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afghanistan outrage at civilian deaths by us airstrikes

10:54

Libya faces 'civil war' as violence spreads to Tripoli

2:30

NASA Shuttle Launch: Watch Space Shuttle Discovery's Final Mission Takeoff

10:35

Libya protests: 140 Massacred As Gaddafi Sends In Snipers & Mercinaries

3:26

Israeli Air Raids In Gaza

0:22

Egyptian Protests 2011 - Camel Attack

1:35

Protesters in Algeria - Pro Democracy Group calls to Protest in Algeria

1:44

Tribute To Space Shuttle Discovery

8:23

Muslim Student Reported to Have Targeted Pres. Bush with IED!

1:17

Ivory Coast, Deadly Clashes as Gbagbo Forces Disperse Pro-Ouattara Rally, 20/02/2011

1:10

Military spending, collapse of US empire

6:41

Attorney- Swedish Case is a 'Holding Charge' to Get Julian Assange Extradited to US

13:58

Libya protest Anaheim - 2/19/11 - Part 16

0:30

US defense budget bringing down empire?

3:35

Be'er-Sheva Grad rocket impact (LIVE)

0:21

File - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Isaiah Wallace, second from left, with the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team security force, stands guard outside the Asadabad hospital in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2010.

photo: USAF / 1st Lt. Nicholas Mercurio

Afghan probe says Nato killed dozens of Kunar civilians
read more BBC News

By Paul Wood BBC News, Kabul Continue reading the main story Taliban Conflict Make-or-break year ahead Can Afghan forces step up? Who are the Taliban? Pakistan's very unhappy new year...

A Libyan gunman holds a weapon as he gestures, at Al-Katiba military base after anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi protesters took control of the military base, in Benghazi, Libya, on Thursday Feb. 24, 2011.

photo: AP / Hussein Malla

Foes are closing in on Libyan capital
read more Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

BENGHAZI, Libya--Unrest drew closer to Tripoli, even igniting Thursday in areas of western Libya previously under tight government control, the day before a planned demonstration in the capital against President Moammar Gadhafi's 41-year span in power, designed to coincide with the Muslim Sabbath. After braving days of extreme violence and seizing...

Space shuttle Discovery lifts off, Thursday 24th February, 2011.

photo: NASA TV

Discovery shuttle blasts off on final mission
read more Breitbart

NASA employees congratulate each other after the Space Shuttle Discovery su... Space shuttle Discovery astronauts leave crew their quarters for the launch... When Discovery wraps up this tour, the oldest surviving shuttle will have f... The shuttle Discovery has blasted off on its final mission into orbit, marking the beginning of the end for what...

Libyan boys flashe V signs as they stand over a destroyed cannon tank at Al-Katiba military base after it fall by the anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi protesters few days ago, in Benghazi, Libya, on Thursday Feb. 24, 2011. A Libyan witness says a Libyan army unit has blasted a minaret of a mosque in a city west of Tripoli. The witness tells The Associated Press by telephone that several protesters, who have been camped inside and outside the mosque while demanding the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi, have been killed or seriously wounded in Thursday's attack.

photo: AP / Hussein Malla

Libyan leader blames al-Qaeda for uprising
read more Irish Times

MICHAEL JANSEN LIBYAN LEADER Muammar Gadafy has blamed al-Qaeda for the unrest which is threatening his regime of more than 40 years. "It is obvious now that this issue is run by al-Qaeda," he asserted in response to a statement of support from the network's north African franchise. He said that young people staging the uprising are being...

A Palestinian man collects damaged materials from a warehouse hit in an Israeli air strike overnight in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 24 , 2011. Overnight, Israeli aircraft carried out air strikes against targets in Hamas-controlled Gaza strip in response to rocket fire from Gaza into Israel. A Palestinian militant was killed by the air strikes.

photo: AP / Ashraf Amra

Palestinian killed as Israeli air raids in Gaza target Hamas
read more Irish Times

MARK WEISS in Jerusalem AT LEAST one Palestinian was killed and three wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian vehicle last night in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, close to the Egyptian border. The Israeli military said the vehicle targeted was carrying "terrorists". Palestinian sources confirmed that four missiles were fired at "a...

