Libya’s embattled leader clings to power, with his military unleashing the bloodiest crackdown among the wave of protests sweeping the Arab world. But how long can Muammar Gaddafi survive? And what are the risks if his regime is toppled?
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The confirmed death toll from New Zealand’s devastating earthquake rose to 75 on Wednesday. Nearly 300 people were listed as missing, as rescuers raced to find trapped survivors. (Feb. 23)
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Rescuers continue to pull survivors from the rubble of earthquake-ravaged Christchurch, New Zealand. Meanwhile, police have imposed a curfew. (Feb. 23)
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As world leaders condemn violence against protesters, what is at stake for Western nations with close ties to Gaddafi?
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Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is Chicago’s first new mayor since 1989. (Feb. 23)
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Ali Ojli, the Libyan ambassador to the United States, told Al Jazeera’s Jane Dutton that he and his staff decided to condemn the “massacres” and use of heavy weapons against civilian protesters, but he said he had not resigned and stopped short of calling it a “genocide.” “But what’s happening is really terrible,” he said. “This is not the time to calculate profit and loss … there have been massacres.”
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Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is Chicago’s first new mayor since 1989. (Feb. 23)
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Asprotests continued at the state capitol, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker warned of dire consequences if lawmakers don’t vote soon on his budget plan. Meanwhile, similar battles over union rights are starting to take shape in other states. (Feb. 22)
Continue reading …In their first press conference since a revolt began on February 14, the Libyan regime’s secretary general and deputy commander of the air force said that reports of air strikes against civilians were false. They singled out Qatar, Al Jazeera’s host country, for spreading “lies” and hiring Egyptian and Libyan “sheikhs” with “high salaries” to foment the unrest.
Continue reading …Libya’s tribal structure plays a crucial role in its politics and now in the pro-democracy opposition movement as well. Muammar Gadaffi has, for four decades, been at the helm of a country that is described as one of the most complex tribal nations in the Middle East. Analysts say most of the major tribes are represented in the military but Gadaafi has long relied on his own tribe the Qathafa to staff elite security brigades. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford has this report.
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