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MISRATA, Libya, (Reuters) – Even as a corpse, Muammar  Gaddafi is casting a shadow over Libya.

 MIAMI, (Reuters) – A weather disturbance in the  western Caribbean Sea could develop into a tropical depression  off the Central American coast in the next couple of days, the  U.S.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Sultan has died, the royal court said yesterday, and Interior Minister and reputed conservative Prince Nayef was expected to become the new heir to the throne in the world’s biggest oil exporter.

MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan forces guarding Muammar Gaddafi’s body in a cold storage room let in members of the public to view the deposed leader for a second day yesterday, but the wounds that may hold the clue to how he died were covered up.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq will continue talks with Washington on how US trainers can work with Iraqi forces after a complete withdrawal of American troops at the end of the year, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said yesterday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) – The US embassy in Kenya warned of a threat to American citizens in the country after Nairobi launched a cross-border operation against Islamist militants in Somalia.

MISRATA, Libya, (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s body  lay in an old meat store today as arguments over a burial,  and his killing after being captured, dogged efforts by Libya’s  new leaders to make a formal start on a new era of democracy.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama vowed  yesterday to pull all U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of  Investigation on Friday estimated there are some 1.4 million  gang members in the United States and they are turning to white  collar crimes as more lucrative enterprises.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The threshold for publishing  gruesome images like those of Muammar Gaddafi’s death is falling  as the internet and social media make many of the editorial  decisions that used to be left to a small group of professional  journalists.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Using contentious barbs and  comedic relief, Rupert Murdoch deflected attempts by angry  investors to remove him as chairman of his News Corp empire at  the company’s annual meeting today.

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – Disturbing images of a blood-stained and shaken Muammar Gaddafi being dragged around by angry fighters quickly circulated around the world, after the Libyan dictator’s dramatic death near his home town of Sirte.

TUNIS (Reuters) – Voters in the Tunisian capital looked bemused this week when Suad Abdel-Rahim of the Islamist Ennahda party went on a walkabout to drum up support ahead of elections on Sunday.

PARIS/FRANKFURT, (Reuters) – Plans to tackle the euro  zone debt crisis have stalled with Paris and Berlin at odds over  how to increase the firepower of the region’s bailout fund,  French President Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The British government cancelled  plans to fund a carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration  project at Longannet in Scotland, signalling the technology  remains too costly and undermining Britain’s ambition to become  a clean technology leader.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The U.N. torture  investigator called on nations yesterday to end lengthy  solitary confinement in prisons, saying it could cause serious  mental and physical damage and amount to torture.

DIYARBAKIR, (Reuters) – Turkey launched air  and ground assaults on Kurdish militants in Iraq yesterday,  vowing to take “great revenge” after 24 Turkish soldiers were  killed in one of the deadliest Kurdish attacks in decades.

ZANESVILLE, Ohio, (Reuters) – Dozens of exotic  animals including tigers, lions and bears were let loose on  Ohio farmland by their owner before he committed suicide,  sparking a shoot-to-kill hunt in which 49 of the wild beasts,  including 18 endangered Bengal tigers, were killed.

SEATTLE/LONDON, (Reuters) –An experimental vaccine  from GlaxoSmithKline halved the risk of African children  getting malaria in a major clinical trial, making it likely to  become the world’s first shot against the deadly disease.

GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli soldier Gilad  Shalit and hundreds of Palestinians crossed Israel’s borders in  opposite directions yesterday as a thousand-for-one prisoner  exchange brought joy to families but did little to ease decades  of conflict.