Gaddafi’s resistance to popular demands and violent response presents a new model for regimes to resist democratic uprisings with extreme violence, mercenary arms, and the suppression of communications. Either countermeasures are adopted that limit the power of regimes to suppress their people, or citizens will continue to die at the hands of mad men.   [...]

Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has refused to stand down amid widespread anti-government protests which he said had tarnished the image of the country. In his first major speech since unrest began last week, Col Gaddafi said the whole world looked up to Libya and that protests were “serving the devil”.   Reading from the [...]

Rome (Alshahid)-The international contact group on Libya has agreed to create a temporary fund to assist rebel groups, during talks in Rome.   French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe says the fund should be operational within weeks.   The group of Nato countries, Arab states and other nations are discussing ways to increase pressure on Col [...]

Even as Moammar Gadhafi called on the military to crack down on anti-government protesters, reports emerged Wednesday that the Libyan leader was facing growing international and domestic opposition, including from his own military. An opposition figure told CNN that a pilot who had been ordered to bomb oil fields southwest of Benghazi refused to do [...]

It’s tempting to dismiss Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s call this week for a jihad against Switzerland as just another round in the feud between the two countries. But it would be a mistake to treat Gaddafi’s rhetoric as mere theater. Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, the Libyan leader’s second-eldest son, who many suspect is Gaddafi’s likely [...]

Goldman Sachs Lost 98% of Libya’s $1.3B Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment   By AGUSTINO FONTEVECCHIA   As civil war roars on in Libya and Colonel Muammar Gadhafi vows to remain in power, reports surfaced that the Northern African country entrusted $1.3 billion through its sovereign wealth fund to Goldman Sachs in 2007, of which the investment bank lost approximately [...]

A member of our group on the ground in Yefren, today Monday the 23rd of May at about 23:00 hrs Libyan time has provided us with the following urgent message to communicate to the world: Armed Gadaffi forces have been positioned in the same locations across Yefren for the past month and twenty days. However, during the last 48 hrs [...]

  It is a fairytale ending: two lovers thwarted by disapproving parents, persecution, and exile finally win their fight to be together.   But Leyla, a 30-year-old Iranian exile, feels only emptiness. The scent of makeup makes her feel sick, and she fears the nightmares that come with sleep.   Last week, at a register [...]

30 pilots, Hugo Boss and McLaren McLaren partnership special bags designed for racing events each year under the clothing. Chinese GP qualifying Button and Hamilton for the first time we have seen in these custom designs. McLaren drivers in the remaining races of qualifying on Saturday by the fans will continue to wear overalls designed [...]

“House Republicans are leading the drive for smaller, more accountable government and better solutions to the challenges facing our nation.”  -Website of the Office of the Republican Leader (John Boehner OH-8) As the November election closes in, activists, some newly inspired, some enduring ones, are chomping at the bit to get to the polls and [...]