The Independent's Patrick Cockburn looks at the various scenarios that may emerge in Libya over the coming weeks.

Others dispute danger, but agree on the need to be prepared for attack.

Bombing continued on Libya's eastern front line, just over two hours after the regime in Tripoli had officially declared a ceasefire after the UN resolution authorising military action in Libya.

Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has threatened retaliatory attacks against passenger aircraft in the Mediterranean if foreign countries made air strikes against his country.

Secure job, training, no student loan, chance to see the world, how could any parent object?

Senior Australian MPs from opposite sides of politics have defended Opposition Leader Tony Abbott following edited television footage of him apparently describing the death of an Australian soldier as "shit happens".

The eerie 'Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe' reflects the insanity of Nazi brutality in its alienating architecture, writes Chris Barton.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's claim that his Cabinet colleagues were fully aware of his determination to deal with Saddam Hussein has been bluntly called into question by testimony from two of his most senior officials.

The godfather of the Taleban, one of Pakistan's most prominent retired spies, has died of a heart attack in the wilds of Waziristan while held captive by Islamist militants he helped spawn.