[THS] Libya: UN Security Council powers dispute coalition

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Five Killed in Misrata Siege, IOM Evacuates Wounded:

A ship chartered by the International Organization for Migration docked amid the
shelling Wednesday, and workers boarded evacuees and delivered basic supplies
ashore
http://bit.ly/ktJ8ec


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Libya: UN Security Council powers dispute coalition :

UN Security Council powers publicly crossed swords over the Libya conflict on
Wednesday with Russia and China leading criticism of international coalition air raids.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/libyaconflictunchinarussia


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Hypocrisy Alert:
Libya: UN continues to send aid as Security Council debates crimes against humanity:

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor will ask the court's judges to issue
arrest warrants for three people who he said seem to bear the greatest responsibility
for crimes against humanity committed in Libya since a pro-democracy movement
emerged in mid-February.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38270&Cr=libya&Cr1=


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The ICC arrest warrants will make Colonel Gaddafi dig in his heels:

The international criminal court wants to arrest key Libyans. With Saif al-Islam
Gaddafi in the frame, negotiated peace is less likely
http://bit.ly/jJLL3W


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Libya's Gaddafi still alive, U.S. spy chief says:

U.S. intelligence officials believe Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who has not been
seen in public since a NATO missile attack reportedly killed his son, is still alive, CIA
Director Leon Panetta told NBC television on Tuesday.
http://bit.ly/iRJrow


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