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| OPINION: Stirring the Conscience of Arabia – By Mohammad Azeemullah |
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With each passing day it is getting very difficult to discourse about Arab religion in public least one should be linked to Al-Qaida sympathizers. To the west or to the rest of the world extremism is what Arabs represent and fanaticism is what they breed. Is this treatment to one of the superior races in the world fair? How irrational is our general comprehension! It is time to deliberate their ideals.
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| Greek President to Appoint Caretaker Government as Parties Decide on Fresh Elections |
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In Greece, final talks to form a coalition government 10 days after the May 6 general elections ended in deadlock on Tuesday, with Greek President Karolos Papoulias failing in his bid to instigate party leaders to form a new government. As such, fresh elections are expected next month.
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| Hollande Sworn In as French President, Then Flies to Berlin for Talks With German Chancellor |
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François Hollande, 57, was sworn in as the President of France Tuesday morning officially succeeding Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday. Then a few hours later flew from Paris to Berlin to start immediately the real work of being head of state for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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| Palestinian Hunger Strike Deal Reached |
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About 2,000 prisoners who were on hunger strike have agreed on a deal with Israel to end their fast in return for an easing of their conditions. The deal was reached through Egyptian mediation, the Palestinian militant groups and a prisoners' support group said. It was also made possible by the agreement of Palestinian groups outside the prisons.
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| 23 Soldiers Killed in Syrian Clashes |
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At least 23 Syrian soldiers died in fierce clashes between regime forces and armed rebels in central Syria on Monday, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported. Dozens more were wounded as three troop carriers were destroyed in the clashes.
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| Opinion: The Palestinian Nakba: The Resolve of Memory - By Ramzy Baroud |
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Many Palestinians remember and reference al-Nakba, also known as the Catastrophe, on May 15 every year. The event marks the expulsion of nearly a million Palestinians, while their villages were destroyed. The destruction of Palestine in 1947-48 ushered in the birth of Israel. Older generations relay the harsh and oppressive memory of their collective experience to younger Palestinians, many of whom live their own Nakbas today.
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| UN Peacekeepers Wounded in DR Congo |
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Eleven UN peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were wounded Monday, two of them critically, after villagers opened fire on the troops, a UN spokesman in Kinshasa, Monodje Mounoubai has said.
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| A New Column in the Tripoli Post: The Bifocal - By Huda Biuk |
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The Tripoli Post is happy to introduce a new Opinion column that will explore the cultural, societal, and sometimes political aspects that make up Libyan society today. From a perspective of a full-blooded Libyan who is experiencing what it means to live in Libya for the first time, this column will be a place where, I hope, Libyans abroad and Libyans in the country can find common ground.
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| Saluting our 'Ladies with the Lamp' - By Prashant Bhatt |
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12th May is the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, who is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern Nursing. Another is from former Yugoslavia but Tripoli is home to her, a place where she lived and worked for 33 years. Still nursing is one of the key factors in determining the successful outcome of treatment. It can also be one of the weakest and neglected links in healthcare delivery.
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| HRW Urges NATO to Investigate Civilian Deaths in Libya in 2011 |
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Leading human rights organisation Human Rights Watch, HRW, has urged NATO to investigate fully dozens of civilian casualtis from air strikes in Libya during last year's campaign that eventually helped the Libyan people to oust Muammar Gaddafi from power after 42 years of rule. It says NATO has failed to acknowledge the deaths and has not investigated possible unlawful attacks.
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| Two Killed in Mine Blast Crossing Between Egypt and Libya |
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Two men, and Egyptian and a Sudanese, were killed Sunday and 29 other people were injured after their convoy that was illegally crossing from Egypt into Libya entered a minefield, a medical source said.
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| 49 Dismembered Bodies Dumped on Mexico Highway |
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Forty-nine headless, dismembered bodies were found in Mexico Sunday along a stretch of highway. They were stuffed into plastic bags and dumped on a highway on the edge of the town of San Juan on a road that connects the northern city of Monterrey.
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| No Breakthrough in Greece Coalition as Crisis Deepens |
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The Greek political party leaders emerged late Sunday from emergency cabinet talks with no breakthrough in sight, particularly after the moderate Democratic Left party's rejection to join pro-bailout parties in a coalition without the more radical far left Syriza. This raises the prospect of new elections.
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| Demonstration Outside 10 Downing Street on Nakba Day: No Injustice Will Last Forever |
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“No injustice will last forever.” That was the message from around 500 demonstrators outside the British prime minister’s office in London on Saturday, May 12, commemorating Nakba Day.
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| JPMorgan Chase Top Executives Set to 'Resign” |
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Three high-ranking executives at JPMorgan Chase & Co. - the biggest in the United States by assets - are expected to resign this week following $2bn of losses at the bank's London trading desk. They are not only reportedly involved with a failed hedging strategy that cost the bank billions, but also tarnished its reputation.
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| Libyan Aviation Director, Maltese Pilot Receive Awards for Actions During 2011 Libya Conflict |
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A Libyan aviation company director and a Maltese pilot, described as having shown true grit and courage in their actions during last year's February 17 revolution in Libya, have been rewarded for their actions in the the first ever World Airnews aviation awards.
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| A Workshop Shows Libya Needs World Support in Writing Its Constitution |
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ibya has indeed suffered considerably under the now defunct regime. In 1973, Gaddafi announced the abolition of the 1951 Libyan constitution in a chaotic event referred to mistakenly as “the cultural revolution”. The country has since then been left in a state of chaos and confusion. This was to pave the way for a tyrant to rule without being questioned about his acts and without imposing any restrictions on his term in office.
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| Over a Million So Far Registered to Vote in Libya June General Election |
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By Last Thursday, May 10, that is, 11 days before the deadline for libyans to register to vote for first national elections since the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime, just over a million – about 20% of the whole population of 5.5 million of Libyan electors - had registered to vote next month.
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