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The rebel-held city of Misrata suffered the heaviest bombing in days from Libyan forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, while Western leaders in France for the G8 summit Thursday are sceptical of a ceasefire offer failing to cite Gaddafi's departure.
US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have urged patience and persistence in operations aimed at removing Muammar Gaddafi from power, after Obama admitted the “inherent limitations” of ongoing NATO air strikes over Libya.
Central China's worst drought in more than 50 years is drying reservoirs, stalling rice planting, and threatens crippling power shortages as hydroelectric plants lie idle, state media said Wednesday.Rainfall levels from January to April in the drainage basin of the Yangtze, China's longest and most economically important river, have been 40 percent lower than average levels of the past 50 years,
NATO jets hit Tripoli early Tuesday with some of the heaviest bombings since the start of a campaign against forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The Libyan government said at least three people were killed and scores wounded.
Eight Gaddafi warships in the ports of Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte were hit by NATO air strikes Friday. NATO said the strikes were made to protect the civilian population given the regime's “escalating use of naval assets”.
Firefighters fought to control flames at Libya’s anti-corruption agency and security services building in Tripoli Tuesday following apparent NATO air strikes. The two explosions occurred near leader Muammar Gaddafi’s residence in the capital.
The wife of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak was admitted to a hospital on Friday following a day of questioning over charges of illegal wealth acquisition. She will undergo medical observation for a suspected heart attack.
Suzanne Mubarak, the wife of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, has vowed to transfer her financial assets to the Egyptian state, just days after she suffered symptoms of a heart attack while being detained on corruption charges.
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo requested Monday that arrest warrants be issued for Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and the country's spy chief for crimes against humanity.
Muammar Gaddafi said Friday that he was out of reach from NATO bombs, dispelling rumours he had been injured in a NATO air strike. The Libyan leader made the announcement in an audio message broadcast on state television.
Libyan forces are stepping up attempts to seize rebel-held Misrata as rebels warn the city may be facing critical shortages of food and water. Several oil depots were set ablaze in a weekend bomb raid, prompting fears of fuel shortages.
More than 1,100 women are raped every day in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a US medical report released Wednesday says. More than 400,000 women and girls were raped over a 12-month period, more than 26 times the number reported by the UN.
Rebels in Misrata reported Wednesday that they have captured the city’s airport after fierce fighting, which saw Gadaffi’s forces pushed back 15 kilometres.
UN workers have found 10 mass graves containing a total of 68 bodies in the Yopougon district of Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan, it was reported Monday. The neighbourhood was a battleground following the disputed presidential election.
NATO jets launched a series of air strikes in the Libyan capital Tripoli early on Tuesday, with witnesses reporting that Muammar Gaddafi's compound and Libyan state news agencies were targeted in the heavy bombardment.
Tunisian police used teargas to disperse anti-government protesters in the capital Tunis on Sunday, one day after authorities imposed an overnight curfew amid growing unrest in the country.
Officials from 22 countries and six international organisations backing Libya’s opposition have agreed in Rome to set up a financial mechanism that would help the embattled rebel administration cover its running costs.
Moroccan police have arrested three people in relation to last week’s deadly Marrakesh cafe bomb blast, including a chief suspect with ties to al Qaeda, the interior ministry said Thursday.
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