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Breaking News Fri, 11 Mar 2011
Libyan rebels take up a position with an anti aircraft weapon on the border of the eastern town of Brega, Libya Friday, March 11, 2011. French President Nicolas Sarkozy remained unrepentant Friday in the face of a backlash from leaders angry at his diplomatic recognition of Libya's opposition council, arguing that working with the rebels was urgent to avoid turning Libya into a failed state.
Democracy   Libya   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Ra's Lanuf clashes  
 The Los Angeles Times 
Battered Libyan rebels try to keep spirits up
Sat 12 Mar 2011
Fighters are all but pushed out of Ras Lanuf, and are regrouping in Port Brega and Benghazi. 'Better to die for freedom,' says a father as he buries his son, who had joined the rebels to help the woun... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, right, speaks to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second left, during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 10, 2011. The talks in Moscow are expected to focus on missile defense cooperation and Russia's efforts to join the World Trade Organization.
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 The New York Times 
A Suggestion From Putin Throws Biden Off Balance
Sat 12 Mar 2011
| MOSCOW — When Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. sat down for his meeting with Vladimir V. Putin this week, the Russian prime minister opened with a curveball. Related | Plain Speaking From Bi... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, shares a word with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, left, during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday March 20, 2009. EU leaders are set to back a doubling of the International Monetary Fund's resources to US dollars 500 billion at summit talks Friday, and are ready to pay up to a third of the increase to help the fund handle and prevent c  The Los Angeles Times  Sat 12 Mar 2011
EU leaders call on Moammar Kadafi to step down
In a unanimous declaration, leaders of the European Union push for Libyan dictator Moammar Kadafi to give up power. They say they will consider 'all necessary options' to protect Libyans from Kadafi's... (photo: AP / Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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BODEGA BAY, Calif. -- A large wave approaches Salmon Creek State Beach during a storm that hit the California Coast Jan. 19, 2010. Several winter storms with strong winds and heavy rainfall hit the California Coast over the last several days. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Levi Read. (758559) ( Bodega Bay storm surf )  The Los Angeles Times  Sat 12 Mar 2011
Tsunami mostly spares other nations around the Pacific Rim
Tsunami warnings were issued for the entire Pacific basin after an earthquake, but most waves had diminished by the time they hit the shores of Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington and Mexico. | A W... (photo: US Coastguard / Petty Officer 3rd Class Levi Read.)
Earthquake   Japan   Photos   Tsunami   Wikipedia: Pacific Rim  
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A Yemeni girl gestures during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 11, 2011. Yemen's embattled president on Thursday proposed a new constitution guaranteeing the independence of the parliament and judiciary, but thousands of unsatisfied protesters poured into the streets to demand his ouster. Opposition leaders promptly rejected President Ali Abdullah Saleh's offer and called for mass demonstrations Friday, marking a month since the protests began. Arabic reads on the banner right, " After the blood shed you will not rule us". The Los Angeles Times Sat 12 Mar 2011
Protesters rally in Yemen's capital
About 100,000 people gather in a peaceful demonstration calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down. It's the latest effort since protests began early last mont... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen)
Photos   Politics   Protests   Wikipedia: 2011 Yemeni protests   Yemen  
Bahraini anti-government protesters approach a police barricade Friday, March 11, 2011, in Riffa, Bahrain, that kept tens of thousands demonstrators from marching to the royal court. Security forces reinforced by pro-government mobs fired rubber bullets and tear gas Friday to scatter protesters near Bahrain's royal palace as conflict deepened between Sunni Muslims backing the ruling system and Shiites demanding it give up its monopoly on power The New York Times Sat 12 Mar 2011
Gates Visits Bahrain Amid Huge Protests
| MANAMA, Bahrain — As security forces and pro-government vigilantes beat back protesters here on Friday, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived on an unannounce... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali)
Bahrain   Democracy   Photos   US   Wikipedia: 2011 Bahraini protests  
Saudi riot police gather as Saudi Shiite protesters, unseen, chant slogans during a demonstration in Qatif, Saudi Arabia, Friday, March 11, 2011. Several hundred people protested in heavily Shiite eastern Saudi Arabia Friday but hundreds of police prevented protests in the capital calling for democratic reforms inspired by the wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world. (AP Photo) The Los Angeles Times Sat 12 Mar 2011
Saudi Arabia 'day of rage' protest fizzles
Few turn out for a 'day of rage' protest that had been talked about for weeks in Saudi Arabia. The call for demonstrations, organized on Facebook and by word of mouth, ha... (photo: AP)
Photos   Politics   Protest   Saudi Arabia   Wikipedia: 2011 Saudi Arabian protests  
United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday June 13, 2008. NATO nations have agreed to broaden their peacekeeping mission in Kosovo to include training for the newly independent nation's security force The Los Angeles Times Sat 12 Mar 2011
Defense Secretary Robert Gates warns U.S. allies about 'precipitous' exit from Afghanistan
Speaking at a NATO meeting, Robert Gates says, 'There is too much talk about leaving and not enough talk about getting the job done right' in Afghanistan. His remarks are... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)
Afghanistan   NATO   Photos   US   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
*A gasoline tanker leaves a Gulf terminal in New Haven, Conn,, after loading up Thursday, May 22, 2008. The biggest factor in the skyrocketing price of gasoline is the historic ascent of crude oil, which has surged from $45 per barrel in 2004 to more than $135 this past week, setting new record highs all the wh The New York Times Sat 12 Mar 2011
Oil Prices Ease While European Markets Decline
| The earthquake in northeastern Japan hit financial markets and oil prices on Friday, but the yen proved resilient to one of the bigger tremors the country has suffered ... (photo: AP / Bob Child)
Libya   Markets   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 Libyan uprising  
Anti-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi protesters, hold an anti Gadhafi and son sign during a protest after Friday prayers at Court Square, in Benghazi, eastern Libya, Friday March 11, 2011. French President Nicolas Sarkozy faced increasing pressure from fellow leaders Friday who complained he was out of line to suddenly give a Libyan opposition group diplomatic recognition. Rebels held out Friday in part of a strategic oil port after fierce fighting with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists waging a heavy counteroffensive trying to push the opposition further east away from the capital. The Australian Sat 12 Mar 2011
Real truth lies behind the regime's facade
| "YOU can go wherever you want in Libya, ask anyone anything you want," Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, dictator Muammar Gaddafi's second son, promised The Time... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Libya   Photos   Politics   Violence   Wikipedia: 2011 Libyan uprising (Tripoli)  


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