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 | Turkey is reeling from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck the southeastern part of the country on Sunday. The estimated death toll, about 272 by the latest report of the Associated Press, continues to rise as rescuers dig through rubble and reach outlying villages, efforts stymied by about 200 aftershocks in the seismically active region. ...Read more | |
World's Worst Earthquakes
When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and swift emergency response. Here are the world's worst shakers. ... Read more
| Libyan Dictator Moammar Gadhafi Killed
Rebel fighters closing in on Sirte reportedly killed Gadhafi as he tried to flee, but graphic video of fighters parading Gadhafi's shirtless bloody body has highlighted the fact that the circumstances of the eccentric strongman's death remain very muddy. ... Read more
| The Life and Death of Gadhafi
Moammar Gadhafi had been the dictator of Libya since 1969 and the third-longest serving world ruler when he went on the run in the midst of a bloody, determined rebel uprising in 2011. He was known as being one of the most eccentric world rulers, from his days of sponsoring terrorism to recent years when he tried to make nice with the world and be seen as a wise problem-solver. ... Read more
| Profile of Moammar Gadhafi
Born June 7, 1942, in Surt, Tripolitania (a former administrative district of Libya), Gadhafi was the youngest born to a peasant family of desert nomads. As a ruthless dictator, he would continue to travel with a Bedouin tent for entertaining and receiving guests wherever in the world he went. ...Read more
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