February 24, 2011 Archives

Q&A: Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld discusses his new book, "Known and Unknown."

President Obama on the Situation in Libya

The President says that his Administration and the international community are united in their insistence that Libya refrain from using violence against its citizens.

Japanese Students Missing In Earthquake

Loved ones anxiously await news of 23 Japanese citizens missing after New Zealand's devastating earthquake.

Blaze At Egypt's Interior Ministry

A large fire erupts at Egypt's Ministry of the Interior in downtown Cairo.

Stampede In Mali Kills Dozens

Dozens were killed when a stampede broke out among a crowd in a stadium in Mali's capital.

King Abdullah Back In Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's king returns home after months of medical treatment abroad.

UN Responds To Libya

UN and international community respond to uprising in Libya.

Oil Prices Skyrocket With Libya Unrest

Oil prices spiked to their highest point in two years as protests in Libya cause jitters in the market. CBS News business and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis puts in perspective.

Obama Mulling Libya Sanctions

White House spokesman Jay Carney said President Barack Obama condemns the violence in Libya and confirmed the U.S. is reviewing various options for dealing with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Jon Decker reports.

Obama Dispatches Clinton For Talks On Libya

President Barack Obama is condemning the violence in Libya and dispatching Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Geneva for international talks aimed at stopping the bloodshed. (Feb. 23)

Getting to Know Gaddafi

Jim Lehrer talks about the legacy and personality of longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi with longtime Middle East correspondent Jim Hoagland of the Washington Post and the Middle East Institute's David Mack, who was a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli during the 1969 revolution that brought Gadhafi to power.

In Libya, Al Qaeda Could Step In

Libya's ex-justice minister was quoted as telling a Swedish newspaper that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people in 1988.

Gaddafi: 'Mad Dog of the Middle East'

The late US President Ronald Reagan once described Colonel Muammar Gaddafi as "the mad dog of the Middle East." Gaddafi's theatrical and rambling speech on Tuesday, in the minds of many, carried echoes of the nickname Reagan gave him.

Middle East on Brink of Collapse?

Violence spirals out of control in Libya

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