Libya's lethal stalemate be broken?

Can Libya's lethal stalemate be broken?
Gates: U.S. to use Predator drones in Libya
Haiti officially declares Martelly as president-elect
Nigerian leader to rioters: 'Enough is enough'
Inside Japan's nuclear 'hot zone'
Alleged Libyan rape victim says she lives in constant fear
Pakistani official disputes ISI-insurgency link
New leader picked for restive Syrian province
Freed hiker: Florida pastor endangers us all
Indonesia on 'highest alert' through Easter

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 02:46 PM PDT

As blood flows on the battlefields that are Libya's towns and cities, the optimism that surfaced at the start of the conflict is but a memory. It seems that the war could drag on for weeks, months or perhaps even years.

Gates: U.S. to use Predator drones in Libya

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 04:17 PM PDT

President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed Predator drones in Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.

Haiti officially declares Martelly as president-elect

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 02:12 PM PDT

It's official. The bad boy of Haitian music is now the troubled nation's new president.

Nigerian leader to rioters: 'Enough is enough'

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 01:38 PM PDT

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday warned perpetrators of postelection violence that "enough is enough," saying the unrest brings back memories of events leading up to a 1960s civil war in the nation.

Inside Japan's nuclear 'hot zone'

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 08:55 AM PDT

The scene of sheer devastation left by powerful tsunami waves looked sadly familiar: trucks slammed into houses, uprooted trees and downed power lines soaked in muddy water, while time stood still inside abandoned homes with unmade beds and scattered stuffed toys.

Alleged Libyan rape victim says she lives in constant fear

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 10:31 AM PDT

Eman al-Obeidy, the woman who alleges rape and abuse by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's security forces, said Thursday she feels defeated and lives in fear that she will be punished gravely for her words.

Pakistani official disputes ISI-insurgency link

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 04:55 AM PDT

Responding to an allegation by the U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that Pakistan's main intelligence agency has a "longstanding relationship" with a Taliban-allied insurgent group that targets U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a senior Pakistani intelligence official said: "We do have a relationship: that of an adversary."

New leader picked for restive Syrian province

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 07:24 AM PDT

Authorities arrested 35 people after a protest in Syria's largest city this week, a rights group said Thursday.

Freed hiker: Florida pastor endangers us all

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 06:44 AM PDT

During my more than one year in solitary confinement in Iran, I read the Quran from cover to cover several times. While I am not a Muslim, in my most desperate hours I was comforted and uplifted by the wisdom it speaks.