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Oct 14, 2011

LIBYA News, Oct 14, 2011


Rebels say Gadhafi loyalists on brink of collapse in Sirte
msnbc.com
(Manu Brabo / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation Libyan rebel fighters prepare ammunition for heavy machine guns during clashes with pro-Gaddafi forces in Sirte,Libya on Oct 7. The offensive appears to be the final push to seize the port city, ...
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US launches campaign to track down Libyan missiles
Washington Post
By Mary Beth Sheridan, TRIPOLI — The United States is planning to dispatch dozens of former military personnel to Libya to help track down and destroy surface-to-air missiles from Moammar Gaddafi's stockpiles that US officials worry could be used by...
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Probe Libya's Fire Sale
The Africa Report
For the past 42 years, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has hired some of the wiliest operators to hawk Libya's oil and gas licences around the salons of Europe and Asia's hyper-economies. Those billions of dollars in payments were rapidly banked offshore. ...
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Libya owes $1 billion for fuel for revolution
Reuters
They also included donations from Qatar, a loan from Turkey and two cargoes intercepted on way to forces of the now ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi. Libya paid back $660 million of which $125 million was in Sarir grade crude, $95 million in Abu Attifel ...
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Die-hard Qaddafi loyalists in last ditch Libya battle; NATO deal reopens airspace
Al-Arabiya
The agreement became effective despite the United Nations' no-fly zone over Libya, which was passed in March and cleared the way for NATO air strikes on the forces of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi. A senior NATO official said Thursday's ...
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Al-Arabiya
Making sense of the chaos in Libya's prisons
BBC News
In the chaotic fallout from Col Muammar Gaddafi's ousting as Libyaleader, allegations have swirled that the country's prisons have become hotbeds of abuse and injustice. The BBC's Caroline Hawley in Tripoli meets one civilian who is determined to buck ...
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Libya: Civilians Under Siege, Conflicting Reports On Gaddafi's Son
Eurasia Review
Confirmation remains difficult on reports in circulation on the capture in Sirte of theLibyan Colonel's son Mutassem Gaddafi. Sources close to the rebels told the international media that they could not confirm the reports, while loyalist sources ...
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UN diplomat delivers sobering report on Libya
RIA Novosti
Libyan rebels started a six-month military campaign, assisted by NATO, against theGaddafi regime in mid-February. The international NATO-led military operation began on March 19 following a UN resolution on "targeted measures" to protect civilians. ...
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Libya's Oil
Hudson New York
... initiated by the Gaddafi regime. In the oil business, the main Western energy companies that are going to restart oil production in Libya are Italian ENI, French Total, Spanish Repsol, German Wintershall, Austrian OMV and US Occidental Petroleum. ...
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Bai Tosho and the Brother Leader
Sofia Echo
When Bulgaria's communist dictator Todor Zhivkov and Libya's tyrant Muammar Gaddafi sat down together, the results were bound to be interesting, even if only in a somewhat bizarre way. Both would stay in power a very long time, Zhivkov for more than ...
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Sofia Echo
'Egypt intercepts Libyan surface-to-air missiles in Sinai'
Jerusalem Post
Weapons smuggling from Libya has increased since the fall of former Libyan despot Muammar Gaddafi, who held weapons caches throughout the country. Smugglers have taken advantage of the situation to increase their business, running weapons fromLibya ...
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'Churnalism' in Libya - Garbage In, Garbage Out
Daily Maverick
South Africa insists it has no idea where Gaddafi is and has not spoken to either side of the Libyan conflict for a week now. Foreign media disagree, insisting their well-placed sources say South African officials are brokering a deal to fly Gaddafi ...
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Help needed for Libya torture victims
Vatican Radio
As the era of the Gaddafi regime in Libya appears to draw to an end more and more horrific human rights abuses previously hidden by Gaddafi's regime are coming to light. The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) – the global ...
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Libya-black-immigrants: Mainstream media's coverage disturbing
Afrique en Ligue
Muammar Gaddafi's forces while ignoring those committed by the NATO-backed forces. This is a dissimulation strategy, which demonstrates that the Libyan conflict is being waged on different fronts. A snap content and discourse analysis shows that ...
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Wolfville man watching Libya from afar
Nova News Now
BY WENDY ELLIOTT Wolfville restaurant owner/operator Mohammed Barrah has been glued to the revolution in Libya since February. The Tripoli native was sent to study in Canada by Muammar Gaddafi'sgovernment in the 1980s. He knew the peaceful protests ...
