Another NATO airstrike has killed rebels

The incident followed the death of 13 rebels last weekend when a NATO warplane mistakenly opened fire on the fighters, according to the rebels' military command. The latest episode was met with frustration among the opposition's leaders, who accused the West of not moving aggressively to cease Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi's forces as they besiege cities & advance on the rebels' battle positions.

Reporting from Benghazi & Tripoli, Libya.
Libyan rebels were killed in an airstrike Thursday that the opposition's top general blamed on NATO.

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Budget Fight Looming on Medicare and Governmnet's Size

The plan, which is scheduled to be unveiled Tuesday, will be the most ambitious Republican hard work since the November elections to put a conservative stamp on economic and domestic policyowner. It involves far greater stakes for Congress and for President Obama substantively and politically than the current fight over spending cuts.

WASHINGTON - Congress has yet to settle its first budget fight of the year but is already about to move on to an even more consequential fiscal clash. Even as the four parties struggled over the weekend to reach a deal on federal spending for the next five months and avert a government shutdown at the finish of the week, House Republicans were finishing a budget proposal for next year and beyond. It is likely to spur an ideological showdown over the size of government and the role of entitlement programs like Medicaid and Medicare.

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