Libyan Rebels Reject Western Ground Troops Amid No Fly Zone Push
President Obama warned rebels they will be held accountable for violence as Libyan warplanes strike opposition fighters at Ras Lanouf. Rebels seek a no fly zone to shield them from air attacks while Western powers debate U.N. backed action and regional support.
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Gaddafi
Obama
Oval Office
Ras Lanouf
Mediterranean
Tripoli
Libya
Ali Suleiman
U.N. Security Council
Russia
U.N
bin Jawwad
Mediterranean Sea
Gebril Hewadi
Al-Jalaa Hospital
Benghazi
Brega
City to open Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel in 2013
City buys hotel to prevent closure and fund renovations as part of the Convention Complex build. Demolition starts soon on adjacent structures with a planned skywalk and a $10 million parking ramp. By August only The Roosevelt remains in the block as the project unfolds.
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Five Seasons
Corbett
U.S. Cellular Center
First Avenue
Craig Hanson
First
Avenues NE
Third Street
Second
Third Streets
Roosevelt
K. Smith
Sourcemedia.net
Cedar Rapids
Filmmaker alleges hate crime attack in Fairfield
Usama Alshaibi, a Baghdad born filmmaker, says he was punched and kicked by four men at a weekend house party in Fairfield. Police treat the incident as a hate crime as they search for suspects. Alshaibi is producing American Arab for Kartemquin Films in Chicago.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
United States
Usama Alshaibi
Fairfield
Baghdad
Alshaibi
Julie Harvey
Kartemquin Films
Kartemquin
Labor rally voices clash over union reforms in Iowa
Police sergeant Bill Melville and other leaders push collective bargaining while criticizing a bill that removes health care from negotiations and allows wage arbitration outside unions. Opponents blame banks and corporations for state deficits and warn against cuts to preschool and elderly care as House action looms.
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Bill Melville
Sioux City
Iowa Peace Officers Association
Mike Ralston
The
Iowa Association of Business and Industry
Iowa
Wall Street
Bill Gerhard
Iowa State Building & Construction Trades Council
Danny Homan
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
Iowa Council 61
Mark Cooper
Iowa Federation of Labor
House
Senate
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Coralville
Waterloo
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