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Friday, after markets had closed in the United States, the credit rating of the Nation was downgraded for the first time started rating sovereign debt.
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Tunisian and UN aid officials say they face a “migration tsunami” as more than 10,000 people streamed through the tiny border crossing of Ras Jedir.
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Saturday, the United Nations Security Council approved a series of sanctions against Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi.
Continue Reading →Ministers and diplomats resign and air force officers defect as Gaddafi government resorts to massive shootings and bombing to crush uprising. The streets of Tripoli run red with blood.
Continue Reading →Libya’s capitol city, Tripoli, is said to be absolutely deserted, with most residents have fled out of town to avoid bloodshed while Benghazi and other large cities fall to protesters.
Continue Reading →Given the present economic conditions facing the world, rising unemployment and public dissatisfaction with dictators and oppressive regimes, was the U.S. led Iraq war really necessary?
Continue Reading →Phyllis Macay, 59, and her partner Robert Riggle, 67, were sailing with the yacht’s owners Jean and Scott Adam off the coast of Somalia when they were held by pirates on Friday.
Continue Reading →Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, a son of the Libyan President Muammar Gadhafi, has blamed opposition members outside the country of organizing protests in Libya.
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