Sunday, 21 August 2011, 11:22 WIB | Hot News | 43 views
Fighting raged in Tripoli as rebels sought to free the capital from Muammar Qaddafi’s control, five months after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization began airstrikes in the north African nation.
Rebel fighters have been battling Qaddafi forces in most parts of the city since yesterday, an opposition member who identified herself as Asmaa told Al Jazeera television from Tripoli. Rebels said they took control of Tajoura, an eastern suburb,...
Sunday, 21 August 2011, 10:21 WIB | Hot News | 56 views
21 August 2011 Last updated at 05:53 ET
Rebel forces are building on gains made on Saturday
Bouyed by gains on Saturday, rebel forces are pushing towards the Libyan capital, Tripoli, where there was heavy overnight gunfire and several explosions on Sunday morning.
A BBC correspondent with rebels who took Zawiya on Saturday says they have now taken Jaddayim, the first town en route to Tripoli, 40km (25 miles) east.
Earlier, Col Muammar Gaddafi...
Sunday, 21 August 2011, 9:21 WIB | Hot News | 49 views
Feature
How The Internet And Social Networking Affected 'Watch The Throne'
6:00 a.m. · August 17, 2011 · by Chris Bosman
In the coming days/weeks you're going to hear a lot of people talk about Watch the Throne, the new joint album between rap's biggest names in 2011, Kanye West and Jay-Z. You're going to hear people talk about how great it is, how terrible it is, how ambitious it is, how boring it is, how whatever it is and how not whatever...
Sunday, 21 August 2011, 6:25 WIB | Hot News | 48 views
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- In her mind, Shawn Johnson finds herself lapsing into an unwinnable comparison. Her body keeps telling her she's not the bouncy, bubbly teenager who won four Olympic medals in Beijing in 2008. Her two falls at last month's CoverGirl Classic, her first meet since the Olympics, showed how far off she was. One year removed from left knee ligament surgery, Johnson still isn't ready to perform floor exercise.
Johnson admitted to...
Sunday, 21 August 2011, 4:23 WIB | Hot News | 55 views
By Marlen GarciaUSA TODAY
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ST. PAUL - On a night when everything went right for Jordyn Wieber at the Visa national championships in gymnastics, things went horribly wrong for another one of the country's top gymnasts.
By Genevieve Ross, AP
Jordyn Wieber competes on the floor exercise at the U.S. gymnastics championships on Saturday in St. Paul.
Wieber, in her first senior-level national championship, won the all-around...
Sunday, 21 August 2011, 3:21 WIB | Hot News | 49 views
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi stands outside a tent at his Bab al-Aziziya residence in Tripoli on April 10, 2011
Joseph Eid / AFP / Getty Images
(TRIPOLI, Libya) — Libyan rebels said they launched their first attack on Tripoli in coordination with NATO late Saturday, and Associated Press reporters heard unusually heavy gunfire and explosions in the capital. The fighting erupted just hours after opposition fighters captured the key city...
Sunday, 21 August 2011, 1:21 WIB | Hot News | 33 views
No stranger to showing a little skin, PETA unveiled this ad, starring basketball icon Dennis Rodman, during New York City's Fashion Week.
(Credit: PETA)
Animal love is a difficult thing.
Sometimes, it can lead people to such extremes that they tend to diminish the significance of, well, people.
These thoughts course through my being as I read reports that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals intends to unleash a porn site.
Reuters, in...
