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Nato searches for drifting mines near Misrata, Libya

Aid ships are unable to reach port at Misrata in Libya, because Gaddafi forces have planted mines. Nato minesweepers have destroyed two of three mines laid by government forces, but a third drifting mine must be cleared before the aid ship can deliver supplies. Reuters

Marrakesh, Morocco, bombing was not suicide bombing

The explosion that killed 15 people in Marrakesh, Morocco, was triggered by a remote control device, not a suicide bomber as previous reports suggested. The perpetrator has not yet been identified, but Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is assumed responsible. The bomb contained nails, ammonium nitrate and a high explosive called TATP that was also used in a series of bombings on the Paris underground system in 1995. Reuters

Libya: Gaddafi declares war on Italy

In a speech delivered on Saturday on Libyan TV, Muammar Gaddafi called for war with Italy because of Italy’s “colonization” attempts. Libya was a colony of Italy from 1911 to 1941. “We are already in a war with Italy since Italians kill our children in 2011 as they did in 1911, that is why I cannot forbid Libyans to defend their lives and carry the military actions on the enemy’s territory,” Gaddafi said. Ria Novosti

Russians view Orthodox Church as part of the state government

Most Russians increasingly do not consider the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate as separate and distinct from the Russian state. This acts to the detriment of the Church, since citizens are concluding that Patriarch and the bishops are as dishonest as the politicians are. Thus, they want the Church to have fewer ties to the government. Paul Goble

The Case for UN Reconsideration of the Zimbabwe’s ‘Liberation Hero’ Robert Mugabe

Now that, under UN mandate, international force has been used to confront rutheless dictators Laurent Gbagbo in Ivory Coast and Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, it’s time to consider using international force against an even more ruthless dictator, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. Mugabe’s actions to transform Zimbabwe, the breadbasket of southern Africa, into into a starving disease-ridden country are almost beyond belief. (See “‘Liberation Hero’ Robert Mugabe now destroys Zimbabwe with cholera.”) Mugabe’s neighbors have refused to deal with him because of his stature as an anti-American anti-Western anti-white ‘Liberation Hero,” even though militias affiliated with Mugabe’s party, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), operate as de facto enforcers of government policies and commit assault, torture, rape, extralegal evictions and executions without fear of punishment. International Relations and Security Network (ISN)

Libya: Gaddafi’s soldiers given viagra

In the heated United Nations Security Council closed-door debate last week, the Russians and other countries objected that Nato was exceeding the UN mandate in Libya. But US ambassador Susan Rice said that Gaddafi’s forces were “issuing viagra to soldiers so that they go out and rape.” Similar reports have appeared in British tabloid newspapers. AFP