The voice on the phone call emerged presumably from the highly-fortified bunker in the center of Tripoli.
A Call from the Colonel: Gaddafi and His Bunker
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Obama Goes to Rio: A Nod to Brazil’s Growing Power
In March 1961, Fidel Castro’s Cuban revolution was a three-alarm reminder that CIA-engineered coups weren’t enough to keep communism out of the western hemisphere. Living standards had to be raised in Latin America, then as now the world’s most inegalitarian region.
Can the U.S. Woo Afghanistan Taliban to Switch Sides?
While much of the focus on Tuesday’s unveiling of President Obama’s revamped Afghanistan strategy will be on the number of U.S. troops he’s expected to send, that decision is really a sideshow to the critical battle now under way on the ground.
In Central America, Coups Still Trump Change
If he holds his handy lead in the polls, Porfirio Lobo will be the next President of Honduras. Problem is, the last man elected to that office, Manuel Zelaya, was ousted last summer in a military coup.
Why Iran’s Opposition Movement Complicates Nuclear Talks
After more than five months of going it alone, Iran’s opposition Green Movement is reaching out to the United States for help.
Why Obama Will Meet with a Leader of Burma’s Junta
Among the many hands that Barack Obama will likely shake on his inaugural trip to Asia as U.S. President will be that of a soft-spoken general who happens to represent one of the world’s most repressive regimes
Latest Pawn in the Thai-Cambodian Spat? Thaksin
The naming of an honorary economic advisor to a small Southeast Asian country doesn’t usually make news.
Colombia, U.S. sign deal on use of bases
Colombia and the United States signed an agreement Friday that allows U.S.
Navy ship accidentally fires on Polish port
A crew member aboard a U.S.
Swayze’s widow: ‘I will see him again’
Patrick Swayze’s widow Lisa Niemi spoke from the heart Tuesday about losing her husband just six weeks ago, telling a women’s conference that the loss “is like an animal all of its own” and the sadness could be felt “on a cellular level.” How much can be read into the timing of the attacks It coincides with Hillary Clinton being in the country.