Libyan rebel gunfire hit rescue pilot's helmet

Libyan rebel gunfire hit rescue pilot's helmet | World news : "A pilot of one of the special forces Hercules aircraft that landed in the Libyan desert to evacuate...

Pearson seeks legal advice over stake held by Libyan Investment Authority

Pearson seeks legal advice over stake held by Libyan Investment Authority  "Pearson has begun a legal process to ascertain if the stake held by the Libyan Investment Authority, the...

Egypt Issues Travel Ban, Asset Freeze on Mubarak | News | English

Egypt Issues Travel Ban, Asset Freeze on Mubarak "Egypt's top prosecutor has ordered a travel ban and an asset freeze for former President Hosni Mubarak and his family, as he...

Libya crisis: Britain mulling no-fly zone and arms for rebels, says Cameron

Libya crisis: Britain mulling no-fly zone and arms for rebels, says Cameron"Britain is working on plans for a military no-fly zone over Libya and is considering whether to arm...

Revolution: One more reason to visit Egypt

Revolution: One more reason to visit Egypt "Young Egyptians have launched an 'Egypt is Safe' campaign, students are cleaning up national monuments and drivers now take visitors around Cairo's Tahrir...

Protests in Oman Spread

Protests in Oman Spread "Demonstrators blocked roads and clashed with police on Monday in Oman, the normally quiet oil-rich country along the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, as three-day-old...

British Airways worker guilty of plane terror plot

 British Airways worker guilty of plane terror plot: "A Bangladeshi Islamic militant working for British Airways was found guilty on Monday of plotting to blow up a plane after...

Why a king's ransom is not enough for Saudi Arabia's protesters

Why a king's ransom is not enough for Saudi Arabia's protesters | Comment is free | The Guardian: "No kingdom is an island, particularly when it sits in a...

Witnesses say the Libyan town of Misrata and its airport are under the control of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's opponents

Witnesses say the Libyan town of Misrata and its airport are under the control of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's opponents, according to Reuters news agency. Anti-Gaddafi protesters took control of...

Kolotnytska is the Ukrainian nurse that U.S. Ambassador Gene Cretz dubbed the “voluptuous blonde” dictator Moammar Gaddafi depended on for his health

I know there are issues of breathtaking import unfolding in Libya, but spare a few moments to bid adieu to Galyna Kolotnytska.Kolotnytska is the Ukrainian nurse that U.S. Ambassador...

Libya protests: SAS 'Blades' rescue 150 terrified Britons from desert nightmare |

Libya protests: SAS 'Blades' rescue 150 terrified Britons from desert nightmare "SAS has staged a dramatic evacuation of 150 civilian workers from the Libyan desert. The Special Forces soldiers landed...

Libya towns fall to rebel as world moves to isolate Gaddafi

Libya towns fall to rebel as world moves to isolate Gaddafi : "Gaddafi loyalists had been evicted from Nalut, 145 miles west of Tripoli. 'The city has been liberated...

imminent Cabinet shuffle in Morocco

Several Moroccan Websites are reporting an imminent Cabinet shuffle in Morocco. According to a reliable online newspaper, King Mohammed VI will announce the selection of Mustapha Tarab as a...

Morocco protests halted by police violence

 Morocco protests halted by police violence: "Several Moroccan cities saw attempts to organise follow-up pro-democracy protests today brutally stopped by riot police. Organisers denounce 'a climate of fear' in...

Two RAF Hercules rescue 150 Britons from Libya as British Embassy evacuates all staff

Two RAF Hercules rescue 150 Britons from Libya as British Embassy evacuates all staff "British special forces today rescued 150 trapped UK citizens after launching an audacious rescue mission...

Britain persuades Gaddafi loyalists to defect

Britain persuades Gaddafi loyalists to defect  "British officials are trying to persuade key figures of the Libyan regime to defect from their leader Muammar Gaddafi and thus evade trial...

