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Rebels push west as air strikes hit Gaddafi forces (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 02:05 PM PDT

In this photo released by CBS News, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates discuss the latest developments in the Middle East on 'Face the Nation' in Washington Sunday, March 27, 2011. Gates said Sunday he doesn't think Libya is 'a vital interest' for the United States, but that the North African nation is part of a region that is of vital American interest. (AP Photo/CBS, Chris Usher) NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES.Reuters - Libya's ramshackle rebel army pushed west on Sunday to retake a series of towns from the forces of Muammar Gaddafi as they pulled back under pressure from Western air strikes.

Disaster-hit Japan faces protracted nuclear crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:08 PM PDT

A Stuttgart 21 opponent carries a placard showing State Prime Minister Stefan Mappus and German Chancellor Angela Merkel going down with a ship after Baden-Wuerttemberg state election results were announced in Stuttgart during a late night demonstration, March 27, 2011. Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives looked set to lose a rich German state they have run for six decades after results from Sunday's election projected huge gains for the anti-nuclear Greens. In Baden-Wuerttemberg state, where anti-nuclear sentiment has been mobilised by Japan's nuclear crisis, the Greens and Social Democrats were set to win 48.3 percent, with the Greens likely to get their first premiership of a German state. Stuttgart 21 is an urban and transport project which is under construction in Stuttgart. Picture is taken on slow shutter speed while using a flash. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)Reuters - Japan appeared resigned on Monday to a long fight to contain the world's most dangerous atomic crisis in 25 years after high radiation levels complicated work at its crippled nuclear plant.

Syria's Assad deploys army in port to keep order (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 03:34 PM PDT

Reuters - President Bashar al-Assad, facing the gravest crisis in his 11-year rule, deployed the army in Syria's main port of Latakia for the first time after nearly two weeks of protests spread across the country.

Gaddafi in Tripoli compound: Libyan state TV (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:53 PM PDT

Reuters - Libyan state television broadcast on Sunday what it said was live footage of Muammar Gaddafi in a car in his Tripoli compound where hundreds of supporters waved green flags and chanted slogans.

Merkel's party loses power in rich German state (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:59 AM PDT

Stefan Mappus (front), the top candidate of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leaves the State Parliament in Stuttgart March 27, 2011. REUTERS/Michael DalderReuters - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives lost power in a regional stronghold on Sunday, with early poll results showing the Greens, buoyed by Japan's nuclear crisis, surging to their first state premiership.

On the Run, the Palestinian Youth Movement May Yet Get Its Way (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - The March 15 movement failed in both Palestinian enclaves but it may yet get Hamas and Fatah to get together

Anarchists will target royal wedding: police (AFP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:35 PM PDT

Police officers stand guard outside the Fortnum and Mason department store, during a mass demonstration against government financial cuts, in central London, on March 26. Anarchist militants who clashed with police during Saturday's march against public sector cuts will AFP - Anarchist militants who clashed with police during Saturday's march against public sector cuts will "deliberately target" next month's royal wedding, a senior policeman told Monday's Telegraph.

Gangs of armed young men roam Syrian seaside city (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 02:56 PM PDT

Syrian pro-Assad protesters shout slogans as they carry pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a sit-in in front of the Syrian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 27, 2011. Hundreds of Syrians have demonstrated near their embassy in Beirut in support of the government. The nearly 2,000 demonstrators carried pictures of Assad and chanted: 'our souls, our blood, we sacrifice for you.' (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)AP - LATAKIA, Syria — Gangs of young men, some armed with swords and hunting rifles, roamed Sunday through the streets of a Syrian seaside city, closing alleys with barricades and roughly questioning passersby in streets scarred by days of anti-government unrest.

Chavez urges Venezuelans to cut calorie intake (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 05:03 PM PDT

AP - President Hugo Chavez urged Venezuelans on Sunday to cut their calories to avoid obesity — the latest lifestyle recommendation by the self-proclaimed socialist crusader.

Libyan rebels push towards Tripoli, promise oil exports (AFP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:56 PM PDT

A portrait of Libyan leader Colonel Moamer Kadhafi burns after rebels set fire to it in the town of Bin Jawad. Libyan rebels' push westwards to Tripoli gathered momentum on Sunday and their progress towards Sirte was given a boost as Kadhafi's hometown was hit by a coalition air raid.(AFP/Aris Messinis)AFP - Libyan rebels' westward push to Tripoli gathered momentum on Sunday and their progress towards Sirte was given a boost as Moamer Kadhafi's hometown was pounded by a coalition air raid.

Snapshot: Japan's nuclear crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 05:26 PM PDT

A Stuttgart 21 opponent carries a placard showing State Prime Minister Stefan Mappus and German Chancellor Angela Merkel going down with a ship after Baden-Wuerttemberg state election results were announced in Stuttgart during a late night demonstration, March 27, 2011. Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives looked set to lose a rich German state they have run for six decades after results from Sunday's election projected huge gains for the anti-nuclear Greens. In Baden-Wuerttemberg state, where anti-nuclear sentiment has been mobilised by Japan's nuclear crisis, the Greens and Social Democrats were set to win 48.3 percent, with the Greens likely to get their first premiership of a German state. Stuttgart 21 is an urban and transport project which is under construction in Stuttgart. Picture is taken on slow shutter speed while using a flash. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)Reuters - Following are main developments after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeast Japan and crippled a nuclear power station, raising the risk of uncontrolled radiation.

Canadian election heats up over coalition claims (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 02:43 PM PDT

Reuters - Opposition parties said on Sunday it was hypocritical for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to accuse them of plotting to take power in a coalition government since he had once considered doing it himself.

E.Timor police take over from UN force (AFP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:02 AM PDT

Members of East Timor's national police force undergo training under the auspices of the United Nations in Dili in 2010. United Nations police returned full control of East Timor to the national force Sunday, the UN and government said, more than four years after bloody clashes threatened to push the country into civil war.(AFP/File/Mario Jonny Dos Santos)AFP - United Nations police returned full control of East Timor to the national force Sunday, the UN and government said, more than four years after bloody clashes threatened to push the country into civil war.

Libya rebels push west again, but Sirte awaits (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:07 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In late February, the Libyan revolution was evolving at breakneck speed. After ousting Muammar Qaddafi’s forces from Benghazi and the rest of the country’s eastern population centers, untested young fighters piled into trucks and private cars and surged west.

Libya's Dead and Missing: The Cost of Reconquest (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Under allied cover, the rebels advance once more even as families return to ravaged cities to seek word of loved ones, dead, injured or kidnapped.

Repression or reform? Deadly protests may force Syria's Assad to choose. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:15 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Unrest and violence in Syria spread to different cities this weekend as protesters took to the streets in what is becoming an increasing challenge to the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

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