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Mexico: suspects tried twice to rescue Gadhafi son

By: The Associated Press 02/01/12 7:37 AM

al-Saadi Gadhafi

By: AP Photo

FILE - In this undated file photo made available on Sunday Sept. 25, 2011, al-Saadi Gadhafi, son of... Read More

MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors said Wednesday they broke up not one, but two Indiana Jones-style plots to "extract" the son of late dictator Moammar Gadhafi from Libya and bring him to Mexico as his father's regime crumbled. The plan to sneak out al-Saadi Gadhafi involved piles of stolen passports, white-knuckle flights with pilots who refused to land in war-torn Libya and luxury homes bought under false names in Mexico, according to Assistant Attorney General Jose Cuitlahuac Salinas. Read More

Students clash with police in Senegal

By: RUKMINI CALLIMACHI 02/01/12 9:12 AM

College students set fire to a bus and threatened to march on Senegal's presidential palace on Wednesday, a day after one of their classmates was Read More

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood criticizes protesters

By: The Associated Press 02/01/12 8:33 AM

Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood has issued a harsh denunciation of liberal and secular activists, echoing charges by the military rulers that Read More

Building collapse, blasts spark worries about Rio

By: JENNY BARCHFIELD 02/01/12 8:38 AM

Enormous buildings suddenly collapse in this Olympic city's center, killing 17. Read More

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