Dutch parliament to vote on monarch's powers PETER CLUSKEY in The Hague THE DUTCH monarchy faces a vote in parliament this week which could remove its remaining political powers, stripping Queen Beatrix of her role as head of state and reducing... (photo: AP / Frank Augstein) Irish Times Netherlands Parliament Photos Queen Beatrix Wikipedia: Beatrix of the Netherlands |
Libyan Rebels Capture Bin Jawwad, Strategic Hamlet TRIPOLI, Libya — The rebels who unseated Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi said Sunday that they had captured Bin Jawwad, a strategic eastern hamlet that has in the past been a stumbling block on their... (photo: AP / Gaia Anderson) The New York Times Fighting Libya Photos Rebel Wikipedia: Bin Jawad |
Cuba and Why the U.S. Needs Its 'Nuclear' Balls Cut off Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When lawmakers in the United States Congress ridiculed and blasted Cuba for assuming the rotating presidency of the United Nations' Conference on... (photo: UN / Pierre-Michel Virot) WorldNews.com Cuba Nuclear Photos US Wikipedia: Bay of Pigs Invasion |
Gaddafi offers to negotiate with Libya rebels over transfer of power Libyan leader ready to enter talks, his spokesman says, but National Transitional Council insists he must surrender first An empty shop in Tripoli, where rebel officials are struggling to maintain... (photo: AP / Gaia Anderson) The Guardian Libya Photos Politics War Wikipedia: 2011 Libyan civil war |
Indian anti-corruption activist ends hunger strike India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare drinks coconut water and honey... India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare drinks coconut water and honey... India's anti-corruption activist Anna... (photo: AP / Manish Swarup) Breitbart Corruption India Photos Protest Wikipedia: Anna Hazare |
Mousa inquiry 'to clear Army of systematic abuse' An inquiry into the death of a hotel receptionist Baha Mousa in British custody in Iraq will clear the Army of systematic torture, it is reported. But individual soldiers will be accused of "closing... (photo: US Navy file / MCS2 Andre N. McIntyre) BBC News Iraq Photos Crime UK Wikipedia: Death of Baha Mousa |
Libya: NATO's Long-Drawn-Out Bay Of Pigs NATO troops in Libya: No entry, no exit Libya, of course, is not the "Bay of Pigs" where in April 1961 CIA-trained Cuban exiles, backed by the U.S. Air Force, landed on the island in the hope that... (photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev) GlobalResearch Libya Nato Photos War Wikipedia: 2011 Libyan civil war |