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Gadhafi Forces Shell Frontline City in West Libya

MISRATA, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi's forces shelled civilian areas in the rebel-held city of Misrata on Thursday, killing 10 people. Regime supporters and opponents battled on another front in western Libya for control of a crossing point along the Tunisian border, killing refugees as they fled. Rockets and other artillery...

Lara Logan Talks About Assault to '60 Minutes'

NEW YORK -- CBS correspondent Lara Logan says she believed she was going to die while she was being sexually assaulted and beaten in Egypt's Tahrir Square. CBS News / AP "60 Minutes" correspondent Lara Logan is shown covering the reaction in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Feb. 11, the day Egyptian President Hosni...

Obama: Storm Damage in Southeast 'Catastrophic'

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says the damage in tornado-stricken states in the Southeast is "nothing short of catastrophic." Speaking at the White House, Obama says the loss of life has been heartbreaking, especially in Alabama, the state hit hardest. At least 250 people have been killed in six states in...

Gadhafi Regime Hands Weapons to Civilians

GAZAHIYA, Libya -- A 22-year-old university student balanced an unloaded grenade launcher on his shoulder, grunted loudly in place of an explosion as he pulled the trigger, then handed the weapon to the next man. The military drill on the lawn of a clinic in a remote village in government-controlled western Libya was part...

IAEA Chief: Syria Tried to Build Nuclear Reactor

PARIS -- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday said for the first time that a target destroyed by Israeli warplanes in the Syrian desert in 2007 was a covertly built nuclear reactor, appearing to counter assertions by Syria that it had no atomic secrets to hide. Previous reports by the...

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Venezuela Candidate Henrique Capriles' Shirts Give a Business a Boost

Petra MarÃa Rengifo's shirts have become political.

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Venezuela reports capture of Colombian drug kingpin Diego Rastrojo

Venezuelan Interior Minister Tareck el Aissami announced Sunday the capture of Colombian drug trafficker and militia member Diego Perez Henao alias "Diego Rastrojo" in one of the "most significant (anti-drug operations) in Venezuelan history."

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Italy Earthquake 2012: 5.1 Earth Tremor Hits Novi Di Modena

A strong earth tremor of 5.1 magnitude hit northern Italy late on Sunday, in the same area struck by two deadly quakes in the last two weeks, Italy's Geophysics Institute said.

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Paramedics, Salesman Murdered In Mexico

Police in Mexico have found the tortured bodies of three young paramedics and a salesman with gunshot wounds along a highway in the western state of Michoacan.

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Spanish gov't denies Germany pressing for bailout

The Spanish government denied on Sunday that any "pressure" is being exerted by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble on Economy Minister Luis de Guindos to get Spain to ask the European financial stability fund for money to shore up the Spanish banking sector, while Berlin reiterated its confidence in the measures...

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06/03/12 Virus fear as US admits cyberweapons Source: PerthNow - Australia The US government's dual roles of alerting American companies about these threats and producing powerful software weapons and eavesdropping systems underscore the risks of an unintended online boomerang.
06/03/12 153 dead as plane plunges in Nigeria Source: ninemsn A plane carrying 153 people has plunged into a residential area of Nigeria's largest city, with all those aboard feared dead, an inferno igniting at the scene and buildings badly damaged.
06/03/12 More Than 150 Die in Plane Crash in Nigerian... Source: Bloomberg.com A Dana Airlines Ltd. passenger plane carrying 153 people crashed into buildings in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos, killing everybody on board, according to aviation and police officials.
06/03/12 3 hurt, including baby, in raging Perth Amboy fire Source: New York Post - New York NY An intense, fast-moving fire destroyed four connected homes and seriously injured three people, including an infant.
06/03/12 Houla killings were monstrous - Assad Source: The Sunday Independent Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday condemned the "abominable" massacre of more than 100 people in Houla, saying even monsters could not carry out such acts, and promised a 15-month-old crisis would end soon if Syrians pulled together.