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- Libyan rebels work to install new government
- Tripoli faces severe food, fuel shortages
- U.S.: Al-Qaida second-in-command reported dead
- Syrian leader gets Iran's backing
- Sinaloa drug cartel moves in on meth production
- Nigeria leader, UN vow to work on terrorism
- Mexican casinos raided after attack
| Libyan rebels work to install new government Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:25 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- For 42 years, during the long rule of Moammar Gadhafi, the Libyan government barely even existed: state institutions had little power, the military was kept purposefully weak, tribal divisions were magnified. Gadhafi was the Brot ... |
| Tripoli faces severe food, fuel shortages Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- Rebel fighters pushed increasingly leaderless regime gunmen to the outskirts of Tripoli on Saturday, as severe shortages of fuel, water and electricity paralyzed the battle-scarred capital and the stench of growing piles of garbag ... |
| U.S.: Al-Qaida second-in-command reported dead Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- U.S. and Pakistani officials said Saturday that al-Qaida's second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, delivering another big blow to a terrorist group that the U.S. believes to be on the verge of defeat. Si ... |
| Syrian leader gets Iran's backing Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT BEIRUT -- Syria's closest ally, Iran, warned Saturday that a power vacuum in Damascus could spark an unprecedented regional crisis while urging President Bashar Assad to listen to some of his people's "legitimate demands." Thousands of protesters, me ... |
| Sinaloa drug cartel moves in on meth production Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's most powerful drug cartel appears to be expanding methamphetamine production on a massive scale, filling a gap left by the breakdown of a rival gang that was once the top trafficker of the synthetic drug.The globe-spanning Sin ... |
| Nigeria leader, UN vow to work on terrorism Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:27 PM PDT ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigeria will bring terrorism "under control" and confront the radical Muslim sect that claimed responsibility for a car bombing at the country's United Nations headquarters that killed at least 19 people, its president vowed Satur ... |
| Mexican casinos raided after attack Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:27 PM PDT MONTERREY, Mexico -- Hundreds of soldiers and federal agents are raiding casinos in this northern city, authorities said Saturday, two days after an arson attack on a gambling house killed 52 people and stunned a country that had become numb to massa ... |
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