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JAPAN News, Mar 13, 2011
Japan earthquake: race to prevent a humanitarian disaster
Telegraph.co.uk - - 34 minutes ago
Japan was in a race to prevent a humanitarian disaster as rescuers struggled to reach tens of thousands of people left homeless by the tsunami. A woman surveys the devastation in Ishimaki City, Miyagi prefecture. Photo: AFP/GETTY Satellite images taken ...
Video: Japan PM: Quake, Tsunami Worst Crisis Since WWII
The Associated Press
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Japan quake toll could number in tens of thousands Los Angeles Times
In Deadly Earthquake, Echoes of 1923 New York Times (blog)
LIBYA News / Mar 13, 2011
Libya gains control of more rebel territory
Washington Post - - 1 hour ago
TRIPOLI - Libya's government said it had taken over the oil terminal of Brega on Sunday and would press eastward to the rebels' self-styled capital of Benghazi, as Western diplomats remained mixed over intervention into ...
How far – and how fast – will Qaddafi's forces push into Libya's 'liberated' east? Christian Science Monitor
Libyan rebels forced out of another city MiamiHerald.com
Libyan rebels flee Port Brega as Kadafi forces advance Los Angeles Times
Arab League asks U.N. for no-fly zone over Libya
Washington Post - - 3 hours ago
CAIRO — The Arab League called on the UN Security Council on Saturday to immediately impose a no-fly zone over Libya and announced that it was recognizing the rebel movement as that ...
UN likely to debate Libya no-fly zone Wall Street Journal
Libyan Rebels Welcome Arab League Call for No-Fly Zone Voice of America
Crisis building on Libyan border with flood of evacuees
Washington Post - - 3 hours ago
Giorgos Moutafis / AP - Egyptian workers try to enter Tunisia's Ras Jdir after fleeing Libya. With more than 15000 people arriving in Tunisia daily, UN officials are trying to erect a tent city. By Anthony Faiola, Wednesday, March 2, 12:24 AM TUNIS ...
Libya refugee flow falls magharebia.com
Libyan crisis bad for business in border town Toronto Star
Once lauded, foreign journalists now threatened in eastern Libya
Christian Science Monitor - - 4 hours ago
Pro-Qaddafi fighters are seen beneath a plume of smoke from the burning oil refinery in Ras Lanouf, Libya, Saturday. The international press has been on the scene since the first days of protest in Libya, but today's killing of an Al Jazeera cameraman ...
Chavez: Foes seek Libya-like uprising in Venezuela
Ynetnews - 9 minutes ago
President Hugo Chavez accused his political opponents on Sunday of trying to divide the military as part of a broader plan aimed at spurring a Libya-like uprising in Venezuela following next year's presidential election. Chavez said such a conflict ...
Libya despatch: Force triumphs over Ras Lanuf's conscientious uprising
Telegraph.co.uk - - 21 minutes ago
At the weekend, in the towns of Bin Jawad and Ras Lanuf in eastern Libya, there were no tanks or missiles but abundant indications of the intensity of battles fought and the hurried departure of the town's defenders. Bin Jawad – the furthest west that ...
Clinton urges reform in post-revolt Egypt, Tunisia
The Associated Press - 8 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's trip to the turbulent Middle East highlights the Obama administration's deep concern over developments in Libya and fear that the unrest roiling the Arab world may not produce the changes ...
Clinton puts weight behind Arab revolts Sydney Morning Herald
Clinton Leaves For Revolution Tour Focused On Libya, Egypt, Tunisia RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Social media and political revolutions: fact and fiction Hurriyet Daily News
When Qaddafi Recaptures Benghazi…
Commentary - - 40 minutes ago
With President Obama continuing to sit on his hands and take an indecisive, backseat approach to turmoil in the Middle East, it appears that Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi may soon reconquer Benghazi, Libya's... second-largest city and original flashpoint
US Escalates Pressure on Libya Amid Mixed Signals New York Times
Libyan Questions American Conservative Magazine
Dunsmore: Intervention in Libya Vermont Public Radio
Japan's struggle...Cooling system failures...Libya's oil problems
9&10 News - 3 hours ago
CAIRO (AP) — Libya's de facto oil minister says his country's crude production has fallen "drastically." And he says he's asked an Italian oil company for help in putting out a big fire at the Ras Lanouf (rahs lah-NOOF') oil facility. ...
The rise of the man-on-the-street report Jerusalem Post
Libya seeks Italy's help with fire at oil facility
KSPR - 3 hours ago
By AP CAIRO (AP) — Libya's de facto oil minister says the country's crude production has fallen "drastically" as Moammar Gadhafi's forces battle to regain control over ports, towns and oil facilities along the Mediterranean coast. ...
