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Obama Sending Planes to Evacuate Libya Refugees

Obama reiterates that Gadhafi must step down

(Newser) - President Obama kept up the pressure on Moammar Gadhafi during his press conference with visiting Mexican President Felipe Calderon, reports CBS and the New York Times . Highlights:
  • “The US and the entire world continues to be outraged by the appalling violence against the Libyan people. Moammar Gadhafi has lost
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Venezuela's Chavez Trying to Play Libya Peacemaker

Gadhafi has accepted his mediation plan, but not rebels

(Newser) - His isn't the first name to come to mind as a peacemaker, but Venezuela's Hugo Chavez is floating a proposal to negotiate a solution in Libya on behalf of his old pal Moammar Gadhafi. It's not clear how seriously the plan will be taken by the outside world, but Gadhafi...

Gadhafi Launches Strikes Against Oil Town

But rebel forces appear to have taken control there

(Newser) - Libyan air forces rained at least three airstrikes down on Brega today, a day after rebel forces drove Gadhafi loyalists out of the major oil town. There was also a strike just outside of Ajdabiya, about 40 miles away, the Washington Post reports. But there was no fresh ground fighting,...

Libya Captures 3 Dutch Marines

Troops were attempting rescue of civilians

(Newser) - Three Dutch marines have been held by pro-Gadhafi forces since Sunday, when they were captured trying to rescue two European workers, reports the AP. The two Europeans have been released and left the country, but the Dutch government says it is in "intensive negotiations" to secure the marines' release....

Libya's Revolt Could Solve Riddle of Missing Cleric

Moussa al-Sadr disappeared in 1978

(Newser) - Thanks to the Libyan revolution, Lebanon thinks it may finally learn the answer to a mystery that’s been vexing it for decades: What happened to Moussa al-Sadr? The cleric, a seminal figure in the Shiite empowerment movement, disappeared during a trip to Tripoli in 1978, the AP explains. Now,...

Gadhafi Loyalists Beat Back Rebels in Key Areas

Clashes increase as loyalists retake some areas

(Newser) - Libyan protesters are fighting to keep control of the areas they've taken as they increasingly clash with pro-Gadhafi forces. The latest:
  • The two sides are fighting over a key oil installation and airstrip, the AP reports. They are located on the coast of eastern Libya, most of which is held
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Libya Rebels May Seek UN Airstrikes

Opposition debates requesting strike on Gadhafi compound

(Newser) - Libyan rebels seeking to topple Moammar Gadhafi are considering asking for airstrikes against the dictator under the United Nations banner, sources tell the New York Times . Rebel leaders say they are firmly opposed to intervention by other nations, but, “If it is with the United Nations, it is not...

In 6-Hour Battle, Libya Rebels Hold City

Pro-Gadhafi forces reportedly attacked Zawiyah from six directions

(Newser) - In a long night of fighting, Libyan rebels armed with tanks, machine guns, and anti-aircraft guns have managed to hold on to Zawiyah, the city they seized on Sunday that happens to be nearest to Tripoli. Residents passed out sweets and cold drinks to fighters today and celebrated with a...

Gadhafi: 'My People Would Die for Me'

Ruler says Libyan demonstrators are al-Qaeda operatives

(Newser) - In Moammar Gadhafi's Libya, the only protesters are a few al-Qaeda-backed, drug-addled Libyans, the rest of his people love him, and he in fact can't step down—and certainly has no intention of doing so. The Libyan leader sat down with ABC's Christiane Amanpour and the BBC's Jeremy Bowen for...

Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds on Libya's Borders

Nearly 100,000 people have fled fighting to Egypt, Tunisia

(Newser) - The violence and unrest gripping Libya is creating a humanitarian crisis, as almost 100,000 people have fled the fighting for Egypt and Tunisia, reports the New York Times . About half of the refugees are Egyptians, but those fleeing includes Libyans, Chinese, and others, mostly poorer laborers. "We call...

In Revolution, Dignity Returns to Arab World

After decades of repression, Arabs feel liberated, as one

(Newser) - There's blood and chaos in the revolutions wracking the Arab world, but there's also a new dignity and hope rising from the smoldering ashes of years of repression, reports Jeffrey Fleischman in the LA Times. Such feelings were an important part of the pan-Arabism of the 1950s, but decades of...

