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Gadhafi's son captured in Libya

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PST


ZINTAN, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi's former heir apparent Seif al-Islam was captured by revolutionary fighters in the southern desert Saturday just over a month after his father was killed, setting off joyous celebrations across Libya and closing the ...

Egypt violence up before vote

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PST


CAIRO -- Egyptian riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets stormed into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday to dismantle a protest tent camp, setting off clashes that killed two protesters, injured hundreds and raised tensions days before the f ...

Afghan assembly wants U.S. forces to stay in country

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 04:08 PM PST

KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai received a resounding endorsement Saturday from a traditional national assembly to negotiate a security agreement that could keep a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan past 2014, when most international ...

Analysis: Obama makes progress during Asia trip

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PST


BALI, Indonesia -- An assertive President Barack Obama got much of what he wanted during his Asia-Pacific trip because the results didn't depend on negotiating with the world.
He mostly just announced them.
Obama expanded the U.S. military presen ...

Nepal ex-rebels decide future

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PST


KATMANDU, Nepal -- Nepal's political parties long stumbled over what to do with 19,000 disarmed Maoist fighters who have lived five years in monitored camps surrounded by barbed wire. On Saturday, the ex-rebels began telling officials what future t ...

Large whale graveyard in desert poses mystery

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PST


SANTIAGO, Chile -- More than 2 million years ago, scores of whales congregating off the Pacific Coast of South America mysteriously met their end.
Maybe they became disoriented and beached themselves. Maybe they were trapped in a lagoon by a lands ...

Cuba cracks down on corruption by foreigners

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PST


HAVANA -- Green-clad security agents swoop down on an upscale business complex to shutter the offices of a Canadian car dealership. Top executives at Cuba's famed cigar monopoly find themselves behind bars. A former government minister trades his s ...

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