HIGHLIGHTS After joining together to perform an opening song by Arcade Fire, the groups tackle rock classics and country songs on “The Sing-Off” (NBC at in hopes to impress the judges and nab that $200,000 and recording contract prize. The colony is in chaos on “Terra Nova” (Fox at after a meteor destroys all the technology, while Maddy and Reynolds find themselves abandoned in the wild, and Taylor attempts to stop Mira from an invasion. Read full article > >

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The US-dominated world of poker is under threat of invasion from a wave of British players. How have they barged their way in?

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Is the UK about to conquer poker?

Supporters of the Iraq war continue to argue that the invasion of that country paved the way for the Arab Spring. Over the weekend, former presidential envoy L. Paul “Jerry” Bremer wrote in this newspaper of certain similarities he saw between the two countries in the post-dictator world. First, Moammar Gaddafi ’s death “came eight months after the start of military operations there,” Bremer writes, “the same length of time it took us to track down Saddam Hussein after U.S. forces liberated Baghdad in 2003.” Read full article > >

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Grenade blasts at a blue-collar bar and a crowded bus stop rattled Nairobi on Monday, as the country worried whether al-Qaida-linked militants from Somalia were carrying out their promise to launch reprisal attacks in Kenya’s capital. The attacks came only two days after the U.S. warned of “imminent” terror attacks. The U.S. warning had implied that the Somali group al-Shabab would carry out reprisals in response to Kenyan troops’ invasion of Somalia in mid-October. The militants had promised to unleash terror attacks in Nairobi in retaliation for the offensive. Read full article > >

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2 grenade blasts rattle Nairobi; 1 dead after blue-collar bus stop, working class bar targeted

The trial is set to begin for the second defendant is in the 2007 home invasion in Cheshire, Conn., that ended with the killing of a mother and her two daughters.

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2nd Trial in Cheshire, Conn., Home Invasion to Begin

ZINTAN, Liyba — For months, rebels fighting an insurgency against Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi have been predicting the fall of the capital Tripoli, and now, after weeks of significant gains, they are talking openly about plans to maintain security if he is ousted. The rebels are determined to avoid the kinds of looting and killing that took place in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, after the 2003 U.S. invasion. They say are convinced that Gaddafi’s fall is now inevitable, and have worked with international military officials and politicians to draw up plans to avoid similar disorder in Tripoli. Read full article > >

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In Libya, rebels plan for post-Gaddafi era

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan — In this city where U.S. Navy SEALs touched down long enough last month to kill Osama bin Laden and to ignite a national furor, residents are courting another foreign invasion. They want China, the emerging superpower just 400 miles to the north along the Karakoram Highway, to invest in this economically depressed region and bring roads, energy, trade and jobs. “China is our path to prosperity,” said Haidar Zaman, the city’s former mayor. Read full article > >

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Pakistan courts China as relations with U.S. grow strained

JUBA, Sudan — Weeks before southern Sudan formally breaks from the north, the region is on edge. Harried government officials and army officers rush to meetings in the capital of the soon-to-be nation as many here discuss the prospects for a new war. The fear stems from the Sudanese government’s invasion of the contested border region of Abyei last week and seizure of the largest town in the area, also called Abyei. “We are wondering, does this mean the end of our peace?” a driver asked as he waited for passengers near the university here. Read full article > >

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Cuba holds a huge military parade to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, as a key Communist Party Congress prepares to open.

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After Israel’s heavily criticized invasion of Gaza in 2008-2009 left 1,400 Palestinians dead, a U.N. commission led by South African justice Richard Goldstone issued a report saying there was evidence Israel potentially committed war crimes and “crimes…

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Jailed US student Amanda Knox calls a film dramatising the murder of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, “an invasion of my life”.

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American and European forces began strikes against the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in the largest international military intervention in the Arab world since the invasion of Iraq.

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Allies Continue Air Assault on Qaddafi’s Forces in Libya

UK forces are preparing to help enforce a no-fly zone over Libya after the UN backed “all necessary measures”, short of an invasion, to protect civilians.

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The UN Security Council backs a resolution on Libya that supports a no-fly zone and “all necessary measures” to protect civilians short of an invasion.

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UN backs action against Gaddafi