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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi

Colonel Gaddafi: The Godfather of Libya and Sugar Daddy of the African Union?

The collapse of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime has made the headlines for the last six months. An enemy of the West that went through a short rehabilitation period was seen in Africa as a Pan-Africanist. While Gaddafi had instated a real cult of personality in Libya, with statues and images of him adorning the streets, his attitude also made him a well-known figure throughout the continent.
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Crisis in Horn of Africa

Does Climate Change Cause Civil War?

A theory that climate change could be a cause in triggering conflict, has been given a new boost after a new scientific study found an unmistakeable link between climate fluctuations and violence.
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Earthquake in Peru Injured 19 People

19 people were injured after a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Peru, near the border with Brazil, destroying several buildings while traffic in the southern part of the country is blocked, reports said.
Saif Al-Islam

Can Gadhafi Still Strike Back?

Saif al-Islam, appearing in the streets of Tripoli Tuesday morning, proclaimed: "We broke the backbone of the rebels. It was a trap. We gave them a hard time. So we are winning." Could he be right?
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard waves to supporters at the Labor Party election headquarters in Melbourne

Australia: Can the Thomson 'Prostitutes Scandal' Trigger a New Election?

The Australian parliament has found itself in the middle of a new sex scandal after Craig Thomson, the former secretary of the Health Services in 2005, has been accused of withdrawing money from his union credit card that was then used to procure the services of prostitutes, while working for the government.
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Kashmir: 2,000 Bodies Found in Mass Graves

More than 2,000 of bullet-riddled bodies were found buried in dozens of unmarked graves across Kashmir, an Indian government human rights commission inquiry has concluded.
Muammar Gaddafi

Libya Conflict and The Gadhafi Regime Collapse: Is the Revolution Over?

As the 41-year-old regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi is falling apart, leaving space for the National Transitional Council to take over the country, analysts are already attempting to look at the consequences of the fall of the man that managed to cling to power for so many years.
Combo of former International Monetary Fund Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L) and Nafissatou Diallo(R)

Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s Charges to be Dropped

The affair in which Nafissatou Diallo accuses Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund,(IMF), of forcing her into oral sex and trying to rape her on May 14 in his New York hotel suite, has made the headlines for more than three months, but sources say the case is about to be dropped.
File photograph of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gesturing from a car in the compound of Bab Al Azizia in Tripoli

Libya Conflict: All Wonder, Where Is Gadhafi?

Sounds of intense fighting echoed Monday morning around Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi's compound in central Tripoli as his forces continued to fight rebels who swept into the capital Sunday night.