Rebels Retreat, Libya Says Resume Oil MyFoxOrlando.com
Libya oil minister seeks help from Italy's Eni in extinguishing fire at Ras ... CanadianBusiness.com
Libya doesn't meet the test for US military action
Washington Post - - 5 hours ago
And today, as Moammar Gaddafi looks vulnerable and Libya descends into violence, familiar voices are shouting, once again: “Quick, intervene, do something!” It could be a low-cost win for democracy in the region. But before we aid the Libyan rebels or ...
Even Wesley Clark Thinks a Libyan War Is a Bad Idea American Conservative Magazine
Brian Dickerson: Why Obama is cautious about Libya
Detroit Free Press - 15 hours ago
Critics in the latter camp are now in ascendency, anxious for US to flex its muscles on behalf of Libyan rebels seeking to overthrow Moammar Gadhafi. Horrified by reports that Gadhafi is exploiting his military superiority to squash the revolution ...
On Libya and budget, President Obama votes 'present' Washington Examiner
US Tightening 'Noose' Around Libya's Leader Voice of America
Obama cools to US military intervention in Libya Christian Science Monitor
Businessman escapes Libya posing as Gaddafi loyalist
Washington Post - - 5 hours ago
On the dusty road out of Libya, the flood of humanity has narrowed to a trickle, mostly carloads of Libyans doing cross-border trade or foreign laborers on foot, lugging cheap suitcases ...
Tripoli starts to feel the bite of sanctions Financial Times
Libya launches wave of arrests to crush protest-HRW Reuters Africa
Using force to expel dictators is dangerous
The Daily Progress - - 6 hours ago
What is it in the American character that causes us to think that military force should be used to rid a country like Libya of a tyrant who oppresses his people? It is true that Americans have given moral support to oppressed ...
U.S. military has no place in Libya Chicago Tribune
Time for Europe to back a Libyan no-fly zone
Financial Times - - 8 minutes ago
Commenting on Libya the other day, former British prime minister John Major said “Events alter opinions.” He was right and he should know. At the start of the Bosnian war, very few were calling for military intervention (and the Major government was ...
EU-Libya: "Gaddafi must go away"
EMportal - 4 hours ago
The statement was made by permanent EU president Herman Van Rompuy at the end on the European summit on the crisis in Libya. ''It is no longer time for ambiguity. The problem has a name. Gaddafi must go away''. ''The European Council unanimously states ...
Von Rompuy: Military intervention in Libya not an option People's Daily Online
No military intervention in Libya, says European Council Times of India
Rompuy: Libyans must decide their own future Monsters and Critics.com
LIBYA: AL QAEDA CALLS ON REBELS TO STRIVE AGAINST GADDAFI
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - 4 hours ago
(AGI) Cairo - Al Qaeda has called on Libyan rebels to move forward against Gaddafi in a video posted on a jihadist website. In the video message Commander Abu Yahya al-Libi declared that rebels "must continue their revolution without hesitation or fear ...
Efforts continue to free Guardian reporter
The Guardian - 4 hours ago
Intensive efforts are continuing to persuade the Libyan government to release Guardian correspondent Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, who was detained 11 days ago while reporting from the country. Libya's foreign ministry confirmed last week that it was holding ...
Freed reporter urges Libya to release colleague Washington Post
Report: Brazilian journalist leaves Libya BusinessWeek
Letters to the President: #783 'And what about Libya?'
CNN (blog) - 3 hours ago
I suspect the earthquake in Japan may have occurred at precisely the right time to help Moammar Gadhafi hold onto power in Libya. Think about it. After that initial surge by the anti-government forces, the long time Libyan leader was rallying his ...
Filipino health workers draw praise in Libya
GulfNews - - 2 hours ago
Manila: While most overseas workers in Libya had been trying to leave, Filipina nurses in the embattled North African country are drawing praise for their commitment to their vocation. Reports reaching Manila said ...
Filipino health care workers choose to stay in Libya Examiner.com
8000 Filipino medical workers staying in Libya Manila Bulletin
MSU grad student worried about family's future in Libya
The Commercial Dispatch - 17 hours ago
It's been 15 days since Radi Sherif last spoke to his family, or anyone, in Libya, and he has no idea what to expect the next time he gets through. The uprising in Libya has touched almost every facet of the 47-year-old Mississippi State University ...
World briefs: Gadhafi forces show growing confidence in Libya Kansas City Star
World digest STLtoday.com
How do you spell a problem like Gadhafi? Statesman Journal
Qaddafi Presses Rebels in Oil Port as Allies Debate No-Fly Zone
BusinessWeek - - 12 minutes ago
The 22-nation Arab League on March 12 urged the United Nations to impose an air exclusion zone over Libya, an area that would likely be patrolled by US and allied warplanes. Momentum in the conflict has shifted toward Qaddafi's forces, which have used ...
