Most of Libya is out of control of the government, and Muammar Gaddafi’s grip on power may soon be confined only to Tripoli, Libya’s former interior minister told Al Jazeera. General Abdul Fatteh Younis, called upon Gaddafi’s leader to end his resistance to the uprising, although he does not expect him to do so. The embattled Libyan regime of passed out guns to civilian supporters, set up checkpoints and sent armed patrols roving the terrorised capital on Saturday. Some of Libya’s security forces reportedly have given up the fight. Footage believed to be filmed on Friday appeared to show soldiers in uniform joining the protesters. Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid is in eastern Libya from where she wraps up the latest from across the country.
Continue reading …Warren Buffett says he’s looking to pull off another major deal on the scale of last year’s big railroad purchase . “We’re prepared,” he writes in his closely watched annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. “Our elephant gun has been reloaded, and my trigger finger is itchy.” (Read the letter in…
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The group match of the cricket World Cup which all of India seems to have been waiting for will see the host nation taking on England. Sunday’s game has been hit by a series of organisational problems in the build up. First the match had to be moved to Bengaluru at short notice when Kolkata’s stadium was deemed not ready. Now fans are complaining tickets have not been distributed fairly. Andy Richardson reports from Bengaluru.
Continue reading …Male rock stars are notorious for their groupie magnetism—but the same just isn’t true for female rockers, Salon finds. “Ladies in bands don’t get ANY action,” Neko Case tweeted last weekend, prompting a flurry of agreement from fellow women in rock. (Case made clear later she was not complaining,…
Continue reading …Irish voters have finally had enough of Fianna Fail, the long-dominating party blamed for leading the country into economic ruin, reports the Irish Independent . It’s not clear whether opposition Fine Gael will get enough seats for an outright majority or will need to form a coalition government with a smaller…
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Continue reading …George W. Bush was supposed to deliver a speech in Denver today, but he canceled at the last minute because of a fellow speaker: Julian Assange. “The former president has no desire to share a forum with a man who has willfully and repeatedly done great harm to the interests…
Continue reading …Just how powerful was that earthquake in New Zealand? One structural engineer assessing the damage estimates that one in three buildings in the city center of Christchurch might have to come down, reports BBC . In addition, hundreds of suburban homes look to be doomed as well. Damage from the 6….
Continue reading …Apple quietly announced a refresh in its MacBook Pros this week, but the little-heralded machines might bring a big change with them. The computers will be the first to have a Thunderbolt port and protocol, a data system so blazingly fast it might just finally resign USB to the dustbin…
Continue reading …How to slash the abortion rate? Time points to one way: Allow women to get a full year’s supply of birth control at one time, instead of doling it out once a month or, occasionally, once every three months. A new study shows that when you do that, odds of…
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