About 10,000 Turkish troops are taking part in an offensive against Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq, a day after rebel raids near the border killed 24 Turkish soldiers and wounded 18 others. In a statement posted on its website Thursday, Turkey’s military command said a large-scale land operation backed by airstrikes has […]
Turkey Sends Troops Into Northern Iraq
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
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Former Libyan Leader Gadhafi Killed
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
Former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is dead. Libyan provisional government forces killed Gadhafi Thursday in a final assault on his coastal hometown of Sirte, seven months after launching an uprising against his four-decade autocratic rule. The head of Libya’s National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, confirmed Gadhafi’s death at a news conference in Tripoli. Gadhafi […]
US Economy Turns Up Slightly, But Housing Still Troubled
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
A gauge of future U.S. economic activity is moving up, but at a slower pace than in recent months. Thursday, experts at the Conference Board said their index of leading economic indicators rose two-tenths of a percent in September. That is significantly less than the readings for August and July. The index is intended to […]
Gadhafi’s 42-Year Rule Marked By Controversy
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Moammar Gadhafi was known for both his controversial policies and his flamboyance during his 42-year rule of Libya. Gadhafi was in power from 1969 when he deposed the nation’s king in a military coup until his ouster in August. Colonel Gadhafi gained a reputation as an eccentric, donning flowing robes and animal skins and surrounding […]
Lawyer: Khmer Rouge Defendant Unfit for Trial
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
The lawyer for the only female Khmer Rouge leader facing genocide charges in Cambodia’s U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal says her client has dementia and should not be put on trial. Defense attorney Diana Ellis on Thursday told the court in Phnom Penh that 79-year-old defendant Ieng Thirith has, in the lawyer’s words, “no ability to […]
Former Libyan Leader Gadhafi Killed in Sirte
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
Former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is dead. Libyan provisional government forces killed Gadhafi Thursday in a final assault on his coastal hometown of Sirte, seven months after launching an uprising against his four-decade autocratic rule. The head of Libya’s National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, confirmed Gadhafi’s death at a news conference in Tripoli. He […]
Reports of Gadhafi’s Death Met with Relief
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
World leaders are congratulating the Libyan people on the start of a new era following the announced death Wednesday of former Libyan leader, Colonel Moammar Gadhafi. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, traveling in Afghanistan, told Fox News that confirmation of Gadhadi’s death would be a “sigh of relief.” She separately told CBS News that […]
Reports of Gadhafi’s Death Met with Relief
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
Leaders around the world are scrambling to confirm reports former Libyan leader, Colonel Moammar Gadhafi is dead. But already many are congratulating the Libyan people on the start of a new era. In Washington, officials at both the White House and the U.S. State Department said they are still trying to determine whether the former […]
1,200 African Migrants Arrive in Chad from South Libya
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
More than 1,200 African migrants have arrived in Chad after a long and dangerous road evacuation out of southern Libya. The International Organization for Migration said Thursday the migrants left from the southern Libyan city of Sebha earlier this month in a convoy of 15 trucks. The migrants say during the journey they were stopped […]
Britain Shuts Embassy in Kuwait Due to Terror Threat
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
Britain has temporarily closed its embassy in Kuwait due to what London says is a targeted terrorist threat against the facility. In a statement posted Thursday on the embassy website, Britain says it also cannot rule out security threats against other British interests in Kuwait. Britain says there is a general threat of terrorism in […]
