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Gadhafi Forces Fire Into Residential Areas

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2011 Reports are in that Moammar Gadhafi’s forces are firing into residential neighborhoods with cluster bombs and ground-to-ground rockets, weapons criticized for their indiscriminate trajectories, as loyalists vow to crush the anti-Gadhafi rebellion in the city of Misurata. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Meanwhile, in Ivory Coast …

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2011 Libya may get all the attention, but another international effort to oust an African strongman may have reached its conclusion After three months of fighting, former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was captured by forces loyal to France, the UN, his political opposition or all of the above, depending on who tells it (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Deadly Crackdown in Tahrir Square

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2011 Life isn’t all peachy in Egypt, even with Hosni Mubarak gone. The Egyptian army went after protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, killing one and injuring dozens, as the military tried to clear demonstrations calling for prosecution of Mubarak and family members. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Suspects Ethnic Massacre in Ivory Coast

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2011 More than 100 people have been found dead in western parts of the Ivory Coast, victims of what investigators believe are ethnically motivated massacres. U.N. officials say the killings may have been carried out by Liberian mercenaries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )