Gaddafi strengthens its military border with Tunisia!
BASICS: • The challenge continues on Tuesday in Libya. The United States is considering exile Gaddafi and position their naval forces off the coast of the country. France wants to cut off all its financial system. Gaddafi has no control over Tripoli and its region, but reinforces his troops on the border with Tunisia.
• Demonstration mass in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
• In Oman, the tanks have occurred without violence this morning to disperse the demonstrators. A peaceful sit-in takes place on Tuesday evening.
18.50, Libya. The European Union is considering freezing the assets of companies linked to Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi, in addition to sanctions already decided on Monday against people, according to European diplomats. Several countries are positive, like Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy, including a great many firms have in their capital holdings Libyan diplomat said on condition of anonymity.
"The Italians in particular fear that the Libyans began to sell off their stakes to gain access to new money," he says.
18:45, Tunisia. Two ministers resigned. These are the Ministers of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Ahmed Ibrahim, and Regional Development and Local Ahmed Najib Chebbi.
Ahmed Ibrahim, leader of Ettijadid (formerly Communist Party) says he has "convinced he could better serve the revolution being outside of government. "
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18:30, Oman. Omani activists begin Tuesday night sit-in in the capital Muscat to expose corruption, after a military intervention to unblock the port city of Sohar, north of the capital, stirred by four days of protest.
Some 300 intellectuals and association members gather outside the headquarters of the Advisory Board. They display banners calling for an end to "the squandering of public money" and denouncing "corruption in government departments."
This action follows a march in support of Sultan Qaboos who traveled in the afternoon the center of the capital, with the participation of thousands of people.
18.15, Yemen. President Ali Abdullah Saleh sacking the governors of four provinces in the south and a fifth in western Yemen, which are held violent protests against his power, according to an official in Sanaa.
are concerned Governorates Aden, Hadramout, Abyan and Lahaj in the south and south-east of Hodeidah and more in the West, says it under cover of anonymity .
18 hours, Libya. According to Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State, "in the coming years, Libya could become a peaceful democracy or sinking into a prolonged civil war" and descend into chaos. Before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, she said: "The stakes are high."
17.30, Libya. Soldiers loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi reinforce the border with southern Tunisia that they had deserted Sunday and Monday, witnesses told AFP.
The border post of Wasen (Dahiba Tunisian side), which since Sunday was abandoned by the police and military, is considerably strengthened, according to three witnesses return of the border.
"I saw a score of military Wasen where there was none yesterday. These soldiers of the regular army. Some wore a green scarf around his neck. They were armed with Kalashnikov automatic rifles. There was no armor, "said one of them under cover of anonymity.
"By returning to the Libyan desert, we saw two all-terrain go towards Wasen with onboard forty soldiers, "added the witness, his comments confirmed by two others.
17 hours, Libya. To read the report by AFP, Zentena at war, a city west of the country that is afraid of the return of Gaddafi.
16.45, Libya. According to the American general commanding the area, establishing a no-fly zone in Libya to protect people from abuses of the regime of Colonel Gaddafi requires the prior destruction of air defenses in the country.
16:30, Libya. The Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, ensures Tuesday before the National Assembly that "no military intervention" would not in Libya 'without clear UN mandate. "
"At this stage we speak, there is no military intervention early. Different options may be explored, including that of a no-fly zone, but I say very clearly here that no intervention will be done without a clear mandate from the Security Council of the United Nations, "said Alain Juppe.
He recalled that the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is "bunkerisation in Tripoli and its surroundings."
16 hours, Libya. Call Physician Benghazi. Physicians in the second city of Libya, east of the country, trying to evacuate dozens of serious injuries to other countries.
hospitals in Benghazi, a city in the hands of the opposition, treating over 1,000 people more or less severely injured, said Suhail al-Atrash, who heads the health services in the municipal council formed this week .
He said that "operations are now at a level of almost 85% compared to normal and we have medicine to take between 9 and 12 months."
"But there are hundreds of wounded who need surgery abroad. We managed to send some in Tunisia to board a boat, "he says.
15.45, Libya. The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) said he opposed any military intervention in Libya, while the international community is considering creating a no-fly zone above the territory of Libya.
The United States announced Monday that U.S. military forces deployed naval and air around Libya, where the violent repression of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi has claimed at least 1,000 deaths.
