Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Revolution In Libya -- News Updates February 23, 2011



Italy Says 1,000 Killed In Libya -- Yahoo News/Reuters

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi's attempts to crush a revolt against his four-decade rule have killed as many as 1,000 people and split Libya, Italy's Foreign Minister said on Wednesday.

In the eastern city of Benghazi, cradle of the revolt against Gaddafi, people let off firecrackers and honked their horns to mark the end of days of bloodshed there.

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More News On The Revolution In Libya

Libya live report -- AFP
Latest Updates on the Uprising in Libya -- The Lede/New York Times
Al Jazeera English: Live Stream -- Al Jazeera

Clampdown in Libyan capital as protests close in -- Yahoo News/AP
Kadhafi loses swathes of east to insurrection -- Yahoo News/AFP
Fear stalks Tripoli, celebrations in Libya's East -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Libya protests: Pressure mounts on isolated Gaddafi -- BBC
More Libyan officials abandon Gaddafi -- Euronews
Gaddafi defiant as state teeters -- Al Jazeera
New clashes reported in Tripoli; U.S. citizens to evacuate -- Washington Post
Libyan city dubbed 'Free Benghazi' as anti-Gaddafi troops take control -- Guardian
Libya protests: Gaddafi battles to control west -- BBC
Gaddafi loses more Libyan cities -- Al Jazeera
Gadhafi said losing control in more cities -- UPI
Kadafi Vows No Mercy as Libya Chaos Grows - Los Angeles Times
Gadhafi Vows to ‘Die’ Rather than Flee Libya - Washington Times
Fighting Nears Tripoli, Where Qaddafi Keeps Grip on Power -- New York Times
Troops hunting rebels in Tripoli -- The Australian
Tripoli Streets Deserted After Gadhafi Urges Attacks on Protesters -- Voice of America

Gadhafi's LatAm allies show solidarity, caution
-- L.A. Times
Foreigners Evacuate Libya While Gadhafi Says He'll Die a 'Martyr' -- ABC News
Thousands of Egyptian Migrant Workers Flee Libya -- Spiegel Online
Libya protests: Evacuation plans of foreign governments -- BBC
U.S. citizens to be evacuated from Libya by ferry -- Washington Post

Arab League: Violence Against Protesters Must Come to an End -- Voice of America
US seen taking harder Libya line after evacuation -- Reuters
Libyan diplomats defect en masse -- Al Jazeera

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Neglect, tribalism, history fuel east Libya revolt -- Reuters
Muammar Gaddafi's cult of personality has finally crumbled -- Daniel Kawczynski, The Guardian
Muammar Gaddafi's Delusions of African Grandeur -- Time Magazine
Goodbye, Qaddafi: Why these sorts of dictators are done -- Christian Science Monitor
Gaddafi's Next Move: Sabotage Oil and Sow Chaos? -- Robert Baer, Time Magazine
Snap Analysis: Libya's Muammar Gaddafi will fight to the end -- Reuters
Dear Moammar Gaddafi . . . -- Jim Hoagland, Washington Post
Gaddafi? Kadafi? Qaddafi? What's the correct spelling? -- Yahoo News/Christian Science Monitor

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