Air Force vet discusses no-fly zone risks

The most talked-about option to curtail Libya's crisis is a no-fly zone, but it comes with considerable risks, veterans say

• Mar 9, 2011

Day in pictures

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

• Mar 9, 2011
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Qaddafi loyalists strike Libyan oil facilities

Embattled Libyan leader appears to maintain momentum against opposition forces, offers $400k bounty for their leader's head

• Mar 9, 2011

Moroccan king announces broad government changes

Trying to stay ahead of Mideast unrest, King Mohammed VI of Morocco promises to boost democracy

• Mar 9, 2011

GlobalPost: Nerve gas may have been used on Yemen protesters

Doctors say that nerve gas, rather than tear gas, was used on demonstrators clashing with government forces

• Mar 9, 2011

Squatters take over a Qaddafi house in London

Activists vow to stay in Qaddafi son's London mansion "until this property can be returned to the Libyan people"

• Mar 9, 2011

Obama's doctrine on military intervention tested

In 2008, Obama said military force could be used in crises where the U.S. has a "moral obligation" - Does Libya fit the bill?

• Mar 9, 2011

Spanish autopsy of U.S. student could take weeks

Initial results of Austin Bice's autopsy expected to be forwarded to judge, family; police found no signs of foul play

• Mar 9, 2011

Mexico nabs another suspect in ICE agent's death

Authorities are hazy on possible role of alleged Zetas gang finance chief Mario Jimenez in Feb. 15 killing

• Mar 9, 2011

11 dead as Christians, Muslims clash in Cairo

90 more injured in Egyptian capital as fighting breaks out after Muslim mob attacks Christian protesters

• Mar 9, 2011

U.N. opens probe into torture by Qaddafi forces

Team of experts investigating allegations that Libyan ruler's forces have tortured protesters and executed hospital patients

• Mar 9, 2011

Libyan official in Egypt with Qaddafi message

Military leader flies to Egypt bearing message from besieged Libyan president as tide turns on battling rebels

• Mar 9, 2011

Qaddafi: Libyans will "fight" no-fly zone

Embattled leader says international imposition of flight restrictions would prompt his nation to "take up arms"

• Mar 9, 2011

Suicide bomber kills 36 at Pakistan funeral

More than 100 injured as young attacker hits funeral attended by 300 anti-Taliban militiamen

• Mar 9, 2011

Challenges of covering a changing China

Authorities do everything possible to thwart CBS News' Beijing crew, but as unrest simmers and cultural change creeps in, we're bringing you the story

• Mar 9, 2011

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