US presses Libya to halt crackdown, threatens action

Reuters - Matt Spetalnick, Pedro Nicolaci da Costa - 1 hour ago

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The United States on Sunday issued its strongest condemnation yet of Libya's violent crackdown on protesters, citing what it called credible reports of hundreds of deaths and ...



'Jasmine' protests in China fall flat

CNN International - Jaime FlorCruz - 9 minutes ago

Beijing, China (CNN) -- If organizers planned big protests in China to echo those in the Mideast and North Africa, they failed. On Saturday microbloggers passed around tweets calling for protests at 2 pm (0600 GMT) Sunday in a ...



Israel monitoring Suez-bound Iran ships, but sees no real threat

Ha'aretz - Anshel Pfeffer - 5 hours ago

IDF source says that as long as the ships, as expected, stay outside Israel's territorial waters and make no aggressive moves, there will be no confrontation.



Tunisia Seeks Extradition Of Ben Ali From Saudi Arabia

RTT News - 54 minutes ago

(RTTNews) - Tunisia has formally requested Saudi Arabia for the extradition of ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali for standing trial over his alleged involvement in the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the recent uprising against his rule, ...



Uganda: Museveni Gets Fourth Term

AllAfrica.com - 54 minutes ago

Museveni polled 5428369 votes, 68.38% of the total votes cast. His political arch-rival, the IPC candidate Kizza Besigye came second in the race.