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- Trio of women honored with Nobel Peace Prizes
- Afghan attacks mark somber 10th anniversary
- Mexican gang war escalates as death toll hits 67
- Fight resumes for key Libyan city
| Trio of women honored with Nobel Peace Prizes Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:41 PM PDT OSLO, Norway -- Leymah Gbowee confronted armed forces in Liberia to demand that they stop using rape as a weapon. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became Africa's first woman to win a free presidential election. Tawakkul Karman began pushing for change in Yem ... |
| Afghan attacks mark somber 10th anniversary Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:29 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber and rocket fire struck U.S.-run outposts near the Pakistani border as the war in Afghanistan hit the 10-year mark Friday. The Afghan president said there will be no end to the war until militants can no longer ... |
| Mexican gang war escalates as death toll hits 67 Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:30 PM PDT MEXICO CITY -- A relatively new drug gang is responsible for killing at least 67 people whose bodies were found over the course of a couple of weeks in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, Mexican authorities said Friday. Marines arrested eight membe ... |
| Fight resumes for key Libyan city Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:29 PM PDT SIRTE, Libya -- Revolutionary fighters assaulted Moammar Gadhafi's hometown from all sides Friday in what they hope will be a final all-out offensive to crush resistance in the most important bastion of regime loyalists. Libya's new leaders say Si ... |
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