MISRATA, Libya — From the east and west, working with NATO air strikes, resurgent rebels battled Libyan government forces on Sunday at flashpoints along the Mediterranean coast, rebel commanders reported. The government said their victory claims were “wishful reporting.” Insurgents had reported fighting street by street to retake the Mediterranean port city of Zawiya, 18 miles (30 kilometers) west of Tripoli, a prize that would put them within striking distance of the capital and cut off one of Moammar Gadhafi’s last supply routes from Tunisia. Read full article > >

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Libya’s resurgent rebels claim victories; government denies their successes

BEIRUT — The boy’s head was swollen, purple and disfigured. His body was a mess of welts, cigarette burns and wounds from bullets fired to injure, not kill. His kneecaps had been smashed, his neck broken, his jaw shattered and his penis cut off. What finally killed him was not clear, but it appeared painfully, shockingly clear that he had suffered terribly during the month he spent in Syrian custody. Hamza Ali al-Khateeb was 13 years old. Read full article > >

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Apparent torture of boy reinvigorates Syria’s protest movement

If a handful of companies refused to authorize online credit card payments for spam-advertised products, the money supporting the system would be cut off, a researcher said.

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Study Sees Way to Win Spam Fight

An Austrian resident has chosen to have his dysfunctional hand cut off so that it can be replaced with a bionic limb.

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VIDEO: Man gets amputation for bionic hand

A man in the Canary Islands reportedly walked up to a stranger in a supermarket and cut off her head and then ran away with it, police said Friday. A government spokesperson on the Spanish island of Tenerife said that the man stole a knife from the…

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Man Decapitates Woman in Store

The UN says a humanitarian mission has not been allowed access to the city of Deraa, which is cut off by a government crackdown on dissent.

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UN concern over Syria crackdown

Click’s Spencer Kelly and Bill Thompson discuss what it takes for a government to cut off the internet in its own country.

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VIDEO: Closing the net ‘frighteningly easy’

The wave that swept away one hamlet left survivors completely cut off at a hilltop community center.

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Tight Web Saves Cut-Off Japanese Villagers

Surprise, surprise: U.S. banks are resisting changes that would make it easier to cut off the cash flow of dictators and corrupt politicians. In particular, American banks are fighting against a proposal from the international Financial Action Task…

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Banks Fight to Hide Dirty Money

Many coastal towns and villages in the area hit by the earthquake and tsunami are almost completely cut off.

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Copper thefts see phone and internet connections cut off

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Obama is seeking to cut off poor people’s heat in the winter and AC in the summer , in a move that Bush attempted and saw blocked by ACORN. read more

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Obama Is Hurting Poor People in Ways ACORN Blocked Bush From Achieving