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Who is the world's new longest-ruling leader?
Barring a truly remarkable turn of events, Muammar al-Qaddafi's rule appears to have come to an end. Having taken power nearly 41 years and 357 days ago, Qaddafi had been the world's longest-ruling sitting leader. (Not counting royals.) He fell...
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Wed, Aug 24 2011 9:23 AM
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Chavez stands by his man
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez can be called a lot of things, but not a fair-weather friend . El Universal reports : "We recognize only one government, the one headed by Muammar Gaddafi. We reaffirm our solidarity with the Libyan people, our brothers...
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Wed, Aug 24 2011 7:48 AM
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Morning Brief: Qaddafi remains defiant as compound is ransacked
Qaddafi remains defiant as compound is ransacked Top news: Libya's rebels ransacked Muammar al-Qaddafi's Tripoli compound on Tuesday, tearing down symbols of his regime and carrying off his possesssions. However, the colonel was nowhere to be...
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Wed, Aug 24 2011 5:38 AM
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Hoping for a Ramadan Gift
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal, two American hikers captured along the Iranian border with Iraqi Kurdistan in July 2009, were sentenced Sunday by Iran's Revolutionary Court to eight years in prison. The...
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Tue, Aug 23 2011 3:52 PM
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About that earthquake...
As you know if you live on the East Coast of the United States or if you read websites other than this one or watch TV, a 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit near Richmond, Virginia. We felt pretty strong shock waves here at FP world headquarters. (At least...
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Tue, Aug 23 2011 3:10 PM
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Who does Qaddafi call when he's in a jam? His chess buddy.
Libyan rebels have reportedly surrounded Muammar al-Qaddafi's compound at Bab al-Azizya. Despite yesterday's confusion, it appears likely that his regime is entering its finals days, if not hours. So who is Qaddafi going to reach out to? Apparently...
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Tue, Aug 23 2011 7:54 AM
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Morning Brief: Fighting continues in Tripoli
Fighting continues in Tripoli Top story: Confusion reigned in the Libyan capital of Tripoli after Muammar al-Qaddafi's son Saif al-Islam made a surprise visit to a hotel housing foreign journalists, and pro-Qaddafi military units remained in control...
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Tue, Aug 23 2011 5:03 AM
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The Qaddafi regime refuses to die
Ever since Libyans seemingly wrested control of Tripoli from Muammar al-Qaddafi on Aug. 21, most observers seemed content to give Libyans some time to savor their victory before getting down to the hard questions of reestablishing the rule of law in the...
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Mon, Aug 22 2011 7:22 PM
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Is Bernard-Henri Lévy having the best week ever?
Last spring, it seemed like everyone was hating on French philosopher/public intellectual/serial chest-hair exhibitionist Bernard-Henri Lévy. It was bad enough that he had helped push President Nicolas Sarkozy's government into an intervention in...
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Mon, Aug 22 2011 12:13 PM
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Bad day for Zuma
South Africa's Foreign Ministry has spent the day trying to dispel rumors that it is working to facilitate the exit of Muammar al-Qaddafi. Though there doesn't seem to be much behind the earlier reports that planes had been sent from South Africa...
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Mon, Aug 22 2011 11:45 AM
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The GOP candidates and the news from Libya
The NATO intervention in Libya was an e arly defining issu e for the 2012 GOP field, dividing the party's neoconservative wing from the new, more isolationist spirit embodied by the Tea Party. With the conflict now, seemingly, in its closing hours...
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Mon, Aug 22 2011 11:04 AM
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Morning Brief: Rebels take Tripoli
Rebels take Tripoli Top news: Six months of fighting in Libya as well as Muammar al-Qaddafi's four-decades of rule appear to be entering their final hours as rebel forces now control most of the capitol city, Tripoli. Qaddafi's exact location...
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Mon, Aug 22 2011 5:17 AM
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Was Libya worth it?
With the Libyan rebels now largely in control of Tripoli, and two of Muammar al-Qaddafi's sons in custody after a stunning final assault of the capital, the answer seems clear: absolutely. Many have criticized U.S. President Barack Obama's strategy...
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Mon, Aug 22 2011 3:29 AM
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Glasser and Aron on the fall of the Soviet Union: Part III
Here's the final segment of FP Editor in Chief Susan Glasser and author Leon Aron's interview with Tim Farley on POTUS radio, channel 124, on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, about the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union. The first two...
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Fri, Aug 19 2011 2:12 PM
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Morning Brief: Rebels take Qaddafi oil refinery
Rebels take Qaddafi oil refinery Top news: After a two-day battle, Libya's rebels have taken control of the oil refinery at Zawiyah, one of the Qaddafi regime's most critical assets. The rebels also took the historic town of Sabratha, further...
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Fri, Aug 19 2011 5:28 AM
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