Need to know: Gaddafi is going to extremes. In addition to letting loose one of his characteristic zany tirades - this time blaming the protests on "hallucinogenic" drugs that the younguns are drinking in their coffee "like Nescafe" - he has made the tangible offer of $400 for every family in Libya, in an apparent last-ditch attempt to hold on to power. Around 2,000 people are suspected dead in Libya, and the U.N. has finally agreed to meet over sanctions to curb the crackdown.
Meanwhile, and despite the crackdown, the opposition in Libya is steadily gaining. GlobalPost's Nichole Sobecki reports on the air of triumph that has permeated Benghazi, where the protests started and where, according to the Iranian press, Gaddafi's son Seif al-Arab has reportedly joined up with the protesters against his dad.
And now a step beyond the protests, the military leadership in Egypt is pursuing former Mubarak officials. They have ordered the arrest of the previous minister of mass media and the chairman of state television and radio.o say.  |
Want to know: China is clenching its fist around the internet. It has censored the name of the U.S. ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, who was spotted near anti-government protests earlier in the week, and also apparently blocked LinkedIn, the professional networking site, for more than 24 hours. The online censorship coincides with a rash of detentions following a call for "Jasmine Revolution" gatherings to press the Communist Party to make way for democratic change. |
Dull but important: The world's Inuit say they are tired of being left on the sidelines as petroleum and mining companies reap the benefits of resources being extracted from Arctic lands. Inuit leaders from Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Russia emerged from a two-day conference on resource development in Ottawa on Thursday to say they were finalizing a declaration that would express their expectations for future development. |
Wacky: World's biggest cigar festival opens in Havana, amid news that international sales of the Cuba's famous hand-rolled cigars are rising for the first time since the global recession hit. |
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