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By Barbara Slavin - AOL NewsMoammar Gadhafi refuses to go down without a fight -- killing hundreds of civilians through indiscriminate firing from airplanes and helicopter gunships and by foreign mercenaries. In a vintage, rambling harangue on state television, Gadhafi today inveighed against the opposition as "greasy rats and cats" and sought to rekindle the anti-Americanism of the 1980s when U.S., not Libyan, warplanes struck Libya. "I am a revolutionary," the 68-year-old yelled, gesturing with his fists. "I will not leave the country and I will die as a martyr in the end." Libyan TV / AFP / Getty ...
Ivory Coast Crisis Deepens as President Refuses to Step Down
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsAmid reports of atrocities and mass graves, four African leaders arrived in Abidjan today in another attempt to persuade Ivory Coast's tenacious President Laurent Gbagbo to step down. Gbagbo has refused to concede to opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, whose victory in the November presidential election has been recognized by the international community. "This second round of talks is supposed to be the last chance for Gbagbo, but nothing is certain," Rinaldo Depagne, a senior analyst for the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, told AOL News today. Sunday Alamba, AP Four ...
George Mitchell Lays Groundwork as Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Talks
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyIf there were no conflict, Ramallah and Jerusalem would be considered neighboring towns. By car, they lie only 16 miles apart; even fewer as the crow flies. The distance might as well be an ocean. Former Sen. George Mitchell must be tired. He's swum this ocean's length already, dozens of times. Over the last weeks Mitchell, the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, a diplomat decorated for his role in the Northern Ireland peace process, has shuttled back and forth between Jerusalem and Ramallah, working to lay the groundwork allowing mediated talks to begin between Israeli Prime ...
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