In eight months, the sale of foie gras will be banned in California, putting the state on the front lines of the battle about force-feeding ducks and geese to produce the delicacy.
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In California, Going All Out to Bid Adieu to Foie Gras
The United Nations and its diplomatic partners are calling on rebels and forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi to avoid revenge killings as evidence emerged of executions in the battle for Tripoli.
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UK jets bomb Gadhafi’s hometown
Doctors and journalists reported evidence of fresh massacres by both sides around Tripoli, while the battle to establish full control of Colonel Qaddafi’s breached compound, Bab al-Aziziya, raged on.
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Inside a Libyan Hospital, Proof of a Revolt’s Costs
The memoir of a former F.B.I. agent who spent years near the center of the battle against Al Qaeda is the focus of a fight over who will get to write the history of that era.
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C.I.A. Fights Memoir of 9/11 by F.B.I. Agent in Terror Fight
Early Monday morning, Jack Layton, 61, Leader of the Official Opposition in Canada, passed away after losing his battle to cancer. His passing is an unequivocal tragedy in the Canadian political arena.
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Goodbye, Jack: Remembering Canada’s Beloved Public Servant
London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone compares his battle to regain City Hall from Boris Johnson with the “great struggle between Churchill and Hitler”.
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Livingstone makes Hitler comments
Vehicle manufacturers say they are winning the battle against car crime, but owners need to do more to stop their keys being stolen.
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Car industry ‘has beaten thieves’
Severe storms pounded south-central Michigan Sunday, knocking out power to more than 100,000 customers and cutting a path of destruction through the city of Battle Creek, officials said.
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Severe storms hit southern Michigan
Video from the Nafusah Mountains of western Libya gives a glimpse of a little-seen front in the battle for control of the country.
A Canadian man who blogged about his battle with cancer has died, but not without leaving a post-mortem message.
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Blogger announces own death
A Canadian man who blogged about his battle with cancer has died, but not without leaving a post-mortem message.
As the battle for Misrata continues, one of the opposition leaders told the BBC’s Tim Wilcox that Col Gaddafi’s forces “are obliterating everything… and Nato is allowing him to do that”.
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VIDEO: Libya: ‘Hell on earth is an understatement’
ZAWIYAH, LIBYA – In the battle-scarred center of this small town, evidence abounds that the popular uprising here has been brutally crushed, in a bitter blow to the fast-fading hopes of rebels that they can succeed in toppling Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi.
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In Libya, Gaddafi forces recapture strategic western town
The UN appoints a new envoy on Libya and is to send a humanitarian team as the battle between forces loyal to Col Gaddafi and rebels intensifies.
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Libya casualties spark UN moves
As promised, this is the first weekend of a new month, which means it’s time to take a look at this month’s most buzzed-about movies in order to decide which one we’re anticipating the very most. Last month you folks chose I Am Number Four as your most anticipated February movie, so looking at March’s lineup, I think your most anticipated movie will come down to a handful of films that include Battle: Los Angeles, Sucker Punch and Paul. One theme throughout the month is sci-fi and fantasy, as we have a whole ton of those types of films, from Battle: Los Angeles to Mars Needs Moms to Beastly to Red Riding Hood. In fact, the only two films that seem to be grounded in reality are The Lincoln Lawyer and Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2. So with all this genre stuff to choose… Read More Read Comments
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Poll: Your Most Anticipated March Movie
C.I.A. Fights Memoir of 9/11 by F.B.I. Agent in Terror Fight
Friday, August 26th, 2011
