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Rebels offer amnesty, $1.3 million award for Gaddafi’s capture or killing
There are now 1.3 million more reasons for someone to capture or kill Moammar Gaddafi. Libya’s rebel council have offered amnesty to anyone who captures or kills the dictator. A business man offered an additional two million Libyan dinars ($1.3 million) for catching Gaddafi. “The National Transitional Council announces that…
Nuclear experts warn of Libya “dirty bomb” material
Seeking to mend ties with the West, Libya’s Muammar Gaddafiagreed in 2003 to abandon efforts to acquire nuclear, chemical and biological weapons — a move that brought him in from the cold and helped end decades of Libyan isolation. A six-month popular insurgency has now forced Gaddafi to abandon his stronghold…
Mortgage purchase applications at 15-year low: MBA
The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity, which includes both refinancing and home purchase demand, fell 2.4 percent in the week ended August 19. The seasonally adjusted gauge of loan requests for home purchases tumbled 5.7 percent to its lowest level since December 1996, the MBA…
Planet is home to 8.7 million species: study
Some 8.7 million different species exist on Earth, though a tiny amount of those have actually been discovered and catalogued, researchers said Tuesday. The count, described by the open access journal PLoS Biology in which it is presented as “the most precise calculation ever offered,” replaces previous estimates that swung…
Mexico graves still hold 500 bodies: NGO
Some 500 bodies still remain to be uncovered from hidden graves in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, a non-governmental group told reporters on Tuesday. Isabel Miranda de Wallace said her NGO, which fights Mexico’s rampant kidnapping, had gathered data from a recent visit to San Fernando, a small town…
Under fire, Biden blasts ‘repugnant’ China policies
Under fire from angry Republicans, US Vice President Joe Biden’s office said Tuesday that he firmly opposes “repugnant” Chinese population control practices like “forced abortion and sterilization.” “The Obama Administration strongly opposes all aspects of China’s coercive birth limitation policies, including forced abortion and sterilization,” Biden spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff told…
Hurricane Irene threatens islands, US East Coast
Hurricane Irene bore down on the southeastern Bahamas Tuesday as the category one storm churned on a track that could see it slam the US mainland later in the week. Forecasters who downgraded Irene, now packing winds of 90 miles (150 kilometers) per hour, said it could still become a…
Moody’s cuts Japan debt rating
Major ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Japan’s sovereign debt rating by one notch Wednesday, putting fresh pressure on the country’s political leaders to repair its finances. Moody’s said it was cutting Japan’s government bond rating to Aa3 from Aa2, citing the “large budget deficits and the build-up in Japanese…
Chavez proclaims solidarity with Gaddafi
CARACAS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared Tuesday that he will continue to recognize only Moamer Kadhafi as the legitimate leader of Libya, despite signs the regime is likely in its last throes. In Libya, Chavez said, there is “only one government, the one led by Moamer Kadhafi,” the Venezuelan…
No sign of Gaddafi as rebels overrun Tripoli headquarters
TRIPOLI — Rebels overran Moamer Kadhafi’s compound in Tripoli Tuesday, raising their flag and ripping the head off his statue, but said they had found no sign of the strongman or his sons. The streets of Tripoli erupted into celebratory gunfire when news spread that the insurgents had breached the…
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