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  • Libyans Consider Recovery of Property Confiscated by Qaddafi

    NYT > Libya — Revolution and Aftermath
    12 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The vast policy of land distribution begun by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in the 1970s is threatening to ignite a patchwork of bitter property disputes.

  • Concern grows over jihadist numbers in eastern Libya

    Libya: News & Videos about Libya - CNN.com
    15 May 2012 | 4:19 pm
    Diplomats and other observers in Libya say that with elections one month away, the National Transitional Council is struggling to exert control over various militia prominent in the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi.

  • Syria’s sectarian splits creep into Lebanon

    Middle East News: News and Headlines from Iraq, Iran, Israel, Lebanon & More - The Washington Post
    Alice Fordham
    15 May 2012 | 8:15 pm
    TRIPOLI, Lebanon — A small but increasingly vocal number of Lebanon’s Sunni Muslims are backing Islamist leaders’ calls for regime change in neighboring Syria and voicing their fierce discontent with their own government, a sign that the sectarianism splitting Syria may be deepening Lebanon’s longstanding divides. Read full article >>

  • May Day Marked Around the Arab World

    Global Voices » Libya
    Ayesha Saldanha
    1 May 2012 | 2:25 pm
    May Day, or Labour Day, or International Workers' Day is recognised as a public holiday in many Arab countries, and demonstrations and rallies are held by unions and political parties to pay tribute to the role of workers and to call for workers' rights. The National Transitional Council of Libya has declared [ar] International Workers' Day to be a national public holiday starting this year. Hamid tweeted from Tripoli: @2011feb17: #Libya's first #MayDay (Worker's Day) holiday since 42 years ago! HAPPY HOLIDAY EVERYONE Yup #Libya has changed ;) Demonstration on Avenue Habib…

  • EOHR Welcomes the Release of Fishermen in Libya

    AllAfrica News: Libya
    16 May 2012 | 7:49 am
    [EOHR] The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) welcomes the release of Egyptian fishermen yesterday, who disappeared in Libya in April 2012.
 
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    Middle East News: News and Headlines from Iraq, Iran, Israel, Lebanon & More - The Washington Post

  • Syria’s sectarian splits creep into Lebanon

    Alice Fordham
    15 May 2012 | 8:15 pm
    TRIPOLI, Lebanon — A small but increasingly vocal number of Lebanon’s Sunni Muslims are backing Islamist leaders’ calls for regime change in neighboring Syria and voicing their fierce discontent with their own government, a sign that the sectarianism splitting Syria may be deepening Lebanon’s longstanding divides. Read full article >>

  • Palestinian prisoners end hunger strike following agreement with Israel

    Karin Brulliard
    14 May 2012 | 3:30 pm
    JERUSALEM – Israeli and Palestinian officials announced Monday that more than 1,600 Palestinian prisoners had agreed to end a nearly month-long hunger strike in exchange for concessions by Israel, including a modification to its practice of detention without charge or trial. Read full article >>

  • Culture war looms as Israel pledges to end ultra-Orthodox military exemptions

    Karin Brulliard
    11 May 2012 | 1:49 pm
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dramatically bolstered his ruling coalition this week with a unity deal meant to help him thwart challenges from fringe factions. But Yoel Krois, a man with sidelocks past his shoulders and a record of confronting authorities, says he remains ready for a fight. Read full article >>

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  • Bomb strikes U.N. convoy escort in Syria

    Liz Sly
    9 May 2012 | 1:57 pm
    BEIRUT — A bomb struck a Syrian military convoy escorting the head of a U.N. observer mission Wednesday, injuring several Syrian soldiers and illustrating the vulnerability of the unarmed and unprotected mission as it struggles to monitor a badly fraying cease-fire. Read full article >>
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    Global Voices » Libya

  • May Day Marked Around the Arab World

    Ayesha Saldanha
    1 May 2012 | 2:25 pm
    May Day, or Labour Day, or International Workers' Day is recognised as a public holiday in many Arab countries, and demonstrations and rallies are held by unions and political parties to pay tribute to the role of workers and to call for workers' rights. The National Transitional Council of Libya has declared [ar] International Workers' Day to be a national public holiday starting this year. Hamid tweeted from Tripoli: @2011feb17: #Libya's first #MayDay (Worker's Day) holiday since 42 years ago! HAPPY HOLIDAY EVERYONE Yup #Libya has changed ;) Demonstration on Avenue Habib…

