News headlines for “Crisis in Libya”, page 101
LIBYA: Thousands of Foreign Labourers Trapped in Turmoil
- Inter Press Service
As violent unrest continues unabated in Libya, with the potential to descend into what U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called a 'protracted civil war' in statements to lawmakers here this week, international rights groups are raising the alarm over the resulting humanitarian crisis and the particularly desperate plight of stranded immigrant labourers.
EGYPT: Mubarak Regime ‘Provoked’ Attacks on Christians
- Inter Press Service
Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak portrayed himself as a paradigm of stability in a country he once described as a 'powder keg' of sectarian unrest. Yet far from promoting stability, his regime may have actually been the source of much of the religious strife it claimed to suppress.
BAHRAIN: Migrants Stuck With Added Problems
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of foreign labourers here are squeezed into houses the government says are uninhabitable, but they are unlikely to get any relief soon, with the non- stop protests in the capital hurting many businesses.
LIBYA: Recovering From Horror, Waiting for More
- Inter Press Service
The walls outside the Al-Jalah Hospital in downtown Bengazi are covered with posters of missing persons, mostly teenagers and young men who disappeared after the protests began. Inside, hundreds of gunshot victims recover from the street battle between Muammar Gaddafi's forces and Benghazi's citizens.
YEMEN: U.S. Rebuts Saleh's Charges
- Inter Press Service
Amid growing pressure on President Barack Obama to intervene more forcefully in Libya, the White House Tuesday sharply rebutted charges by Yemen's president that Washington is conspiring against his government and other Arab regimes.
Pro-Peace Jewish Lobby Group Urges Obama to Seize Moment
- Inter Press Service
J Street, the Washington-based 'Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace' advocacy group, drew a large crowd to its annual conference this year despite criticism over its controversial calls for the Barack Obama administration not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank.
Recruiting Now for New Offensive Against Gaddafi
- Inter Press Service
As the defectors from the Libyan army organize the weapons they have recovered from Muammar Gaddafi's strongholds in the region, thousands of Libyan men are volunteering to join the soldiers in a possible attack on Tripoli to oust Gaddafi from power.
U.N. Body Suspends Libya from Human Rights Council
- Inter Press Service
The 192-member General Assembly, the highest policy-making body at the United Nations, unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday suspending Libya's membership in the Geneva-based Human Rights Council.
Arab Uprising Bypasses Domestic Slaves
- Inter Press Service
The uprisings sweeping the Arab world have been provoked by long injustice, low income, police brutality, and lack of social security. While the world looks at this, the suffering of up to three million maids across the Arab world remains wrapped in silence.
Turkey Gets the Worst of Two Worlds
- Inter Press Service
Turkey’s foreign policy is undergoing an acid test as the political turmoil continues in the Arab World. The fragile situation in Tripoli, in particular, is giving the jitters to government and businesses alike, with billions of dollars of Turkish investment and trade at risk.
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