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In Libya, US Fights With Words as Well as Weapons

WASHINGTON -- International military forces are using words as well as weapons to try to weaken the grip of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi and urge his troops to turn against him. They are dropping leaflets targeting government troops as well as flying a U.S. propaganda plane that broadcasts to forces of the North...

Japan's Own Erin Brockovich Laments: 'I Wish I Could Have Done More'

Hitomi Kamanaka remembers the reaction she got six months ago when she confronted a top official in the city of Fukushima with her fears about the local nuclear power plant. "I told him the reactors were too old, that they were dangerous, and he didn't say a word," said Kamanaka, 52, a filmmaker who has been on a 13-year...

Missing New York Times Journalists Believed to Be in Libyan Govt. Custody

NEW YORK -- The New York Times says it's holding out hope that four of its journalists who went missing while covering the Libyan conflict are alive and in the custody of the Libyan government. The four were last in contact with editors on Tuesday from the northern port city of Ajdabiya where they were covering the...

Opinion Roundup: Leave Charlie Sheen Alone!

Charlie Sheen has enchanted America in recent days with his candid discussion of tiger blood, Adonis DNA and why it's a bad idea to pick a fight with a warlock. But not everyone thinks a self-described "bitchin' rock god from Mars" with a history of drug abuse is in the wrong -- or if he is, at least he shouldn't be served...

Gadhafi's Grip on Military and Media Gives Cover to Atrocities

ANALYSIS Moammar Gadhafi's totalitarian control over the military and media has made Libya's revolution the most violent so far in a region beset by uprisings. Hussein Malla, AP Libyan citizens stand over a destroyed tank at Al-Katiba military base after it fell to anti-regime protesters. Until the protests...

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