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Qaddafi compound hit by airstrike
Top news: An international missile strike has reportedly destroyed one of Muammar al-Qaddafi's headquarters buildings in Tripoli after U.S., French, and British planes continued airstrikes for a second night. U.S. forces denied that they are trying to kill the Libyan leader. Libyan officials say 64 people were killed in the airstrikes over the weekend but those numbers cannot be confirmed.
Amr Moussa, secretary general of the Arab League, which supported the imposition of the no-fly zone, criticized the severity of the airstrikes, saying "what we want is the protection of civilians and not the bombardment of more civilians." Qatar is sending four planes to help enforce the no-fly zone, the first Arab country to do so.
Despite the airstrikes, pro-Qaddafi forces appear to be holding the town of Ajdabiyah, near the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
The Libyan government announced a ceasefire yet again on Sunday night, but British Foreign Secretary William Hague said that forces would have to observe the order on the ground for the airstrikes to stop.
Japan crisis: Workers were temporarily evacuated after smoke began to rise from two of the reactors at the strickent Fukushima nuclear plant. The World Health Organization says radioactivity in certain Japanese foods may be more serious than previously though.
Amr Moussa, secretary general of the Arab League, which supported the imposition of the no-fly zone, criticized the severity of the airstrikes, saying "what we want is the protection of civilians and not the bombardment of more civilians." Qatar is sending four planes to help enforce the no-fly zone, the first Arab country to do so.
Despite the airstrikes, pro-Qaddafi forces appear to be holding the town of Ajdabiyah, near the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
The Libyan government announced a ceasefire yet again on Sunday night, but British Foreign Secretary William Hague said that forces would have to observe the order on the ground for the airstrikes to stop.
Japan crisis: Workers were temporarily evacuated after smoke began to rise from two of the reactors at the strickent Fukushima nuclear plant. The World Health Organization says radioactivity in certain Japanese foods may be more serious than previously though.