Protesters chant anti-Iraqi government slogans during a protest at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Protesters gathered in central Baghdad to demonstrate against corruption and the lack of government services. The banner in Arabic reads, "The oil for people not for stealers.

photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed

Iraq braces for largescale protests
read more Al Jazeera

Thousands of Iraqis are expected to take part in rallies organised mainly through social networking site Facebook, after weeks of scattered protests around the country calling for an end to corruption, shortages of jobs, food, power and water. "February 25 is the Iraqi day of rage for change, an end to corruption and sectarianism in Iraq," said one...

Pro-government demonstrators, one holding a portrait of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in Algiers, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. Algerian police thwarted a rally by thousands of pro-democracy supporters Saturday, breaking up the crowd into isolated groups in a bid to keep them from marching. Police brandishing clubs, but no firearms, weaved their way through the crowd in central Algiers, banging their shields, tackling some protesters and keeping traffic flowing through the planned march route.

photo: AP / Sidali Djarboub

Algeria's state of emergency lifted after 19 years
read more The Daily Telegraph Australia

ALGERIA has officially lifted a state of emergency ordered 19 years ago as the country catapulted into a period of chaos. The measure was entered into the Official Journal, undoing the procedures that put it in place, the official APS news agency reported, citing a statement from the president's office. The decision to do away with the...

Space shuttle Discovery lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Discovery on its last mission, will carry the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module, or PMM, to the International Space Station.

photo: AP / John Raoux

Space shuttle Discovery launches on final flight
read more CBS News

(CBS/AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's most traveled space shuttle, Discovery, launched Thursday for its final voyage after nearly three decades of service. The six astronauts for the space station delivery mission headed to the launch pad in early afternoon, waving and smiling to the massive picture-taking crowd at crew quarters. Once at the pad,...

Carolina Biological Supply Company in Burlington, N.C. is shown in this Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 photo. A young college student from Saudi Arabia who studied chemical engineering in Texas purchased explosive chemicals over the Internet as part of a plan to hide bomb materials inside dolls and baby carriages to blow up dams, nuclear plants or the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush, the Justice Department said Thursday. One of the chemical companies, Carolina Biological Supply, reported suspicious purchases by Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, of Lubbock, Texas, to the FBI on Feb. 1.

photo: AP / Gerry Broome

U.S. Arrests Saudi Man in Bomb Plot
read more The New York Times

WASHINGTON –A 20-year-old Saudi student living in Texas has been arrested by federal agents, who charged him with planning to build bombs for terror attacks inside the United States, the Justice Department announced on Thursday. According to an affidavit filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the man, Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, indicated...

People walk past the burnt-out shell of a police truck in the Abobo district of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011.

photo: AP / Emanuel Ekra

Ivory Coast fighting threatens 6-year ceasefire
read more The Guardian

MARCO CHOWN OVED Associated Press= ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Heavy fighting in Ivory Coast over the country's disputed election may auger a return to civil war, the United Nations warned Thursday as clashes raged in Abidjan and in western regions of the country. Residents reported automatic arms fire Thursday morning in the Abobo district of...

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Boeing beats EADS in $35bn airforce tanker contest read more

An FA 18 Hornet approaches to get airborne refueling from a KC 10 Tanker of U.S. Airforce 2nd Air Refuelling Squadron, based in Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, during the "Valiant Shield 06" exercises in the Pacific Ocean, off Guam coast, Friday, June 23, 2006. The largest U.S. military exercise in the Pacific since the Vietnam War ended Friday after demonstrating to North Korea and other nations in the region the United States' ability to "quickly amass" a huge combat force should the need arise, officials said. The five-day "Valiant Shield" exercises brought together an armada of three aircraft carriers and 25 other ships, along with 22,000 troops and 280 warplanes, off this tiny island in the western Pacific.

