April 21, 2011 – Activists in Syria have called for more demonstrations Friday, planned to be the biggest yet in the month-old protest against the authoritarian rule of President Bashar…
April 20, 2011 – French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with Libyan opposition leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil in Paris Wednesday, promising to step-up air attacks on government forces surrounding Misrata. Fighting…
April 14, 2011 – Muammar Gaddafi’s artillery battered Misrata Thursday, and aid organizations warned of an impending humanitarian disaster. Calls for more NATO airstrikes came from rebels within the city,…
March 31, 2011 – Libyan rebels regrouped Thursday after being pushed further eastward by troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. The front line now runs through the city of Brega, and…
March 29, 2011 – Libyan rebels outfought and outmaneuvered Tuesday as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces pushed the opposition back to the east toward the town of Bin Jawad. The rebels had…
March 28, 2011 – Just when it looked like the workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant were gaining ground in their quest to cool and contain the fuel rods,…