ANALYSIS-Saleh could lead Yemen into Libya-style abyss
Reuters Africa - - 9 hours ago
BEIRUT, March 13 (Reuters) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh's apparent readiness to deal more violently with protests against his 32-year rule could drive Yemen into a Libyan-type conflict. Popular revolts in Egypt ...
Video: Protesters shot dead in Yemen euronews
euronews Gaddafi must leave Libya Nazret.com (blog)
UN asks Libya to allow access to rebel-held areas
Jerusalem Post - 7 hours ago
By REUTERS TRIPOLI - The United Nations has asked Libya's authorities to give it access to areas on both sides of its conflict to assess the impact of the violence on civilians, a UN envoy said on Sunday. Civilians in conflict-stricken areas have ...
Opinion: How to save lives in Libya GlobalPost
UN says three-quarters of Libya remains cut off from humanitarian assistance The Canadian Press
A Robust Doctrine for Intervention in Libya
Newsweek - 8 hours ago
The president's dithering over Libya has been neither defensible nor admirable. His electoral pitch made much of America's “moral obligation” to intervene to prevent atrocities against civilians. Atrocities is a strong word: it does not describe the ...
Libya welcomes AU panel, slams Arab League
Reuters Africa - 5 hours ago
CAIRO, March 13 (Reuters) - Libya said on Sunday it welcomed an African Union panel formed to try to end the Libyan crisis and said it would facilitate its work, while condemning an Arab League resolution calling for a no-fly zone over the country. ...
Medical aid to Libya rebels blocked
Times LIVE - 4 hours ago
Aid group Doctors Without Borders has warned that Libyan rebels are being denied medical help and urged access to treatment for the wounded regardless of political divisions. LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, Tobruk : Members of Libya's internal security forces ...
Libya: Concern For Plight of Wounded Cut Off From Aid Doctors Without Borders
Libya: MSF extremely concerned with plight of wounded; calls for unhindered ... Medecins Sans Frontieres
Bill Kristol: Obama administration's response to Libya 'humiliating'
Daily Caller - - 2 hours ago
The Weekly Standard editor ripped President Barack Obama for being outmaneuvered by the Arab League as far as a response to the brutal crackdown by Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, calling it “humiliating.” “I think no one will do anything unless the ...
Reporters Lead Drum Beat For Armed Libya Intervention Black Star News
UN humanitarian Coordinator reaches Libya
MSN India - 15 hours ago
United Nations, Mar 13 (PTI) UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya Rashid Khalikov has arrived in Tripoli along with a small support team to ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance in the strife-torn country. A UN spokesman said that Khalikov ...
Video: Ban Ki-moon comments on Libya Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera UN Chief Dispatching Special Envoy to Libya Voice of America
UN envoy going to Libya to try to end violence Washington Post
UN Commission to Investigate Abuse in Libya
Voice of America - - Mar 12, 2011
The United Nations Human Rights Council has appointed three high-level experts to investigate alleged human rights violations during the ongoing political turmoil in Libya. The Council adopted a resolution to launch an international independent ...
Egyptian legal expert to head UN committee to probe Libya violence Al-Masry Al-Youm
UN rights forum names investigative team on Libya Reuters Africa
G-8 ministers meet in shadow of Japan quake, Libyan crisis
Sify - 6 hours ago
Paris, March 13 (DPA) The disaster in quake-hit Japan and the situation in Libya looked set to dominate a two-day meeting of Group of Eight (G-8) foreign ministers in Paris beginning Monday. The foreign ministers of the US, Britain, Russia, Canada, ...
PREVIEW-Japan, Libya to dominate at G8 formin meeting Reuters Africa
US to Name a Liaison to Libyan Rebels
New York Times - - Mar 11, 2011
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Friday that he would appoint a special representative to Libya's... rebel leaders and that the Treasury Department had placed sanctions on nine more family members and friends of Col.
Treasury Sanctions More Gadhafi Family Members, Senior Officials Wall Street Journal (blog)
Officials: Quarter million people have fled Libya
Sify - 2 hours ago
A quarter million people have fled Libya since the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi's regime began last month, officials said Friday, as they warned they are having trouble getting foreign workers home. About 6000 people a day are still crossing into ...
Harrowing tale of a worker from Libya Bangladesh News 24 hours
Govt seeks WB help for repatriation The Daily Star
Ex-inmate in Libya tells of arrest, torture horrors
ReporterNews.com - - 18 hours ago
Libyan businessman Fadlallah Haroun, 45, who spent seven years in Moammar Gadhafi's prisons without being charged, is seen through a damaged window of an office inside the stormed Katiba security base in the city of Benghazi, Libya. ...
