News headlines for “Crisis in Libya”, page 87
Libyan Rebels Feel the Heat of NATO's Swan Song
- Inter Press Service
A week after U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 sanctioned air strikes against the regime of Colonel Muammar el-Gaddafi in Libya, U.S. President Barack Obama made clear that it would not be U.S. planes maintaining the No-Fly Zone (NFZ). Rather, the effort to safeguard Libyan civilians would be led primarily by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
MIDEAST: Egypt Plays Best Man at Hamas-Fatah Union
- Inter Press Service
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed a reconciliation agreement in Cairo on Wednesday, paving the way for the formation of a Palestinian national unity government. The move, say local analysts, reflects the changing political equation in the Middle East amid the ongoing wave of Arab popular uprisings.
Israel Gathers Support from ‘Best Enemy’
- Inter Press Service
First Egypt, then Syria, finally the Palestinians — while most Israelis concur with their Prime Minister that the revolutions, upheavals and shifting alliances closing in on their country have postponed peace prospects, remarkably, the evolving events convulsing the region may yet restore their country's battered legitimacy.
Flagged for Removal: Online Censorship on the Rise
- Inter Press Service
The shutdown was surprisingly swift and almost total. In the midst of a popular revolution — one that was blogged, YouTubed, and Twittered in minute-by-minute cyber blasts — the Egyptian regime tightened its Internet spigot in late January, choking the free flow of information down to a trickle.
U.S.: Bin Laden's Killing Could Alter Af-Pak, Other Policies
- Inter Press Service
Sunday's killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by a small, helicopter-borne team of U.S. Navy Seals could result in significant impacts on U.S. relations and strategy both in Pakistan, where the raid was carried out, and neighbouring Afghanistan, where it was launched, according to policy experts here.
Syria's Crackdown Undermines Claim for Seat in Human Rights Council
- Inter Press Service
When the General Assembly meets on May 20 to elect 15 new members for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the four candidates from the Asian Group - India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Syria - were until now considered certain winners for one primary reason: they remain uncontested on a 'clean slate' for four vacant uncompetitive Asian regional seats.
Moves to Undermine Egyptian Revolution
- Inter Press Service
More than two months since former president Hosni Mubarak was forced from office after 30 years in power, local political figures and analysts warn of 'counterrevolutionary elements' still working behind the scenes to thwart Egypt's ongoing transition to democracy.
Human Rights Council Issues First-Ever UN Condemnation of Syria
- Inter Press Service
The special session on Syria held by the United Nations Human Rights Council Friday agreed on neither an international mission of enquiry, as originally foreseen, nor a lower level fact-finding mission - only a mission by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
YEMEN: Youth Ready to Confront Gender Roles
- Inter Press Service
Despite being at the forefront of sweeping changes taking place in the country, the lives of the majority of Yemeni women are restricted to early marriage, motherhood and serving husbands, according to a new study by Women Without Borders (WWB), a Vienna based public relations and advocacy platform for women’s voices around the world.
SYRIA: Deraa a City Under a Dark Siege
- Inter Press Service
As darkness fell across it, Deraa was a city under siege.
Tanks and troops control all roads in and out. Inside the city, shops are shuttered and nobody dare walk the once bustling market streets, today transformed into the kill zone of rooftop snipers.
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