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Brent Crude Drops Below $106

Fears of U.S. slowdown dampen demand expectations.

Libyan Rebels Gain More Ground West of Tripoli

A Libyan rebel fighter raises his arms as a convoy of residents flee fighting near the coastal town of Zawiyah

Libyan rebels seized an oil refinery in Zawiyah Thursday and took control of Sabratha further west on the main highway from Tripoli to Tunisia as NATO aircraft struck targets in the capital.

Obama Says Assad Must Go, Orders New Sanctions

The United States and European Union called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down Thursday, and U.S. President Barack Obama accused him of torturing and slaughtering his own people in what U.N. officials said could be crimes against humanity.

United States Calls on Syria's Assad to Step Down

The United States for the first time Thursday explicitly called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and imposed new economic sanctions likely to be followed up by the European Union.

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Brent Crude Rises on Encouraging U.S. Figures

Brent crude rose Wednesday, staying above $109 a barrel as a larger-than-expected drawdown in U.S. gasoline stocks and positive U.S. economic data trumped concerns over European debt

Libyan rebels fire an anti-aircraft gun at government forces during a heavy sandstorm near the village of Tiji in western Libya

Libyan Rebel Leadership Denies Talks with Gaddafi

Benghazi Council Says Dictator's Departure Is Only Option

Taliban fighters pose with weapons as they sit in their compound at an undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan

London Riots 2011: Taliban Blames Disorder on UK Govt.'s Afghan War Expenditures

The group connected the unrest to the war in Afghanistan ? suggesting that the British government could no longer afford to pay for that military campaign.

Libyan rebel fighters celebrate after taking partial control of the coastal town of Zawiyah

Gaddafi Forces Fire Scud Missile: U.S. Official

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi fired a Scud missile for the first time in Libya's civil war, a U.S. defense official said, after rebel advances left the Libyan leader isolated in his capital.

Fears of Weak U.S. Demand Depress Brent Crude Futures

Brent crude for September fell 26 cents to $109.65 by 3:57 a.m. GMT, after falling to as low as $109.23 earlier. U.S. crude was down 34 cents at $87.54 a barrel.

Rebels Say Tripoli Encircled; Gaddafi Defiant

Libyan rebels said on Monday they had seized a second strategic town near Tripoli within 24 hours, completing the encirclement of the capital in the boldest advances of their six-month-old uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.

Libya's Zawiyah on edge after rebel capture

For 12 hours, Libyan rebel Ahmed Oraybee had been moving from one building to the next in the town of Zawiyah, trying to hunt down the pro-government snipers stalking its neighbourhoods.

Gaddafi Defiant as Rebels Poised to Strangle Capital

Muammar Gaddafi urged Libyans Monday to free the country from "traitors," as rebels in the west began to strangle a major lifeline to his capital.

Gadhafi Defiant as Rebels Gain Key Ground; Interior Minister Leaves

Libyan regime denies talking to insurgents about dictator's departure.

Libya rebels take casualties in fight for Brega

Rebels on the eastern front of Libya's civil war lost 11 men in the past 24 hours fighting to capture the strategic oil terminal and refinery at Brega on the Mediterranean coast, hospital sources said.

Cameron denies austerity drive caused UK riots

Prime Minister David Cameron blamed the worst riots in Britain for decades on street gang members and opportunistic looters and denied government austerity measures or poverty caused the violence in London and other major English cities.

Syrian forces kill five in swoop on northern towns

Syrian forces killed at least five people in an assault on two northern towns on Thursday, activists said, pursuing a military campaign to crush protests against President Bashar al-Assad despite new U.S. sanctions and regional calls to end bloodshed.