The following is a White House transcript of remarks by President Barack Obama on Friday on the situation in Libya delivered from the East Room on March 18, 2011.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that Germany may take on additional tasks in the war in Afghanistan to make up for NATO members' involvement in possible attacks on Libya after a UN vote yesterday approved a possible no-fly zone.
US stocks rally on news of Libya announcement of immediate ceasefire.
The government of Libya has declared it will cease all military operations following a decision by the United Nations Security Council to support a no-fly zone over the country.
Panic gripped the U.S. West Coast despite a fraction of media's active campaign to quell the fears of harmful radiation from earthquake-torn Japan blowing in the wind.
Crude oil prices rose in Asian trade on Friday, after the United Nations (UN) approved the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya, raising fresh fears over oil exports from the country.
The United Nations Security Council has approved military strikes on Libyan air defenses, a move following weeks of talks led by France, Britain and the United States to mobilize the international community to take action against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, which is engaged in armed conflict with rebels.
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday voted to approve a no-fly zone over Libya and all necessary measures to protect civilians from attacks by forces led by Muammar Gaddafi.
Japanese engineers have been able to lay an external grid power line cable to the No. 2 unit at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, according to The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that establishing a no-fly zone over Libya would require the bombing of air defenses, as the U.S. seeks broad action to protect civilians fighting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
Maldives hopes to get some of these mosques listed as UNESCO's World Heritage Sites to bring them in international spotlight.
State security forces in Bahrain –presumably including recently-invited Saudi Arabian troops – have attacked anti-government protesters in the capitol Manama and driven them out of the central Pearl Roundabout where they had camped out for weeks.
Italy has blocked a ferry carrying about 1,800 people, primarily Moroccans fleeing Libya, from docking in Sicily, on orders from Rome’s interior ministry.
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano's Statement on Nuclear Safety in Earthquake-stricken Japan
Communiqué of European Council on the crisis in Libya, March 11, 2011, Brussels
European Union (EU) leaders have demanded that Moammar Gaddafi must give up power in Libya.
The president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, has urged Moammar Qaddafi to immediately cease all acts of violence against his people, according to S.A. Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said.
Data from NASA satellites shows both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are melting faster, and making them a bigger contributor to sea level rise.
France said it has recognized the National Libyan Council (NLC), the leadership of rebels fighting against Moammar Gaddafi, as the legitimate government in the country, ahead of European Union (EU) talks on the conflict today and tomorrow.
Amidst unbalanced economic growth, high unemployment, rising oil prices and the environmental challenges, tourism can be one of the most effective agents of sustainable development.
China should increase its gold reserves appropriately, and must take every chance to buy, especially when Gold Prices fall, said Li Yining, a senior economist at Peking University and an advisor to the national parliament's Political Consultative Committee, quoted today by Beijing's official Xinhua News Agency.
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