Friday, April 22, 2011

Libya: McCain pushes heavier U.S. involvement

Libya: McCain pushes heavier U.S. involvement


Libya: McCain pushes heavier U.S. involvement

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:20 PM PDT

Libyan opposition leaders received a major morale boost Friday as a top U.S. senator made a surprise visit to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi and urged greater American involvement in the bloody campaign to oust longtime strongman Moammar Gadhafi.

U.S. exits Pakistan drone base

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:48 PM PDT

A suspected U.S. drone strike in the Pakistani tribal region killed 21 suspected militants on Friday, intelligence officials said.

Japan crisis: When can residents return?

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 07:28 AM PDT

The worst may have passed in the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, but cleaning up when it's finally over is likely to take decades and cost Japan an untold fortune.

Violence erupts on 'Great Friday' in Syria

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:56 PM PDT

Violence swept across Syria on Friday, with at least 43 people reported killed in another bloody day of confrontation between government forces and demonstrators calling for political change.

Report: Bahraini forces target doctors and patients

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:39 PM PDT

Another human rights group on Friday accused Bahraini authorities of raiding hospitals, and torturing doctors and patients in an effort to quell protests.

Bodies found buried at French home

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 09:54 AM PDT

French police are looking for a man Friday after bodies thought to be those of his wife and four children were discovered under the terrace of their family home in western France.

Indonesia foils Easter bomb plot

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:31 AM PDT

Indonesia is on high alert after police foiled terror plans to detonate bombs Friday near a church in a Jakarta suburb.

A top al Qaeda militant dies in Chechnya

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 12:56 PM PDT

Chechen security agents have killed a top al Qaeda militant believed to responsible for numerous terrorist attacks in Russia's Northern Caucasus region, officials announced Friday.

Mexican mass grave yields 26 bodies

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 10:47 AM PDT

Authorities in the Mexican north-central state of Durango have confirmed the discovery of 26 bodies in a mass grave. According to the Durango State's Attorney's Office, the bodies were found in a residential area in the capital city of the same name.

U.S., China to hold human rights talks

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 12:38 AM PDT

China and the United States will hold two days of talks on human rights in Beijing next week, the State Department said Friday.

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