A U.N. resolution justifies the targeting of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, a senior NATO military official with operational knowledge of the Libya mission told CNN Thursday.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde just wrapped up two days in China, her latest stop on a world tour to woo emerging nations to support her candidacy for chief of the International Monetary Fund. LAGARDE ON HER MEETINGS | CHARM OFFENSIVE |

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde just wrapped up two days in China, her latest stop on a world tour to woo emerging nations to support her candidacy for chief of the International Monetary Fund. LAGARDE ON HER MEETINGS | CHARM OFFENSIVE |

Mexican authorities on Thursday are following leads on a grisly find from the night before — 21 bodies, some with signs of torture — strewn in five separate locations on the outskirts of Morelia, Mexico.