Family: Alleged rape victim held by Qaddafi

Amnesty Int'l calls for release of woman who recounted rape to foreign reporters; Parents say she is being held hostage

• Mar 28, 2011

Syria president expected to lift emergency

President Bashar Assad is expected to address nation as early as Tue. to try and ease crisis amid continuing unrest

• Mar 28, 2011

Japan nuke plant owner struggles to get it right

Company with history of scandal has been forced to correct botched figures many times on Fukushima crisis

• Mar 28, 2011

Egypt to lift emergency laws before Sept. vote

Military rulers nixing hated laws that allowed indefinite detentions without charges and curtailed rights to demonstrate

• Mar 28, 2011

NATO commander: Mission is to protect civilians

Lt. Gen. Charles Bouchard deflects criticism that airstrikes are providing cover for advancing rebels

• Mar 28, 2011

Obama to address nation, lay out Libya plan

Anxious Congress and public eager to hear Commander in Chief's ideas on rational for intervention, what's next

• Mar 28, 2011

India captures 16 pirates after 3-hour battle

Indian navy also rescues 16 crew members held hostage by pirates who had taken trawler off Indian coast

• Mar 28, 2011

GlobalPost: US and allies ignore Kosovo's Mafia

In an investigative report, GlobalPost's Matt McCallister wrote that the US and allies ignore organized crime at the highest levels of the new democracy

• Mar 28, 2011

Trafficked U.S. weapons ending up in Mideast

Tennessee company allegedly skirted U.S. regulators to send assault rifles, gun parts abroad, court documents show

• Mar 28, 2011

NATO bombs let Libya rebels rush toward Tripoli

Rebels close in on Muammar Qaddafi's hometown of Sirte, recapture key oil port Ras Lanouf

• Mar 28, 2011

The Qaddafi regime and a woman violated

A testament to the Libyan government's quashing of dissent is shockingly played out in front of reporters' eyes

• Mar 28, 2011

Emergency workers make little progress in Japan

Miscalculated radiation figures, inadequate storage tanks for contaminated water stymie workers

• Mar 28, 2011

Rebel forces gaining ground in Libya

In Libya, NATO is taking full command of the military operation and powerful explosions are being reported in Tripoli.

• Mar 27, 2011

Brief tsunami alert in Japan after 6.5 quake

U.S. Geological Survey reports no immediate damage or injuries

• Mar 27, 2011

Libya: Airstrikes reported in Tripoli, Sirte

Explosions, anti-aircraft fire heard in capital; Qaddafi stronghold under coalition bombardment as rebel forces advance from east

• Mar 27, 2011

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