Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Sunday, 20 March 2011


Today from VOANews.com

Libya's Gadhafi Vows to Defeat Western Forces

Libyan state television says Western assault killed 48 people and wounded 150
A U.S. Navy ship launches a Tomahawk missile in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn

Arab League Criticizes Libya No-Fly Zone Implementation

Arab League secretary general says that UN's implementation of no-fly zone on Libya has gone beyond what the league wanted

Reports: Bahrain Rights Activist Detained

Sources say Nabeel Rajab, the head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights detained, computers, CDs and mobile phones confiscated
President of Bahrain's Human Rights Society, Nabeel Rajab during a press conference in Manama (File Photo)

Yemen President's Own Tribe Demands He Resign

Head of Saleh's Hashed tribe holds President Saleh responsible for killings and demands that he resign
Anti-government protestors pray around the bodies of the demonstrators who were killed on Friday's clashes with Yemeni security forces, during their funeral procession in Sanaa,Yemen, March 20, 2011

Protests Continue in Syrian Town for 3rd Day

Continued rallies in Deraa apparently prompted by killing of at least four protesters by security forces Friday, mass arrests of others
Photo, obtained by AFP through a third-party source, is said to depict protesters in Deraa, Syria, March 18, 2011

Thousands Across Morocco Demand Political Reforms

Protests held despite pledge made by country’s king to undertake political reforms that include giving more power to parliament
A protester holds up a cut-out of the letter "f" in an apparent recognition of the social network site Facebook's role in the recent revolts in Arab countries, Rabat, Morocco, March 20, 2011

Survivors Pulled From Wreckage Nine Days After Japan Quake

Rescue workers pull 80-year-old woman and her 16-year-old grandson alive from their collapsed home in Miyagi Prefecture
Eighty-year-old Sumi Abe is helped by emergency workers after being rescued from under the rubble in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, March 20 , 2011

Japanese Engineers Prepare Damaged Reactors for Electrical Power

Engineers want to route electricity to the crippled plant's central control room by late Sunday
Teams of government and nuclear specialists at the emergency rescue headquarters analyze data from the leaked radiation from the Fukushima nuclear facilitiesin Fukushima, Japan, March 19, 2011

Tibetans in Exile Vote for New Political Leader

Poll to replace aging Dalai Lama after he insisted he is giving up politics
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, looks on during the commemoration of the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in Dharmsala, India, March 10, 2011

Bomb Kills Would-Be Bombers In Central Nigeria

Police say bomb went off as the men carrying it drove through the city of Jos, where frequent religious and ethnic violence take place
In this image taken from TV showing the bodies of victims of inter-faith violence as a crowd gathers around, in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, south of the city of Jos (File Photo)

Haiti Presidential Runoff Voting Begins

Former first lady Mirlande Manigat, entertainer Michel Martelly compete in the second round of voting
A UN peacekeeper from Paraguay patrols ahead of the second round of elections in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 19, 2011
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