UK and France back Libya rulers in Tripoli visit
British Prime Minister Cameron and French President Sarkozy visit Tripoli to back the National Transitional Council, announce bids to unfreeze Libyan assets totaling up to 18 billion dollars in the U.K. and to push a UN resolution authorizing broader asset release. NATO strikes continue as Gadhafi loyalists resist in Sirte and other fronts.
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Tripoli
Libya
David Cameron
Nicolas Sarkozy
NATO
Muammar Gadhafi
Gaddafi
Sirte
Mediterranean
Cameron
Sarkozy
National Transitional Council
NTC
Mustafa Abdul-Jalil
Mahmoud Jibril
U.N
France
U.K
Gadhafi
Britain
Sibetbaks
Halas Oka
United States
United Nations Security Council
Fire on Nordlys Kills Two Crew on Norwegian Cruise
An intense engine room fire on the MS Nordlys near Aalesund, Norway, killed two crew and injured nine while more than 200 passengers evacuated. Police suspect an on board explosion. the ship listed and took water as firefighters contained the blaze.
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Oslo
Norway
Nordlys
Hurtigruten
Aalesund
Olav Fjell
NTB
Yngve Skovly
Sunnmoere
Bergen
Danielle Passebois-Paya
Aftenposten
Harald Sundberg
Sundberg
Geir Thorsen
Thorsen
Kirkenes
Arctic Circle
Erdogan hard line on Israel during Tunisia visit
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan warned Israel it cannot act freely in the Mediterranean while visiting Tunisia and meeting the Tunisian prime minister. He pressed for Palestinian statehood support and said normalization requires an apology and Gaza blockade lifting. Israel defended the raid on the flotilla and hinted at restoring ties gradually.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Turkey
Israel
Mediterranean
Recep Erdogan
Cairo
Arab League
U.S
Erdogan
Middle East
Gaza
U.N
Foued Mebazaa
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Carthage
Iran's damaged president heads for UN spotlight
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives at the U N General Assembly amid diminished clout as Iran's ruling clerics tighten control. Analysts say he travels weaker and more isolated, with hard line forces cracking down on allies and aides while the watchdog judiciary limits potential talks on nuclear issues.
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Cairo
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
United Nations
America
Islamic Republic
Ahmadinejad
Ahmad Bakhshayesh
Tehran
Azad University
Theodore Karasik
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Iran
Theocracy
Revolutionary Guard
U.N
Middle East
Bashar Assad
Syria
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei
Mashaei
Khamenei
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