Mar 14 Gadhafi Forces Launch Fresh Airstrikes, Fierce Fighting in Brega By News Desk 2:15 p.m. ET | As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met in Paris with Group of Eight foreign ministers, France and Britain called again for increasing pressure on Libya's Moammar Gadhafi and a no-fly zone over the country. British Prime… Continue reading
Mar 14 World Week Ahead: Japan’s Nuclear Threat; Pressure on Libya By Larisa Epatko Japan's triple whammy -- earthquake, tsunami and a possible nuclear disaster, which Prime Minister Naoto Kan called the worst crisis since World War II -- will dominate the week. Continue reading
Mar 12 Arab League Backs No-Fly Zone in Libya On Saturday, the 22-nation Arab League asked the U.N. Security Council to implement a no-fly zone in Libya to prevent Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces from more air attacks on the Libyan people. Never noted for moving decisively, the League's… Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch Obama News Conference Tackles Libya’s Revolt, Budget Stalemate Obama Tackles Libya, Japan, Budget Stalemate in Press Conference… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch News Wrap: Gadhafi’s Forces Pushing to Retake Oil Port of Ras Lanouf News Wrap: Gadhafi Continues Assult on Key Oil Port City of Ras Lanouf… Continue watching
Mar 11 Rebels Hold Out in Areas Around Ras Lanouf, Gadhafi Forces Celebrate in Zawiya A Libyan rebel fighter smiles while changing his gun magazine as smoke raises from a bomb dropped by a Libyan jet fighter on the outskirt of the eastern oil port town of Ras Lanouf on March 11, 2011. (Gianluigi… Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch News Wrap: Pro-Gadhafi Forces Claim to Recapture Key Oil Port In other news Thursday, forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi claimed to have recaptured the key oil port of Ras Lanouf, which rebels seized a week ago. Gadhafi's forces attacked the port with tanks and warplanes. Meanwhile in Brussels,… Continue watching
Mar 09 The Public Worker Battle, Cartoonified By Paul Solman With all the strife over public-sector unions, including irate e-mails in response to our pension coverage on the program, we thought we'd lighten the mood by sharing some recent political cartoons. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch Libyan Rebels’ Hold on Zawiya Buckling After 5 Days of Attacks Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi stepped up attacks on rebels in cities and oil fiends across the country as President Obama reiterated calls for Gadhafi to step down. Lindsey Hilsum and Bill Neely of Independent Television News report… Continue watching
Mar 07 World Week Ahead: Libya’s Revolt; Women’s Issues; Guatemala Series By Larisa Epatko Violence from nations as disparate as Libya and Guatemala will dominate the international week ahead for the NewsHour. Continue reading