WikiLeaks: al Qaeda watched towers burn

Latest WikiLeaks docs offer new insights into al Qaeda's leadership, though accounts come from unreliable Gitmo prisoners

• Apr 25, 2011

NATO targets more of Qaddafi's command center

Tripoli compound hit by airstrikes; Regime continues rocket attacks on rebel-held Misrata; Italy to join in raids

• Apr 25, 2011

Syria escalates violent crackdown; 11 killed

Dozens of other gravely wounded, arrested in several cities; U.S. says it's considering targeted sanctions

• Apr 25, 2011

Italy reverses position on Libya air strikes

Premier Silvio Berlusconi says Libya's former colonial ruler of 40 years will take part in strategic bombing raids after all

• Apr 25, 2011

Wael Ghonim to leave Google to form Egypt NGO

Google executive credited with helping spark Egyptian revolution tweets he will take a sabbatical from company to start NGO

• Apr 25, 2011

Taliban tunnels nearly 500 out of Afghan prison

Militants dug the 1,000-foot tunnel over five-month stretch, starting from house within shooting distance of prison guard towers

• Apr 25, 2011

Japan launches massive search for tsunami bodies

Roughly 12,000 people still unaccounted for in wake of last month's earthquake, tsunami; 25K troops mount search

• Apr 25, 2011

U.S. considering sanctions against Syria

White House says targeted sanctions possible amid escalating government crackdown on protests; At least 300 killed

• Apr 25, 2011

Chernobyl's legacy stings workers 25 years later

On anniversary of world's worst nuclear accident, sickened cleanup workers blame leaders for slashed benefits, subpar hospital

• Apr 25, 2011

Jimmy Carter to visit North Korea

Former president, other ex-leaders invited to assess severe food shortages, discuss nuclear disarmament

• Apr 25, 2011

Coffee prices highest in 34 years

A drop in supplies of high-grade arabica coffee beans and a growing taste for upmarket coffee across the world are blamed for the sharp price rise

• Apr 25, 2011

Iran claims second major cyber attack

Military official says Iran hit by "espionage virus" aimed to disrupt disputed nuclear program

• Apr 25, 2011

While NATO deploys drones, rebels wield rap

Speaking out against Qaddafi used to mean prison or worse; now Libya's growing rap music scene is fueling revolution

• Apr 25, 2011

New fighting in Yemen; Deal for leader unlikely

Proposed plan for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down appears doomed as troops attack protesters in southern city

• Apr 25, 2011

Latest WikiLeaks target: Guantanamo Bay

Several news orgs release reports on Guantanamo Bay detainees from another once-classified cache of WikiLeaks documents

• Apr 25, 2011

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