Daily News Alert | Saturday, February 26, 2011 12:02 AM PST |
World powers struggle to find way to stop Gaddafi
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:16 pm PST
 Reuters - 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. Full Story | Top |
Protesters say Egypt military uses force on them
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:01 pm PST
 Reuters - Egyptian soldiers fired in the air and used batons in the early hours of Saturday to disperse activists demanding the cabinet appointed by Hosni Mubarak be purged by the country's new military leaders, protesters said. Full Story | Top |
Ireland's opposition braced for historic victory
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:55 pm PST
Reuters - Ireland's main opposition party was expected to be swept into power on Saturday on a wave of voter anger over the country's economic collapse and resentment at the harsh rescue terms laid down by its European partners. Full Story | Top |
Ivorian rebels seize town
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:49 am PST
 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. Full Story | Top |
Jewish group slams 'solidarity' with Gadhafi
Fri, 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. Full Story | Top |
UN plans weekend session on Libya sanctions
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:21 pm PST
AP - U.N. Security Council members were mulling ways to punish Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, his family and his cohorts after the country's ambassador to the U.N. beseeched them to help halt the deadly attacks that his once-close comrade has unleashed on anti-government protesters. Full Story | Top |
Conservatives face election charges
Fri, 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. Full Story | Top |
New Zealand earthquake toll at 145 dead
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:37 pm PST
 AP - Fresh aftershocks sent masonry tumbling among rescuers in New Zealand's quake zone and a cat sparked false alarms of a possible survivor Saturday, as the disaster's death toll rose to 145 with more than 200 missing. Full Story | Top |
Qaddafi's Plan B? 'Live and die in Libya.'
Fri, 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. Full Story | Top |
How Qaddafi started losing Libya
Fri, 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. Full Story | Top |
G20 ministers reject calls for climate justice
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 02:14 am PST
OneWorld.net - LONDON, Feb 21 (OneWorld.net) - Proposals for a global financial transaction tax to help the development of poor countries affected by climate change have been ignored by the world's leading finance ministers. Full Story | Top |
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