  • Libya: Libyan Memes

    Amira Al Hussaini
    21 Mar 2012 | 4:16 am
    What are Libyans laughing about on social networking sites? Check out this Facebook page to keep abreast with Libyan memes. Written by Amira Al Hussaini · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper

  • Libya: Celebrations Mark Revolution's First Anniversary

    Amira Al Hussaini
    17 Feb 2012 | 3:48 pm
    This post is part of our special coverage Libya Uprising 2011. Celebrations are continuing in Libya, which marks the first anniversary of a revolution that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled the country for 42 years. Netizens share scenes of the celebration and their feelings on micro-blogging site Twitter. Libyan Hamza Malek notes: @IbnOmar2005: Real talk: thank you to all the non-libyans out there who supported the libyan fight for freedom. You were a part of this, too. #Libya and adds in disbelief: @IbnOmar2005: Today marks the anniversary of the very first protests in #Benghazi #Libya that…

  • Africa: Highs and Lows of the 2012 African Cup of Nations

    Chellsy Alis Manning
    6 Feb 2012 | 11:43 am
    Beyond their ethnic, political and regional divides, people unite together around their national football team. We saw the First Lady of Gabon dancing like an excited schoolgirl every time one of the eleven players of the ‘Azingo Nationale' scored a goal and became “the Panthers” for their country. The people of Equatorial Guinea were ecstatic with the qualification of their national team, languishing in the midst of one of the most ferocious dictatorships. According to Human Rights Watch, journalists who have visited the country to report on the human rights situation have been…

  • Africa: 2012 Cup of Nations Kicks Off!

    Dan Horlor
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:47 am
    [All links to external content are in French] The Africa Cup of Nations began in Bata, Equatorial Guinea this Saturday January 21, 2012, kicking off three weeks of fierce competition. The Cup of Nations, the most important international football competition in Africa, is taking place in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea between January 21 and 12 February. Supporters in Africa and around the world have been enjoying the build-up to the two opening matches; dancing, light and sound were all part of the spectacle: GaGuie the Mascot! With GAGUIE : GA as in Gabon, GUI as in Guinea and E as in…
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    AllAfrica News: Libya

  • EOHR Welcomes the Release of Fishermen in Libya

    16 May 2012 | 7:49 am
    [EOHR] The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) welcomes the release of Egyptian fishermen yesterday, who disappeared in Libya in April 2012.

  • Libya - Nato Denies Civilian Deaths Report

    15 May 2012 | 7:24 am
    [Cameroon Tribune] The North Atlantic Orgnaisation, NATO yesterday May 14, 2012 hit back at a report urging the alliance to investigate fully the deaths of civilians in air strikes in Libya last year, the BBC said.

  • Uneasy Calm After Clashes in South-Western City

    15 May 2012 | 1:06 am
    [IRIN] Sebha - A tenuous peace has taken hold in Libya's southwestern city of Sebha more than a month after tribal clashes killed at least 70 people, with tensions still high between communities living here, many of whom have their own armed militias, according to local residents.

  • EOHR Calls for Rescuing 13 Egyptian Fishermen in Libya

    14 May 2012 | 4:58 am
    [EOHR] The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) expresses worry for kidnapping 13 Egyptian fishermen in Libya. The detained people disappeared in April 2012.

  • Deserting Refugees in the Sahara

    14 May 2012 | 2:11 am
    [IPS] Kufra - As dusk settles over the isolated Saharan town Kufra, young guards order a few hundred migrants lined up at a detention centre to chant "Libya free, Chadians out", before they kneel down for evening prayers.
 
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  • A Poem... for Libya

    12 May 2012 | 11:27 am
    Two weeks after the February 17th uprising began in Libya I visited a good friend. We talked about what was going on and she confided that she'd been inspired to write a poem. She retrieved the paper that she'd written the poem and read it to me and then put the paper carefully away. Later, after I had gone home, she hid the poem, secreting it away so well that she forgot where she put it. Recently she came across it again and rewrote it for me, presenting it to me as a gift, rolled into a scroll and tied with a thin, red satin ribbon. She gave me permission to publish it…

