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Is Gaddafi Losing or Gaining Terrain?

Two members of Libya's rebel Transitional National Council are meeting French President Nicolas Sarkozy Wednesday amid international efforts to further support the Libyan opposition.

Will the Gang of Six help the U.S End Debt-Ceiling Deadlock?

President Barack Obama
President Obama today praised the much talked about proposal by the bipartisan "Gang of Six" to try and break the debt reduction deadlock with a plan to wipe $4 trillion off the ballooning national deficit.The group's ambitious new plan, offers a ray of hope in an increasingly grim standoff that has threatened the United States' top-notch credit rating, but while the president said the deal was a 'very significant step' he also warned that 'We are in the eleventh hour an...
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Commons Select Committee: 10 Questions Britain Wants Murdochs, Brooks to Answer

Today, Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks all come to the House of Commons to face questions from MP’s over their role or knowledge of the phone hacking scandal that has rocked both British politics and the Metropolitan police. This afternoon, the line of questioning for both Murdoch’s and Rebekah Brooks must be probing but must avoid directly accusing the trio of any wrong doing.
Steam and other emissions rise from a coal-fired power station near Lithgow

Climate Change: Lord Monckton Denies Global Warming

During a climate change debate at the National Press Club in Canberra Australia, Lord Christopher Monckton argued that cutting emissions to curb global warming is like trying to "swat" an asteroid away with a cricket bat.
News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch and former News International Chief Executive Rebekah Brooks

19th July Commons Select Committee: 10 Questions Britain needs Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks to Answer

Today, Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks all come to the House of Commons to face questions from MP’s over their role or knowledge of the phone hacking scandal that has rocked both British politics and the Metropolitan police. This afternoon, the line of questioning for both Murdoch’s and Rebekah Brooks must be probing but must avoid directly accusing the trio of any wrong doing. There will be many an ego in the rooms this afternoon and the select committee’s must get their line ...
Medvedev and Putin

Russia Refuses to Recognize Libyan Rebels

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that his country refused to recognize the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya's legitimate government.
Hosni Mubarak

Mubarak: To Be or Not to Be?

ncreasingly conflicting reports have emerged regarding the health of Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak, who, has been in hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh since reportedly suffering a heart attack in April.
Afghanistan

New CIA Chief Leaves Afghanistan on a Low?

U.S. General David Petraeus, the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency, handed over command of U.S. and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan on Monday, a day after a gradual process of transferring security to Afghan forces began.
Dalai Lama

Is China Threatening the U.S.?

Tensions between the world's two giants are mounting after China's People's Daily newspaper launched an attack on U.S. President Barack Obama as it described his weekend meeting with the Dalai Lama as an "unscrupulous trick of pragmatism," adding that the move has undermined the U.S.'s status as a major world power.
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South Africa Celebrates Mandela Day

Millions of South Africans are celebrating the 93rd birthday of the former president Nelson Mandela.Mandela Day, was inaugurated in 2009 on Nelson Mandela's birthday, 18 July, and declared an international day by the United Nations in November 2009. Mandela Day was inspired by a call made by this world icon for the next generation to take on the burden of leadership in addressing the world's social injustices. Mandela turns 93 years of age on 18 July.