Here are three from Libya, just to make it easier to catch-up.
First, from The New York Times Feb 28 by David D. Kirkpatrick and Alan Cowell
International Pressure on Qaddafi Intensifies
TRIPOLI, Libya — An international campaign to force Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi out of office gathered pace on Monday as the European Union adopted an arms embargo and other sanctions, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton bluntly told the Libyan leader to surrender power “now, without further violence or delay.”
With the opposition showed increasing signs of organization in the east, and rebel and loyalist forces locked in an increasingly tense stand-off, the prime ministers of France and Britain echoed Mrs. Clinton’s call for Colonel Qaddafi to go. Germany proposed a 60-day ban on financial transactions, and a spokeswoman for Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, said that contacts were being established with the opposition.
Italy’s foreign minister on Sunday suspended a nonaggression treaty with Libya on the grounds that the Libyan state “no longer exists,” while Mrs. Clinton said the United States was reaching out to the rebels to “offer any kind of assistance.”
France said it was sending medical aid. Prime Minister François Fillon said planes loaded with doctors, nurses and supplies were heading to the rebel-controlled eastern city of Benghazi, calling the airlift “the beginning of a massive operation of humanitarian support for the populations of liberated territories.”
Next from Reuters Feb 28
The unidentified protesters flashed the victory sign and shouted "God is Greatest" in Arabic as they were led away.
Allahu Akbar, actually.
"Don't worry, we'll kill Gaddafi, I promise," a protester told Reuters TV as he was escorted into a police van. "The Libyan people will kill Gaddafi as he killed the Libyan people."
Police are investigating charges of property damage and trespassing against the four protesters. An additional two protesters, who breached the embassy's security fence but did not enter the building, are under investigation for trespassing.
A larger group of protesters assembled outside the embassy in an attempt to convince embassy workers to publicly oppose Gaddafi as several Libyan diplomats have done since widespread revolt engulfed the North African country two weeks ago.
One protester, giving his name as Sheikh Rooky, told Reuters that the embassy staff are "on the side of the people" and condemn the "massacres happening in Libya" but fear the possible repercussions for speaking out against Gaddafi.
Lastly, a plea from Gaddafi's son to Islamic clerics
From Reuters Feb 28
The Saudi-owned channel said on its website that Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam had contacted one cleric, Salman al-Awda, and Saadi Gaddafi had reached out to a second, Ayedh al-Garni, but both rejected their calls.
"You are killing the Libyan people. Turn to God because you are wronging them. Protect Libyan blood, you are killing old people and children. Fear God," Garni said he told Saadi.
Garni made the remarks on air on Sunday, the website said, adding Awda gave the same message to Saif al-Islam.
Awda has a weekly television show on Saudi-owned pan-Arab channel MBC1 and has been praised by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden before as a religious scholar he felt did not toe the government line. Garni gave lectures in Libya last year.
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First, from The New York Times Feb 28 by David D. Kirkpatrick and Alan Cowell
International Pressure on Qaddafi Intensifies
TRIPOLI, Libya — An international campaign to force Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi out of office gathered pace on Monday as the European Union adopted an arms embargo and other sanctions, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton bluntly told the Libyan leader to surrender power “now, without further violence or delay.”
With the opposition showed increasing signs of organization in the east, and rebel and loyalist forces locked in an increasingly tense stand-off, the prime ministers of France and Britain echoed Mrs. Clinton’s call for Colonel Qaddafi to go. Germany proposed a 60-day ban on financial transactions, and a spokeswoman for Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, said that contacts were being established with the opposition.
Italy’s foreign minister on Sunday suspended a nonaggression treaty with Libya on the grounds that the Libyan state “no longer exists,” while Mrs. Clinton said the United States was reaching out to the rebels to “offer any kind of assistance.”
France said it was sending medical aid. Prime Minister François Fillon said planes loaded with doctors, nurses and supplies were heading to the rebel-controlled eastern city of Benghazi, calling the airlift “the beginning of a massive operation of humanitarian support for the populations of liberated territories.”
Next from Reuters Feb 28
Anti-Gaddafi protesters storm Berlin Libyan embassy
BERLIN Feb 28 (Reuters) - Four people stormed the Libyan embassy in Berlin on Monday, police said, damaging property and tearing a portrait of ruler Muammar Gaddafi in protest against the government's bloody crackdown against popular unrest.The unidentified protesters flashed the victory sign and shouted "God is Greatest" in Arabic as they were led away.
Allahu Akbar, actually.
"Don't worry, we'll kill Gaddafi, I promise," a protester told Reuters TV as he was escorted into a police van. "The Libyan people will kill Gaddafi as he killed the Libyan people."
Police are investigating charges of property damage and trespassing against the four protesters. An additional two protesters, who breached the embassy's security fence but did not enter the building, are under investigation for trespassing.
A larger group of protesters assembled outside the embassy in an attempt to convince embassy workers to publicly oppose Gaddafi as several Libyan diplomats have done since widespread revolt engulfed the North African country two weeks ago.
One protester, giving his name as Sheikh Rooky, told Reuters that the embassy staff are "on the side of the people" and condemn the "massacres happening in Libya" but fear the possible repercussions for speaking out against Gaddafi.
Lastly, a plea from Gaddafi's son to Islamic clerics
From Reuters Feb 28
Gaddafi's sons tried to get Saudi cleric help - TV
DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Sons of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have failed to persuade prominent Saudi clerics to issue religious rulings against a revolt that is threatening to bring down the veteran leader, Al Arabiya television said on Monday.The Saudi-owned channel said on its website that Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam had contacted one cleric, Salman al-Awda, and Saadi Gaddafi had reached out to a second, Ayedh al-Garni, but both rejected their calls.
"You are killing the Libyan people. Turn to God because you are wronging them. Protect Libyan blood, you are killing old people and children. Fear God," Garni said he told Saadi.
Garni made the remarks on air on Sunday, the website said, adding Awda gave the same message to Saif al-Islam.
Awda has a weekly television show on Saudi-owned pan-Arab channel MBC1 and has been praised by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden before as a religious scholar he felt did not toe the government line. Garni gave lectures in Libya last year.
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