Three journalists killed, 15 injured in NATO raid

Libya said three journalists were killed in a NATO air strike on state television on Saturday and that the murder of the rebels’ army chief proved Al-Qaeda was instigating the country’s armed revolt. “Three of our colleagues were murdered and 15 injured while performing their professional duty as Libyan journalists,” said Khaled Basilia, director of Al-Jamahiriya television’s English-language service. He branded the strike “an act of international terrorism and in violation of UN Security Council resolutions.”

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Obama keen on debt deal

US President Barack Obama held an urgent White House summit with key Democratic allies Saturday as his Republican foes said fever-pitch efforts to avert a disastrous debt default would soon pay off. “That’s not true,” Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, pouring cold water on the upbeat Republican message after talks with Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

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Comedian puts US debt crisis into rap

‘ We ain’t got no qualms dropping $100 bills and million dollar bombs’:

American comedian Remy Munasifi pokes fun at the current financial impasse in the US with his ‘Raise the Debt Ceiling’ rap, which has become an internet hit. Wearing a track suit, black cap, and dollar-sign medallion, Munasifi tosses dollars around as he raps: “$14 trillion in debt, but yo we ain’t go no qualms.

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Sixteen Somali children die of hunger

At least sixteen children have died of hunger and diseases caused by the lack of food in Somalia as the food crisis in the Horn of Africa continues to escalate.Medical sources confirmed on Saturday that the children died in lower Shabelle regional town of Merka, a Press TV correspondent reported.

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