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10/26/11--03:41: Gadhafi Sodomized and Tortured Before Being Killed: Human Rights Investigation Demanded (SHOCKING VIDEO) (chan 1835916)

The four-decade rule of Libyan autocrat, Col. Moammar Gadhafi finally came to an end on Thursday, after he was dragged from his hiding place - a drainpipe - in the town of Sirte and killed. However, there is growing international unease about increasingly graphic and disturbing images of the abuse o...


10/26/11--08:46: Libyans seek further NATO help (chan 1835916)

Libya's interim leader urged NATO on Wednesday to maintain its involvement in the country until the end of the year, though the Western military alliance that helped topple Muammar Gaddafi is keen to wind up its formal mission within days.


10/26/11--20:29: Moammar Gadhafi’s Son Saif al-Islam Wants to Surrender to ICC: Report (chan 1835916)

Moammar Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam has said he wants to surrender to the International Criminal Court, which has indicted him for war crimes, Reuters reports.


10/26/11--22:06: Gaddafi Son Wants to Surrender to ICC, Says NTC (chan 1835916)

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who once vowed to die fighting on Libyan soil, now wants to face international justice instead and avoid any chance of meeting the same grisly end as his father, Libyan officials said.


10/27/11--03:27: Gadhafi’s Son Seeks Aircraft, Offers to Surrender to the Hague War Crimes Court (chan 1835916)

Moammar Gadhafi's fugitive son Saif al-Islam wants an aircraft to take him out of Libya's southern desert so that he can turn himself into The Hague war crimes court.


10/27/11--21:25: Gadhafi's Son Flees Libya, Seeks Flight to Hague; U.N. Ends No-Fly Zone (chan 1835916)

Moammar Gadhafi's son and onetime heir apparent, Saif al-Islam, fearing for his life, has taken refuge among nomads in the Sahara and is seeking an aircraft to fly him out of Africa to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, an official from Libya's ruling National Transitional Council says.


10/28/11--09:22: World's Population to Reach 7 Billion by Monday (chan 1835916)

By Monday, a mother will give birth to the seven billionth human living on Earth, experts predict.


10/29/11--10:53: Muslims in Mali Mourn Loss of Gaddafi (chan 1835916)

A number of Tuareg have reportedly fled Libya for Mali and Niger and other nations since the Libyan rebels deposed Gaddafi.


10/31/11--10:54: Gaddafi son should be tried in Libya first: minister (chan 1835916)

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will not escape justice and should be tried in Libya for murder, corruption and "many things" before an international court questions him, the country's interim justice minister said on Monday.


10/31/11--21:59: Gadhafi's Son is no Mass Murderer, Says Bodyguard (chan 1835916)

The Canada-based Australian bodyguard of Al-Saadi Gaddafi, the third son of former Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, has surfaced and belied allegations that his client was a mass murderer.


11/01/11--03:55: Libya: Is al-Qaeda the Main Threat in the Aftermath of the Revolution? (chan 1835916)

With the black flag of al-Qaeda spotted alongside the new Libyan flag above a Benghazi courtroom, fears of the growing influence of the terrorist network in Libya are growing. Far from being the only threat to stability, al-Qaeda is however one of the many factions the NTC will have to keep under control to establish a more peaceful Libya.


11/02/11--06:28: Inequality dents U.S. rank in U.N. development index (chan 1835916)

The United States remains the fourth best country in the world to live in, but adjustment for inequality drops it into 23rd place, according to an annual U.N. ranking of nations' development released on Wednesday.


11/02/11--19:43: U.N. Names Australia Second-Best Place to Live (chan 1835916)

Australia was named the second-best country in the world to live in based on the United Nations Human Development Index released on Thursday.


11/03/11--04:18: Libyan War: NATO, the Libyan Forces and Saif Gaddafi all at The Hague? (chan 1835916)

As the International Criminal Court (ICC) is still trying to ensure that Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif will be brought to justice, the chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Occampo has also revealed that his office will investigate allegations of war crimes committed by the former rebels and NATO forces.


11/03/11--13:33: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi may try to flee Libya: ICC (chan 1835916)

The International Criminal Court is still receiving information that Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam may try to flee Libya with the help of mercenaries, the court's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday.


11/03/11--18:09: Australia Ranked Second Best Country in the World by the U.N. (chan 1835916)

Australia has been pronounced the second best country to live in, next to Norway.


11/05/11--01:08: Why Herman Cain is Playing Race Card in Sexual Harassment Case (chan 1835916)

The allegations of sexual harassment against Herman Cain, the Republican presidential frontrunner, have taken a 'racist' turn all of a sudden. It doesn't seem to matter that conservatives have always denied any forms of institutional racism to have any influence today.


11/05/11--11:35: Massive munitions stockpiles unguarded in eastern Libya (chan 1835916)

Munitions stockpiles in eastern Libya remain for a large part unguarded, despite pledges by the interim government to secure the country's massive arsenal.


11/08/11--10:38: Tunisian court orders Libyan ex-PM's extradition (chan 1835916)

A Tunisian court ruled on Tuesday that the man who served as prime minister under Libya's former leader Muammar Gaddafi should be extradited to Libya.


11/09/11--06:33: Clashes on the Libyan Border: One Nigerien Soldier Killed (chan 1835916)

A Nigerien soldier has been killed and four wounded during clashes between Niger's army and a group of cars traveling south from Libya, the country's Defence Minister Mahamadou Karidio said.