  • Feeling human

    8 May 2012 | 3:35 am
    The internet is back on again... life is good... 

  • A Basic Human Right

    7 May 2012 | 6:15 am
    I'm a disgruntled LTT customer. Their service is horrible and I am fed up to here and then some. Because of where I live I am stuck with having only Wimax available... which is pretty sad considering I'm only about a 20 minute drive to the centre of Tripoli, and just five minutes away from the university. Who is to blame? Those who ran things in the past, or the present?I haven't had internet service for the past four days. Sometimes the little icon indicator says there is service (when there really isn't), but mostly the little icon shows up with a yellow triangle with an exclamation point…

  • It's time

    2 May 2012 | 5:53 am
    I'm wrapping things up so I can take a much needed break. Next month there are supposed to be elections in Libya and quite honestly I think this is gonna be a good time to 'get the heck outa Dodge'. Let them get on with it... without me. But of course before that can happen there will be major drama in my house. Sigh... you'd think I was asking to take a trip to the moon. It's been three years since I've been 'home'. I guess that's once in a blue moon. ... Mr Full Moon.... sigh....

  • Some pictures to share

    22 Apr 2012 | 3:45 am
    Once in a while I look at the photos that my husband has on his mobile phone. I found a few that were interesting so I thought I'd share them with you. The first few are pictures of my husband's aunt's home in the heart of Suk Juma. She lives in a very old house that was built by the Turks during the Ottoman Empire. The house has an open-air central courtyard surrounded by rooms and living areas. The picture below is the view of the courtyard looking out of my husband's aunt's room. She says that when she got married she came to live in this room. All her children were born in…
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    The Lockerbie Case

  • Prime Minister crass to question a man's failure to die

    16 May 2012 | 2:08 am
    [This is the headline over a letter from Ross Brown of Greenock in today’s edition of The Herald.  It reads as follows:] David Cameron's scathing reference to the 1000th-day anniversary of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi's release from Greenock Prison is another example of distasteful and unnecessary political bickering ("Megrahi survival is insult to families", says Cameron", The Herald, May 14, and Letters, May 15).In the aftermath of the Libyan uprising and the surprising exposure of Colonel Gadaffi as a bad egg, surely our perspectives on who held responsibility for the bombing of…

  • So why did Westminster shirk its responsibility for Megrahi?

    15 May 2012 | 11:43 am
    This is the headline over a series of letters in today’s edition of The Herald responding to yesterday’s report Megrahi survival is insult to families, says Cameron.  They read as follows:]Yet again David Cameron attacks the Scottish administration over the release on compassionate grounds of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.The sister, brother-in-law and niece of a good friend of mine during my teaching days at Our Lady's High School, Motherwell, died on the night of December 21, 1988, when debris from the explosion aboard Clipper Maid of…

  • Megrahi survival is insult to families, says Cameron

    14 May 2012 | 2:09 am
    [This is the headline over a reportin today’s edition of The Herald.  It reads in part:]David Cameron has said the length of time since the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing was freed is a reminder of a wrong decision taken by the Scottish Government and an insult to the victims' families.Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi is set to mark on Wednesday the thousandth day since his release. He was allowed to return to Libya by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill on compassionate grounds because he was suffering from prostate cancer.It is believed his survival is linked in part…

  • Terror victims respond to UN's report on their rights with caution

    13 May 2012 | 6:52 am
    [This is the headline over a reportin today’s edition of The Observer.  It reads in part:]Victims of terror attacks welcome the UN's call for greater recognition, but remain sceptical over compensation terms A report by drawn up by UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson, details of which have been obtained by The Observer, proposes wide-ranging improvements in the legal treatment of those injured in terrorist attacks around the world, including an automatic right to compensation. (...)Pamela Dix, Executive Director of Disaster Action, supporting those caught up in terrorism or…

  • An exchange of views

    11 May 2012 | 1:46 am
    [There has been an interesting exchange of views on the website of Scottish lawyers’ magazine The Firm arising out of the publication of Robert Forrester’s article The Damned Crown and the accompanying news item Crown Office under fire over “corruption of the trial court” in Pan Am 103 case. The exchange reads as follows:]curzonMr Forrester should read paragraph 252 of the Appeal Court's judgment. That court said the evidence would have made no difference but that fact does not suit his, and this magazine's, agenda. 2 days ago, 07:33:08Robert ForresterPerhaps there is a flaw in my…
 
 
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    My Enchanting Sereeb

  • What is missing?

