Muammar Gaddafi - Zenga Zenga Song - Noy Alooshe Remix

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: Kadhafi fait un tabac sur YouTube grâce à un spot musical israélien : Un spot musical israélien incorporant des extraits d’un discours enflammé la semaine dernière du numéro un libyen Mouammar Kadhafi se taille un franc succès sur YouTub >>> AFP | Dimanche 27 Février 2011

Le départ de Kadhafi "inévitable"
leJDD.fr: Le départ du dirigeant libyen Mouammar Kadhafi est "inévitable", a estimé dimanche le ministre italien des Affaires étrangères Franco Frattini, ajoutant que la situation dans ce pays avait atteint "un point de non-retour". [Source: leJDD.fr] | Dimanche 27 Février 2011

Les Frères musulmans veulent panser les plaies de la Libye
LE POINT: La très contestée confrérie souhaite être un acteur incontournable du printemps arabe. La voici escortant des médecins. Reportage.

Un groupe de médecins égyptiens, lié aux Frères musulmans, s'est rendu en Libye apporter son aide à la population. Photo : Le Point
Empaquetés à la hâte, les cartons de fournitures médicales s'empilent sur le trottoir. Devant les locaux du syndicat des médecins au Caire, c'est l'effervescence ce mercredi après-midi : il faut charger le bus de l'Arab Medical Union, vérifier que tous les chirurgiens sont là, appeler les collègues à Benghazi, dans l'est de la Libye, changer la feuille de route en fonction des zones de combat... Soudain, le temps s'arrête : c'est l'heure de la prière. Le docteur Hesham Essa, responsable du convoi qui s'apprête à soutenir des médecins libyens, s'enferme dans son bureau. Dix minutes, et pas une de plus : "Il faut y aller, ils attendent notre aide", presse-t-il gentiment, "nous avons des milliers de gens à soigner". "On soignera tous les blessés", ajoute-t-il, "qu'ils soient révolutionnaires ou mercenaires de Khadafi". >>> D’envoyée spéciale du Point, Marie-Lys Lubrano | Samedi 26 Février 2011

Libya: Barack Obama Calls on Col Gaddafi to Step Down
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Barack Obama has for the first time called on Col Muammar Gaddafi to step down, saying that the Libyan government must be held accountable for its brutal crackdown on dissenters.

Late on Saturday night, the UN Security Council unanimously approved international sanctions against the Libyan regime and voted unanimously to refer evidence of atrocities in Libya to the International Criminal Court.

The US administration earlier announced new unilateral sanctions against the country.

The White House said that in a conversation with Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, the president stated “that when a leader's only means of staying in power is to use mass violence against his own people, he has lost the legitimacy to rule and needs to do what is right for his country by leaving now". >>> Alex Spillius, in Washington | Sunday, February 27, 2011

Archbishop Says the Church Will Resist Government Moves on Gay Marriage
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The Archbishop of Canterbury has vowed to defend the Church’s traditional stance on marriage against Government moves to introduce homosexual weddings in churches.

Dr Rowan Williams has refused to be drawn on the issue publicly, but has broken his silence to tell MPs he is not prepared for the Coalition to tell the Church how to behave.

He told a private meeting of influential politicians that the Church of England would not bow to public pressure to allow its buildings to be used to conduct same-sex civil partnerships.

The comments are the first time he has spoken since the Coalition unveiled plans to allow religious buildings to be used to conduct homosexual partnership ceremonies.

While the Church has been bitterly divided over the role of its homosexual clergy, he said it held a clear position that marriage is between a man and a woman and would not consider changing this stance. >>> Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent | Saturday, February 26, 2011

Revealed: UK’s Secret £10 Billion Talks with Libya
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: The British Government was brokering a secret deal worth up to £10 billion with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s regime before Libya descended into chaos, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt.

For the past 18 months a dedicated Foreign Office unit has been supporting lawyers fighting to win compensation for UK victims of IRA bombs built with Libyan-supplied explosives.

The team was in the advanced stages of discussing a “Victims’ Initiative” package with key members of Gaddafi’s regime.

The possible agreement would have included payouts for the 150 families of those killed and injured bringing the claim, as well as a huge “cultural and social” investment focusing on reconciliation projects, much of it in Northern Ireland.

Insiders said that since the Coalition came to power last May, Government efforts to secure a deal had been stepped up, with David Cameron and William Hague taking a personal interest in the talks.

Sources said the agreement would have seen Libya committing between £2 billion and £10 billion to the UK, as part of an effort to detoxify “Brand Libya”. >>> Rebecca Lefort | Saturday, Deptember 26, 2011

Egyptian Army Shoot Coptic Monks, Demolition of the walls of St.Bishoy

Egyptian Army Attacks Coptic Monastery of Saint Bishoy

Egyptian Army Attacks with Knives to Stab Christians in St.Bishoy Coptic Monastery


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Revealed: Blair's Secret Calls to Gaddafi
THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY: Ex-PM phones Libyan despot – and urges him to quit, while SAS mounts daring rescue of oil workers stranded in desert

Tony Blair, widely criticised in recent days for offering Muammar Gaddafi "the hand of friendship" seven years ago, made an extraordinary personal intervention when he twice phoned the embattled Libyan dictator on Friday and asked him to stop killing protesters rising up against the regime.

Britain's former prime minister made two unannounced calls to Colonel Gaddafi on Friday – the day the Libyan President appeared in public and exhorted a crowd of his hardcore supporters to "defend the nation" against the uprising and "crush the enemy" behind it. That defiant call to arms suggests that Col Gaddafi – who has rapidly returned to the international pariah status he had before the "deal in the desert" he negotiated with Mr Blair in 2004 – simply ignored the man who pioneered the dictator's temporary rehabilitation by the West.