Libya, Afghanistan Top Gates' Agenda
NPR - Mar 12, 2011
Defense Secretary Robert Gates traveled to Afghanistan this week and then to a NATO meeting, where Libya was at the top of the agenda. NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman speaks with guest host Linda Wertheimer about the key moments during Gates' ...
NATO Steps Back From Military Intervention in Libya New York Times
NATO to Discuss Libya Options Voice of America
What if the US invades Libya?
Morocco Board News Service - 4 hours ago
Washington / Morocco Board News- Who would have thought that a country like Libya who was a geopolitical Terra Nullius for the past 40 years, would become at the very centre of international debates and strategies? Libya is a very ancient civilization ...
Sen. Schumer: Libya no-fly more likely
UPI.com - 4 hours ago
UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- A no-fly zone over Libya is more likely now that the Arab League has endorsed the controversial idea, US Sen. Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., said Sunday. In an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," Schumer ...
UN agency where foxes guard the hen house
MiamiHerald.com - - 15 hours ago
Now imagine Moammar Gadhafi's Libya sitting on that tribunal. It sounds absurd. But it is the true picture of the UN Human Rights Council. World leaders display something of a “who, me?” attitude, as if they only discovered Gadhafi's viciousness in the ...
3 Dutch marines held in Libya by Gadhafi forces arrive back in Netherlands
The Canadian Press - - Mar 12, 2011
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Three Dutch marines held for nearly two weeks by forces loyal to Libyan... leader Moammar Gadhafi said Saturday they had spent part of the time handcuffed and blindfolded, but generally were treated well in captivity.
Dutch Marines Released from Libya Arrive in Greece Voice of America
12/03/2011Dutch marines freed from Libya arrive home Expatica Netherlands
Dutch chopper crew freed in Libya BBC News
Soft-spoken rebel heard across Libya
Financial Times - 3 hours ago
The man leading the Libyan revolution in Benghazi could not be any more different from the flamboyant dictator back in the capital of Tripoli. Mustafa Abdel Jalil is a small, softly-spoken lawyer with a thin white beard and a passion for bee-keeping ...
Tribes in Libya Are Changing the Conflict
Newsweek - 7 hours ago
So far, the fight for Libya has been an armed showdown between Gaddafi and the rebels. This conflict is about to get much more complicated. Jammed into pickups bristling with guns, Libyan rebels took the eastern town of Bin Jawad two weeks ago. ...
What if Gaddafi wins? Khaleej Times
This week on GPS: Arab voices on Libya and the future of the region
CNN (blog) - Mar 12, 2011
The death toll in Libya continues to mount. Is Gadhafi winning? Do the rebels have a chance of successfully fighting back? And just what role can the US play to help the opposition triumph? Fareed offers his take on what America needs to do to keep the ...
Japan nuclear plant, Libya show challenge of 'energy security'
Christian Science Monitor - - Mar 12, 2011
The scramble to control the Fukushima nuclear reactor serves as a sharp reminder of the risks in one alternative source of energy, even as Libya fighting has raised concerns about world oil supplies. Obama and Boehner step into the policy fray. ...
Five myths about Moammar Gaddafi
Washington Post - 14 hours ago
When Egypt- and Tunis-style public protests failed to dislodge the Libyan leader, a full-scale rebellion erupted, only to be met with the uncompromising brutality so familiar to longtime Gaddafi observers. For now, Libya appears stalemated, ...
What Energy Prices Can be Expected in the US
«Market Leader» - news and previews making you rich. - 9 hours ago
Oil futures appreciated on Monday as bitter fighting persisted near key refineries in Libya and the oil market prepared itself for potential lack of Libyan oil for a long period of time. According to witness reports, on Monday forces of Libyan leader ...
Oil price to remain volatile Xinhua
OIL FUTURES: Crude Falls On Economic News; Focus On Saudi, Libya Wall Street Journal
FG expresses worry over fate of Nigerians in Libya, Cote' d' Ivoire
Vanguard - 23 minutes ago
President Goodluck Jonathan has shown greater commitment and concern towards the plights of distressed Nigerians in crisis-ridden countries, including Libya and Cote' d' Ivoire, and would ensure their safety and protection. Director-General of National ...
Two choices in the Middle East: Libya and Morocco
Washington Post (blog) - - 10 hours ago
You'd be hard pressed to find a greater contrast last week in the Middle East than Libya and Morocco. While the bloodbath continued in Libya, Morocco was a completely different story. Libyans were fighting for their lives; ...
US should stop arming Libyan rebels, says Mugabe, Zuma
The Zimbabwe Guardian - 15 hours ago
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe says Africa should move in quickly to protect Libya's territorial integrity and stop interference by outsiders who are arming the rebels in Libya in order to get access to that country's oil. He was speaking at the African Union ...
