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NATO ends its Libya campaign

Top news: NATO, which ended airstrikes inLibya after Muammar al-Qaddafi's death but maintained its air patrols, will bewrapping up operations in the country today at midnight Libyan time. Theseventh-month campaign destroyed 5,900 military targets through 9,600 strikesorties as part of a U.N. Security Council mandate to protect civilians.

While Libya's new leaders have declaredtheir nation "liberated," the political transition remains fragile. Qaddafi'sson Saif al-Islam is believedto still be on the run near Libya's southern borders with Algeria andNiger, and outgoing Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril warnedon Sunday that a political vacuum could develop in the country if elections aredelayed. There are also reports of tribalviolence and revengeattacks against Qaddafi loyalists.

During avisit to Tripoli on Monday, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen saidNATO could help Libya with defense and security reform in the future but addedthat the U.N. will now "take the lead of the international assistance to thenew authorities in Libya." Libya's new leaders have alreadyappealed to the international community for help in securing chemicalweapons.

Seven billion andcounting: The U.N. has setOct. 31, 2011 as the "symbolic date" for the world population to hit 7 billionamid competingclaims aboutwhich newborn held the title of seventh billionth baby.

Africa

  • Ugandan authorities have once again arrested opposition leader Kizza Besigye during a walk with his supporters.

Asia

  • Qantas Airways has resumed flights after an Australian court order to end a labor dispute that had stranded thousands of travelers.
  • Former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev appears set to win the country's first presidential election since the overthrow of Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

Middle East

  • The U.N. cultural body UNESCO is expected to vote on a Palestinian membership bid on Monday.
  • The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been postponed pending a decision on whether to replace the judge.

Americas

  • Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been diagnosed with throat cancer.
  • A former leftist guerrilla has been elected mayor of Bogotá, Colombia's second most important elected office.

Europe

  • Russia may offer Europe $10 billion in aid through the International Monetary Fund.
  • British ships may soon carry private armed guards to combat sea piracy.

-By Uri Friedman

AFP/Getty Images

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