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For more than two decades, Lucy Barh has been helping women deliver babies. Even during Liberia's violent civil war, when other midwives left, Barh stuck around. But none of this prepared her for a patient she saw a few months ago. "I was on duty that day when the patient came in," says Barh, at...

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Link Removed due to 404 Error TRIPOLI, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi struck a defiant stance Thursday after two high-profile defections from his regime, saying he's not the one who should go — it's the Western leaders who have decimated his military with airstrikes who should resign immediately...

Libya, an oil-rich nation in North Africa, has been under the firm, if sometimes erratic, control of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi since he seized power in 1969. But in February 2011, the unrest sweeping through much of the Arab world erupted in several Libyan cities. Though it began with a relatively...

Coalition forces have already effectively established a no-fly zone over Libya, according to a senior US military official. The mission to halt Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's supporters attacking the rebel stronghold in Benghazi and force the Libyan government to comply with a UN Security Council...

The United States accused Muammar Gaddafi of defying international demands for an immediate ceasefire, and France's U.N. envoy predicted military action within hours of an international meeting on Libya on Saturday. A unilateral ceasefire declared on Friday by the Libyan government appeared...

LONDON — A 350-year-old notebook which documents the trials of women convicted of witchcraft in England during the 17th century has been published online. The notebook written by Nehemiah Wallington, an English Puritan, recounts the fate of women accused of having relationships with the...

Link Removed As the nation begins to commemorate the anniversaries of the war's various battles -- from Fort Sumter to Appomattox -- let's first dispense with some of the more prevalent myths about why it all began. 1. The South seceded over states' rights. Confederate states did...

BBC News - Naomi Campbell may be subpoenaed by war crimes court War crimes prosecutors in The Hague say supermodel Naomi Campbell should be subpoenaed to testify at the trial of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor. They say Ms Campbell "was given rough diamonds" by Mr Taylor in 1997 at...