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May 30, 2011

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AllAfrica News: LibyaAllAfrica News: LibyaNato Bombs Fall Near Gaddafi CompoundAddis Summit Calls on Nato to End AirstrikesZuma ‘Understands Hammerl Family Pain’Migrant Workers Struggle After FleeingTop Western Banks Alleged to Hold Gaddafi FundsNeighbors Help One Another Fight for FreedomGrowing Frustration in Choucha Transit CampForcing Gaddafi Out Will Be ‘Slow, Steady Process,’ Says ObamaHow Might Things Move Forward in Libya?Rocket Attacks On Western Mountain TownsZuma to Discuss Gaddafi’s ‘Exit’ PlanLibya Oil Expands to Retain 50 Percent of Aviation MarketNato Blasts Rock Tripoli in Heaviest Bombing So FarZuma Office Says Gaddafi ‘Exit Strategy’ Report MisleadingPresident Zuma to Visit Nigeria and LibyaBan, Jonathan Discuss Libya, SudanUN Volunteer Helps Needy Berbers in Tunisian CampEurope Vows Continued Backing for OppositionJustice Remains Key to Resolving CrisisAU Meets Over LibyaIkea Foundation Donates Mattresses, Duvets And Covers for Libya-DisplacedAfrican Leaders Seek a Political Solution to ImpasseEU Opens Libya Office in BenghaziAfrican Union Joins UN in Demanding Ceasefire‘In Libya You Face Bombs, But Here You Face Death’Rights Body Calls for Release of Journalist’s BodyU.S. Politicians Query Obama Policy on Gaddafi

