Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 6:50:00 PM CET
Libya set to release NY Times journalists: report
Four New York Times journalists who were captured by Libyan forces while covering the conflict there will be released on Friday, the Times reported.
The son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Seif al-Islam, told ABC News they would be released, and the Times reported that Libyan officials told the U.S. State Department on Thursday evening that all four would be released.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 6:35:00 PM CET
Libya declares ceasefire but fighting goes on
Libya's government has announced an immediate ceasefire against pro-democracy protesters, hours after the United Nations Security Council authorised a no-fly zone over the country.
In a statement televised on Friday, Moussa Koussa, the Libyan foreign minister, said his government was interested in protecting all civilians and foreigners.
"We decided on an immediate ceasefire and on an immediate stop to all military operations," he said, adding "[Libya] takes great interest in protecting civilians".
Koussa said because his country was a member of the United Nations it was "obliged to accept the UN Security Council's resolutions".
But government forces continued to fire on the rebel-held western city of Misurata, witnesses said, where an earlier attack had claimed the lives of at least 25 people.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 5:35:00 PM CET
Merkel erwägt Awacs-Einsatz in Afghanistan
Die Bundesregierung könnte laut Außenminister Westerwelle ihr Afghanistan-Engagement erhöhen, um den USA die Verlegung von Aufklärungskapazitäten für einen Libyen-Einsatz zu ermöglichen. Union und FDP signalisieren Zustimmung.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 5:33:00 PM CET
NATO’s airborne surveillance: Eyes in the sky
Effective air defence is a NATO priority. The Alliance’s fleet of Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aeroplanes, play a key role in air defence across the Euro-Atlantic region.
While the recent problems in Libya have increased the need for airborne surveillance over the Mediterranean ocean, NATO has been routinely operating AWACS aircraft in the region as part of its long-standing counter-terrorist Operation Active Endeavour (OAE) since 2007.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 5:24:00 PM CET
AWACS E-3A tail nr LX-N90451 airborne out of Trapani Italy heading Malta
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 18, 2011 at 3:37:00 PM CET
Japan Nuclear Power Station Safety Design
jnpp-safety.zip Japan Nuclear Power Station Safety Design March 17, 2011 (2.4MB)
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 2:59:00 PM CET
Italian aircraft carrier Garibaldi, left Taranto
Italian aircraft carrier Garibaldi, left Taranto for Libya. news states it's "fully armed" AV8Bs Harrier on board?
Giuseppe Garibaldi (551) is an Italian aircraft carrier. She is named after the Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Built by Fincantieri (Italcantieri) at the Monfalcone shipyards in the Gulf of Trieste, she was laid down in March 1981, launched in 1983 and commissioned on 30 September 1985. Garibaldi is classed as a CVS–ASW or Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft Carrier and is based in Taranto.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 2:50:00 PM CET
EUROCONTROL actions following UN Security Council resolution on Libya
Following the United Nations Security Council resolution 1973 to apply a "No - Fly" zone over Libya, and the ban on flights in the airspace of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, all flight plans for traffic wishing to operate into this airspace will be suspended by EUROCONTROL.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 2:41:00 PM CET
David Cameron, the UK's prime minister, says that the international community will judge Gaddafi's government by "his actions not his words".
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 2:16:00 PM CET
Waffenstillstand angekündigt - Kehrtwende oder taktische Maßnahme?
Die in der Nacht auf Freitag beschlossene UNO-Resolution samt den unmittelbar darauf begonnenen Vorbereitungen auf eine Militäraktion gegen die Truppen von Machthaber Al-Gaddafi haben zu ersten Konsequenzen in Libyen geführt. Außenminister Kussa kündigte Freitagnachmittag einen sofortigen Waffenstillstand an. Laut seinen Aussagen wird die Offensive gegen die Rebellenhochburgen gestoppt, damit sich Zivilisten in Sicherheit bringen können.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 2:07:00 PM CET
Libya declares immediate ceasefire
Libya has announced it will halt all military operations in the country following a decision by the United Nations Security Council to back a no-fly zone over the country.
Mussa Kussa, the Libyan foreign secretary, said his government was interested in protecting all civilians and foreigners in a statement televised on Friday.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 2:02:00 PM CET
Libya accepts U.N. resolution for immediate ceasefire, decides to halt all military action
Libya's foreign minister: "Libya, after having seen the resolution, would like to explain the following.
As the country will try to deal with this resolution. Libya now has knowledge of this resolution, and according to article 25 of the UN charter, and taking into consideration that Libya is a full member of the UN, we accept that it is obliged to accept the security council resolution.
Therefore, Libya has decided an immediate ceasefire, and the stoppage of all military operations.
Libya takes great interest in protecting all civilians, and offering them all necessary humanitarian aid, and respecting all human rights, and obliging to the international and humanitarian laws and it is also obliged to protect all of the foreigners in Libya and protecting their assets.
In doing so, Libya is in accordance with the resolutions of the security council and the articles of the charter of the United Nations.
We emphasise in the resolution 1973 for the year 2011, we emphasise and agree to the article regarding the protection of civilians and the territorial unity of Libya.
"And therefore, building on this, we are opening all dialogue channels with everyone interested in the territorial unity of Libya.
"And my country is very serious about continuing the development, economic, political, humanitarian and social development of the Libyan nation.
"And we have indeed taken serious steps in continuing this development for the good of the Libyan people. And we believe that this will take the country back to safety and security for all Libyans.
"We also express our sadness towards what the resolution has included, of procedures against the Libyan nation, such as the no-fly zone, which includes commercial and civilian flights.This will increase the suffering of the Libyan people, and will have a negative impact on the general life of Libyan people.
"The international community should have exempted civilians from the resolution to secure their quality of life.
"Also, the total and inclusive freezing of all Libyan assets and investments will have a very negative impact on normal Libyans and also on Libya's ability to fulfill its contracts locally and internationally.
"Libya also finds that its very strange that the UN allows in its resolution the use of military power and there are signs that this might indeed take place.
"This goes clearly against the UN Charter, and its a violation of the national sovereignty of Libya. And it's also in violation of Article 4(2) of the UN Charter.
"And finally, we insist and emphasise our request for all international governments, NGOs and others to check the facts on the ground by sending fact-finding missions so that they can take the right decision by seeing the facts on the ground.
"Thank you." "
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