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Gaddafi defiant as Libya rebels consolidate gains
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi vowed to resist both rebels and NATO air strikes, as the insurgents sought to consolidate gains on one front and readied to push forward on another. “Millions of people are on my side,” Kadhafi said in a speech broadcast over loudspeakers to partisans in Al-Aziziya, 50…
IMF urges euro action as Merkel tempers summit expectations
German Chancellor Angel Merkel talked down the chances Tuesday that a eurozone summit will deliver the silver bullet to resolve the debt crisis as the IMF pressed leaders to take urgent action. While senior eurozone finance officials met in Brussels to craft a second Greek bailout for Thursday’s summit, Merkel…
Basketball star Yao Ming retires
Basketball star Yao Ming announced his retirement on Wednesday after a trailblazing career that made him China’s best-known athlete and helped spur the game’s global growth. The towering 2.29m (7ft 6in) star made the announcement, which had been widely expected, during a press conference in his home city of Shanghai…
Clinton urges more aid for Africa drought
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged global donors on Wednesday to commit extra funds to help more than 10 million people in the Horn of Africa hit by the worst drought in 60 years. “The United States cannot solve the crisis in the Horn alone,” Clinton said, announcing an…
U.S. charges ‘Pakistani agents’ over Kashmir scam
US officials charged two suspected Pakistani agents over an alleged decades-long effort that funneled millions of dollars to Washington to lobby the Kashmiri cause in the corridors of power. The Justice Department unsealed conspiracy charges against Ghulam Nabi Fai, 62, a US citizen, and Zaheer Ahmad, 63, a US citizen…
Watch Live: British parliament debates Murdoch phone-hacking scandal
Live, from London, the British Parliament is debating the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal and Prime Minister Cameron’s involvement in it. Live feed below, courtesy of MSNBC. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Taliban denies rumor Mullah Omar dead, claims phone hacked
KABUL (Reuters) – Two Taliban spokesmen said their mobile phones, emails and a website had been hacked and messages issued on Wednesday falsely reporting the death of the movement’s supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar. The one-eyed, reclusive leader is one of the most wanted men in the world, and is…
Oil from giant spill reaches Chinese coast
BEIJING — Oil from a huge spill off the Chinese coast has been found washed up on the shore in two separate areas, state media reported on Wednesday. A 300-metre “belt” of oil was found on a bathing beach in the port of Jingtang in the northern province of Hebei,…
Death of hacking whistleblower probed
The death of Sean Hoare, a former News of the World journalist and whistleblower on the escalating phone-hacking scandal, was “not suspicious” and involved no third party, police said a post-mortem showed Tuesday. The post-mortem carried out on 47-year-old Hoare, who was found dead at his home on Monday, revealed…
FBI: Pakistani spy agency secretly lobbied U.S. lawmakers
Republicans and Democrats were the recipients of about $2 million in lobbying dollars secretly funneled into a U.S. nonprofit by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, U.S. law enforcement officials said in court documents filed Tuesday. Syed Ghulam Fai, who chaired the Kashmiri American Council, and Zaheer Ahmad, were arrested earlier today on…
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