The Guardian

Pentagon award of $35bn tanker contract to Boeing instead of Europe's EADS divides US politicians Boeing chief executive James McNerney, who has won a $35bn contract from the US airforce against rivals EADS. Photograph: Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP/WorldPhotos.com...

photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye

Assange to appeal ruling to extradite him to Sweden read more

The founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange waves to supporters as he leaves after speaking to the media after his extradition hearing at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden in a sex crimes inquiry, a British judge ruled Thursday, rejecting claims by the WikiLeaks founder that he would not face a fair trial there. Assange's lawyer said he would appeal. Judge Howard Riddle said the allegations of rape and sexual molestation by two women against Assange meet the definition of extraditable offenses and said the Swedish warrant had been properly issued and was valid.

Irish Times

MARK HENNESSY London Editor THE WIKILEAKS founder is to be extradited to Sweden within 10 days to face allegations that he raped and sexually assaulted two women there last year, following a decision by a London court. Mr Assange will appeal, his...

photo: AP / Matt Dunham

Irish seek revenge at polls for financial fiasco read more

Islander Ciaran MC Inerney, left, casts his vote beside Hugh O' Donald Presiding Officer during voting on Inishfree Island of the coast of Donegal, Ireland, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Islanders around Ireland voted Wednesday in the General Election with the Irish mainland due to vote on Friday.

The Independent

Fears for the future, a yearning for stability and a determination to exact political vengeance for the country's catastrophic finances are among the emotions swirling around an Irish election campaign as voters go to the polls today. They will...

photo: AP / Peter Morrison

People Power at 25: Long road to Philippine democracy read more

Protesters shout slogans at the People Power monument along EDSA highway at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 to protest the country's celebration of the "People Power" revolution 25 years ago. Protesters claimed there is not much significant change after 25 years since the ouster of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos from 20-year-rule and the subsequent leaders of the country allegedly had failed to deliver the promises of change.

BBC News

By Kate McGeown BBC News, Manila Continue reading the main story Related Stories New Philippine president sworn in Gloria Arroyo: Going, but not gone? Thousands attend Aquino funeral When Jose Dalisay watches the coverage of protest movements...

photo: AP / Bullit Marquez

Official Secrets Act violated by tapes leak: Tata read more

Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata addresses a press conference in Calcutta, India, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. Tata Motors said Friday it has decided to shift production of the Nano, which it says will be the world's cheapest car, from India's West Bengal state because of unrelenting opposition from a powerful local political par

The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Tata group chief Ratan Tata argued before the Supreme Court on Thursday that telephone intercepts by law enforcement agencies, including the Niira Radia tapes, were part of official secrets and their leakage and unauthorized use by media...

photo: AP

Toyota Recalls Another 2.17 Million Vehicles in the U.S. read more

In this April 17, 2010 file photo, a Toyota emblem is seen on a car trunk lid during the Denver Auto Show in Denver. Toyota Motor Corp. Tuesday Dec. 21, 2010, agreed to pay the U.S. government a record $32.4 million in additional fines to settle an investigation into its handling of two recalls at the heart of its safety crisis.

Wall Street Journal

By MIKE RAMSEY View Full Image Bloomberg News Some RAV4 models were added to Toyota's recall to fix accelerator pedals. DETROIT—Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to recall an additional 2.17 million U.S. vehicles due to floor-mat problems. Regulators...

photo: AP / David Zalubowski, file

Fighting Spreads in Somalia as Troops Move Against Insurgents read more

Somali government soldiers take positions during clashes with Islamist insurgents in southern Mogadishu's Daynile neighborhood, Wednesday Feb 23, 2011. The fighting erupted after Somali forces advanced into the Islamist controlled barracks in the area

The New York Times

NAIROBI, Kenya — Fierce fighting broke out across Somalia on Thursday along several different fronts, as African Union peacekeepers, Somali government soldiers, allied militias and Ethiopian troops opened a multi-pronged offensive against...

photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh

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