Noy Alooshe: Gadhafi Spoof Video Goes Viral
 YouTube 
 Spoof on 
 Gadhafi 
 Goes Viral 
ZENGA-ZENGA
Feb 27, 2011 1:21 PM CST

YouTube Spoof on Gadhafi Goes Viral

Israeli journalist Noy Alooshe has some fun with dictator's speech

(Newser) - Of the many people who watched Moammar Gadhafi's speech last Tuesday and thought, "Man, that guy is batspit crazy," only one went to his computer, set it to an electro hip-hop song and gyrating half-naked women, and posted it to YouTube for what he calls an "instant...

City Closest to Tripoli Falls
 City Closest to Tripoli Falls 
Feb 27, 2011 8:31 AM CST

City Closest to Tripoli Falls

Anti-Gadhafi rebels now in control of Zawiyah

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi is down one nurse and another city: Zawiyah, the city closest to Tripoli, has been seized by his opponents, reports the LA Times . An AP reporter who reached the city, located a slim 30 miles west of the capital, has confirmed the anti-government rebels are in control and...

Gadhafi Ditched by Beloved Ukrainian Nurse

Halyna Kolotnytska is heading home

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi's circle is getting smaller—and less blond. The Libyan dictator will likely be abandoned by yet another confidant: his Ukrainian nurse. Halyna Kolotnytska, 38, says she will flee the violence in Libya and return home, adding to the list of senior government officials, diplomats, and pilots who have...

Security Council Imposes Sanctions on Gadhafi

UN will investigate war crimes prosecution

(Newser) - The UN Security Council moved as a powerful bloc today to try to halt Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's deadly crackdown on protesters, slapping sanctions on him, his five children, and 10 top associates. Council members additionally agreed to refer his regime's actions to a permanent war crimes tribunal for an...

Gadhafi's Media Day Backfires; Obama Tells Him to Resign

President says he's lost the legitimacy to govern

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi invited foreign reporters into the country for the first time in a bid to show he remains in control, but the gambit instead made clear the depths of the nation's chaos, reports the New York Times . Witnesses described firsthand the sniper attacks on civilians and the quick removal...

Libya Protests: Moammar Gadhafi's Security Forces Crack Down on Protesters in Tripoli
 Gadhafi Arms 
 Civilian Supporters 
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Feb 26, 2011 8:02 AM CST

Gadhafi Arms Civilian Supporters

Plus: Security forces violently crack down on protesters

(Newser) - Terrified protesters in Libya say that Moammar Gadhafi is arming civilian supporters so that they can, as one protester tells the AP , "drive around the city and terrorize people." Says another, "People are panicked, they are terrified. Few leave their houses. When it gets dark, you can't...

Americans Evacuated From Libya Finally Reach Malta

167 US citizens trapped by storm reach safe harbor

(Newser) - A ferry carrying Americans and other foreigners evacuated from Libya has finally arrived in Malta, the AP reports. Though the US and other governments recommended that their citizens leave Libya when the current unrest started earlier this week, the 167 Americans and 118 other foreigners were stuck at the Tripoli...

US Imposes Libya Sanctions
 US Imposes Libya Sanctions  
Feb 25, 2011 3:25 PM CST

US Imposes Libya Sanctions

They will likely go after money held by Gadhafi and his inner circle

(Newser) - The White House announced new sanctions on Libya's government and temporarily abandoned its embassy in Tripoli today, as a final flight carrying American citizens departed from the war-ravaged capital. The Obama administration announced unilateral sanctions against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi. White House spokesman Jay Carney said the government was...

Arab Awakening Embarrasses Al-Qaeda
 Arab Awakening 
 Embarrasses 
 Al-Qaeda 
OPINION
Feb 25, 2011 1:31 PM CST

Arab Awakening Embarrasses Al-Qaeda

Jihadis had nothing to do with any of this

(Newser) - Change is sweeping across the Middle East, and you can bet al-Qaeda is grinding its teeth over it. Why? “Because Jihadists have played no role whatsoever in the great revolution,” writes Yassin Musharbash for Der Spiegel . The uprisings have exposed the fact that, “contrary to the propaganda...

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