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Syria Unrest, Peace Plan in Yemen, Karachi Explosion

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…

French to Send Advisors, Nigerian Riots

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…

Misrata Situation Desperate, 1.2 Billion Live In “Extreme Poverty”

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,…

Japan Crisis Now Level 7, Mubarak Hospitalized

April 12, 2011 – The nuclear crisis at the Fukushima-Daiichi facility is now rated on par with the Chernobyl accident. Japanese officials have decided to raise the severity level of…

Gaddafi Forces Push Rebels Back, More Protests In Syria

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…

Al Qaeda Rebels Spotted in Libya | Seawater in Japan Contaminated

March 30, 2011 – Libyan rebel groups may include a number of al Qaeda sympathizers. The US NATO Commander, Admiral James Stavridis, told a congressional committee on Tuesday that there…

Rebels On The Run, Syrian Government Resigns

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…

Japan Nuclear Planting Leaking, Libyan Rebels Advance, President Carter Travels to Cuba

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,…