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Libyans Hold Emotional Multi-Party Election, First in 60 Years

Libyans went to the polls Saturday for the country's first multi-party election in 60 years. Midway through the day of voting, there no disruptions or major incidents. It was an emotional moment for people who have lived through 42 years of...

Libya To Hold First Free Election in 60 Years Saturday

Nearly three million Libyans have registered to vote in the country's first multi-party election in 60 years, set for Saturday. They will choose among 1400 candidates for a 200-seat National Assembly that will form a temporary government and draft a...

Mali: Security Council demands end to hostilities, open to considering force deployment

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A Tuareg clinic in Kati, Mali, that was recently ransacked.

Panel: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster 'Man-Made'

A parliamentary report in Japan concludes the meltdowns last year at the Fukushima nuclear power plant were clearly a man-made disaster, and that the facility was vulnerable to earthquakes.