Wednesday, October 26, 2011 BRUSSELS -- NATO postponed a definite decision to end its bombing campaign in Libya as consultations continued Wednesday with the U.N. and the country's interim government over how and when to wind down the operation. BLOG POSTS | John Feffer: In Search of Terrorist Enemies in Africa It might seem a strange time for all this terrorism talk to resurface. Osama bin Laden is dead, and his cohort in Pakistan is beleaguered. But "terrorism" is a flexible term, and Africa is a big place. | | Evelyn Leopold: New UN Security Council Stays Politically Divided After 16 rounds of marathon voting, Azerbaijan, a former Soviet Republic, won a seat on the U.N. Security Council. Its rival Slovenia withdrew from one of the most hotly contested races in several years. | | Alexander Goerlach: Never Again, Not Even One Bit! Europe does not require a new narrative. The only task in front of us is the defense of "never again." Our historical vision must expand to include another pastime of European states: debt-financed budgets. | | Yoani Sanchez: When Your Neighbor's Fence Is on Fire: Gaddafi's Lessons for Castro Not only Libyans have watched, over and over, that short video of Gaddafi's last moments. In Havana's Plaza of the Revolution, for example, the fall of this important ally in North Africa has no doubt generated worry and uncertainty, but also great fear. | | Jane Kinninmont: Tunisia: Achieving the Impossible The dramatic death of Muammar Gaddafi last week took the world's attention away from quieter but still momentous events in Tunisia, where the wave of Arab uprisings started last December. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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