HuffPost World Daily Brief: NATO In Libya.. China Space Mission.. Turkey Quake

Wednesday, October 26, 2011
BRUSSELS -- NATO postponed a definite decision to end its bombing campaign in Libya as consultations continued Wednesday with the U.N. and the country's interim government over how and when to wind down the operation.
Moderate Islamist Party Leads Tunisian Elections
China To Launch Space Mission Next Month
Mexico: Decapitated Head Found In Ice Chest
Children Drown In Floods After Monsoon Rains In Asia
Two Teachers, University Student Pulled From Turkey Quake Rubble
BLOG POSTS
John Feffer: In Search of Terrorist Enemies in Africa
It might seem a strange time for all this terrorism talk to resurface. Osama bin Laden is dead, and his cohort in Pakistan is beleaguered. But "terrorism" is a flexible term, and Africa is a big place.
Evelyn Leopold: New UN Security Council Stays Politically Divided
After 16 rounds of marathon voting, Azerbaijan, a former Soviet Republic, won a seat on the U.N. Security Council. Its rival Slovenia withdrew from one of the most hotly contested races in several years.
Alexander Goerlach: Never Again, Not Even One Bit!
Europe does not require a new narrative. The only task in front of us is the defense of "never again." Our historical vision must expand to include another pastime of European states: debt-financed budgets.
Yoani Sanchez: When Your Neighbor's Fence Is on Fire: Gaddafi's Lessons for Castro
Not only Libyans have watched, over and over, that short video of Gaddafi's last moments. In Havana's Plaza of the Revolution, for example, the fall of this important ally in North Africa has no doubt generated worry and uncertainty, but also great fear.
Jane Kinninmont: Tunisia: Achieving the Impossible
The dramatic death of Muammar Gaddafi last week took the world's attention away from quieter but still momentous events in Tunisia, where the wave of Arab uprisings started last December.
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