Tripoli airport functioning
Tripoli/Cairo: The Tripoli International Airport was functioning normally on Tuesday, Libya's state news agency JANA reported, after speculation that it had been shut to air traffic.
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Libyan protesters storm television, radio
Cairo: Protesters in the Libyan capital Tripoli sacked state broadcast offices and set branches of the People's Committees that are the mainstay of the regime ablaze overnight, witnesses said on Monda
China calls for protests to be defused
Beijing: China's domestic security chief said the government must find new ways to defuse unrest, underscoring Beijing's anxiety about control even after police squashed weekend calls for gatherings i
'At least 200 dead in Libyan city'
Cairo: A doctor in the Libyan city of Benghazi says his hospital has seen the bodies of at least 200 protesters killed by Moammar Gadhafi's forces over the last few days. The official spoke on conditi
Mideast regimes counter protests with deadly force
Manama: Embattled regimes across the Middle East cracked down on swelling anti-government protests on Friday, as the traditional Muslim day of prayer gave way to violence and bloodshed in Bahrain and
66 injured as troops fire at protesters in Bahrain
Manama/London: Troops fired at anti-government protesters in Manama, wounding at least 66 as Bahrain's king Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa asked his eldest son to start a national dialogue to resolve the wo
Internet cut off in Libya: Arbor Networks
San Francisco: Internet service was cut off in Libya on Friday as the regime evidently moved to strip anti-government protestors of ways to organize and communicate, according to Arbor Networks.
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Fresh T violence erupts at Osmania campus
After a lull, fresh violence erupted at Osmania University campus in Hyderabad, which has been the epicentre of movement for statehood for Telangana.
Bahrain orders military off streets
Manama, Bahrain: Bahrain ordered its military off the streets on Saturday, responding to a key demand by the opposition for starting a dialogue in the political crisis a day after security forces open
Troops off, Bahrain protests back on
Manama: Thousands of jubilant Bahrainis returned on Saturday to Manama's Pearl Square, the focal point of bloody anti-regime demonstrations, after police and troops withdrew in what appeared to be a c