Qaddafi Placed 3 Billion Pounds in London Last Week, Times Says

Qaddafi Placed 3 Billion Pounds in London Last Week, Times Says  "Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi deposited 3 billion pounds ($4.8 billion) with a private wealth manager in Mayfair, London...

RAF planes in Libya desert rescue

RAF planes in Libya desert rescue: "Two RAF Hercules aircraft have evacuated more than 150 civilians to Malta from desert locations south of Benghazi in Libya, Defence Secretary Liam...

LAST Plane leaves for Tripoli evacuation

Plane leaves for Tripoli evacuation: "A plane set off from London for Libya on Saturday in what is expected to be the last charter flight to bring back British...

Britons urged to leave Libya as Gaddafi's son addresses media

 Britons urged to leave Libya as Gaddafi's son addresses media: "The US has announced sanctions against the Libyan government, as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the body's Security...

Covert SAS operation began after David Cameron warned UK citizens to leave while they still can.

covert SAS operation began after David Cameron warned UK citizens to leave while they still can.The Prime Minister signalled that the estimated 500 left in Libya had just...

Gaddafi's £3bn British cash transfer: How dictator is secretly moving money out of Libya

Gaddafi's £3bn British cash transfer: How dictator is secretly moving money out of Libya  "Colonel Gaddafi secretly deposited £3bn with a London-based private wealth manager, it emerged today. As...

Libya revolt: Libya refugees flood into Tunisia -

Libya revolt: Libya refugees flood into Tunisia : "At first it was dozens of foreigners, most of them Egyptian laborers, teetering under the weight of plastic-wrapped boxes or suitcases...

23 killed in Iraq's 'Day of Rage' protests

23 killed in Iraq's 'Day of Rage' protests: "Tens of thousands of Iraqis surged into the streets Friday in at least a dozen demonstrations across the country, storming provincial...

Tunisians want PM Ghannouchi gone

Tunisians want PM Ghannouchi gone: "100,000 people, most of them students, were out in Tunis on Friday. They chanted slogans against Ghannouchi as army helicopters circled over-head. The rally...

U.S. ratchets up pressure on Gaddafi

U.S. ratchets up pressure on Gaddafi: "Moments after a charter aircraft departed Libya with all remaining U.S. diplomats there Friday, the Obama administration shuttered the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli...

Egypt army sorry for beating protesters

Egypt army sorry for beating protesters"EGYPT'S ruling military council has apologised after military police beat protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square but activists have called for fresh protests to denounce...

American who fled Libya: “It was like a tsunami hit Tripoli” – American Morning - CNN.com Blogs

American who fled Libya: “It was like a tsunami hit Tripoli” – American Morning - CNN.com Blogs: "Americans are fleeing Libya as unrest in the country continues. CNN's T.J....

: US warns banks on Libya transfers

 US warns banks on Libya transfers: "The Treasury Department has warned US banks to be vigilant of transfers linked to Libya's political leaders, as the international community moves to...

UK corruption swoop: Mid East

UK corruption swoop: Mid East edition "Corruption at the very top of Arab governments is helping fuel the revolt sweeping the Middle East, toppling regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, and...

Gunfire erupts in Libyan capital as Americans finally escape

Gunfire erupts in Libyan capital as Americans finally escape.GOVERNMENT forces have opened fireon protesters in Libyan capital Tripoli, as the uprising against Moamar Ghadafi that already caused his regime...

Gaddafi's brutal regime forced the Government to pay £60,000 in 'bribes' to fly in and rescue stranded Britons caught up in the Libyan civil war.

It also emerged that Gaddafi's brutal regime forced the Government to pay £60,000 in 'bribes' to fly in and rescue stranded Britons caught up in the Libyan civil war....

David Cameron back in Britain to take charge of Libya crisis | News

David Cameron back in Britain to take charge of Libya crisis | News: "The noose tightened on Colonel Gaddafi today as David Cameron warned him: 'The world is watching...

