HuffPost World Daily Brief: Gaddafi Buried.. Flood Crisis.. Kenya Terror

Tuesday, October 25, 2011
By KARIN LAUB and RAMI AL-SHAHEIBI -- The Associated Press

MISRATA, Libya -- Longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, his son Muatassim and a top aide were buried in an Islamic ceremony at dawn Tuesday in a secret location, with a few relatives and officials in attendance, officials said.
Thailand's Flood Crisis Deepens
Turkey: Two-Week-Old Baby Pulled From Rubble
Terror In Kenya
Desperate Final Weeks For Former Libyan Leader
China Sends Envoy To Syria
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