News headlines for “Crisis in Libya”, page 105
EGYPT: Military Under Mubarak's Shadow
- Inter Press Service
Egypt's armed forces, the de facto rulers of the country since last week’s ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, have already met several longstanding demands of the opposition, including the suspension of the constitution and dissolution of parliament. Some critics, however, say more must be done if the Mubarak regime’s authoritarian structure is to be satisfactorily replaced with a democratic one.
Protest Wave Rocks Bahrain
- Inter Press Service
Bahrain, unlike Egypt with its 83 million people, has a population of only just over a million. And so when protesters settled down to sleep at a central roundabout in capital Manama, the police swooped down and manage to clear them away.
BAHRAIN: U.S. Faces New Test Over State Violence
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday expressed 'deep concerns' about the deadly attack on hundreds of sleeping anti-government protestors carried out by Bahrain's security forces at a central square in the capital, Manama, Wednesday night.
U.N. Chief Rebukes Repressive Middle Eastern Leaders
- Inter Press Service
As the military and the police try to violently suppress demonstrations spreading across Bahrain, Yemen, Libya, Iraq and Iran, a usually reticent U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon is taking a hard line against the oppressive authoritarian regimes in the politically volatile Middle East - and specifically against unrelenting leaders cracking down on protesters.
IRAQ: Protests Spread to Kurdistan
- Inter Press Service
At least one person died and dozens were injured Thursday in Iraqi Kurdistan's second largest city as angry protestors attacked the local headquarters of one of the two ruling Kurdish parties, while an opposition building was set ablaze in the other major Kurdish city.
EGYPT: Wave of Strikes Challenges Military
- Inter Press Service
The iron fist that has kept a tight grip on Egypt’s labour movements for nearly six decades relaxed this week, unleashing a wave of wildcat strikes that is testing the resolve of the country’s new military rulers.
Dead Peace Process Could be 'National Suicide' for Israel
- Inter Press Service
The U.N. Security Council is poised to vote this week on a new resolution condemning Israeli expansion into the Occupied Palestinian Territories and calling for an immediate freeze on settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, but the United States has already declared its intention to again deploy its veto power.
As Talks Stall with Iran, U.S. Steps Up Propaganda War
- Inter Press Service
Egypt's revolution appears to have stiffened the spine of the Barack Obama administration when it comes to Iran.
Palestinian Revolution by Default
- Inter Press Service
The Egyptian revolution, and the threat to autocratic Arab regimes all over the region, have forced rapid changes on the Palestinian political scene - with major players Hamas and Fatah scrambling to catch up.
EGYPT-U.S.: Revolution or Coup?
- Inter Press Service
Four days after the stunning departure of Hosni Mubarak from the presidential palace in Cairo, analysts here are still trying to determine whether his ouster represents a revolution heralding the advent of democratic governance or a coup d'etat staged by the already-dominant military.
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