All Africa, All the Time. http://allafrica.com/libya/ http://allafrica.com/tools/headlines/rss.html http://allafrica.com/img/static/aa-trans_200x116.gif http://allafrica.com/libya/ en-us http://allafrica.com/stories/201105280001.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105280001.html Nato bombs fell near Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi’s Bab Al-Aziziya compound on Saturday morning in the fourth successive day of attacks on the target. Another attack took place nine hours earlier. Sat, 28 May 2011 16:13:58 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105270613.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105270613.html The Africa Union (AU) security summit ended today in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, calling for an outright end to NATO-led air strikes on Libya. Fri, 27 May 2011 14:25:36 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105270713.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105270713.html President Jacob Zuma’s office has confirmed receipt of a letter from the family of slain photographer Anton Hammerl in which they plead with Zuma to help them find his body. Fri, 27 May 2011 15:51:04 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260950.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260950.html As thousands of Chadian returnees continue to cross from Libya into Chad – via Niger – villagers near the arrival points face a “double burden” with remittances drying up and their scarce resources overstretched, said International Organization for Migration (IOM) operations officer Craig Murphy. Thu, 26 May 2011 12:45:18 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260296.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260296.html HSBC and Goldman Sachs are among the key western bankers for Colonel Gaddafi’s regime, a 2010 document leaked to Global Witness appears to show. Thu, 26 May 2011 06:58:02 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260265.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260265.html Ever since the ousting of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, ordinary citizens have been leading uprisings all over North Africa and the Middle East against unwanted rulers. But what is now known as the “Arab Awakening” is not confined to people resisting within their own borders. Some Arabs are helping the fight in neighbouring countries too. Thu, 26 May 2011 04:22:59 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260951.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260951.html Tensions have escalated among third country nationals who fled violence in Libya and have been living in Choucha transit camp in Tunisia, and the situation could get worse, an aid worker warns. Thu, 26 May 2011 12:45:29 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105250937.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105250937.html United States President Barack Obama told journalists in London Wednesday that dislodging Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi from power in Libya will be “a slow, steady process in which we’re able to wear down the regime forces and change the political calculations of the… regime to the point where they finally realize that they’re not going to control this country.” Wed, 25 May 2011 18:08:22 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105270379.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105270379.html NATO’s (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) sustained assault on Libya ought to lead to calls for its leaders’ prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC), writes Yash Tandon, though ‘we know this will not happen’. A new regime run by ‘the people’, Tandon stresses, will merely see itself at the service of empire, helping to ensure access to oil, shore up Europe against refugees and bolster the region against forces deemed threatening such as Hamas and Iran; the challenge remains for Libyans themselves to sort out their differences and unite. Fri, 27 May 2011 10:12:45 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105270111.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105270111.html Government forces are indiscriminately attacking towns in the Nafusa Mountains of western Libya almost daily, Human Rights Watch said today, after a five-day visit to the area. Fri, 27 May 2011 03:22:43 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105250825.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105250825.html South African President Jacob Zuma is set to visit Tripoli next week to conduct talks with Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi. Wed, 25 May 2011 13:43:35 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105250675.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105250675.html Oil Libya is undergoing expansion in a bid to maintain the 50pc share of the aviation fuel market that Shell Ethiopia had before it sold its assets and downstream operations to Libya Oil Ethiopia in November 2008. Wed, 25 May 2011 12:48:22 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105241853.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105241853.html Nato carried out its heaviest bombing of the Libyan capital Tripoli on Tuesday with powerful explosions heard in the sector around Moamer Kadhafi’s Bab al-Aziziya residence. Tue, 24 May 2011 19:55:27 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260352.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260352.html The Presidency has noted incorrect news wire reports saying President Jacob Zuma is visiting Libya next week as part of a Turkish Government mission. Thu, 26 May 2011 08:39:42 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260309.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105260309.html President Jacob Zuma will this weekend visit Nigeria to attend the inauguration of President-elect Goodluck Jonathan of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Thu, 26 May 2011 08:15:41 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105240787.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105240787.html United Nations secretary general Mr. Ban Ki-moon held talks in Abuja yesterday with President Goodluck Jonathan on issues that included the crises in southern Sudan and Libya. The two men also “discussed the deterioration of the security situation in Southern Sudan,” Ban’s spokeswoman said, after violence broke out in Sudan’s flashpoint town of Abyei. The United Nations mission in Sudan said the town was ablaze Monday with gunmen looting property after its capture by northern troops. Soon-to-be independent south Sudan also claims Abyei district, which has a special status under a 2005 peace deal that ended 22 years of civil war. It has called the occupation “illegal”. World powers have condemned the seizure as a threat to peace between north and south Sudan. Tue, 24 May 2011 10:28:58 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105250647.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105250647.html Patricia Eckhoff was born in Ecuador of mixed parentage, but the 33-year-old was brought up in Germany. After finishing her studies in Germany, she returned to the land of her birth to help the needy and ended up joining UNHCR as a national staff member. She worked with Colombian refugees in the northern province of Imbabura before heading to Madrid to study for a Masters degree in Latin American studies. Wed, 25 May 2011 12:33:49 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105230246.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105230246.html European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says the EU will offer long-term support to Libyan rebels fighting the regime of Moamer Kadhafi. Mon, 23 May 2011 06:33:21 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105250092.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105250092.html On the 26th of February 2011 the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously passed Resolution 1970 (2011), referring the `situation` in Libya to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The resolution was part of a robust set of UNSC measures directed at the Libyan regime, including a travel ban and asset freezes for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his associates, as well as an arms embargo. Wed, 25 May 2011 00:31:18 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105241971.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105241971.html PRESIDENT Mugabe and his delegation arrived here yesterday to attend today’s African Union extraordinary summit that seeks a lasting solution to the crisis in Libya and to end continued bombardment of the North African country by NATO forces. Tue, 24 May 2011 23:41:59 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105241756.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105241756.html IKEA has been furnishing homes around the world for years. It has also been providing humanitarian aid to some of the world’s neediest people, including those fleeing the violence in Libya. Tue, 24 May 2011 16:40:33 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105210042.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105210042.html The African Union has called an extraordinary summit to seek a political solution to the ongoing civil war in Libya. Sat, 21 May 2011 21:29:44 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105241549.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105241549.html The European Union’s foreign policy chief has opened an EU office in the rebel-held Libyan city of Benghazi, reports the BBC. Tue, 24 May 2011 13:50:27 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105210040.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105210040.html The UN Security Council (UNSC) and the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) on Saturday demanded the immediate establishment of ceasefire in Libya. Sat, 21 May 2011 21:27:46 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105230450.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105230450.html Migrants who have fled the conflict in Libya to return to Niger say they are having to beg, steal, or sell off remaining animals or plots of land to survive, so as not to burden their already impoverished families, most of whom are struggling with food insecurity. Mon, 23 May 2011 09:10:18 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105210033.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105210033.html The Libyan government should immediately release the body of South African photographer Anton Hammerl and investigate the role of the armed forces in his death, Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said today. Sat, 21 May 2011 15:51:14 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/201105200867.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201105200867.html As the War Powers Act, which purportedly authorised U.S. President Bar

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