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Weapons smugglers sell Libyan arms to Hamas
Evening Standard
Fears are growing that with many troops previously loyal to Colonel Gaddafi fleeing as the long and bloody battle for Sirte reaches its climax, more caches of heavy weapons will cross the borders. Weapons already seized include anti-aircraft missile ...
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The story behind the Libyan guitar hero photo.
Channel 4 News
Masoud Biswir His report describes how "The blast interrupted an impromptu live performance of Mr Bwisir's latest musical composition, a song about freeing his country from the rule of Libyan leader MuammarGaddafi." Such is Biswir's success, ...
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Channel 4 News
"There Is No Place for the Jew in Libya"
Hudson New York
Similar problems persist in Libya as well. David Gerbi is an exiled Jew who lived in Italy but returned to Libya to join anti-Gaddafi rebels. The Associated Press reports that: [Gerbi] said his fellow rebels called him the "revolutionary Jew" and that ...
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BA says too early to resume Libya flights
Reuters
In March the UN Security Council passed a resolution on imposing a no-fly zone inLibya to protect civilians from air assaults by fighters loyal to fallen leader MuammarGaddafi. The no-fly zone, extended for another 90 days in late September, ...
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Zuma decodes South African foreign policy
Daily Maverick
Zuma said Gaddafi's forces had opened fire against unarmed protesters and noted, “Gaffafi's regime was capable of continuing its atrocities.” Zuma said contrary to some opinion, Libya under Gaddafi was not a democracy. “There were no principles that ...
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The New Libya: Mosques Attacked.
Sky News (blog)
The despotic lid of Gaddafi's dictatorship is lifted and the pot quickly starts to simmer. Given that the NTC is failing to grip the country others are muscling in with their version of what the new Libya's identity should look like. ...
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Germany to treat 150 Libyans wounded in fighting
Monsters and Critics.com
'These are heroes of the Libyan people,' said Roesler, who was leading a delegation of business executives. He said the Libyans had assured him German business was 'very welcome' in post-Gaddafi Libya. Roesler flew to Libya Wednesday. ...
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'Iran pursuing fate of Moussa Sadr'
Press TV
Imam Moussa Sadr was abducted in August 1978 during an official visit to the Libyan capital Tripoli to meet with officials from the government ofGaddafi. He was accompanied by two of his companions, Mohammed Yaqoub and Abbas Badreddin. ...
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Press TV
On Social Media, Ethiopians Continue to React to Shweyga Mullah's Case
Tadias Magazine
(Photo by Darrin Zammit Lupi)" New York (TADIAS) – Widespread news coverage of an Ethiopian migrant worker in Libya, Shweyga Mullah, who had cared for two of Moammar Gadhafi's grandchildren and suffered abuse and severe burns, continue to elicit ...
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Tadias Magazine
Libya: Eni reopens gas pipeline closed by civil war
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
The most active foreign oil company operating in Libya closed the Greenstream pipeline in February soon after the start of fighting between Muammar Gaddafi'smilitary and the rebels that would topple the authoritarian government with the help of Nato ...
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Gaddafi loyalists hit back in Sirte
Sky News Australia
Libya's new regime fighters have retreated under heavy fire from Muammar Gaddafidiehards in his hometown Sirte. The fighters, who had been hoping to mop up the last pockets of resistance in two northwestern residential districts, withdrew to the ...
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Libya: Civilians Under Siege, Conflicting Reports On Gaddafi's Son
By MISNA
Concerns are growing over additional civilian victims in what is now defined the Sirte battle. The fighters that over the past weeks have been conducting t.
Eurasia Review
Gaddafi loyalists in Sirte last stand « Shabab Libya
By Yoots
The bombardment of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddifi's home town of Sirte continues. Forces of the interim government are attempting to root out the remaining of pro-Gaddafi fighters, who are staging a stubborn last stand. The National ...
Shabab Libya
Black Libyans Beaten by Anti-Gaddafi Forces: Black Libyan Males ...
By Maggie
Where is the American Left? Where is the voice and the admonitions of the first U.S. Black President? I don't hear a peep. Libyan freedom fighters (anti-Ga...
Maggie's Notebook
Gaddafi's son captured in Libya's Sirte: NTC : world : daily sun
Tripoli/Sirte: Libyan government fighters have captured have Muammar Gaddafi's son Mo'tassim as he tried to escape the battle-torn city of Sirte, National Transitional Council (NTC) officials told Reuters. The capture of the deposed leader's ...
daily sun
Government tanks try to end Sirte resistance | Libya TV
By Libya TV
Libyan government forces pushed tanks deep into the city of Sirte today to try to smash the last pocket of resistance by loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi in his home town. A tank of Libyan revolutionaries fire at pro-Gaddhafi fighters during fighting ...