Libya: AU to probe use of mercenaries in Libya Afrique en Ligue
Japan, Libya and Charlie Sheen
Malta Independent Online - - 14 hours ago
On the other side of the world, we watch on our TV screens as the Libyan rebels are being squashed by Gaddafi's army. Saif al Islam Gaddafi, coolly and dispassionately tells the world that the government will never surrender. ...
Libyan Oil Production Drops
istockAnalyst.com (press release) - 5 hours ago
(Source: Info-Prod Research (Middle East))According to ANBA: The president of French oil group Total, Christophe de Margerie, informed on Friday (11) that oil production in Libya has dropped from around 1.4 million barrels of oil a day to less than ...
Libya's Al Jurf offshore oil field stopped-Total CEO Reuters Africa
Cameron's principled stand over Libya
Spectator.co.uk - - 12 hours ago
I've become increasingly impressed with David Cameron's approach to Libya. Since the evacuation chaos, which he apologised for, he has pretty much led calls for a no-fly zone. He was laughed at to start with; accused of making it up on the hoof. ...
Video: EU calls for Gaddafi exit Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera EU reluctant about military action on Libya Hindustan Times
Stocks drop on Libya, surprise Chinese deficit
BusinessWeek - - Mar 11, 2011
The battle for control of Libya and weaker than expected Chinese economic data weighed on markets Thursday while a debt rating downgrade of Spain hit the euro, a day ahead of a crucial meeting of EU leaders. Sentiment over the past few ...
Libya conflict leaves EU diplomacy struggling
Monsters and Critics.com - - 17 hours ago
Berlin/Godollo, Hungary - As EU foreign ministers met in Godollo, Hungary on Friday, experts opined that so far, the bloc's reaction to the unfolding conflict in Libya resembled something akin to total ...
Treasuries Gain as Mideast, Libya Turmoil Bolsters Demand at Debt Auctions
Bloomberg - - Mar 11, 2011
(Source: Bloomberg) Treasuries gained, pushing the 10- year note yield to a one-month low, as fighting in Libya over control of oil installations and Saudi Arabia's deployment of police to stem protests renewed the refuge appeal of US debt. ...
The Correction Is On As Investors Rush To Safe Haven Forbes (blog)
Navy role negligible in potential no-fly-zone
NavyTimes.com - - 9 hours ago
The ongoing turmoil in Libya as rebels fight against leader Moammar Gadhafi is turning into a cliffhanger for the US military and its allies. While the future of any sort of combat action in the North African country is ...
Obama talks gas prices, Libya, budget and tsunami
msnbc.com - - Mar 11, 2011
The president said the United States and its allies continued close consultations with the international community about a range of options for how to deal with the unrest in Libya, including a no-fly zone. He said sanctions, including an arms embargo, ...
Global Excerpt | Set up a no-fly zone over Libya
Kansas City Star - 18 hours ago
Libya is sliding toward a civil war while the international community can find no effective way of intervening. The outside world is unable to estimate casualty figures as fighting goes on in population centers along the northern coast. ...
Divide & Conquer The Internet, Populist Motorbikes, Why We Fight: Libya Edition
The Business Insider - 1 hour ago
Warning: The video on the conflict in Libya contains graphic images. “Cyberspace, when compared to the contours of natural space, can be understood as an under-regulated domain replete with badlands and bandits, a frontier to be tamed and subdivided. ...
Money fuels Russian opposition to Libya intervention
Toledo Blade - - 17 hours ago
My wish is that the Obama Administration stays the course and refrains from the military involvement in LibyaLibya. That is unless the UN Security Council adopts a resolution to enforce a ... — specifically, enforcement of a proposed no-fly-zone over
UK universities ditch 4-million-pound Libyan deal
Economic Times - 14 hours ago
LONDON: At least five British universities have pulled out of a four-million-pound deal with trouble-torn Libya, even as figures reveal that almost every varsity in the UK is being paid by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime. Manchester Metropolitan ...
British universities ditch Libyan deals Telegraph.co.uk
Newbery: LSE, David Starkey and Libya Shields Gazette (press release)
Troops lose secret codes in Libya
Adelaide Now - 1 hour ago
Inept: UK soldiers captured by Libya rebels left secret computer codes in Libya. Picture: Patrick Baz Source: AFP BRITISH commando units are scrambling to prevent a serious security breach in Libya. Libyan rebels discovered that soldiers captured ...
SAS BLUNDER RAIDERS HAD £4M SPY KIT Daily Star
UAE's NBAD exposure to Egypt and Libya over $400 mln
Reuters Africa - 8 hours ago
AD: Quote) has a $377 million exposure to Egypt and $51 million to Libya, but the lender's CEO said this was not cause for concern. The exposure to Egypt is mainly to international companies and some UAE companies while the Libyan exposure is to banks ...
