(13 stories) Libyan military surges on key rebel-held outpost

World News - News April 9, 2011 See World News Weather Libyan military surges on key rebel-held outpost (The Brainerd Daily Dispatch) Libyan government troops shelled rebels' main front-line outpost and advanced in guerrilla-style units Saturday, killing at least three opposition fighters in what appeared to be their most serious push into the heart of rebel territory since international airstrikes began. Libyan Military Surges On Key Rebel-Held Outpost (KIROTV) Libyan government troops shelled rebels' main front-line outpost and advanced in guerrilla-style units Saturday, killing at least three opposition fighters in what appeared to be their most serious push into the heart of rebel territory since international airstrikes began. 2 detained in Rio in connection to school shooting (Salon) Two men have confessed to illegally supplying a gun to a man who entered a Rio de Janeiro school, opened fire and killed at least 12 children before taking his own life, a police official said Saturday. $59 For Three Hours Of House Cleaning From Pristine Pixies Cleaning Services ($140 Value) 210 Regent St Hampton, VA French helicopters attacked in Ivory Coast (KTEN-TV Denison) French helicopters on an evacuation mission were fired upon by forces supporting the country's strongman as they tried to retain power in Ivory Coast's largest city, a military spokesman said Saturday. Cold War neutrals now taking sides, timidly (KansasCity) Swedish fighter jets are roaring into action over Libya under NATO command. Ireland is offering itself as a transit hub for U.S. military deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Church of England Issues Special Prayer for Prince William and Kate Middleton (huliq) The Church of England has issued a special "topical" prayer for Kate Middleton and Prince William. A powerful Shiite cleric threatens reactivate feared militia if US troops stay past 2011 (Medincine Hat News) A powerful anti-American Shiite cleric threatened Saturday to reactivate his feared militia if U.S. soldiers remain in Iraq beyond this year, following an offer by the Obama administration to keep troops on if they are needed. World stumbles toward climate summit (Boston) Nineteen years after the world started to take climate change seriously, delegates from around the globe spent five days talking about what they will talk about at a year-end conference in South Africa. Japan slowly restores power following aftershock (WDAM-TV Hattiesburg) Electrical power was slowly being restored in tsunami-ravaged northern Japan on Saturday following a strong aftershock, though more than a quarter-million homes remained in the dark. Constable Ronan Kerr was murdered when an explosive device detonated under his car in Omagh (Ealing Times) Detectives investigating the murder of Catholic police officer Ronan Kerr in Omagh have arrested a third man. Jail for airliner bomb scare man (Seacroft Today) A car worker whose "idiotic" behaviour triggered a bomb scare on an airliner heading to Britain from the Middle East has been handed a three-year prison term. Shooting Between Shipmates on U.K. Submarine Results in One Dead (huliq) A shooting between shipmates on a U.K. submarine has resulted in a Royal Navy submariner being killed, and a second seriously wounded, after being shot by a shipmate. Bid to deport death driver rejected (Grantham Today) A Government bid to deport a failed asylum seeker who killed a 12-year-old girl in a hit-and-run has been rejected by the Court of Appeal. More World News News...

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