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March 07, 2011

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Pro-Gadhafi Forces Launch Airstrikes on Eastern Town

Witnesses say Libyan warplanes struck positions around the oil port of Ras Lanuf Monday
Smoke rises following an air strike by Libyan warplanes near a checkpoint close to the anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebels checkpoint in the oil town of Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya, March 7, 2011

Libyan Unrest Heightened by Information Battle

Both sides trade accusations - rebels accuse pro-Gadhafi forces of using human shields, Gadhafi accuses al-Qaida of fomenting uprising
Anti-Gadhafi rebels run away as smoke rises following an air strike by Libyan warplanes near a checkpoint of the anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebels, in the oil town of Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya, March 7, 2011

Gates Apologizes for Afghan Civilian Deaths

US secretary of defense in Kabul to assess war progress
General Petraeu, Commander of ISAF Afghanistan, chats with US Defense Secretary Gates upon Gates' arrival in Kabul, March 7, 2011

Italian Island of Lampedusa Sees Increase of North African Refugees

Coast guard officials say 10 fishing vessels arrived early Monday with close to 850 people on board, more expected to follow
Migrants from North Africa arrive in the southern Italian island of Lampedus, March 7, 2011

Fighting Reported Near Liberian Border as AU Seeks Joint Meeting

Opposition forces say they captured a key town as AU heads of state try to arrange meeting between Ivory Coast's rival presidents
A relative stands in the looted home of Francois Konan Bany, March 4, 2011

South Korea Probes Internet, GPS Disruptions

Latest attack targets government computers, navigation system users
AhnLab Inc Customer Support team talk to customers on their phones at a call center in Seoul (file photo)

Dozens Killed in South Sudan Clashes

Sudan People's Liberation Army spokesman says seven soldiers and at least 47 militiamen were killed in the fighting
South Sudan

Criticism as Kenya Lobbies UN for ICC Deferral

Kenyan government begins another diplomatic press aimed at deferring trials stemming from probes of 2007, 2008 post-election violence
International Criminal Court's ( ICC ) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo speaks at a news conference in The Hague, March 3, 2011

Former French President on Trial for Corruption Charges

Jacques Chirac accused of giving people city hall jobs when they worked for his then center-right Rally for Republic Party

UN Expands Scope of Asia Tsunami Warning Fund

More funds are needed to prepare countries, especially the poorer ones, to include programs for disaster and climate-change preparedness
A Sri Lankan tsunami survivor weeps as she places offerings at a mass grave where her relatives were buried, during the commemoration of 2004 tsunami victims in Peraliya, Sri Lanka, (File)

India Supreme Court Rules on Euthanasia

Court dismisses end of life plea for Aruna Shanbaug, who has been in a vegetative state for the last 37 years
Aruna Shanbaug, the woman at the center of a Supreme Court euthanasia case in India

Women Scientists Close Gender Gap in Indonesia

United Nations chooses theme of science education and women to mark this year's International Women's Day
Women, Scientists, science, research lab, Jakarta, Indonesia
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