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Japan earthquake: race to prevent a humanitarian disaster
Telegraph.co.uk - Gordon Rayner, Harry Wallop - 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 - Liz Sly, Tara Bahrampour - 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 - Richard Leiby, Muhammad Mansour - 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 - Anthony Faiola, Colum Lynch - 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 - Dan Murphy - 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 - Richard Spencer - 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 - Michael Rubin - 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 - Wesley K. Clark - 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 - Tara Bahrampour, Samuel Sockol - 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 - Donald Nuechterlein - 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 - Paddy Ashdown - 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 - Gilbert P. Felongco - 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 - Ola Galal, Zainab Fattah - 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 - Alistair Lyon - 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
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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 - Jeff Poor - 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
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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 - Lisa Schlein - 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 - Helene Cooper - 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 - Ryan Lucas - 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 - Frida Ghitis - 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 - Mike Corder - 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 - Mark Trumbull - 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) - Jennifer Rubin - 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 - Josanne Cassar - 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 - Fraser Nelson - 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
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EU reluctant about military action on Libya  Hindustan Times   
Stocks drop on Libya, surprise Chinese deficit
BusinessWeek - Pan Pylas - 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 - Niels Sorrells - 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 - Daniel Kruger - 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 - Joshua Stewart - 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 - Athena Jones - 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 - Mike Sigov - 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 - Joe DeCapua - 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 - Christian Peregin - 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 - Lee Ann P. Ducusin - 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) - Michael D. Shear - 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
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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 - Alessandra Migliaccio, Olivia Sterns - 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 - Robert Daniel - 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 - James Woolley - 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 - Frances Martel - 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 - Rachel Marsden - 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 - Eliot Cohen - 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 - Anna Kitanaka, Weiyi Lim - 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 - Tom Perry - 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 - Jonathan Burgos, Norie Kuboyama - 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 - Tarek El-Tablawy - 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 - Kristina Peterson - 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 - David Jackson - 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 - Min Zeng - 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 - Frank Scott - 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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