Saturday, February 26, 2011

World powers struggle to find way to stop Gaddafi (Reuters)

World powers struggle to find way to stop Gaddafi (Reuters)

World powers struggle to find way to stop Gaddafi (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:16 PM PST

Supporters of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi chant slogans at the Green Square in Tripoli February 25, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahReuters - World powers struggled to find a way to stop Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi lashing out at his people as he clings to power in Tripoli, the last big city where an uprising against his rule has yet to take hold.

Egypt military angers protesters with show of force (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 12:55 AM PST

A girl holds an Egyptian flag during a pro-democracy rally at Tahrir Square, in Cairo February 25, 2011. REUTERS/Peter AndrewsReuters - Soldiers used force on Saturday to break up a protest demanding more political reform in Egypt, demonstrators said, in the toughest move yet against opposition activists who accused the country's military rulers of "betraying the people."

Ireland's Fine Gael gets 36.1 pct of vote-exit poll (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 12:14 AM PST

Reuters - Ireland's main opposition party Fine Gael is on course to lead the next government but without an overall majority, an exit poll for state broadcaster RTE showed on Saturday.

IAEA says gets info on possible Iran military work (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:35 PM PST

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a ceremony at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, 350 km (217 miles) south of Tehran, April 9, 2007. REUTERS/Caren Firouz (Reuters - The U.N. atomic watchdog has received new information regarding allegations that Iran may be seeking to develop a nuclear-armed missile, the agency said in a report voicing deepening concern about the issue.

Ivorian rebels seize town (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 09:49 AM PST

Residents flee with their belongings after clashes between forces loyal to incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo and his rival Alassane Ouattara in Abobo, in Abidjan February 25, 2011. Gun battles and explosions raged overnight in an Abidjan neighbourhood, residents said, where mysterious insurgents the local press are calling the Reuters - Rebels controlling northern Ivory Coast have seized a town in government territory and said on Friday they were still advancing, raising the prospects of a return to open war.

Learn to Love The Revolution (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:00 PM PST

Time.com - Learn to Love The Revolution

Ireland counts votes in post-bailout election (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 12:25 AM PST

Nuns vote at the Drumcondra National School, near Dublin. Irish authorities counted the ballots Saturday after reports of a big turnout as voters vented their anger over the eurozone nation's widely-loathed international financial bailout.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Irish authorities counted the ballots Saturday after reports of a big turnout as voters vented their anger over the eurozone nation's widely-loathed international financial bailout.

Getting tougher, Egyptian troops beat protesters (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 12:38 AM PST

Egyptian protesters gather to demand Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi step down during demonstrations in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. Militias loyal to Moammar Gadhafi opened fire on protesters streaming out of mosques in the Libyan capital on Friday, demanding the regime's ouster, witnesses said, reporting at least four killed. Across rebellious cities in the east, tens of thousands held rallies in support of the first Tripoli protests in days. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Egyptian military police beat protesters Saturday to clear them from outside the Cabinet office where they were trying to camp out overnight to press demands for sweeping political reforms and the dismissal of remnants of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's regime.

Jewish group slams 'solidarity' with Gadhafi (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:57 PM PST

AP - Moammar Gadhafi's allies in Latin America should follow Peru's example and suspend diplomatic relations with the North African nation's regime, the representative of a leading Jewish organization said Friday.

Terror in Tripoli as Kadhafi set for battle (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 12:51 AM PST

An image grab taken from Libyan state television shows Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi gesturing at supporters during an address at the Green Square in Tripoli. An increasingly embattled Kadhafi said he would throw open Libya's arsenals to his supporters in a rabble-rousing speech that presaged a bloody battle for the capital.(AFP/Libyan TV)AFP - Terrified residents braced for bloody battles in Tripoli on Saturday after a night of gunfire as Moamer Kadhafi said he was ready to arm civilian supporters to defeat a popular revolt.

New Zealand earthquake toll at 145 dead (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 12:32 AM PST

Representatives from the United Kingdom Fire and Rescue Service inspect the earthquake-damaged buildings in Colombo Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. Tuesday's magnitude 6.3 temblor collapsed buildings, caused extensive other damage killing more than 100 people and with 200 more missing. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)AP - New Zealand's premier said the Christchurch quake may be the country's worst disaster ever, as officials raised the toll Saturday to 145 dead and more than 200 missing while giving a grim prognosis for the city's downtown.

Conservatives face election charges (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 10:42 AM PST

Reuters - In an embarrassing development for the Conservative government, four senior party officials have been charged with violating financing rules during the election campaign that brought it to power in 2006.

Amid New Zealand tragedy, a rescue and a wedding (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:17 PM PST

Newlyweds Emma Howard and Chris Greenslade cheer for a group photo after their wedding, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, just days after she was pulled from the rubble of the earthquake devastated Pyne Gould Corporation in Christchurch, New Zealand. Tuesday's magnitude 6.3 temblor collapsed buildings, caused extensive other damage and killed more than 100 people. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)AP - Clutching her groom, she looked like any beaming bride. But Emma Howard's trip down the aisle Friday almost didn't happen. Just 72 hours earlier she was trapped under a building that collapsed in the earthquake.

Qaddafi's Plan B? 'Live and die in Libya.' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:04 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The demise of Muammar Qaddafi's regime now appears inevitable, with reports of more military bases falling to the uprising against him today and credible reports emerging that his forces have been driven out of Zawiyah, near the capital.

Libya's War of the Colonels: Col. Gaddafi Meet Col. Hussein (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:00 PM PST

Time.com - Has Libya's fledgling democracy discovered its military champion in Tarek Hussein, who is fielding rebel troops against the dictator's capital from the opposition stronghold of Benghazi?

How Qaddafi started losing Libya (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 01:50 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The ruins of the sprawling military barracks in Benghazi, where a group of angry youths took on Libyan troops and won, will likely be remembered as the place where Muammar Qaddafi's downfall became inevitable.
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