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Abu Dhabi (CNN) -- Night after night, day after day, NATO aircraft have hammered presidential compounds in Tripoli, Libya. I have walked over the piles of rubble. What I and my CNN colleagues have seen, particularly in recent days, gives additional credence to reporting by CNN's counter...

(CNN) -- As the violence in Syria appears to be escalating, Britain and France are pushing for a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning attacks on protesters and calling for humanitarian access. The resolution makes no mention of the kind of sanctions or military intervention seen in...

(CNN) -- A U.N. resolution justifies the targeting of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, a senior NATO military official with operational knowledge of the Libya mission told CNN Thursday. Asked by CNN whether Gadhafi was being targeted, the NATO official declined to give a direct answer. The...

United Nations (CNN) -- The four European members of the U.N. Security Council took the lead Wednesday in presenting a revamped resolution to the United Nations condemning Syria for its crackdown on peaceful anti-government demonstrators. "It demands an immediate end to the violence and...

Paris (CNN) -- Syria's ambassador to France, Lamia Shakkour, denied Tuesday that she has resigned her post, declaring late in the day that she would remain in her job until President Bashar al-Assad no longer wants her to remain in it. "At no moment have I thought about doing anything other...

Kyle Gowen has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for at least 15 years, after admitting to killing Dillon Jewett last fall. Gowen, 23, of Eastern Passage, pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder during an appearance in Kentville provincial court. Justice Suzanne Hood...

Misrata, Libya (CNN) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sent an envoy to Libya Monday to meet with rebels trying to bring about an end to Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year-rule, a move that comes after he called for the Libyan leader to step down. Mikhail Margelov, the presidential special envoy on...

ROME, N.Y. – Former New York Giants star Plaxico Burress was released from prison on Monday after spending nearly two years behind bars on a gun charge and headed to Florida to be with his family as he contemplates his chances of playing again in the NFL. As he left Oneida Correctional Facility...

(CNN) -- As NATO airstrikes continue to pound pro-government facilities in Libya, Human Rights Watch charged Sunday that Libyan rebels are arbitrarily detaining dozens of civilians suspected of loyalty to ruler Moammar Gadhafim, holding them without trial or due process. At least one person is...

TRIPOLI, Libya – British jets hit a military barracks in the Libyan capital early Sunday, intensifying NATO pressure on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi nearly four months into an uprising to end his erratic 42-year rule. The airstrikes on the barracks — repeated targets of NATO strikes — followed...

(CNN) -- NATO used attack helicopters for the first time Saturday as part of its military operation aimed at increasing pressure on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime. "The use of attack helicopters provides the NATO operation with additional flexibility to track and engage pro-Gadhafi...

(CNN) -- The roar of the jubilant crowd assembled in Cairo's Tahrir Square said it all. Nearly four months ago, longtime Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak finally yielded to political reality and stepped down from power. Mubarak's fall -- coming on the heels of the ouster of neighboring...

(CNN) -- The roar of the jubilant crowd assembled in Cairo's Tahrir Square said it all. Nearly four months ago, longtime Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak finally yielded to political reality and stepped down from power. Mubarak's fall -- coming on the heels of the ouster of neighboring...

(CNN) -- Eight people, including two children, were killed Sunday when Syrian government forces, in tanks and armored personnel carriers, entered several towns in the Homs province in an attempt to quash protests, according to human rights activists. The security forces shelled the town of...

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces fired mortars and guns at rebel forces in an apparent effort to break through a stalemated line west of the rebel-held city of Misrata on Sunday, CNN's Ben Wedeman reported from the scene. Rebels returned fire, and while some pulled back to seek cover...

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- The head of Libya's opposition government told reporters Saturday he welcomed a call Friday by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for Moammar Gadhafi to step down. Medvedev's statement, echoing the stance of American and European leaders, appeared to indicate a...

(CNN) -- The death toll in Friday's violence in Syria rose to as many as 13 Saturday, according to human rights activists. Syrian security forces fired on anti-government protesters in several southern towns Friday, according to organizers known as local coordination committees. The group...

(CNN) -- Syrian security forces fired on anti-government protesters in several southern towns Friday, killing at least eight people, organizers said. Bullets flew in the early morning hours as hundreds took to the streets in Dael to chant for support of the military, separate from the security...

(CNN) -- Three months after protests against Moammar Gadhafi began in Libya, the country seems to be grinding into a stalemated civil war. Get up to speed on some of the recent events in Libya, what options President Obama and U.S. allies might have and what the next few months may bring as...

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has joined American and other European leaders in calling for Moammar Gadhafi to step down from power, a shift that appears to indicate a closing diplomatic window for the longtime Libyan strongman. Moscow has been a strong critic of the...