CNN Top Stories: Earthquake rattles East Coast, damages landmarks

An earthquake in Virginia shut down a nuclear power plant and prompted building evacuations from North Carolina to New York.

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CNN Top Stories: Battle still looms after Gadhafi

As what might be the final battle rages in Libya, another is looming: the political battle to create a functioning democracy.

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CNN Top Stories: How credible are rebel leaders?

Libya's rebel leaders claimed Monday they had captured three of Moammar Gadhafi's sons, including Saif al-Islam, who is wanted on war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court. But shortly afterwards, Saif appeared in public in Tripoli, where he spoke to reporters -- raising serious questions about the reliability of the rebels' account of events.

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CNN Top Stories: Syrian activists form 'national council'

The U.N. Human Rights Council passed a resolution Tuesday to launch an inquiry into human rights violations in Syria, amid growing international pressure over the Syrian government's crackdown on protests.

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CNN Top Stories: Keys to bright future

The likely fall of Moammar Gadhafi's regime poses critical challenges to the emerging new Libyan leadership, to the United States and to the international community, and has important political implications for the future of the Syrian regime.

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