    8 May 2012 | 9:13 am
    Yes, what is missing? We asking ourselves many times. We miss this and that in our lives, even if we appear to have it all. We never stop wanting and yearning and wanting and, and, but lately I have discovered that the one thing that if we lose our lives would become an empty dark hollowness. If that thing goes out the door, then the rest will queue for the window. There is only this one thing that is so precious and it is HEALTH. Take care of it before you lose it, trust me. 

  • The Anatomy of Loss

    25 Apr 2012 | 9:57 am
    Two days ago, 4/23/12, I received the sad news of the passing away of my dear aunt. She was the youngest and my late father's favorite sister. She was very close to me as I spent most of my childhood and teenage-hood in her house. Her house was near my school and during school recesses I would go to her house for something to eat, as she was a great cook, and to spend some time talking to her or playing with one of her cats (she always had few). If the next subject after the recess was history or geography or better still military training, I would skip it and stay at my aunt's house. She…

  • A story...

    9 Apr 2012 | 7:34 am

  • The Lady with Turquoise Eyeshadow and the Poetically Talentless Poet!

    2 Apr 2012 | 10:54 am
    For a long time I have not posted anything about the progress of my book(s) and plans of publishing, etc. The reason(s) is (are) so diverse, some due to what was going on in Libya last year, as I spent it, almost all of it, glued to the TV and computer with few breaks for food, sleep and ahem, ahem, personal hygiene. This year started on more positively and things are going well but as it is very stressful to be moving houses (moving to the cutest house ever with original fireplace and all) it is double stressful to be moving houses and country as well. So, when all is done, the move and all,…

  • morning bliss is...

    31 Mar 2012 | 10:59 am
    <-------- This. :-)
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    The Wrigs

  • Upcoming Elections

    15 May 2012 | 5:13 pm
    The Benghazi Municipal Elections are scheduled for this coming Saturday.  From what I can tell, there is lots of buzz around in anticipation of the big day.  It has been declared a holiday so people can get out and vote.Hundreds of candidates are vying for a handful of positions, and around town now you can see plenty of billboards up with their faces.  Fliers are being distributed door-to-door too.  A friend of mine is running for a spot in town so I'm pulling for him.The national election is scheduled for June 23.  So far 1.8 million people have registered from…

  • New/Old Art Museum in Benghazi

    8 May 2012 | 4:10 pm
    Yesterday Mike's Mom and I headed downtown to check out the new Benghazi Art Gallery.  Most of the art on display at the exhibit is from Ali Wak Wak a local resident of Benghazi who for the past 9 months has created many different pieces from left over materials and metal from the Revolution.  Old tank parts, shells, rifles, guns, crashed airplane pieces. . you name it he uses it! They are pretty amazing and he is so creative with the bits and bobs that he has used.  Prior to the revolution he was using palm roots to create his magical masks. If you are in Benghazi head down…

  • World Colouring Day

    8 May 2012 | 3:46 pm
    Did you know that on the 6th of May it was World Colouring Day? I sure didn't. However the local art shop in town hosted a big colouring competition at the Children's Theatre.  The kids were given great t-shirts, a crown and a spot to set up shop to paint their masterpieces.  We didn't stay for the judging but I am sure the winners will be announced soon!Great job Benghazi yet again!The masterpiece that was submitted for judging!

  • Fernie Fun

    6 May 2012 | 11:25 pm
    Lots of skiing and good fun was had while we were in Fernie! Oscar learned how to ski and ride the poma all by himself. Lucy is learning how to ski parallel and loves all the little paths in the trees.  Mike and I even got out for some days just the 2 of us! WOW!Thanks Mom and Dad for having us for so long. We had a wonderful time.Uncle Robie, Auntie Lissa and my two amazing nephews even came down for a whole week! We had SO MUCH fun! The kids skied at ski camp together, and the adults got some ski time together. There was cupcake making, easter egg painting and decorating, egg hunts and…

  • Off to Japan!

    5 May 2012 | 1:55 pm
    I'm very proud to announce that Melanie was selected to be on the Canadian National Women's Masters team that is heading to compete at the world championships this July in Japan! That means she's one of the best ultimate players IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.  Of course I always knew she was good and I knew she'd be selected, but it sure is exciting.Speaking of excitement, this will prove to be a real adventure for the whole family!  The rest of us will be staying put so Libby is getting weaned quick and Daddy Day Care is getting ready to rock.  Watch this space for how we make out. . .
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