Archives for: March 2011, 19
Western warplanes, missiles hit Libyan targets
By News on Mar 19, 2011
Link: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/V6bBVOcpxzU/us-libya-idUSTRE7270JP20110320
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Western forces hit targets along the Libyan coast on Saturday, using strikes from air and sea to force Muammar Gaddafi's troops to cease fire and end attacks on civilians...Al Jazeera says reporting team detained in Libya
By News on Mar 19, 2011
U.S. says five-nation coalition launching Libya strikes
By News on Mar 19, 2011
Link: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/XBRK9fTUbb4/us-obama-libya-idUSTRE72I2Z520110319
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition of the United States and four other nations launched military action against Libya on Saturday, officials said, as the West tries to force Muammar Gaddafi from power...U.S. Tomahawk Cruise Missiles Hit Targets in Libya
By News on Mar 19, 2011
U.S. military officials have confirmed the first American tomahawk cruise missiles have been fired at targets inside Libya from ships in the Mediterranean Sea...
Crowd hurls rocks at Egyptian reformist ElBaradei
By News on Mar 19, 2011
Link: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110319/D9M2DLA00.html
CAIRO (AP) - A crowd of angry men pelted Egyptian reform campaigner and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei with rocks and smashed his car windows outside a polling center. He wasn't injured but was forced to flee in an SUV without casting his ballot in a referendum on whether to adopt a package of...