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Smoke rises after coalition air strikes in Tripoli

What will happen to Libya if Gaddafi leaves?: Pan-Africanism and Communists unite.

The problems with intra-national conflicts are often that in order to fully understand the set of complex dynamics and circumstances that come into play, far information than what is reported in and provided by the mainstream media is needed. In Libya problems did not surface just three months ago and despite being crushed, opponents of the Gaddafi regime existed before the uprising so is it really justifiable for Mustapha Abdul Jalil, the former Gaddafi Justice Minister to now be the head of th...

Ban Ki-Moon: Does he deserve a second term at the head of the UN?

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gestures during a visit to the Maitama district hospital in Nigeria's capital Abuja
South Korea's Ban Ki-moon said he will run for a second five-year term as secretary-general of the United Nations."It has been an enormous privilege to lead this great organization," Ban, 66, said yesterday at a news conference at UN headquarters in New York. "If supported by the member states, I would be deeply honoured to serve once more."Ban said he expressed his intention in a letter to the governments of the 192 UN member nations and would meet with their envoys with...
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Broken glass are pictured on a blood-stained bed in Tripoli

Libya: Gaddafi regime's absurd attempts to trick the media

New allegations that the Gaddafi regime is trying to play with the general public's empathy for the civilian victims of the conflict re-surfaced yesterday after a group of journalists who were taken to see 'bomb victims' in a Libyan hospital found out the child they were introduced to had in fact been hurt in road accident.
Ryan Giggs, the beleaguered Manchester United midfielder, had a two-year affair with a third woman.

Injunction actor named in Irish newspaper

The Sunday Herald set a precedent last month after it exposed Ryan Giggs' alleged affair. Now an Irish newspaper has identified a married actor who supposedly obtained an injunction to conceal details of an affair with a married colleague.
Tribesmen loyal to tribal leader Sadeq al-Ahmar secure a street near al-Ahmar's house in Sanaa

Yemen: Has al Qaeda disappeared?

As Yemen is facing rapid and unprecedented changes, the country that was a year ago accused of being a haven for terrorism is not the number one priority of the U.S and the West anymore. So what happened to all the Yemeni Al-Qaeda fighters that are supposed to be in hiding on the country's territory, have they fled to Libya?The slowness and reluctance of the International community to confront the fragile political situation in Yemen should make us question the efforts that were made to p...
Iran's President Ahmadinejad walks hand-in-hand with Saudi Arabia King Abdullah as they arrive for the opening of GCC summit in Doha

Are Libyan rebels backed by Saudi Arabia or Iran?

The National Transitional Council in Libya is slowly trying to establish itself as the legitimate successor to Gaddafi. The West has helped the rebel movement by widely promoting it and calling for countries throughout the world to officially back the new regime. However while the U.S , the U.K, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Canada have officially recognised the political organisation as the new legitimate representative body of the Libyan people, countries in Africa and in the Middle East ...
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Germany and nuclear power: A brave new world?

On 03 June 2011, the German magazine Stern reported that Chancellor Angela Merkel had agreed with the provincial governments (Länder) to a phased closure programme of all of Germany's 17 nuclear power plants by 2022. Mrs Merkel wants the closures to start at two-year intervals from 2015 at two plants per odd-numbered year and the final two or three plants, the most modern, in 2022.
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Post-PSN Sony hack: kicking a man when he's down?

With Sony only just having gotten its PSN and PlayStation Store fully functioning, the hacker group LulzSec have released a statement claiming to have once again bypassed Sony's online security -- this time on one of its websites -- but, unlike the first PSN breach, it appears that a significant proportion of the general public have reacted with pity or even sympathy rather than anger.
Ratko Mladic

Ratko Mladic and the ICTY: A kangeroo court or not?

"Can a criminal tribunal for Yugoslavia which ignores pervasive violence by the U.S. and diverts public awareness from United States conduct and legitimatizes by silent acceptance aerial and missile assaults on civilians and illegal weapons use against one country after another, making its repetition expected before it occurs, contribute to the hope for the rule of law, justice or peace?"
German clinics are appealing for blood donations as the number of people infected with a deadly strain of E. coli has risen above 1,700.

E.coli 2011 outbreak: Source remains a mystery

German health experts have been unable to identify the source of a deadly new strain of E.Coli bacteria that has spread through Europe, leaving consumers unsure of which foods to avoid.
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Libya: The Transitional Regime, oil, Israel and Gaddafi's old friends

Libya's official opposition movement, the Transitional National Council (TNC), was formed rapidly as it was officially established only a week after the initial uprising began in Benghazi. The group is headed by Mustafa Abdul Jalil. The council was created to provide a structural and organised base for the rebel movement on the ground. However most of its most important positions are filled with regime defectors, not by people from the opposition.
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Four killed in Chevron refinery explosion

Four people have been killed and one seriously injured after a storage tank exploded at an oil refinery in southwest Wales, the plant's owner Chevron Corp said on Friday.
A mutant strain of E.coli which has killed at least 17 people has reached Britain, health officials confirmed yesterday.

E.coli 2011 outbreak: What are the symptoms?

The deadly new strain of E.coli that has killed at least 17 people and left 1,500 ill across Europe has never been seen in a human population and it may be the most toxic yet, health experts said on Thursday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Libyan rebels seek diplomatic ties with Israel says French writer

As the news that 270 people went missing after a fishing boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy broke down just off the Tunisian coast came , French writer Bernard Henri Levy announced he delivered a message on Thursday from Libyan rebel leaders to Israel's premier saying they would seek diplomatic ties with Israel if they came to power.
Former US President George W. Bush

Gaddafi VS George W. Bush: The best quotes part 2

As we continue on the quest to find Gaddafi's best contender when it comes to explaining international, political, social, and economic or security issues, former US President George W. Bush naturally took the top position.As he is the man who is known for sharing with the worlds his most interesting and profound thoughts, also known as "Bushism" let us understand why he still remains undefeated.
Libyan leader Gaddafi looks on during his debate on democracy with Western scholars in Sebha

Gaddafi VS George W. Bush: The best quotes part 1

As we continue on the quest to find any one who can challenge Gaddafi's exceptional ability of explaining international, political, social, and economic or security issues, we take a look at former US President George W. Bush, who perhaps has the best chance of outwitting the King of Kings of Africa.Perhaps with his "Bushisms" the former President is the man best placed to defeat the man once described as a "Mad Dog".