Libya TV
Libya govt brings more tanks to smash Sirte resistance | Morocco ...
By abennis
Libyan government forces brought more tanks into the city of Sirte on Friday to try to break the last pocket of resistance by loyalists of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi in his home town. The mostly untrained militia army of the National ...
Morocco World News
Gaddafi loyalists hit back in Sirte with Mutassim still at large ...
By Samotalis
Gaddafi loyalists hit back in Sirte with Mutassim still at large. Libya's new regime fighters retreated under heavy fire from Muammar Gaddafi loyalists in his hometown of Sirte on Thursday as their leaders backtracked on an announcement they ...
SAMOTALIS
Gaddafi forces 'cornered' | zimbabwemetro.com
By admin
Heavy fighting has continued in the Libyan city of Sirte, with loyalist fighters holding out in just two small areas, anti-Gaddafi commanders.
zimbabwemetro.com
Gaddafi's son still on the run | Pakistan Today | Latest news ...
By fraaz
“It is not true that Mutassim was captured,” said Wesam Bin Hamid, brigade commander of the Martyrs of Free Libya Brigade, one of the new regime's main units inside Gaddafi's hometown. “But some prisoners we have captured are saying ...
Pakistan Today | Latest news,...
Visit Libya! Ambitious travel firm offers bargain tour… as battle for ...
By A. Smithee
Visit Libya! Ambitious travel firm offers bargain tour… as battle for Gaddafi's home town STILL rages on. Fun for the WHOLE family! Water sports! Nightly fireworks! Costume parties! Hurry – reservations (and ammo) are limited!
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The 4th Media » A progression of rapid formation of a new order in ...
By Kiyul Chung
Regarding a Libyan convoy that had gone to Niger, DEBKAfile noted that, “by demonstrating Gaddafi's freedom of movement across Libya, the convoy to Niger indicates that his loyal officials and troops have resumed operations [and had ...
The 4th Media
Factbox - Media Center
The capture by Libya's new rulers of Muammar Gaddafi's son Mo'tassim has put the spotlight on the former leader's children, whose reputation for extravagance, violence and dysfunctional behavior almost equaled his. As the anti-Gaddafi ...
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Libya: Mutassim Gaddafi reported arrested - live updates | World ...
Follow live updates as Muammar Gaddafi's son Mutassim is reported to have been arrested fleeing Sirte.
www.guardian.co.uk/.../libya-mutassim-gaddafi-reported-arres...
Libya: Sirte battle flushes out pro-Gaddafi fighters | World news ...
Once-feared fighters are revealed as frightened ordinary men, who now want only to survive by surrendering, or hiding.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/.../libya-sirte-battle-gaddafi-fighter...
Libya fighters capture Gaddafi son in Sirte: NTC - Yahoo! News
Read 'Libya fighters capture Gaddafi son in Sirte: NTC' on Yahoo! News. TRIPOLI /SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan government fighters captured Muammar ...
news.yahoo.com/gaddafi-resistance-crumbling-libyas-sirte-10...
Video: Libyan fighters seize Gaddafi's luxury cars in Sirte - Telegraph
Fighters loyal to Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) show off a pair of convertibles believed to have belonged to deposed leader ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Libyan-fighters-seize-Gaddafis-luxur...
BBC News - Libya conflict: Gaddafi town Sirte 'close to falling'
Libyan interim government forces say they have captured a key bastion of Gaddafiloyalists in Sirte as street fighting continues in the city.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15232870
Libya forces corner Gaddafi loyalists in Sirte | Reuters
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan transitional government forces said they had cornered Muammar Gaddafi loyalists in the center of the deposed leader's ...
www.reuters.com/.../10/.../us-libya-idUSL5E7KT4YC2011101...
Gaddafi Urges Resistance to Libya's Leaders - TIME
Muammar Gaddafi called on Libyans to take to the streets and wage a campaign of civil disobedience against the country's new leaders Thursday.
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2096425,00.html
Libyan rebels: Gadhafi's son captured trying to flee port city ...
Officials representing Libya's National Transitional Council say Mo'tassim Gadhafi was captured in Sirte trying to escape the town with his family.
www.haaretz.com/.../libyan-rebels-gadhafi-s-son-captured-tryi...
