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Obama steps up pressure as Libya jets strike
BREGA, Libya – Libyan jets struck rebel positions Thursday as US President Barack Obama stepped up demands that Moamer Kadhafi cede power and his Russian counterpart warned of an impending civil war. Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez joined the diplomatic offensive, proposing an international mediation mission to pull the North African…
Germany probes ‘terror’ attack at airport
BERLIN – German authorities said Thursday they suspected a Kosovan man arrested over the fatal shooting of two US airmen was an Islamic extremist, but played down fears he was part of a cell. “In view of the circumstances, there is a suspicion that this was an act with Islamist…
Hundreds airlifted from Tunisia in mass evacuation
DJERBA, Tunisia – A major European operation was under way Thursday to airlift out of Tunisia thousands of people who fled the bloodshed in Libya as Washington also offered planes to repatriate Egyptian refugees. More French and British flights were planned Thursday with extra aircraft due, including from Spain, and…
Gaddafi has lost legitimacy, must leave: Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has lost legitimacy and must leave office, US President Barack Obama said Thursday. “The United States and the entire world continues to be outraged by the appalling violence against the Libyan people,” Obama told a press conference at the White House. “Going forward,…
Democratic senator Akaka of Hawaii to retire
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday paid tribute to Daniel Akaka after the Democratic senator from Hawaii said he would not seek reelection. Akaka, 86, describes himself as the only Chinese-American member of the US Senate and first US senator of native Hawaiian ancestry. “Danny Akaka answered the call…
‘Six women shot dead’ in I. Coast demo
ABIDJAN (AFP) – Security forces loyal to Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo shot dead at least six women at a demonstration Thursday in support of his rival for the presidency, witnesses said. The shooting happened as several hundred women had gathered in the Abobo neighbourhood of Abidjan, a stronghold of…
Mubarak ally quits as Egyptian PM
CAIRO (AFP) – Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq resigned unexpectedly Thursday, sparking celebrations from protesters who demand a purge of the remnants of ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s regime. The country’s military rulers said he would be replaced by Essam Sharaf, a former transport minister who joined the rallies in Cairo’s…
Space sleuths solve riddle of missing sunspots
PARIS (AFP) – Space scientists on Thursday said they could explain why spots disappeared off the face of the Sun for two years, a mystery that had challenged a mainstream theory about our star. The years 2008 and 2009 were marked by a near-absence of sunspots, which reflected an unusually…
Robert F. Kennedy assassin denied parole
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – The assassin who killed US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 was denied parole Wednesday, and will have to wait another five years to make another request, officials said. Sirhan Sirhan was initially sentenced to death, but the sentence was changed in 1972 to life…
WikiLeaks’ Assange appeals extradition
LONDON (AFP) – Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have lodged an appeal against a British court ruling that he should be extradited to Sweden over rape accusations, the court said Thursday. A court official confirmed that it had received the request for an appeal, but no date has yet…
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