Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 1:11:00 PM CET
Yemeni president's own tribe demands he step down
The Yemeni president's own tribe has called on him to step down after a deadly crackdown on protesters, robbing the embattled U.S.-backed leader of vital support in a society dominated by blood ties.
Some of the country's most important religious leaders joined in the call for President Ali Abdullah Saleh's resignation, and his human rights minister announced she was quitting as tens of thousands joined a burial procession for some of the more than 40 protesters slain by government gunmen Friday.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 1:04:00 PM CET
Updated list of Resignations in Yemen
Update: Following Friday's shooting in Sanaa a number of officials in the ruling GPC party have submitted their resignations.
Below is an up-dated list that continues from this earlier post.
I will add more updates as they become available.
Waq al-waq has decided, in keeping with protests in Yemen, to keep a running tally of people resigning from the ruling GPC. It very much looks like people are abandoning ship.
This list only represent those who resigned in protest or to join the protesters, not those who were fired or forced out.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 1:00:00 PM CET
Yemen protests: Evidence snipers shot to kill
Photographs and amateur video footage have provided the first compelling evidence that professional snipers shot to kill when they opened fire on an anti-government demonstration in Yemen that left at least 52 protesters dead.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 12:38:00 PM CET
Yemen's human rights minister resigns after protest deaths
Yemen's minister of human rights, Huda al-Baan, has resigned after a government crackdown on protesters resulted in the deaths of 52 people last week, an official in her office said Sunday.
The official did not want to be identified as he or she is not authorized to speak to the media.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 12:36:00 PM CET
Why is US backing force in Libya but not Bahrain, Yemen? - Yemen in state of emergency after protest massacre
What's the difference between Libya and Yemen or Bahrain?
All three states have been using violence to crush pro-democracy protests.
But only against Libya are the US and its Western allies planning a military response.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 12:35:00 PM CET
In Yemen, eyewitnesses see over 40 Saudi military vehicles & tanks crossing Yemen's border heading towards city of Hodeidah
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 12:34:00 PM CET
In Yemen, Opposition Encourages Protesters
For the first time since demonstrators began camping out in front of Sana University calling for an end to the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country’s opposition leaders attended the protest as a group on Saturday afternoon to voice their support. In a sign of widening alarm at the government’s response to the demonstrations, several ministers and officials quit their posts.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 20, 2011 at 12:00:00 PM CET
Super Moon
During the full moon on March 19th 2011 the moon was only 221,565 miles (356,575 kilometers) away. The closest it’s been in almost 20 years. It appeared 14 percent bigger and 30% brighter than usual. As of this writing, Flickr members have uploaded more than 3,700 pictures of it and the night isn’t even over!
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 20, 2011 at 11:29:00 AM CET
Japan reluctant to disclose footage of power plant taken by U.S. drone
The Manichai Daily news reports that the Japanese government has in its possession video footage of the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant taken by a U.S. military reconnaissance drone, but has yet to release the footage to the public, sources have revealed.
The footage taken from an RQ-4 Global Hawk drone was passed on to the Japanese government with permission for public release from the U.S. Air Force. U.S. military sources said that the decision to release the footage — or not — was up to the Japanese government.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 10:46:00 AM CET
11:28am Gaddafi is speaking now, carried on Libyan state TV, though he is not visible in the picture.
Gaddafi vows to fight for all the land of Libya. "We will not allow the enemies to come defeat us, we have already defeated the Italians," he says
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 9:48:00 AM CET
Reuters correspondent sees fresh burned military vehicles lining Benghazi-Ajdabiyah road after Western air strikes on area
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 9:06:00 AM CET
History of Libya
This is a short documentary film of some of the key events in Libyan history between the years 1911 -- 1969.
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