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The Indian government Tuesday stepped its up efforts to end national anti-corruption protests led by an activist's hunger strike, but the first meetings to broker a truce ended without result.

Pictures of Tripoli, where rebel forces have taken control of much of the city, including Gaddafi's Bab Al-Aziziya compound.

China on Tuesday urged Libya to protect its investments and said their oil trade benefited both countries, after a Libyan rebel warned that Chinese oil companies could lose out after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi.

Moammar Gadhafi spoke to Libyans over a Tripoli radio broadcast early Wednesday morning, calling his retreat from the Bab Al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli a tactical move.

The eurozone could collapse if its member countries don't work together to solve its debt crisis, but China is pleased to see that Germany and France are cooperating to avert that risk, a Chinese vice foreign minister said in an interview.

Four hundred people were killed and 2,000 injured in three days of fighting between the rebels and pro-Gadhafi forces in the capital, but the anti-government fighters tore through Moammar Gadhafi Bab al-Azizya compound in Tripoli with little resistance.

New York and New Jersey politicians are demanding that any new government in Tripoli extradite to the United States a Libyan official convicted in Britain for the December 1988 bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner.

People who live in earthquake-prone areas like San Francisco or Tokyo are accustomed to the threat of the ground shaking, but the residents of Arlington, Va. and Washington, D.C. reacted with surprise and alarm today as a 5.8 magnitude earthquake convulsed the region.

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The new documentary opens in theaters on Aug. 26.

Seismologist warns of atomic power dangers after the Virginia earthquake

Rep. Dennis Kucinich discussed topics such as marijuana legalization, universal healthcare and the Patriot Act while addressing a crowd at Seattle's Hempfest.

Although the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed inspection on plants around the country, there has not been adequate time for energy companies to update facilities since the safety reports were issued.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference that tremors emanating from an earthquake in Virginia did not cause any deaths, injuries or significant damage to city infrastructure and buildings.

Joyful Libyan rebels overran Muammar Gaddafi's Tripoli bastion on Tuesday, seizing weapons and loot and destroying symbols of a 42-year dictatorship they declared was now over as they set about hunting down the fallen ruler and his sons.

Indian Point has several seismic protections in place, including precautions for spent fuel pools.

Residents of Mineral, Va., where an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter originated Tuesday, reported extensive damage to key buildings and the shutdown of a nearby nuclear power station.

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A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern seaboard of the U.S. just before 2 p.m. (EDT). It was centered in a small town near Richmond, Va., and tremors were felt as far north as Rhode Island and Toronto, Canada.

The earthquake that struck central Virginia on Tuesday afternoon interrupted musicians working in a studio in Richmond, Va., some 40 miles southeast of the quake's epicenter.

In a 58-page report released on Monday, the Denmark announced that by 2014, it would lay claim to three areas near Greenland, including the North Pole.

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake emanating from Virginia caused more anxiety than physical damage in New York City, where employees at City Hall returned to work after a brief evacuation.

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake emanating from Virginia caused more anxiety than physical damage in New York City, where employees at City Hall returned to work after a brief evacuation.

Part of a building in southeast DC collapsed.

The following are a list of precautions from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Joe Biden receives criticism for condoning China's One-Child Policy during his visit to China.

In New York, it appears that calm has been restored after some moments of terror.

A rare powerful earthquake has jolted the east coast of the U.S. from the Carolinas all the way up to Boston.

Freshly announced Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is already showing signs of vaulting to the top of the GOP field, with a new national poll registering a double digit lead for the Texas governor.