UN’s ‘coalition of the opposed’ grows

NEW YORK – At the United Nations headquarters, signs of a brewing debate as heated as the 2003 invasion of Iraq can be found aplenty. Parallel to the growing criticisms of the Barack Obama administration’s…

Obama authorizes secret support for Libya rebels

 U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct covert operations to help rebels in Libya, media reports said here on Wednesday. Obama signed the order, known as…

Elizabeth Taylor dies

Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor, who was widely considered as one of the great actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age, passed away in Los Angeles early Wednesday. She was 79. The glamorous queen of American cinema stardom…

Hip-hop star Nate Dogg dies at 41

US hip-hop star Nate Dogg, who worked with Snoop Dogg, Warren G and Eminem, has died at the age of 41. Lawyer Mark Geragos told the Associated Press news agency that the singer died as…