Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 9:54:00 AM CET
A Libyan Fight for Democracy, or a Civil War?
The question has hovered over the Libyan uprising from the moment the first tank commander defected to join his cousins protesting in the streets of Benghazi: Is the battle for Libya the clash of a brutal dictator against a democratic opposition, or is it fundamentally a tribal civil war?
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 9:52:00 AM CET
Audio report from tripoli - guardian's Ian Black reports on third night of airstrikes in Libya
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 9:43:00 AM CET
Three journalists who went missing in eastern Libya more than 72 hours ago have been arrested by Gaddafi troops, the AFP news agency reports.
AFP reporter Dave Clark and photographer Roberto Schmidt were arrested along with Getty photographer Joe Raedle, their driver says.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 9:18:00 AM CET
Libyan rebellion reveals chaos of civilians at war
The planes were barely out of earshot when the charge of the ad hoc motorised cavalry began.
The young fighters, the "shabab" as they proudly proclaim themselves, piled on to scores of pick up trucks with mounted machine guns and squeezed in to saloon cars with their Kalashnikovs hanging out of the windows. Some had no more than old hunting rifles. One man was waving a bayonet as his only weapon.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 9:03:00 AM CET
Libya - Misrata just communicated with friend there rebels control 60% of it ,No. - قصف المباني والمساكن والمدنيين في مصراته 21-03-2011 1
at the hospital today about 180 injured 40 killed , many killed n streets snipers n roof of what Gaddafi units control , no electricity in most of the city , no water for more than 10 days
Caller to BBC from Misrata describes situation as “a catastrophe”.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 9:02:00 AM CET
Gaddafi sitting on 143 tonnes of gold in Libya
Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi is reportedly sitting on a 143.8-tonne $6.4-billion pot of gold - enough to pay mercenaries to fight for him for years.
The gold bullion - held by the Libyan central bank and controlled by Colonel Gaddafi - is among the 25 largest reserves in the world, the Financial Times reported, citing the International Monetary Fund.
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 22, 2011 at 8:57:00 AM CET
Vergewaltigung: Sieben Jahre Haft für Israels Ex-Präsidenten
Der israelische Ex-Präsident Katzav ist am Dienstag zu sieben Jahren Haft wegen Sexualverbrechen verurteilt worden. Katzav war zuvor der Vergewaltigung einer Mitarbeiterin in zwei Fällen sowie der sexuellen Belästigung in weiteren Fällen für schuldig befunden worden. Katzav hatte das Verfahren selbst ausgelöst und stets auf seiner Unschuld beharrt. Im Zuge der Ermittlungen war er allerdings immer mehr unter Druck geraten.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 22, 2011 at 8:55:00 AM CET
Schon wieder Rauch über dem Unglücks-AKW
14 Meter hoch war die Flutwelle, die das Atomkraftwerk in Fukushima getroffen hat. Der Tsunami erhob sich damit mehr als doppelt so hoch wie von Experten bei der Planung der Anlage erwartet, berichtete der japanische Fernsehsender NHK unter Berufung auf den Betreiber Tepco. Jetzt, fast zwei Wochen nach dem verheerenden Beben und der Welle, kämpfen die Arbeiter noch immer gegen die verheerenden Folgen der Naturkatastrophe vom 11. März - und gegen die drohende Kernschmelze.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 21, 2011 at 5:36:00 PM CET
Hundreds of refugees remain in hiding in Libya, with many reporting to UNHCR that they are running out of food and living in a constant state of fear. UNHCR national staff in Tripoli
UNHCR has built a hotline for refugees and asylum-seekers in Libya: +218 214777503
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 21, 2011 at 3:41:00 PM CET
5:12pm Hakim Al Masmari, editor in chief of the Yemen Post to Al Jazeera: We expect the fall of the regime in the next 24 hours at max.
Yemen GMT+3
6:00pmYemen's army will not hesitate to act against any risks to the country's constitution, the National Defence Council, comprised of the military command and president Ali Abdullah Saleh, says. The statement says:
The armed forces will not hesitate in carrying out their duties ... and standing in the face of any coup plans against constitutional legitimacy.
Saleh headed the meeting of the National Defence Council.
7:27pm
The United States in a White House statement told the Yemeni government that the violence seen in Sanaa is "unacceptable".
aljazeera.net yemen-live-blog-march-21
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 21, 2011 at 3:19:00 PM CET
Gaddafi holds out against air strikes - live updates
• Coalition forces launched a second wave of strikes • Officials insist Gaddafi is not a military target • Libya releases four New York Times journalists
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 21, 2011 at 3:10:00 PM CET
FRENCH FIGHTER PLANES, HUMAN SHIELDS IN MISURATA
French air operations resumed this morning in Libya, reports the French Defence Ministry. French planes did not fly over Libya during the night but took off again early this morning, noted French Defence Ministry spokesman Thierry Burkhard. Their mission is to enforce the no-fly zone imposed on Libya. The planes, which leave from bases on French territory, noted the French Defence Ministry, have an approximately three-hour flight to arrive at the area of operations.
A French government spokesman said that he did not have any information on civilian casualties in the attacks on Libya.
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