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NATO unleashes barrage of airstrikes in Libya

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT


TRIPOLI, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi stood defiant Tuesday in the face of the heaviest and most punishing NATO airstrikes yet -- at least 40 thunderous daylight attacks that sent plumes of smoke billowing above the Libyan leader's central Tripoli comp ...

E. coli probe short on time, experts say

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT

LONDON -- Health experts say time is running out for German investigators to find the source of the world's deadliest E. coli outbreak, and some have been surprised -- even shocked -- at lapses in the German investigation.German health officials are ...

Gates racked up miles as wartime Pentagon chief

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT


BRUSSELS -- Robert Gates' days as defense secretary now number just 24. But before he goes, consider this number: 646,094.
That's the number of miles he has traveled outside the U.S. in 41/2 years while leading a wartime Pentagon, according to his ...

Officials: Saleh heavily burned

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT

SANAA, Yemen -- President Ali Abdullah Saleh was burned over 40 percent of his body and suffered bleeding in the brain from last weekend's attack on his palace, U.S. officials said Tuesday, indicating his wounds were worse than initially reported. Th ...

At least 23 killed in Haiti storms

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Heavy rain hammered southern Haiti for a seventh straight day Tuesday, triggering floods and mudslides and causing houses and shanties in the capital to collapse.
Runoff from the rain sent rivers surging and flooded many ...

Evacuees feel mental toll of shelters

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT


KORIYAMA, Japan -- Life in evacuation shelters is taking a severe psychological toll on those left homeless by Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, a situation likely to worsen as tens of thousands face the prospect of staying at least the r ...

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