Reports from the Libyan capital yesterday suggested that the dictator was carrying out his threat to arm supporters to strike back against the uprising. As tensions rose, David Cameron ordered an SAS rescue mission to pick up 150 citizens stranded in the remote oil fields south of the port of Benghazi. Continue reading and comment >>> Donald Macintyre | Sunday, February 27, 2011

Banks Open for Business in Benghazi
Feb 26 - Banks reopen in Benghazi although many stores remain closed as citizens mourn those they have lost while hoping to rebuild their lives. Deborah Lutterbeck reports

Violence in Tunisia
Feb 26 - Police say that youths loyal to deposed President Ben Ali are trying to destabilize the country, amid reports that at least 3 have been killed. Deborah Lutterbeck reports

Grief and Defiance in Tripoli
Feb 26 - A funeral is held for an anti-government protester in Tripoli, as clear signs of damage from clashes mark the Libyan capital. Simon Hanna reports

Pakistan Jails Second U.S. Citizen
Feb 26 - A Pakistani court jails a second U.S. man, this time over a visa issue, amid growing controversy over the detention of a CIA contractor. Jessica Gray reports

Calls from the Street Continue in Bahrain
Feb 26 - Thousands march through the streets of Bahrain's capital, Manama calling for change. Deborah Lutterbeck reports

Mercenary Under Attack in Libya
Feb 26 - Video appears to show Libyan protesters capturing African mercenary. Deborah Lutterbeck reports

Searchlight Poll Finds Huge Support for Far Right 'If They Gave Up Violence'
THE OBSERVER: Level of far-right support could outstrip that in France or Holland, says poll for Searchlight

Huge numbers of Britons would support an anti-immigration English nationalist party if it was not associated with violence and fascist imagery, according to the largest survey into identity and extremism conducted in the UK.

A Populus poll found that 48% of the population would consider supporting a new anti-immigration party committed to challenging Islamist extremism, and would support policies to make it statutory for all public buildings to fly the flag of St George or the union flag.

Anti-racism campaigners said the findings suggested Britain's mainstream parties were losing touch with public opinion on issues of identity and race. >>> Mark Townsend, The Guardian | Saturday, February 26, 2011

Labiaplasty Surgery Increase Blamed on Pornography
THE OBSERVER: Doctors blame internet porn boom as more women seek 'designer vaginas' through genital surgery

Medical experts have sounded the alarm over soaring rates of labiaplasty, as the preliminary findings of a study show women are increasingly turning to private providers to pursue "designer vaginas".

NHS and private sector professionals have warned that some young women approaching cosmetic surgery companies are depressed or on medication, and are being sold operations without preliminary access to alternative psychological therapies.

Experts carrying out the research at King's College London also suggest that the so-called "pornification" of modern culture may be driving up surgery rates to unprecedented levels as both men and women have increased exposure to pornographic imagery via the internet. Recent studies have shown sharp rises in the numbers of young people accessing porn. >>> Rowenna Davis | Sunday, February 27, 2011

Arianna Huffington's AOL Deal Sparks Accusations of a Political Sell-out
THE OBSERVER: The Huffington Post website made her the heroine of America's left, but critics say she failed to pay bloggers and used items generated by other news organisations

Arianna Huffington has long reigned as the queen of America's chattering classes, using her Huffington Post website as a platform to transform herself into a darling of the United States' left-leaning media elite.

But no longer. Since she announced that the HuffPo was being sold to web giant AOL for $315m, Huffington has been accused of being a political sellout and someone who made a personal fortune from the labour of thousands of bloggers who write for no pay.

America's Newspaper Guild, the journalists' union, has started a campaign to target the Huffington Post as having a business model that has done great damage by not paying contributors. It has demanded that Huffington donate some of her AOL deal profits to investing in paid journalism. "After building a media empire based on unpaid writers and republishing the works of others... we are calling on Arianna Huffington to invest in quality journalism by sharing a portion of this fortune," said the guild's president, Bernie Lunzer.

That appeal is likely to fall on deaf ears. HuffPo spokesman Mario Ruiz denied the website was a problem for the industry, saying: "It's both wrong and offensive to insist that the HuffPo is exploiting journalists."

But since the AOL deal was announced this month, there has been an avalanche of criticism of the website and its smooth-talking founder. "To grasp its business model... you need to picture a galley rowed by slaves and commanded by pirates," blasted Los Angeles Times columnist Tim Rutten. >>> Paul Harris, New York | Sunday, February 27, 2011

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UN Slaps Sanctions on Libyan Regime
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH: Security Council unanimously orders travel and assets ban on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his inner circle

The UN Security Council has unanimously imposed travel bans and asset freezes on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, members of his family and inner circle.

Saturday's resolution adopted by the 15-nation council also called for the immediate referral of the deadly crackdown against anti-government demonstrators in Libya to the International Criminal Court in The Hague for investigation and possible prosecution of anyone responsible for killing civilians.

The council demanded an "immediate end to the violence and for steps to address the legitimate demands of the population" in Libya.

It called for Libyan authorities to act "with restraint, respect human rights and international humanitarian law," and facilitate immediate access for international human rights monitors.

The council called for an immediate lifting of restrictions "on all forms of media" and for the safety of foreign nationals to be assured and their departure facilitated. >>> Agencies | Sunday, February 27, 2011

UN Slaps Sanctions on Libyan Leaders
Feb 27 - The United Nations Security Council has imposed ''biting sanctions'' on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his close aides. Marie-Claire Fennessy reports