Sub Providence, destroyer heading toward Libya
NavyTimes.com - Mar 12, 2011
AP CAIRO — Egyptian officials on Saturday said that two US vessels have crossed the Suez Canal en route to the Mediterranean Sea, to be close to Libya. The nuclear-powered submarine Providence and the destroyer Mason entered the canal Saturday from ...
Turkey, UAE mount relief convoy to Libya
Hurriyet Daily News - 9 hours ago
The first ships carrying humanitarian aid to crisis-hit Libya as part of a joint operation by Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have set sail from southern Turkey, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Saturday. A cargo ship and a roll-on/roll-off ship ...
UAE/ Turkish joint operation, two humanitarian assistance ships leave for Libya WAM - Emirates News Agency
Turkey to launch aid operation with UAE to Libya www.worldbulletin.net
Libyan Crisis Threatens Regional Food Security
Voice of America - - Mar 11, 2011
Migrant workers who used to work in Libya and fled the recent unrest in the country, are seen in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, March 9, 2011,. (AP Image) The crisis in Libya... could put food security at risk,
Libya turmoil could hurt regional food security -UN Reuters Africa
Libya Food Aid and the Global Food Crisis The Market Oracle
Fuel shortage looms for oil-rich Libya
Los Angeles Times - Mar 11, 2011
By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times In oil-rich Libya, where gasoline usually sells for about 45 cents a gallon, a looming fuel shortage could have major ramifications for the outcome of fighting between the forces of longtime leader Moammar Kadafi ...
Sixth chartered flight of Pakistanis from Libya arrives in Pakistan: FO
Online - International News Network - 4 hours ago
According to foreign office sources another chartered flight carrying 150 Pakistanis from Libyan city of Sebha has also arrived; with another 53 Pakistanis will be arriving today (Monday) in Islamabad, onboard a commercial flight from Cairo. ...
Muscat calls for ceasefire in Libya
Times of Malta - - 15 hours ago
Labour leader Joseph Muscat has called for an immediate ceasefire in Libya “to facilitate the necessary changes”, adding that the behaviour of the Gaddafi regime is “unacceptable by any standards”. However, when contacted by The Sunday Times Dr Muscat ...
Let's not forget the martyrs Malta Independent Online
Victory! 50 Cent donates Gaddafi fee to UNICEF Change.org (blog)
At least 15000 Pakistanis stranded in Libya
DAWN.com - 14 hours ago
Pakistani and Bangladeshi workers who fled Libya wait to be evacuated on March 3, 2011 at the airport in Djerba. – Photo by AFP ISLAMABAD: Around 15000 to 20000 Pakistanis remain stranded in Libya, caught in the turmoil, whereas a Monitoring Committee ...
Around 20000 Pakistanis stranded in Libya The Express Tribune
Over 15000 Pakistanis stranded in Libya: MD OPF Associated Press of Pakistan
Claim your P10k aid, OFWs from Libya told
Journal Online - - 6 hours ago
THE Department of Labor and Employment yesterday said the P10,000 financial assistance for overseas Filipino workers repatriated from Libya is ready and the OFWs may now claim their money at the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration regional offices. ...
Pag-Ibig break for OFWs from Libya Inquirer.net
CV OFWs from Libya receive cash relief assistance from OWWA Philippine Information Agency
Some OFWs from Libya unable to claim P10,000 financial aid Philippine Star
From war in Libya to horror in Delhi
GreaterKashmir.com (press release) - 4 hours ago
Notwithstanding the disintegration of Libya, I left the place on March 6, 2011. I have no words to express the gratitude I owe to the Indian Embassy in Libya. A small group of people with hearts large enough to accommodate the pain of thousands of ...
The Caucus: Gingrich Stance on Libya Examined
New York Times (blog) - - Mar 12, 2011
Newt Gingrich, the former Republican speaker of the House, has been highly critical of President Obama's handling of Libya, accusing Mr. Obama of coddling a man who has been an enemy of the United States for decades. ...
David Cameron needs to be cautious over Libya
Telegraph.co.uk - Mar 11, 2011
David Cameron is experiencing that difficulty right now with regard to Libya. It could be argued that we have a moral obligation to prevent a humanitarian tragedy in North Africa. But it is another proposition entirely to suggest that Britain's ...
Video: Libyan rebel talks to Al Jazeera Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera Libya rebels appeal for air strikes against Gaddafi The Guardian
Libya's rebel volunteers inexperienced but zealous The Associated Press
In Libya, tide seems to be turning in favor of Qaddafi's forces Christian Science Monitor
Libya: 164 Gambians arrive from Libya, 5 injured
Afrique en Ligue - 15 hours ago
Banjul, Gambia - The Public Relations Officer of the Gambia Immigration Department, Ensa Jawara, has confirmed the arrival of 164 Gambian youths, who were stranded in Libya in the wake of the political unrest that hit the north African state, ...
