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World Intervenes in Libya, With Unusual Speed

PARIS -- In diplomatic terms, international military action against Libya's leader went from the brainstorming stage to the shooting-at-tanks stage with stunning speed. Saturday's launch of military strikes by French, British and U.S. forces with Arab backing and U.N. mandate was not universally endorsed. And it's unclear...

Gitmo Former 'Child Soldier' Gets 8 Years

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Oct. 31) -- A judge sentenced a former teenage al-Qaida fighter Sunday to eight more years in custody, bound by a plea agreement that compelled him to ignore a military jury that said he should serve 40 years for war crimes that included the killing of an American soldier. Omar Khadr's...

Sockeye Surprise: Salmon Return in Massive Numbers

(Sept. 10) -- Call it a miracle of the fishes. For the past three years, the sockeye salmon population plummeted in Canada's Fraser River. In 2009, the number of the red-skinned fish returning to spawn hit just 1.5 million, a 50-year low that seemed to portend the possible end to a way of life for local fisherman and...