Berlusconi sex trial could end leader's career
2011-04-06 12:54:21
Aspiring Italian starlets and Oscar-winning actor George Clooney are being called to make appearances in Premier Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges he paid for sex with an underage prostitute, then tried to use his influence to cover it up.
Feds: UAE officer kept unpaid servant in US
2011-04-06 09:57:15
A UAE naval officer who attends the US Naval War College in Rhode Island was charged Tuesday with luring a Filipino servant to the United States
Ozone layer faces record 40 pct loss over Arctic
2011-04-06 09:45:25
The protective ozone layer in the Arctic that keeps out the sun's most damaging rays -- ultraviolet radiation, has thinned about 40 percent this winter, a record drop, the UN weather agency said Tuesday.
Missile kills 2 people in eastern Sudan: police
2011-04-06 09:25:49
An unknown missile, which was fired from the Red Sea on Tuesday evening, destroyed a civil car and killed two people onboard in Port-Sudan city in eastern Sudan
US eases off in Libya, Gadhafi holds on
2011-04-06 07:19:50
Two weeks after a dark-of-night barrage of mostly US missiles and bombs opened the international air assault on Libya, the US combat role is ending, the rag-tag rebels are reeling and the Pentagon is betting its European allies can finish the job.
Libyan rebel leader: NATO isn't doing enough
2011-04-06 07:00:36
A rebel military leader lashed out at NATO Tuesday, saying it was falling short in its mission to protect Libyan civilians. The alliance said ruler Moammar Gadhafi's forces position heavy weapons in populated areas, preventing some airstrikes.
Cote d'Ivoire's Gbagbo proposes truce from UN mission
2011-04-05 20:59:28
Cote d'Ivoire's embattled Laurent Gbagbo proposed a cease-fire from United Nations (UN) mission in the country, as forces loyal to his rival, the internationally recognized president Alassane Ouattara were reported to have seized control of the presidential residence in Abidjan, according to media reports on Tuesday.
Senior Libyan officials cross border point into Tunisia
2011-04-05 19:03:13
Two Libyan officials have crossed the border point of Ras El Jedir into Tunisia, Tunisia's official TAP news agency reported on Monday evening.
Envoy says Gbagbo negotiating surrender
2011-04-05 18:35:23
Laurent Gbagbo is negotiating his surrender after forces loyal to cote d'Ivoire's presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara launched a major assault on the presidential palace on Tuesday, Ouattara's ambassador in Paris said.
Armed men, police fire on Yemeni protesters
2011-04-05 18:34:14
Security forces and armed men in civilian clothes opened fire on protesters in the Yemeni city of Taiz, south of the capital, on Tuesday, a day after clashes there killed 15 people, witnesses said.
Military plane carries injured Libyans to Turkey
2011-04-05 16:44:28
A Turkish military cargo plane carrying Libyans injured in the North African country's fierce conflicts arrived in southwestern Turkey on Tuesday, local media reported.
EU to launch military operation for relief aid in Libya
2011-04-05 14:35:19
The European Union has decided to launch military operation to facilitate humanitarian assistance in Libya.