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LIBYA Today, Apr 20, 2011

UK military deployed to Libya as EU mulls sending 1000 humanitarian troops
Christian Science Monitor
“The Libyan government will not take it as a humanitarian mission. It
will be taken as a military mission.” Nearly a month after imposition of
a no-fly zone over Libya, today's announcements appear to mark a new
international commitment to bolstering ...
<http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2011/0419/UK-military-deployed-to-Libya-as-EU-mulls-sending-1-000-humanitarian-troops>
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Aid workers struggle to stem Misrata's misery
The Independent
By Terri Judd British medics and aid workers are part of a major operation
trying to stem the human misery in Misrata, with two more ships carrying
vital supplies due to dock today. Reports from Libya's third-largest city
have painted an increasingly ...
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/aid-workers-struggle-to-stem-misratas-misery-2270108.html>
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Protests for missing SA journo
East Coast Radio
A group of journalists, concerned citizens and friends of South African
photographer, Anton Hammerl, who is reportedly being held by forces loyal
to Gaddafi in Libya, will stage demonstrations today in a bid to draw
attention to his plight. ...
<http://www.ecr.co.za/kagiso/content/en/east-coast-radio/east-coast-radio-mobile-news?oid=1162543&sn=Mobile+news+detail&pid=171901>
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Libya: History repeating itself?
The Citizen Daily
Later on, the Italians, who occupied the current territory of Libya adopted
the name Libya as it is today rather than the region of North Africa. It is
also important to note that today Libya is ranked fourth in Africa in oil
production and 12th in the ...
<http://thecitizen.co.tz/magazines/32-political-platform/10146-libya-history-repeating-itself.html>
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Libya: UN food aid arriving via newly-opened humanitarian corridor
UN News Centre
19 April 2011 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today
it has started moving food aid through a new humanitarian corridor into
western Libya to reach areas heavily affected by the fighting. “Securing
this humanitarian corridor is a ...
<http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38144&Cr=Libya&Cr1=>
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Parliament approves two-month extension to Libya mission
The Reader
Parliament today approved a two-month extension to the Spanish troops'
involvement in the international civilian-protection mission in Libya after
the Minister of Defence, Carme Chacón, argued that greater time was needed
in view of the inability to ...
<http://thereader.es/en/spain-news-stories/6311-Parliament-approves-two-month-extension-to-Libya-mission.html>
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AU: Press Libya to Obey African Court's Order
Reuters AlertNet
(Nairobi) - The African Union (AU) should put pressure on Libya to comply
with the African Court's order to halt attacks on civilians, Human Rights
Watch said today. The ruling, on March 25, 2011, was the first against a
state by the African Court on ...
<http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/au-press-libya-to-obey-african-courts-order>
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Obama's quagmire
New York Post
Today, our real risk of "quagmire" is Libya. Our Nobel Peace Prize-winning
president has gotten things badly wrong. By demanding Moammar Khadafy's
ouster while restricting US military force to the more limited objective of
protecting innocent civilians ...
<http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/obama_quagmire_Tg5HRatNCf72nxhK17RmzO>
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Terra Incognita: The revolution wont' be democratic
Jerusalem Post
There will be no great democratic revolutions in Egypt, Libya or Tunisia a
year from now. What are the signs? Let's start with the obvious. US
President Barack Obama has wished the people of the Middle East a happy
Passover. He claims that the story of ...
<http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=217208>
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YouTube - LIBYA today-aujourdh'ui- 16-04-2011
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Hulu - NBC TODAY Show: Humanitarian Crisis Escalates in Libya
Video description: Thousands of civilians are trapped in the port city of
Misrata, which has become one of the fiercest battlegrounds in Libya's
civil war .
<http://www.hulu.com/watch/233632/nbc-today-show-humanitarian-crisis-escalates-in-libya>

Russia Today on Libya: The War Of Lies… « Windows to Russia
This video and interview follow my thoughts pretty close. Russia Today does
an interview with Alan J. Kuperman, a professor at the University of Texas
...
<http://windowstorussia.com/russia-today-on-libya-the-war-of-lies-2.html>


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