Libyan Army Gives Militias 48 Hours to Get Out

Just a day after Benghazi residents chased militias out of their city, the Libyan army gave militias forty-eight hours to get out of Tripoli.

If the militias aren't out by then, the army has pledged to use force to push them out.

Two militias in Derna have pulled out of the city, on their own accord, whilst a third promised to be out by the end of Sunday.

Both the Bou Salim Martyrs and Ansar al-Sharia militia groups have pledged that they will disband.

Eight members of Ansar al-Sharia are amongst those under arrest for the deadly attack against the US consulate in Benghazi, on September 11.

The moves of the last couple days show that the people of Libya simply will not allow terror and violence to have any place in their country.

Trader Joe's Recalling Peanut Butter Over Salmonella

Trader Joe's has announced a recall of their creamy salted peanut butter.

Twenty-nine people, in eighteen states, have fallen ill due to salmonella in the peanut butter.

Most of the sick were under the age of eighteen, luckily no one has died from the poisonings.

People are being warned not to eat the peanut butter.

The company did not make the recall until after the FDA and CDC came to them with proof that it was their peanut butter causing the sickness.

New York Post's Gift Basket for Ahmadinejad

We've got to salute the New York Post on this one.

They assembled a gift basket for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and well it was perfect for him.

With gifts including "such locally procured goodies as Gold’s Borscht, Manischewitz Gefilte Fish and smoked whitefish from the world-famous Murray’s Sturgeon House on the Upper West Side, plenty of H&H bagels, onion bialys and Zabar's cream cheese", how could he not be happy?

Even better, the Post added a ticket to the stage presentation of "Old Jews Telling Jokes", a tour of the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, and a picture book that details all of what happened on 9-11, both are things which he denies occurred.

Can't forget to have lots of "I <3 NY" items, as well as an American flag and state of liberty bobble head.

Unfortunately, Ahmadinejad's security would not accept the basket, but great try New York Post!

FSA Claims Majority of Syria, Whilst The NCB Calls For a Cease Fire

Just a day after announcing that they had returned to the country, the leadership of the Free Syrian Army claimed that the majority of Syria is now under their control.

They also claimed that the only thing keeping them from full victory was the government's air power.

Meanwhile, political opposition groups held a meeting, inside Damascus, as a way to show that there is a way other than armed revolution.

Sixteen groups sent members to attend the meeting, calling themselves the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria, and ambassadors from Russia and Iran were also present.

The presence of the foreign powers suggests that President Assad allowed for the meeting to occur, to try and show himself as a man willing to hear what others have to say.

NCB opposes armed conflict and wants to see a peaceful resolution to the civil war.

After the meeting, they issued a statement calling for an immediate cease fire.

FSA Leadership Back in Syria

Colonel Riad al-Asaad, leader of the Free Syrian Army, announced that he, and the rest of the leadership have reentered Syria.

They had been spending the past while in Turkey, to escape airstrikes from government forces.

The move is a sign of how confident the FSA is getting, as they gain more and more territory in the civil war.

Most likely the FSA will setup it's leadership in the province of Idlib or Aleppo.

Asaad says that the FSA wishes to unite with the other groups fighting President Bashar al-Assad's forces, and together take the capital of Damascus.

More than twenty-seven thousand people have been killed in the conflict, so far.

Libyan Citizens Hold Rescue Benghazi Day

Tens of thousands of Libyans marched through the streets of Benghazi, Saturday, declaring it "Rescue Benghazi Day".

Demonstrators attacked and burned down the headquarters of one of the militias, leading to four deaths and twenty people being injured.

Marchers demanded that the Libyan government force the disbanding of all remaining militias.

The rally showed an impressive side of the Libyan's people desire for stability in their country, which has seen violence continue, despite the end of the civil war there.

Ivory Coast Closes Border With Ghana

After an attack on an army checkpoint, the Ivory Coast closed it's border with Ghana.

Five people were killed when a group, that they were part of, attacked an Ivory Coast checkpoint on the border. Five others were arrested.

This is not the first attack that has come over the border, and it is believed to have been carried out by exiled supporters of the former president.

Ghana's government pledged that it would help the Ivory Coast to eliminate the threat that the rebels pose.

NCC's Poll Reveals American's Thoughts on Some Issues

The National Constitution Center released information gathered from a poll they conducted in August. Over a thousand people were asked, over the phone, their thoughts on various topics.

When asked about how relevant the Constitution is sixty-nine percent said it is still relevant, with twenty-eight saying it needs to be modernized. Among Democrats only fifty-eight percent said it was relevant whilst eighty percent of Republicans and seventy-five percent of independents felt that way.

Seventy percent of Democrats, sixty-eight percent of independents, and sixty-two percent of Republicans support limitations on how much individuals can donate to a campaign. On corporate donations to outside organizations eighty-five percent of Democrat, eighty-one percent of Republicans, and seventy-eight percent of independents believe that limits should be in place.

The poll asked participants to say if they were confident in various branches of the government. Thirteen percent approve of the federal government, whilst only eleven percent have faith in Congress. The US military holds the most faith from the people, being given a fifty-seven percent approval rating.

Forty-nine percent believe that gun laws are against the Second Amendment. On health care seventy-four percent believe that the government does not have the right to impose any kind of fee or tax on healthcare. Sixty percent believe that homosexuals should have the same benefits as heterosexuals. When asked about voting ID laws forty-seven percent said they support them.

South Korean Ships Fire Warning Shots at North Korean Boats

On Friday, South Korean patrol ships fired warning shots at North Korean fishing boats.

The boats were but the latest breach of the South's waters, by Northern vessels.

In this fifth incident, of this month alone, six North Korean boats invaded South Korean waters.

Beliefs were that North Korea was trying to provoke a response from the South, but their lack of response to the South's actions put that in doubt.

Remembering: Nathan Hale's One Life to Give

Born June 6, 1755, in Coventry, Connecticut, Nathan Hale was a child prodigy. At the age of thirteen he began attending Yale, and at eighteen graduated with first honors. He then became a teacher, teaching in several villages.

Then in 1775 the war began and he joined a Connecticut militia, where he was elected first lieutenant. Hale missed out on the siege of Boston, and feeling like he was missing out on the war, joined the 7th Connecticut Regiment of the Continental Army.

As the Army moved to keep the British from taking New York City, General Washington asked for volunteers to spy behind enemy lines, on September 8, 1776. Hale was the only volunteer. Whilst behind enemy lines, Hale was recognized by a British loyalist.

On September 22, 1776, twenty-one year old Nathan Hale was hung as an illegal combatant. As he was led to the gallows he gave an eloquent speech, during which he famously said, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country". His memory has been used to inspire every generation since, with a fervor of patriotism.