Topic: War and Peace News - on March 30, 2011 at 8:48:00 AM CEST
diy - Do it yourself
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 30, 2011 at 8:39:00 AM CEST
Libya: al-Qaeda among Libya rebels, Nato chief fears
Admiral James Stavridis, Nato's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, said that American intelligence had picked up "flickers" of terrorist activity among the rebel groups. Senior British government figures described the comment as "very alarming".
The admission came as the American, Qatari and British Governments indicated that they were considering arming rebel groups, who yesterday suffered a series of setbacks in their advance along the Libyan coast towards Tripoli.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 29, 2011 at 10:51:00 PM CEST
US launches new missile barrage at Libya
As the United States and other nations build ties with rebels and political opponents trying to oust Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, intelligence suggests al-Qaida and other terrorists have a small presence within the opposition group, a top military commander said Tuesday.
Adm. James Stavridis, the NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, told Congress that officials have seen "flickers" of possible al-Qaida and Hezbollah involvement among the rebel forces, but no evidence of significant numbers within the political opposition group's leadership.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 29, 2011 at 9:58:00 PM CEST
Qatar has offered to send ships to evacuate all of the ~6,000 Egyptians stuck in Misrata, to prevent a humanitarian crisis
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 29, 2011 at 7:36:00 PM CEST
Powerful blasts rock Libyan capital Tripoli
A series of powerful explosions rocked Tripoli on Tuesday and state television said several targets in the Libyan capital had come under attack from "crusader aggressors".
Reuters reporters heard at least three explosions from their location in central Tripoli at around 1540 GMT.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 29, 2011 at 7:24:00 PM CEST
A Vision of a Democratic Libya
The Libyan opposition's Transitional National Council has released a two-page political platform, called "A Vision of a Democratic Libya."
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 29, 2011 at 7:15:00 PM CEST
President's Assad's speech on Wednesday will include "immediate reforms on corruption within the government" according to an official.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 29, 2011 at 5:56:00 PM CEST
NATO is to delay its takeover of the Libya operation.
NATO will now take control of the Libya operation at 0600 GMT on Thursday – 24 hours later than first announced.
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 29, 2011 at 5:31:00 PM CEST
Hausdurchsuchung bei Strasser
In der Affäre um Ex-Innenminister Ernst Strasser hat es am Montag an mehreren Orten in Österreich Hausdurchsuchungen gegeben. Das bestätigt die Korruptionsstaatsanwaltschaft in Wien, die gegen Strasser wegen des Verdachts der Bestechlichkeit ermittelt. Die EU-Betrugsbekämpfer von OLAF stoßen hingegen auf rechtliche Hürden.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 29, 2011 at 5:11:00 PM CEST
Syrian cabinet resigns amid unrest
Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has accepted the resignation of the country's government, following two weeks of anti-government protests that have gripped Syria.
"President Assad accepts the government's resignation," an announcement on state television said on Tuesday.
Naji al-Otari, the resigning premier, has been chosen by Assad as caretaker prime minister.
The government has little power in Syria, where power is concentrated in the hand of Assad, his family and the security apparatus. Otari has been prime minister since 2003.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 29, 2011 at 4:54:00 PM CEST
The penis festival (Kanamara Matsuri) in Kawasaki was cancelled this year for respect of the disaster in Tohoku.
The annual Kanamara Matsuri parade, a raunchy procession of giant phalluses borne aloft on omikoshi (portable shrines), which are marched down the streets of Kawasaki, Tokyo’s southern neighbor, has been cancelled.
Tokyo Sports (Mar. 30) reports that the parade, organized by the Kanamara Shrine, had been planned for the first Sunday in April (falling on April 3 this year), but will not be held out of respect for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 29, 2011 at 4:48:00 PM CEST
Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained (Day 10)
The situation hasn’t changed much since yesterday. Coalition aircraft are more or less continuosly pounding loyalist around Sirte and Sabha, which yesterday early morning were (probably) “visited” by 2 B-1Bs from Ellsworth AFB which crossed the Atlantic ocean on their way to the Libyan airspace. The pair of “Bone” (from “B-one”) were initially accompanied by another flight consisting of 2 B-1, acting as spares, and were supported by various tankers along the way. If the Global Power “show of force” was worth the effort (in terms of fuel, flight hours, involved crews and, above all, required tanker force) is hard to say.
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