AP – A hot air balloon carrying 11 people turned into a horrifying tower of “sheer flame” Saturday after hitting power lines near a rural New Zealand town, police and witnesses said. All aboard were killed in the deadliest air crash in New Zealand in nearly 50 years.
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Hot air balloon bursts into flames in NZ; 11 dead
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AP – The government expressed confidence Sunday that Bangkok will escape Thailand’s worst flooding in decades, as the capital’s elaborate barriers held strong and floodwaters receded from submerged plains to the north.
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Thailand: Bangkok escape floods as waters recede
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AP – Even after rebels stormed into the capital and overwhelmed his residence, Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi has plenty of places to hide.
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In Gadhafi, rebels hunting an elusive target (AP)
AP – Rebels closed in on Moammar Gadhafi, pushing back his fighters in a fierce battle in one key coastal city and seizing another town as they advanced toward his remaining bastion, the capital of Tripoli.
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Libya rebels close in on Gadhafi, seizing key town (AP)
AP – ZAWIYA, Libya (AP) — Libya’s rebels threatened to isolate Tripoli by blocking key supply routes and cutting oil pipelines on Monday after a dramatic weekend advance put them in the strongest position since the 6-month-old civil war began to attack Moammar Gadhafi’s stronghold.
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Libyan rebels try to isolate Tripoli, Gadhafi (AP)
AFP – British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg Monday visited homes and businesses burned down during riots in London, as fresh skirmishes broke out between police and youths in the east of the capital.
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Clegg visits London riot site (AFP)
AP – The State Department on Wednesday ordered nonessential U.S. diplomats to depart Yemen and urged all Americans there to leave as security conditions deteriorated with the country’s embattled leader refusing to step down.
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US order nonessential diplomats to leave Yemen (AP)
Reuters – Arab countries appealed to the United Nations on Saturday to impose a no-fly zone on Libya as government troops backed by warplanes fought to drive rebels from remaining strongholds in western Libya.
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Arab states back Libya no-fly zone against Gaddafi (Reuters)
AP – After dramatic successes over the past weeks, Libya’s rebel movement appears to have hit a wall of overwhelming power from loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi. Pro-regime forces halted their drive on Tripoli with a heavy barrage of rockets in the east and threatened Tuesday to recapture the closest rebel-held city to the capital in the west.
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Gadhafi forces barrage rebels in east and west (AP)
AFP – Libyan forces loyal to strongman Moamer Kadhafi killed and wounded rebels trying to advance on Tripoli and claimed to have recaptured a town close to the capital Friday, rebel and government sources said.
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Kadhafi forces hit Libyan rebels east and west (AFP)