Gadhafi vows to 'die' rather than flee Libya
Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi vowed Tuesday to "die a martyr" rather than flee his embattled country, as tens of thousands of foreigners rushed across the borders to Tunisia or Egypt or caught emergency flights to Europe.
Governments Try to Remove Citizens From Libya
Nations around the world chartered air and sea transport to evacuate their citizens from a chaotic Libya.
Liberating Libya with Laughter, Facebook and al-Jazeera
TIME's Abigail Hauslohner enters eastern Libya and sits with men who can now do what once would have cost them their lives: talk to Western journalists and laugh at the dictator
Eastern Libya falls to anti-Gaddafi rebels
Rebel soldiers said the eastern region of Libya had broken free from Muammar Gaddafi, who witnesses said was using tanks, warplanes and mercenaries to fight a growing uprising against his rule.
Merkel: Gaddafi speech very frightening
German Chancellor Angela Merkel described Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's speech on Tuesday, February 22, in which he vowed to cling to power, as very frightening and said he had virtually declared war on his own people.
Prince Senussi expects imminent end for Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi's violent struggle to remain in power will not last long, said the exiled crown prince of Libya, whose family he toppled in a 1969 coup
David Cameron says West was wrong to back dictators
Britain and the US have fuelled instability in the Middle East by supporting autocratic regimes that suppress human rights, David Cameron has said
Mullen finds Middle East leaders anxious about upheaval in the region
Adm. Mike Mullen said Persian Gulf leaders have told him they are anxious about uprisings elsewhere in the Middle East and are hoping for peaceful resolution across the r
Libya-Egypt border 'free from Gadaffi'
The eastern provinces of Libya appear to be in opposition hands - with protesters flying the flag of the country's pre-Gaddafi era.
Gazans hope new Egypt regime will end blockade
A rare euphoric mood is sweeping through the Gaza Strip, where people are hoping the downfall of Hosni Mubarak will give the coastal territory a chance to get out from under an Israeli-Egyptian blockade that has stifled the economy.
Egypt replaces several Mubarak-era ministers
Egypt's military rulers swore in a Cabinet with 11 new ministers on Tuesday, February 22, a nod to the protest movement that ousted longtime leader Hosni Mubarak.
Algeria lifting 19-year-old state of emergency
The Algerian president's office agreed Tuesday to lift a 19-year state of emergency in a bid to defuse spiraling and potentially dangerous discontent across the nation.
The first deaths since clashes began between pro- and antigovernment protesters occurred during a sit-in at Sana University, medical workers said.
Thousands of protesters call for Yemeni president’s ouster
About 5,000 anti-government protesters have rallied in a town in eastern Yemen, calling for the ouster of the country's president. President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the target of widespread protests for the past three weeks, has said he will not step down before the end of his term in 20
Iran militia claims credit for VOA cyberstrike
An Iranian government official on Tuesday claimed the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was behind a recent computer attack that disrupted Voice of America Internet programming.
Bahraini monarch orders release of political prisoners
Bahrain’s king ordered the release of some political prisoners Tuesday, conceding to another opposition demand as the embattled monarchy tries to engage protesters in talks aimed at ending an uprising that has entered its second week.
King Abdullah to return home on February 23
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah will return to the kingdom on Wednesday afternoon following medical treatment, state television reported on Tuesday.
Tensions rise over Afghan civilian deaths
An investigation into claims that international troops killed scores of civilians in northeast Afghanistan escalated into a feud Tuesday between President Hamid Karzai and senior U.S. military officials who cited a report that Afghan parents have been known to discipline children by burning their hands and feet
Al-Ghannushi says Turkey’s democracy a model for Tunisia
Tunisia's key opposition leader, Rashid Al-Ghannushi, has said the Tunisian people consider the Turkish experience in democracy a model and an example for Tunisia's post-revolution period.
AK Party submits bill to hold elections on June 12
The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has submitted a bill to Parliament asking it to hold the next parliamentary elections on June 12 of this year.
Son of Iran’s Karoubi arrested
Iranian security forces have arrested a son of opposition leader Mehdi Karoubi, his website reported on Tuesday, one week after his supporters took to the streets in their first demonstrations in more than a year
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s deputy blamed Google Inc. in an interview published on Tuesday for stirring up trouble in the revolution that ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.
Thaci re-appointed as Kosovo PM
Kosovo's parliament re-elects Hashim Thaci as prime minister, despite allegations that he has been involved in organ-trafficking.
Emanuel elected mayor of Chicago
Emanuel, the former aide to Barack Obama, needed to win the race by 50% or more to avoid a run-off election which he has done easily, overwhelming five rivals to take the helm of the third-largest US city
Second major quake slams New Zealand
One of New Zealand's biggest cities lay in ruins Tuesday after a powerful earthquake toppled tall buildings and churches on a busy weekday, killing at least 65 people in the country's worst natural disaster in decades.
Oil keeps climbing on Libya fears
Oil prices continue to climb in Asian trading, hitting their highest levels since October 2008 as Libyan unrest intensifies.
Japan sees surprise trade deficit
Japan posts a trade deficit in January for the first time in 22 months, data from the Ministry of Finance shows.
1.6m children 'in severe poverty'
About 1.6m children in the UK are living in severe poverty, charity Save the Children says, a figure it calls a "national scandal".
With Mubarak gone, Egyptians turn to courts for justice
Egyptians are filing a flood of cases against everyone from the interior minister to local cops, feeling safe for the first time in decades to challenge those who once acted with near impunity.
Toxins from South African mines threaten city
Toxic liquids building up in defunct gold mines beneath Johannesburg could reach environmentally dangerous levels by June 2012, officials and scientists said yesterday.
Desire to wed drove some Cairo protesters
Ask a young Egyptian man what he wants from the revolution, and he will say "freedom." Ask him why, and he's very likely to say, "So I can get married."
Indian man has 39 wives, nearly 100 children
The more, the merrier is certainly true for Ziona Chana, a 66-year-old man in India's remote northeast who has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren - and wouldn't mind having more
Married German ordained as Catholic priest
In a rare move that needed the pope's approval, a Lutheran convert was ordained Tuesday as a Catholic priest in Germany and is being allowed to remain married to his wife, who already had become a nun
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