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Gaddafi Regime Declared “No Longer Legitimate”

More than 30 nations, including the United States, on Friday declared that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime is no longer legitimate and formally recognized Libya's main opposition group as the legitimate government until a new interim authority is created.
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'Butcher of the Andes' Finally Facing Trial

A Peruvian ex-army officer known as the "Butcher of the Andes" and accused of killing 69 peasants in the 1980s, has been extradited to Peru from the United States to face charges, police said.
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Is Nato Desperately Trying to Accommodate Gaddafi?

Despite claiming that Gaddafi is preparing to leave for now several weeks, NATO and other leaders meeting in Istanbul are considering proposals that allow for a peaceful resolution to the conflict without the Libyan leader's unconditional surrender or flight.
Central Indonesian Volcano Erupts Spewing Hot Lava, Thousands Flee.

Indonesia: volcano eruption forces thousands to flee

A volcano in central Indonesia has sent thousands of residents fleeing from their homes as it spit lava and ash high into the air.Following the scare, one woman died of a heart attack, but no other casualties were reported.
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Earthquake rocks English Channel

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 struck in the middle of the English Channel yesterday, the British Geological Survey said.
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Mystery Nodding Syndrome Strikes South Sudan

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, sent an emergency response team to rural southern Sudan in May to try and assess a mysterious illness seen in children in the region. But despite their preparation, most of the doctors and scientists said they were deeply affected by their first encounter with 'nodding syndrome'. "Actually seeing it out in the community was overwhelming and distressing," Bunga, a member of the U.S team told reporters. "The ...
Former British Prime Minister Blair

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Could Become “Dangerous”: Blair

The Arab League will submit to the United Nations a request for recognition of a Palestinian state, Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi said on Thursday in Doha.The Arab peace initiative committee "has decided to submit a call to the member states of the United Nations to recognise a Palestinian state," Arabi told a news conference after a meeting of the committee in the Qatari capital, the AFP reported.It would "move to present a request for full membership of a Palestinian state ...
Yoweri Museveni

Uganda: “Even Dead Bodies Must Work”

Inmates in Ugandan prisons are subject to brutal compulsory labour, frequent violence, miserable overcrowding, and disease, Human Rights Watch said today in a report examining conditions in 16 prisons throughout the country.
U.S. President Barack Obama

Obama’s Cash Machine Campaign to Trash Republicans' White House Hopes?

Despite criticism and a rise in domestic public discontent, President Barack Obama is proving he's still a force to be reckoned with by raising a record-shattering $86 million for his re-election campaign from April to June, exceeding a $60 million quarterly target and easily eclipsing all Republican challengers.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

Is Sarah Palin Ready to Announce Nomination Decision?

After Sarah Palin's interview with Newsweek last weekend, speculation has intensified that she's ready to throw her hat into the ring for the Republican nomination for the right to challenge President Obama for the White House.
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Taliban Kill 5 French Soldiers in Afghanistan

Five French soldiers and an Afghan civilian were killed on Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack, President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said, one day after he returned from a visit to Afghanistan.