Libya: Anti-Gaddafi Fighters Loot, Burn Homes In Sirte
ABU HADI, Libya — After capturing this hamlet, a center for Moammar Gadhafi'stribe, revolutionary fighters have gone on a vengeance spree, looting and ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../libya-gaddafi-fighters-looting_n_...
Libya rebels seize Muammar Gaddafi's home town | The Australian
ANTI-Gaddafi fighters have overrun the ousted strongman's birthplace of Qasr Abu Hadi, medics said, marking a symbolic victory in their battle to eradicate the ...
www.theaustralian.com.au/.../story-e6frg6so-1226157822574
Die-hard Gaddafi loyalists in last ditch Libya battle - World news ...
Fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi fought a last-ditch battle in an ever shrinking pocket of resistance in the ousted leader's hometown Sirte on Thursday.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../die-hard-gaddafi-loyalists-last-ditch-l...
Libyan rebels' 'final assault' on Qaddafi's hometown of Sirte ...
Libyan rebels have captured new areas of the strategic coastal city, one of the last strongholds of former leader Col. Muammar Qaddafi.
www.csmonitor.com/.../Libyan-rebels-final-assault-on-Qaddafi.

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LATIN AMERICA News, Oct 14, 2011


Latin America: One of the world's most dynamic media markets
MiamiHerald.com
From 2006 to 2010, he said, 12 percent of honors at the Cannes International Film Festival went to Latin American films. In the five years before that only 2 percent of awards went to Latin movies. He also pointed out that Latins have garnered 42 Oscar...
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The Battle For Brazil's Game Future
Gamasutra
by Arthur Protasio [Business] [IGDA Rio de Janeiro head Arthur Protasio writes about the current perception of games in the South Americancountry, talking about cultural and economic challenges that keep games from being recognized as a vital medium ...
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Gamasutra
Brazilians warm up to OTT 3D VOD
Rapid tv news
Explore 3D, the 3D video content app that Samsung has been installing in its latestgeneration of connected TVs, has been used in Brazil more than in any other Latin American country. Although it was officially announced in May, the app has actually ...
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BlackBerrys buzz back to life after long outage
BusinessWeek
BlackBerrys in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa had been without email or chat messages since Monday. In the US and Canada, the outage was shorter, starting Wednesday. But many, perhaps most, of the world's 70 million BlackBerry users were...
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Breaking: New Regulations may Affect Panregional Cable Buys
Portada Magazine
Over the past month several decisions have taken place in Brazil and Mexico which may have a significant impact on panregional cable advertising (understood as cable buys targeting Latin American audiences by agencies and advertisers based in the US, ...
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Justin Bieber Going 'Under the Mistletoe' on MTV on Oct. 18
Suite101.com
It was first played live in a concert on his current South American leg of his ongoing 'My World' tour, in Rio Di Janeiro, Brazil on the 6th of October. Bieber's manager Scooter Braun clearly has been working overtime lining up prominent artists to ...
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If camera traps don't prove existence of Bigfoot or Yeti nothing will
Mongabay.com
There have been new primates discovered in recent decades, including new monkey species from Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America. But these are small monkeys, not apes, usually living in still under-explored regions such as the Amazon. ...
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Mongabay.com
Referee Week: Baharmast left legacy for US officials
Major League Soccer
But had they done their homework, they would have seen that I had refereed in Copa América, the World Cup qualifier games in Asia, big rivalries like Japan and Korea, matches in South and Central America. Had they done their homework, they would have ...
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Major League Soccer
Hurting at Home, US Ranchers Find Markets in Russia for Their Beef, on the Hoof
New York Times
American cowboys export breeding bulls when they are about 12 months old. A good stud bull can have a five- or six-year career, said Mr. Stevenson, whose Montana ranch holds auctions twice a year, streaming live video of the calves on the Internet. ...
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New York Times
Boo! Scare Up Some Fun with Casper the Friendly Ghost® and Mindshapes
Gamasutra
... animated television series that made its global debut in 2009 and airs around the world on major broadcast networks, including Cartoon Network (US, Europe, Asia andLatin America), TF1 (France), ZDF (Germany), YTV (Canada), and TV Globo (Brazil)....
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Hillary Clinton to lay out her “doctrine on economic statecraft” in New York ...
Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
The message is especially timely, the source added, when "you've got economic realities driving so much of the foreign policy headlines"--from the Eurozone debt crisis, to the Free Trade Agreements with SouthKorea, Colombia and Panama passed by ...
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Infonetics Research: Enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence equipment a ...
Techzone360
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