“I have to close my restaurant when it gets dark,” complains Ahmad al-Dursi, 43, the owner of a small hamburger joint in Benghazi, the capital of what is called Free Libya.
Unrest in Libya: Gaddafi’s Security Forces Weaken Rebels’ NTC
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SOUTH KOREA: Assassination in Seoul
The killing of President Park raises questions and tensions It was one of the most bizarre killings of a head of state in history. Late last week President Park Chung Hee, 61, strongman ruler of the Republic of South Korea since 1961, was shot at a dinner party by the chief of his own intelligence service in what was first described by a government spokesman as an “accident.” Later, officials revealed that it was a well-planned assassination
Burma General Than Shwe says he’s stepping down. But few believe him
More often than not, dictators, like mafia dons, can never retire. It’s a rare strongman who can avoid an assassination, coup or revolution and fade into the sunset on his own terms rather than with a prison term.
Ivory Coast: Gbagbo’s Last Stand as General Mangou Defects
The stage is set for a final showdown in Ivory Coast after the army chief of staff abandoned strongman Laurent Gbagbo. General Philippe Mangou sought refuge with his family in the South African ambassador’s home on the night of March 30
Ivory Coast youth militia kidnaps two U.N. workers
Ivory Coast youth militia kidnaps two U.N. workers Attacks on United Nations peacekeepers growing in African nation given that country’s strongman misplaced Nov. presidential election Ivory Coast – An internal U.N. report leaked for the Connected Press says two U.N. employees of Ukrainian descent are actually kidnapped by the Young Patriots, a hazardous youth militia […]
Ivory Coast youth militia kidnaps two U.N. staff
Ivory Coast youth militia kidnaps two U.N. staff Attacks on United Nations peacekeepers growing in African nation given that country’s strongman misplaced Nov. presidential election An internal U.N. report leaked to the Linked Press says two U.N. employees of Ukrainian descent happen to be kidnapped by the Young Patriots, a harmful youth militia allied using […]