In the fog of war, Tripoli is in chaos; the rebels have the momentum and Gaddafi’s compound, but Gaddafi and Saif-al-Islam are still at large, vowing to fight to the end; Libyan-Americans support the rebels, but what happens next is as uncertain as how to spell “Gaddafi”:
- Libya’s Rebel Government Moving to Tripoli to Head Off Power Vacuum (Christian Science Monitor)
- Battle for Libya: Rampant Looting, Gunfire in Gadhafi’s Compound as Rebels Take Over Buildings (abc News)
- Rebels Overrun Gaddafi Compound (BBC)
- Libya Rebels Lose Territory as Battle for Tripoli Deepens (Christian Science Monitor)
- Gaddafi to “Fight to End” as Rebels Seize HQ (Reuters)
- Libya Can Now Reimagine Itself (Christian Science Monitor)
- Libya: Moammar Gadhafi and His Billions Are Unaccounted For (abc News)
- Libyan-Americans, Seeing Turning Point, Pitch in to Support Rebels’ Cause (Christian Science Monitor)
- Libya: Battle for Tripoli – Live Blog (Guardian)
- Qaddafi Blames ‘Donkeys of the Gulf’ for Seeking to Destroy Air Conditioners (Christian Science Monitor)
“Majid Jamali Fashi had confessed to the murder of Massoud Ali Mohammadi, a physics professor at Tehran University, on 12 January 2010” and “allegedly said he was ordered by Mossad to carry out five other killings, but did not go through with them”:
Describing the Mubarak regime as “a strategic asset to Israel,” a “group of politicians including former Arab League head Amr Moussa and other candidates for Egypt’s presidency called for the return of the Egyptian ambassador from Israel, more troops in Sinai and trials for Israelis responsible for the killing” of five Egyptian security officers:
The government offers “toothless” version of Hazare’s bill and some among the Muslim, Christian and Dallit minorities have reservations, but 87% of Indians support his bill
- Momentum for Hazare’s Anticorruption Movement Draws Out Opposition (Christian Science Monitor)
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