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 EarthquakeLoved ones anxiously await news of 23 Japanese citizens missing after New Zealand's devastating earthquake.
Blaze At Egypt's Interior MinistryA large fire erupts at Egypt's Ministry of the Interior in downtown Cairo.
Stampede In Mali Kills DozensDozens were killed when a stampede broke out among a crowd in a stadium in Mali's capital.
King Abdullah Back In Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia's king returns home after months of medical treatment abroad.
Oil Prices Skyrocket With Libya UnrestOil 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 SanctionsWhite 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 LibyaPresident 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 GaddafiJim 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 InLibya'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.