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04 5th, 2011| 
Reuters – Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo was negotiating the terms of his departure on Tuesday following a fierce assault by forces loyal to his rival and backed by U.N. and French helicopter air strikes. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
5
AFP – General David Petraeus is being “seriously considered” for the job of CIA director, according to a report by National Public Radio. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
5
Reuters – House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Monday blasted Democratic spending-cut proposals as “smoke and mirrors,” undercutting the notion that progress is being made on a budget deal that would avert a government shutdown. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
5
Reuters – Forces loyal to Ivory Coast’s presidential claimant launched a major assault on the presidential palace on Tuesday, shaking Laurent Gbagbo’s grip on power to the core after U.N. and French helicopters left his military bases in flames. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
4
AFP – Environmental groups and fishermen are sounding the alarm over planned US Navy live-fire exercises they claim threaten marine wildlife including whales in the Gulf of Alaska. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
4
AFP – The US military on Wednesday ordered a Marine unit specializing in emergency nuclear response to deploy to Japan to assist local authorities in addressing the massive crisis, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
4
AP – Southwest Airlines mechanics were working Sunday to cut out a section of ruptured fuselage from a Boeing 737-300 that was forced to make an emergency landing at a southwestern Arizona military base. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
3
AP – Federal records show cracks were found and repaired a year ago in the frame of the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 that made an emergency landing at an Arizona military base after a hole was torn from the passenger cabin. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
2
Reuters – Soldiers of Ivory Coast’s rival leaders battled for the presidential palace, military bases and state TV in the main city Abidjan Saturday, in a conflict becoming so brutal that it killed 800 people in one town alone. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
2
AP – One passenger said it was a “real quick blast, like a gun.” Another called it “pandemonium.” Still another described watching a flight attendant and another passenger pass out, their heads striking the seats in front of them as they lost consciousness. Read the rest of this entry »