Britain has been buying off Libyan officials with hefty additional fees in order to expedite the troubled evacuation of UK nationals

This is a humiliating development: our ministers have further enriched the regime at the very moment when Gaddafi's henchmen are slaughtering his people. As with other aspects of...

Tens of thousands hold rival rallies in Yemen

Tens of thousands hold rival rallies in Yemen - latimes.com: "* Demonstrations in three Yemeni cities * Police cordon off rival demonstrators * 17 people have been killed in...

Tensions flare in Iraq rallies - Middle East -

Tensions flare in Iraq rallies "Hundreds of Iraqis have converged on Baghdad's Liberation Square as part of an anti-government rally named the Day of Rage, organised mainly through the social...

Gaddafi appears in Tripoli - Africa - Al Jazeera English

Gaddafi appears in Tripoli - Africa - Al Jazeera English: "Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, made an unexpected appearance in Green Square, speaking to a crowd of his supporters....

Oil workers focus of Libya efforts

 Oil workers focus of Libya efforts: "British officials are drawing up plans with Nato allies to rescue hundreds of international oil workers stranded in camps in the Libyan desert....

Rough Waters Strand Americans in Libya

Rough Waters Strand Americans in Libya "More than a hundred Americans seeking to flee the widening chaos in Libya remained stuck in the capital, Tripoli, on Thursday as high...

Iranian Warships Dock in Syria -

Iranian Warships Dock in Syria "Two Iranian warships docked Thursday in a Syrian port, after a journey through the Suez Canal and Mediterranean Sea that prompted Israel to put its...

Gaddafi blames Bin Laden and hallucinogenic pills mixed in with Nescafe for uprisings against him... before ordering bloody hit on mosque | Mail Online

Gaddafi blames Bin Laden and hallucinogenic pills mixed in with Nescafe for uprisings against him... before ordering bloody hit on mosque | Mail Online: "Muammar Gaddafi blamed a revolt...

Gaddafi says protesters are on hallucinogenic drugs

Gaddafi says protesters are on hallucinogenic drugs | Reuters: "Gaddafi, who just two days ago vowed in a televised address to crush the revolt and fight to the last,...

Libya turns off the Internet and the Massacres begin

Libya turns off the Internet and the Massacres begin | ZDNet: "Libya blocked news sites and Facebook. Then, beginning Friday night, according to Arbor Networks, a network security and...

the proper spelling of Colonel Crazy's name

As the crisis in Libya has intensified we've been treated to several variations on the spelling of the leader of Libya. So what, exactly, is the proper spelling of...

Evacuating Britons from Libya: why did we take so long to find the planes? – Telegraph Blogs

Evacuating Britons from Libya: why did we take so long to find the planes? – Telegraph Blogs: "It is good news that the first British people have been evacuated...

Libya rebels isolate Gaddafi, seizing cities and oilfields | World news | guardian.co.uk

Libya rebels isolate Gaddafi, seizing cities and oilfields | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Opposition activists are increasing the pressure on Muammar Gaddafi's ailing regime, shutting down oil exports and...

Police officers get death over drugs

Police officers get death over drugs: "Four border patrol policemen were given a death sentence Wednesday for possessing a large number of metamphetamine tablets with the intent to sell....

Libya: Britain borrows BP jet to evacuate citizens

The Foreign Office finally managed to load 300 Britons onto a plane at Tripoli, but only after it had borrowed the jet from BP. The plane the Government had...

Yemen clashes leave two dead after gunfight in capital city

YANTI-GOVERNMENT protests are set to escalate amid increasing violence in Yemen following the deaths of two men in a gunfight between activists and loyalists in Sana’a. In violent clashes...

Muammar Gaddafi ordered 1988 Lockerbie bombing - ex-minister

Muammar Gaddafi ordered 1988 Lockerbie bombing - ex-minister "'I have proof that Gaddafi gave the order on Lockerbie,' said the minister, who stepped down on Monday to protest the ongoing...