How bad was Intelligence Czar's Libya “gaffe”?
Reuters (blog) - Mar 11, 2011
Intelligence and national security officials are describing the latest controversial statements about Libya by National Intelligence Director James Clapper as that kind of “gaffe.” At a Congressional hearing on Thursday, Clapper said that rebels trying ...
US officials are at odds over Libya outcome Los Angeles Times
Obama, top advisors at odds on Libya outcome; whether Khadafy will retain rule New York Daily News
Eni Chief Scaroni Warns of Risk That Libya Could Turn Into a Failed State
Bloomberg - - Mar 11, 2011
March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Eni SpA Chief Executive Officer Paolo Scaroni spoke yesterday with Bloomberg's Olivia Sterns in London about the disruption to oil production in Libya. ...
Eni's Libyan oil production near complete halt Washington Post
Libya's oil output cut by 1.4 million b/d; loyalists press eastward Oil & Gas Journal
Italy's Eni To Halt Libya Oil Production Wall Street Journal (blog)
Mideast markets up; Omani sultan spreads authority
MarketWatch - - 6 hours ago
NATO Secretary-General says the alliance is "not looking to intervene in Libya" but its forces are ready to quickly respond to any developments. Egypt is waking up with an economic hangover. When will the economy return to normal and what is normal ...
Former Libyan Ambassadors Back Revolutionaries
NTDTV - Mar 12, 2011
As revolutionaries in Libya battle forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi's regime, two former Libyan... ambassadors told a news conference in Washington Friday that they now back the rebels. The two men had been meeting with US government officials.
Obama's missteps on Libya cement Gaddafi's advantage Washington Post
Obama urged to recognise Libya's oppn National Council Business Standard
Rising Oil Prices – Why They Can Be Bad News For Your Shares
CountingPips - - 4 hours ago
The ongoing crisis in Libya is all over the news at the moment, and it is obviously terrible for the millions of people whose lives are affected. However it also affects all of us to some extent because the troubles in this part of the ...
Obama administration approved $40billion in private arms sales to countries ...
Daily Mail - Mar 11, 2011
By Daily Mail Reporter The US government approved $40billion in private arms sales to countries including Libya and Egypt in 2009 - before they both dissolved into unrest this year - the State Department reported. From 2008 to 2009, the US authorised ...
All Nepalis stranded in Libya repatriated: PM
Republica - 5 hours ago
KATHMANDU, March 13: The government on Sunday formally announced that it has repatriated all Nepali nationals from the troubled Libya. Addressing the parliament meeting, Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal said almost all Nepali nationals have been brought ...
Why Now, More Than Ever, Libya Needs Journalists
Mediaite.com - - Mar 12, 2011
And now, it seems, Libya's elderly Caligula Muammar Gaddafi seems to have lucked out as well, with a devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake shifting the epicenter of all media coverage to the other side of the world: Tokyo, Japan. ...
Sarkozy's Hot Air Strikes
Human Events - - 14 hours ago
Earlier this week, the main Drudge Report headline shouted: “Sarkozy Fills Leadership Void on Libya 'Air Strikes.' ” It would be all too easy to conclude that French President Nicolas Sarkozy is usurping Obama's moral authority on the ...
Washington's Dithering on Libya
Wall Street Journal - - Mar 11, 2011
But with regard to Libya it has made mistakes that could haunt this country for years to come. The administration prides itself on the president's unhurried deliberation, his reluctance to act before considering all the angles, his strategic silences ...
Issue brief: Libya and Gadhafi CNN (blog)
Asian Stocks Fall on Conflict in Libya, 8.9-Magnitude Earthquake in Japan
Bloomberg - - Mar 11, 2011
Oil surged above $105 a barrel this week as Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi's forces escalated a war against rebels this week, carrying out air and artillery strikes. Government forces drove rebels from the Mediterranean oil hub of Ras Lanuf after ...
India airlifts 42 Nepalis from Libya
Himalayan Times - 1 hour ago
NEW DELHI: A friend in need is a friend indeed and that's what the Indian government proved to be for 42 Nepalis, stranded in Libya. The Indian government has airlifted 42 Nepalis on its chartered flight from Tripoli to New Delhi. ...
Indians rescues 42 Nepalese South Asian News Agency (SANA)
Insurgents fill tanks for less but uprising fuels oil price spike
Sydney Morning Herald - Mar 11, 2011
World leaders grapple with how to respond to the situation in Libya as US President Obama says the noose is tightening on Gaddafi. BENGHAZI: World fuel prices are surging in part because of the bloody battle to topple Muammar Gaddafi, but there's one ...
