Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Gaddafi defiant after rebel takeover

Gaddafi defiant after rebel takeover


Gaddafi defiant after rebel takeover

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Backed by NATO airstrikes and seasoned reinforcements, rebel fighters crashed through the gates of Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's fortresslike compound on Tuesday, running madly across its sprawling lawns, ransacking its barracks for weapons and carting off mementos of his 42-year dictatorship.


Libyan rebels storm seat of Gaddafi power

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Hundreds of Libyan rebels stormed Muammar Gaddafi's compound on Tuesday, charging wildly through the symbolic heart of the crumbling regime as they killed loyalist troops, looted armories and knocked the head off a statue of the besieged dictator. But they found no sign of the man himself.


Earthquake in US: Quake rattles Washington, felt in New York

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Earthquake in US: A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island, New York City and Martha's Vineyard, Mass., where President Barack Obama is vacationing.


US Businessman held after threat to stab pilot

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A drunken US businessman was held after he allegedly threatened to stab a plane's pilots during a flight to Britain. Tim Bradley, 32, is said to have downed wine and beer at 30,000 feet before threatening fellow passengers and spitting at cabin crew, The Sun reported on Tuesday.


Gaddafi son resurfaces, free and vowing to fight

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The son and heir apparent of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, Seif al-Islam, resurfaced free and defiant early on Tuesday, a day after rebels claimed to have captured him, boasting in a bizarre reappearance that his father's loyalists still control parts of Tripoli and would crush the rebellion.


US doctor amputates trucker's penis without his consent

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A US doctor is being sued for amputating a truck driver's penis without his permission, a media report said on Tuesday. The doctor has defended his actions claiming he saved the man's life. John Patterson, who performed the surgery in 2007, said that during the operation on 64-yr-old, Phillip Seaton, he discovered a rare and deadly cancer.


Charges against Strauss-Kahn dismissed

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A judge formally ordered the dismissal of all criminal charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday, but he said his order would be stayed until an appellate court decides whether a special prosecutor should be appointed.


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