What's driving the price of gas?

About two-thirds of all the oil traded is bought and sold not by oil companies, but by investors

• Mar 23, 2011

Libya's air force grounded by coalition strikes

As U.S. politicians fret over the mission, coalition forces declare a near-victory in Libya

• Mar 23, 2011

Day in pictures

A glimpse at the days news as seen through a camera's lens

• Mar 23, 2011
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How will the Mideast dominoes fall now?

As Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Syria roil, the Mideast proves fertile ground for popular uprisings

• Mar 23, 2011

7 Estonian cyclists kidnapped in Lebanon

Group was cycling when they were kidnapped by armed men and put in two vans, police official says

• Mar 23, 2011

Radiation levels spike in Tokyo tap water

Officials find radioactive material at levels more than double the recommended limit for infants; residents wonder "what's next?"

• Mar 23, 2011

U.S. solider pleads guilty to Afghan murders

Jeremy Morlock accused of killing three unarmed Afghan men; First of five soldiers tried for crime

• Mar 23, 2011

Coalition attacks give Libya civilians respite

Coalition airstrikes begin targeting Libyan soldiers; Gates says US could hand over control by Saturday

• Mar 23, 2011

Japan nuke plant evacuated as smoke rises

Setbacks continue to plague effort to stabilize radiation-leaking reactors; workers won't be able to resume operations until Thursday

• Mar 23, 2011

Bomb threat briefly closes Eiffel Tower

Phoned-in threat and suspicious package forced police to evacuate 4,000 tourists from area; No explosives found

• Mar 23, 2011

Bomb rocks Jerusalem bus stop, killing woman

More than 20 wounded in what Israeli authorities say is first major Palestinian militant attack in the city in several years

• Mar 23, 2011

Cost for U.S. in Libya races toward $1B mark

U.S.-led operation costing hundreds of millions and counting; Will operation continue for weeks, months or more?

• Mar 23, 2011

Obama rules out land invasion in Libya

President echoes top U.S. military officials, calling ground role "absolutely" out of the question

• Mar 23, 2011

Yemeni lawmakers give president emergency powers

Embattled president asked for new powers of arrest, detention and censorship to quash popular uprising

• Mar 23, 2011

Germany set to abandon nuclear power for good

Transition to renewable energy accelerated in wake of Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant disaster

• Mar 23, 2011

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