Libya: NATO hits oil port of Ras Lanouf
2011-05-16 10:55:49
NATO aircraft blasted an oil terminal in a key eastern city at nightfall Sunday, Libyan TV reported, after Britain urged the alliance to widen its assault on areas controlled by ruler Moammar Gadhafi.
IMF chief New York court appearance postponed
2011-05-16 10:54:12
A New York court appearance by IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to face charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid has been postponed until Monday so he can undergo an examination.
Police: IMF head picked out of lineup in sex case
2011-05-16 10:41:12
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's reputation with women earned him the nickname "the great seducer," and not even an affair with a subordinate could knock the International Monetary Fund leader off a political path pointed in the direction of the French presidency. All that changed with charges that he sexually assaulted a maid in his hotel room, a case that generated shock and revulsion, especially in his home country.
IMF remains functioning despite Strauss-Kahn case
2011-05-16 10:40:56
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Sunday that it was "fully functioning and operational" despite the arrest of its Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
IMF chief's arrest may speed up succession battle
2011-05-16 10:14:47
The shock arrest of the head of the International Monetary Fund may force the world's power brokers into a frantic search to find his replacement.
Bin Laden was logged off, but not al-Qaida
2011-05-16 10:14:30
Osama bin Laden cut himself off from direct access to the Internet during his final years in Pakistan as he attempted to elude the CIA. But the terror group he founded has been able to seize the power of the Web to spawn an army of online followers who will prolong al-Qaida's war against the West long after his demise.
Russia opposes to foreign interference in Yemen
2011-05-16 09:55:26
Russian ambassador to Yemen Sergei Kozlov on Sunday reaffirmed his country's stance against foreign meddling in Yemen's power-transition crisis between the ruling party and the opposition.
Libyan military spokesman killed: Arabiya
2011-05-16 09:45:45
Libya's military spokesman Colonel Milad Hussein al-Fiqhi was killed Sunday during a NATO raid that targeted an intelligence building in the Libyan capital Tripoli.
Man beheads woman in Spain
2011-05-16 09:10:46
Jennifer Mills-Westley, 60, of Norfolk in eastern England, was killed Friday in the beach resort of Los Cristianos, according to the Lucie Blackman Trust & Missing Abroad charity. She was retired and spent time traveling between Tenerife and France.
Sex, lies and the reckless choices of the powerful
2011-05-16 08:45:03
Sex and power are no strangers. History is littered with tales of the powerful and privileged felled by sex scandals.
Twelve dead in Israeli border skirmishes
2011-05-16 07:40:55
Violence erupted on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza Sunday, leaving at least 12 dead and dozens wounded, as Palestinians marked what they term "the catastrophe" of Israel's founding in 1948.
IMF chief denies sex-assault charges
2011-05-16 07:10:20
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lawyer, Benjamin Brafman,said that his client will plead not guilty for the sex-assault charges against him. 
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