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Fighter jets, aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean, a no-fly zone over Libya and arming the rebels are all options being weighed up by the United States and its allies in the European Union, as a defiant Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is continuing to cling onto power and is ordering airstrikes on towns and arms depots.

There appear to be two main options – both would have to be blessed by the United Nations – or NATO.

Images of the thousands of Egyptian protesters that defied a curfew in the capital Cairo and other cities taken throughout the day.

PBS NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian and Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff discuss what to expect in Tuesday’s State of the Union Address where Democrats and Republicans will be sitting together. They also talk about the 2012 Senate race already taking shape in Virginia.

The New Year’s day bombing of a church in Alexandria has left many in Egypt’s Coptic Christian community frustrated and nervous, judging by the protests for the third night in a row.

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Some states looking to deny birthright citizenship

Despite calls from the U.N. and West African leaders to accept election results and step down, Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has refused to surrender power and retains control of the nation’s military forces. Nearly 200 people have been killed in post-election clashes. Gwen Ifill takes a closer look at the situation.

After the latest conviction of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Jeffrey Brown examines political dissent, the rule of law and the legal system in Russia with Anna Vassilieva of the Monterey Institute of International Studies and Dimitri Simes of the Nixon Center, both of whom are natives of Russia but now U.S. citizens.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is back in New Mexico after several days in North Korea as an unofficial envoy. He says the situation is still a “tinderbox”. (Dec. 22)

I love this guy.

Christine O’Donnell does not know the bill of rights. Go to 2:37, 7:03, 3:35

October 18, 2010 — In a debate expected to be dominated by top New York governor candidates Andrew Cuomo and Carl Paladino, Jimmy McMillan of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party provided the fireworks. Watch his inspired views on karate, gay marriage, and, well, rent.

Christine O’Donnell’s first TV ad of the general election campaign for US Senate from Delaware.

I sometimes struggle to put these videos from Russia Today on my site. They are essentially a propaganda machine for Russia. So, as long as you understand that, I think it can be okay to watch. Take it for what it is.

“As an attempted coup d’etat takes place in Ecuador, the US mainstream media prefers to cover the Naked Cowboy and Justin Beiber’s haircut. Why is real news ignored? RT’s Anastasia Churkina reports”

Awesome.