15 hours, Yemen. The heart of the capital, Sanaa, is blocked by rows of protesters who chanted: "The people want the regime fell, the people want the departure of Ali Abdullah Saleh," according to AFP correspondents.
supporters of the regime also organized a large protest at the call of the General People's Congress (GPC, in power), but no violence was reported in the late afternoon.
14:30 Libya. At Benghazi, controlled by opponents of Colonel Qaddafi a group of soldiers moving anti-aircraft batteries of Russian-made, while others pile shells: Libya's second city lives in fear of a cons-air attack.
"The first priority is to protect the cities, to defend ourselves, do not lose what we gained," Adel told AFP, a reservist who joined the insurgency in Benghazi, 1,000 km east of the capital.
"The next step is to prepare an army to liberate Tripoli union," he adds.
Monday, deposits Ajdabiya ammunition located a hundred kilometers south of Benghazi and rajma (15 km south of Benghazi), two cities under rebel control, were targeted by airstrikes forces Qaddafi, according to sources concordant in Benghazi - information denied by the authorities.
14 hours, Libya. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is a man "politically dead" who "has no place in the civilized world" and must leave power, says a Kremlin source quoted by Interfax news agency Tuesday.
"We believe that even if getting through to Qaddafi control the situation, it is a politically dead man who has no place in the civilized world today, "the source said. Russia calls for the first time the Libyan leader to relinquish power.
12:45, Libya. The German Ministry of Economy announced the freezing of assets in Germany of a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, representing a $ 2 million deposited with a private bank. Earlier in the day, Austria has made the same decision.
12:30 Libya. Current events in North Africa and the Middle East "should not affect supply or little French consumers' oil, said on Tuesday the Minister of Industry and Energy, Eric Besson.
"I am aware that the supply of France is not threatened," said Besson during installation of the Observatory of fuel poverty.
12.15, Libya, Tunie, Egypt. Already widespread before the outbreak of the uprising, jokes mocking the despots revolution burst forth in full, even during the bloodiest.
12 hours, Libya. Beijing calls for stopping the violence in Libya, where the vast majority Chinese people have been evacuated.
"It is imperative now to stop the violence and avoid further casualties" in Libya, according to Jiang Yu, spokesperson of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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11:30, Libya. The situation at the border between Libya and Tunisia reached a "crisis" after the passage of 70,000 to 75,000 people fleeing the repression of Tripoli since February 20, warns on Tuesday the High Commissioner UN for Refugees (UNHCR).
11 hours, Libya. Austria has decided to freeze assets of Gaddafi and his family targeted by the sanctions of the European Union, announced Tuesday the Austrian central bank in a statement.
"The Austrian central bank (OeNB) adopted today (Tuesday) a decree under which all the assets of those involved in EU sanctions will be frozen," said the OeNB, describes it as Gaddafi and those around him.
10:30, Libya. Algeria is "extremely concerned" the situation in Libya, a country bordering "significant" where institutions disappear "in a visible and progressive," said Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, quoted by the press Tuesday.
10.15, Yemen. A massive demonstration on Tuesday invaded the center of Sanaa, the call of the opposition to demand the departure of the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, as the AFP correspondent.
Ali Abdallah Saleh, challenged by popular protests since January 27, accusing Israel and the United States of orchestrating the Arab revolt, in statements to the press Tuesday.
10 hours, Libya. The Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi preaches caution in the crisis in Libya, "where the situation is very confusing," especially on a possible exile of Muammar Gaddafi, in an interview published Tuesday.
Asked by the daily Il Messaggero on his position about an exiled leader of Libya, considered by Washington, Berlusconi replied: "Wait. Today, it is best not go into details. Today we must very carefully because the situation in Libya is in constant evolution. "
9 hours, Libya. France wants control of "all circuits Financial Libyans, including preventing the Libyan state to sell its stakes in European companies to fund the crackdown, said on Tuesday the European Affairs Minister Laurent Wauquiez.
on RMC, he considers it to be "cutting off by first making sure that oil money is not going to Gaddafi and, secondly, to ensure it can not to sell assets, including stock options that will enable them to afford an army of mercenaries. "
8:45, Oman. Armoured Omani dispersed without violence this Tuesday in the city of Sohar protesters who block port and a road leading to the capital Muscat, according to an AFP photographer.
The operation was uneventful, while clashes left at least one dead in this town since Saturday industrial, 200 km north of Muscat.
8 hours, Libya. Libyan bank deposits in Austria represent over one billion euros, according to the governor of the Austrian Central Bank.
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