Topic: Kristen Chick

The members of Libya's National Transitional Council

Libya's National Transitional Council released an expanded list of its membership last week. Here's what we know about them.

Good Reads: Libyan rebels' push on Sirte, Nigeria's Boko Haram, Clooney's satellites

Today's stories feature a look at the Libyan rebels' final push on Qaddafi's hometown, Nigeria's Boko Haram, and how George Clooney's satellite project may affect Sudan.

Global Stories to Watch Today: Libya's rebels and the search for Qaddafi

It's so not all about Muammar Qaddafi, except it mostly is.

Julian Assange: The man who came to dinner, the man who saved Egypt

The WikiLeaks boss appears to take credit for the Egyptian revolution in a fundraising ad. He also reflects on his time in Miss Egypt's home.

Rising global food prices squeeze the world's poor

Weather, inflation, and biofuels pushed the United Nations food price index to an all-time high in December, sparking concern over the poor being left with empty plates.

Live blogging the Egypt uprising: Jan. 30

Events in Egypt are moving so fast, with so much information, speculation, and disinformation flying around, that I'm going to take another shot at live blogging. The key takeaway from today (Jan. 30) so far is that the military continues to tolerate protests, and protesters have not in any way been mollified by Hosni Mubarak's shuffling of his cabinet and appointment of his first-ever vice president, Omar Suleiman.

Egypt shuts down Internet, rounds up opposition leaders as protests start

Joe Biden says Egypt's Mubarak no dictator, he shouldn't step down...

A dam breaking in Egypt

Egypt protester stares down a water cannon in Cairo (video)

Inspired by Tunisia, Egypt's protests appear unprecedented

Egypt's protests today appear to be the largest public call for democratic reform and an end to the Mubarak regime for years.

Tunisia ministers quit ruling party, political prisoners freed

Can members of the party that served ousted Tunisian President Zine El Abdine Ben Ali hang on?

Tunisia: Not a Jasmine Revolution, not a twitter revolution but an....

Tunisian protests and Egyptian self-immolations

What I'm reading this morning.

Did Iraq have something to do with Tunisia's uprising?

That's the question posed by Jennifer Rubin, a conservative blogger for the Washington Post.

Tunisia: That 'WikiLeaks Revolution' meme

The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia is being driven by flesh and blood and conditions on the ground, not because WikiLeaks 'revealed' to Tunisians the real face of a government they'd lived with their whole lives.

An Arab popular revolution (well, sort of) in Tunisia

'World Idol' redux? Lin Yu Chun of Taiwan could face off against Susan Boyle.

In the latest 'American Idol'-like contest, Taiwan's Lin Yu Chun outdid even Whitney Houston with his performance of 'I Will Always Love You.' Is it time for another World Idol competition?

Friday's coverage agenda: Iran votes, China censors, Security Council meets

Today's coverage: Sotomayor's words in court, Obama's message to Arabs

Today's agenda: North Korea's capacity, Palestinian summit, rights in China

Rio hopes small fixes will yield big drop in crime rate

The new mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has begun a zero-tolerance policy aimed at resuscitating one of the world's most crime-ridden cities.