| Qatar 'seizes two Iranian boats with arms' KUWAIT CITY (AFP) – Qatar, which has sea borders with Bahrain and Iran, has seized two Iranian boats in the Gulf carrying weapons, a Kuwaiti electronic newspaper reported on Sunday. The boats were intercepted off Al-Zubara coast, northeast of Qatar ... more |
| Israel strike kills 2 in Gaza after call for calm GAZA CITY, (AFP) — An Israeli air strike killed two people in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, medics said, a day after Palestinian militants said they were committed to calming tensions if Israel reciprocated. "Two Palestinians were killed and another wounded ... more |
| Yemen ruling party, Saleh to meet for crisis talks SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's ruling party and its leader President Ali Abdullah Saleh will meet for crisis talks on Sunday after Saleh said he was ready to hand over power on condition it be "with dignity." Saleh, who is under pressure from tens of thousands ... more |
| Libya may be placing corpses at bombed sites - Gates (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence reports suggest that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces have placed the bodies of people they have killed at the sites of coalition air strikes so they can blame the West for the deaths, U.S. Secretary of Defence Robert ... more |
| Saif al-Islam Gaddafi seeking immunity Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – Independent Arab and Libyan sources have informed Asharq Al-Awsat that Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi is seeking to convince the coalition forces to accept a deal that is being secretly discussed between Gaddafi delegates ... more |
| Rebels push west as air strikes hit Gaddafi forces BIN JAWAD, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan rebels pushed further west on Sunday to retake more territory abandoned by Muammar Gaddafi's retreating forces, which have been weakened by Western air strikes. Emboldened by the capture of the strategic town of ... more |
| Gaddafi seeking help of western "friends" to convince international community to halt military intervention – Sources Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – Libyan official sources have revealed that there are secret efforts being conducted by officials in the Gaddafi regime to find a way out of the current crisis and which aim to ensure the safety and continuation of the Libyan ... more |
| Egypt must scrap law banning strikes - rights group CAIRO, (Reuters) - An Egyptian draft law that imposes prison sentences for some strike action violates international laws on freedom of assembly and must be scrapped, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. Last week, Egypt's military-backed government ... more |
| Yemen president's party opposes ouster SANAA, (AFP) — Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's ruling party has rejected growing demands for his ouster, as soldiers on Saturday killed six suspected Al-Qaeda members in the south of the country. Saleh, in power since 1978 and a key ... more |
Libyan rebels recapture strategic eastern town AJDABIYAH, (Reuters) - Libyan rebels backed by allied air strikes recaptured the strategic eastern town of Ajdabiyah on Saturday, pushing out Muammar Gaddafi's forces. Rebel fighters danced on tanks, waved flags and fired in the air by buildings riddled ... more |
| Protests and shooting in Syria as unrest spreads DAMASCUS, (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad faced the deepest crisis of his 11 years in power on Saturday, with one city in the grip of anti-government protesters and unrest spreading to other parts of Syria. Dozens of people have been killed ... more |
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi seeking immunity is seeking to convince the coalition forces to accept a deal that is being secretly discussed
