Crews recovered more bodies from quake-ravaged Christchurch Thursday, but New Zealand officials said they doubted they’d find more survivors in the rubble. The toll at the end of the day stood at 98 dead, with 226 still missing. (Feb. 24)
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With thousands desperate to flee Gaddafi’s crackdown on protesters, Tripoli airport has become “logjammed”. Al Jazeera’s James Bays tells us of the scenes of despair he witnessed – as Gaddafi loyalist police beat people trying to enter the airport.
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Libya’s ex-justice minister was quoted as telling a Swedish newspaper that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people in 1988. (Feb. 23)
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Can literature inspire revolutions? What role do artists and intellectuals play on the frontline of popular uprisings?
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Two Turkish ships whisked three-thousand citizens away from the unrest engulfing Libya as Turkey cranked up its largest-ever evacuation, seeking to protect an estimated 25000 Turkish workers in Libya. (Feb. 24)
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AP NBA Writer Brian Mahoney discusses Carmelo Anthony’s trade to the New York Knicks, who hope to break a string of nine consecutive losing seasons with their new star. (Feb. 24)
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Carmelo Anthony scored 27 points in his New York Knick debut Wednesday, in a 114-108 victory at home over Milwaukee. (Feb. 24)
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Two Turkish ships whisked three-thousand citizens away from the unrest engulfing Libya as Turkey cranked up its largest-ever evacuation, seeking to protect an estimated 25000 Turkish workers in Libya. (Feb. 24)
Continue reading …Prime Time CBS Drama ‘The Good Wife’ Impugns Tea Party as ‘Racist Organization’
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Tuesday night’s episode of The Good Wife on CBS gave prime time legitimacy to the presumption the Tea Party is racist as a lawyer in a courtroom tried to discredit an expert witness ( Gary Cole as Sarah Palin supporter “Kurt McVeigh”) who testified against a since-exonerated black defendant, by demanding he admit he’s “a member of the Tea Party.” The lawyer asserts “it is our contention that my client’s prosecution was racist,” citing McVeigh’s “membership in a racist organization,” namely the Tea Party. To illustrate, the program created a photo taken at “a Tea Party rally in Milwaukee last January” showing a man near “McVeigh” holding up a “Go Back to the Jungle” sign which the lawyer asks McVeigh to confirm “refers to our current President.” (large jpg image of the picture ) The February 22 episode marked the return of Cole’s ballistics expert “Kurt McVeigh” character as the love interest for Chicago law firm partner “ Diane Lockhart ,” played by Christine Baranski, a liberal who knows Hillary Clinton and has disdain for Palin. (Audio: MP3 clip )
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Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan president, has always promoted himself as one of Africa’s great leaders touting a vision of progress and wealth for the entire continent. Now, after a week of violence in Libya, the African Union has condemned his actions against the pro-democracy movement. Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege reports from Abuja.
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