Middle East has truly reached turning point Edmonton Journal
Revolutionary scenarios affect global oil prices Drexel University The Triangle Online
Recap of developments in Middle East, North Africa Montreal Gazette
Libya says welcomes African Union panel - state TV
Reuters - - 6 hours ago
CAIRO, March 13 (Reuters) - Libya said on Sunday it welcomed the establishment of an African Union panel that will travel to the country to help resolve the crisis. "The Libyan authorities will take all steps to welcome its members and offer all ...
Italy's Eni strikes sour note on Libya
UPI.com - Mar 11, 2011
Libyans burn books authored by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at a local park of the Benghazi, Libya on March 2, 2011. Gadhafi warned the West against intervening in the rebellion against his rule. UPI/Mohamaad Hosam ROME, March 11 (UPI) -- Italian ...
University Discloses Libya Tie Wall Street Journal
MELADY: Libya's atrocities resemble Uganda's Washington Times
Face down Gaddafi
Financial Times - 2 hours ago
As Muammer Gaddafi's regime gains the upper hand in its struggle against the uprising in Libya, pressure is mounting in the US and in other western countries for governments to intervene with force. Time is short and they need to act soon—lawfully and ...
Asian Stocks Decline to Two-Week Low on Libyan Conflict, Japanese Economy
Bloomberg - - Mar 9, 2011
Asian stocks declined, sending the benchmark regional index to a two-week low, as violence in Libya... tempered optimism in a global economic recovery and Japan's economy shrank more
Japanese Shares Fall as Oil Surges, Libyan Conflict Escalates San Francisco Chronicle
Asian stocks fall on global recovery worries BusinessWeek
People's "disappearances" reported in Libya
The Voice of Russia - 5 hours ago
Libyan security forces have launched a wave of so called “forced disappearances" in the capital of Tripoli to stop protests against Muammar Gaddafi's regime, Human Rights Watch group said Sunday. The group said it had evidence from Tripoli residents ...
Gold Futures Rebound on Demand for Haven Amid Escalating Turmoil in Libya
Bloomberg - Mar 11, 2011
By Pham-Duy Nguyen - Fri Mar 11 20:27:17 GMT 2011 Gold rose the most in a week on demand for an investment haven as tensions mount in Libya and protests spread to Saudi Arabia. The civil war in Libya is the deadliest conflict to emerge from protests ...
S&P Cuts and Suspends Libya Ratings
ABC News - - Mar 10, 2011
AP By TAREK EL-TABLAWY AP Business Writer AP Libyan volunteers stand on the outskirts of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March... International ratings agency Standard & Poor's on Thursday downgraded Libya's sovereign rating to junk ...
S&P cuts and suspends Libya ratings The Associated Press
S&P Cuts Libya Rating to Junk, Suspends Further Ratings Wall Street Journal (blog)
S. Korea resumes deployment of warship to evacuate Koreans from Libya
Yonhap News - 16 hours ago
SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has ordered its warship in the Mediterranean Sea to leave for Libya in an effort to evacuate the remaining South Korean nationals in the turmoil-torn Middle East country, a Defense Department official said Sunday ...
US Stocks Edge Lower, Weighed By Concerns Over Unease In Libya
Wall Street Journal - - Mar 9, 2011
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Stocks edged narrowly lower Wednesday as tensions in Libya trapped trading in a tight range on the two-year anniversary of the bull market's start. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index ...
Stocks: Oil and banks in focus CNNMoney
Tracking the market and economic trends Los Angeles Times
Obama's day: Questions about gas prices, Libya, Japan, and other things
USA Today - - Mar 11, 2011
The White House said Obama also wants to discuss rising energy prices and will probably take questions on Libya and the budget battle on Capitol Hill. The president also gets to have some fun this morning, welcoming the pro hockey champion Chicago ...
EU seeks Libya interlocutors, even in Kadhafi regime
AFP - Mar 12, 2011
GODOLLO, Hungary — The European Union is still looking for Libyan interlocutors, even within the ruling regime, ministers said Saturday, after the bloc dropped leader Moamer Kadhafi and France recognised an opposition council. "No one is excluded ...
EU looking at unpalatable options on Libya crisis, Bildt says Monsters and Critics.com
EU seeks interlocutors in Libya Press TV
Treasurys Rally On Libya Turmoil, Strong 10-Year Auction
Wall Street Journal - - Mar 9, 2011
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Treasurys rallied Wednesday, snapping a two-day losing streak, as signs of escalating clashes in Libya spurred demand for safe assets. Investors including foreign central banks bid up a sale of ...
Treasurys extend gains after 10-year auction MarketWatch
What will you do, if Libya repeats itself in the United States?
Media Monitors Network - - 14 hours ago
What will you do, if Libya repeats itself in the United States? by Frank Scott "The urge for democratic rule of the people, even if still at a primitive level of organization, is an unmistakable emotional, spiritual and physical force in the world. ...
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