Free Sample - Caabu news digest Tuesday 15th March 2011
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Summary: Tuesday 15th March 2011
Today's papers cover a range of stories from the Middle East.
Coverage continues on the conflict in Libya with David Cameron warning that time is running out and is urging for immediate intervention, as rebel leaders call upon the western world to assassinate Colonel Muammar Gaddafi before his forces quash the uprisings.
In other news, up to 1000 Saudi Arabian troops entered Bahrain yesterday to help quell the protests in the region, with the opposition taking the view that it is an 'act of war'. The clashes in Yemen have escalated even further with three soldiers killed and four journalists covering the demonstrations being forced to leave.
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The Daily Telegraph
International
I was the 'black slave' at sheikh's palace, says aide
Murray Wardrop
"Staff at the British palace owned by the Dubai royal family worked in a 'culture of fear' in which an aide was nicknamed 'the black slave' and bullied for being Christian, a tribunal heard yesterday."
Saudi troops called in after Bahrain protests
Praveen Swami
"More than 1,000 Saudi Arabian troops have been sent into Bahrain, following fresh protests from the tiny Gulf monarchy's Shia majority against riot police."
Time running out to half Gaddafi, warns PM
Bruno Waterfield, Richard Spencer, Rob Crilly & James Kirkup
"Time is running out for the international community to intervene in Libya, David Cameron warned yesterday, as he disclosed that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was seeking new arms to crush the popular uprising against his regime."
Wives and mothers in rebel stronghold say they will fight off the dictator's forces with table legs
Rob Crilly
"A small band of British women has refused of evacuation to stay with their Libyan families in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi and are prepared to fight off Colonel Gaddafi's forces with table legs if they have to."
US warning on West Bank building plans
"The US has said it is 'deeply concerned' over Israel's plans to build hundreds of new homes in West Bank settlements."
Letters
"Sir - Here we go again."
John Whittard
"Sir - Libya is racked by tribal feuds and there are few reasons why a new regime should be better than that of Gaddafi and many reasons why it could be worse."
Dr John Cameron
"Sir - How can you expect a tyrant to step aside if you give him no alternatives?"
Paul Gilbert
"Sir - Could it be that Mr Hague has lost his 'mojo' because, as a thinking politician, historian and Foreign Secretary, he fully understands the negative impact of the Defence Review and the resultant loss of British influence?"
John Parry
Comment
The leading actors have global stage-fright
Con Coughlin
"When it comes to Libya, there is one issue upon which every Western leader is in agreement: Gaddafi must go."
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The Financial Times
International
Saudi troops enter Bahrain
Robin Wigglesworth & Simeon Kerr (unavailable online)
"More than 1,000 Saudi troops rushed to the rescue of Bahrain's royal family on Monday as neighbouring Gulf states backed the Sunni rulers' attempts to confront a popular uprising by a mainly Shia opposition."
France and Britain urge action
James Blitz, Peggy Hollinger, Harvey Morris & Daniel Dombey
"France and Britiain tried to galvanise international backing for a no-fly zone over Libya on Monday, seeking to contain Muammer Gaddafi's continuing attack on rebel forces."
Rebels prepare stand at Ajdabiya
Tobias Buck
"Libyan rebel fighters have taken up defensive positions in and around Ajadibya, saying they will use this strategic city south of Benghazi to make a determined stand against the rapidly advancing forces of Colonel Muammer Gaddafi."
Demonstrators undaunted by Saudi army's arrival
Robin Wigglesworth & Simeon Kerr
"The fresh scars on Sayed al-Wadaei, a young Bahraini electronics engineer, are evidence of the al-Khalifa family's determination to hold on to power in the tiny Gulf Kingdom."
Tensions run high between Washington and Riyadh
Daniel Dombey (unavailable online)
"Some US officials say Washington and Riyadh have been at odds in the Middle East since the protests in the region began, but in recent days tensions have reached new heights."
Abigail Fielding-Smith
"Opposition to the 32-year rule of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemeni president, intensified on Monday, with clashes in different parts of the country."
Chill regional winds blow across Israel
David Gardner
"This year's wave of Arab uprisings has visibly discomfited the political and military establishment of Israel, leaving it uncharacteristically tongue-tied as neighbours such as Egypt and Jordan, around which it has built its security strategy, no longer look like a safe bet."
MPs told 'clock is ticking' on no-fly zone in Libya
Alex Barker
"The 'clock is ticking' on Libya and the time to shape events to counter Muammer Gaddafi's regime is running out, David Cameron has said as he stepped up calls for urgent action on imposing a no-fly zone."
Activists liberate small corner of Libya in select London suburb
Jane Wild
"Inside the main reception room of Seif al-Islam Gaddafi's mansion a pair of shoes lie neatly by the door from the garden, next to a vacuum cleaner propped against the wall."
Editorial
Saudi intervention raises Gulf stakes
"The arrival of Saudi Arabian troops in Bahrain, in response to protests calling for a constitutional monarchy, will come to be seen as a turning point in the Arab Spring that has restored hope of democratic renewal and dignity to the peoples of the region."
Comment
A Libyan no-fly zone is only half an answer
Philip Stephens
"The march eastward of Muammer Gaddafi's forces confront the west with a momentous choice."
Companies & Markets
Qatari fund takes slice of Iberdrola
Miles Johnson
"Iberdrola has sold 2bn Euros ($2.7bn) in new shares to a Qatari sovereign wealth fund in a move seen by analysts as a defensive manoeuvre in the dispute between Spain's biggest power utility and its largest investor, ACS."
Mideast tensions push oil prices near 30-month highs
Javier Blas & Gregory Meyer
"Oil prices hovered near their highest in 2.5 years on Monday as tensions in the Middle East surfaced again after Saudi troops entered neighbouring Bahrain to support the tiny Gulf Kingdom's embattled royal family agasint a widespread surge in protest."
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The Guardian
International
Inquiry urged into university funding from dictatorships
Jeevan Vasagar
"The vice-chancellor who now heads the umbrella group for British universities met Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli as part of a £75m deal with Exeter University to educate 'elite Libyan officials'."
Saudi Arabian troops enter Bahrain to help regime quell uprising
Martin Chulov
"Saudi Arabian troops have crossed into Bahrain after the tiny Gulf kingdom's ruling family asked for help from neighbouring Sunni Arab states to quell a two-month uprising which threatens their 200-year old dynasty."
Riyadh takes up role of regional policeman
Simon Tisdall
"Saudi Arabia's decision to send troops into Bahrain to help stabilise the country following violent anti-government demonstrations marks another stage in Riyadh's reluctant emergence as a regional policeman at a time when the Arab world faces unprecedented turmoil."
Four journalists deported amid fears of tough clampdown
Tom Finn & WL Webb
"Yemen began a clampdown on western media yesterday, arresting and deporting four foreign journalists who had been covering government attacks on protesters in which seven people were killed over the weekend."
'Points of decision' nears as Cameron joins France and Lebanon in drawing up UN resolution
Nicholas Watt
"Britain is to join forces with France and Lebanon in a fresh attempt to isolate Muammar Gaddafi by drawing up a new United Nations security council resolution that would include a threat to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and a toughening of measures against the use of mercenaries."
Rebel leaders urge west to assassinate Gaddafi as his forces close in on Benghazi
Chris McGreal
"Libya's revolutionary leadership is pressing western powers to assassinate Muammar Gaddafi and launch military strikes against his forces to protect rebel-held cities from the threat of bloody assault."
Sudan talks shelved after clashes
Xan Rice
"Southern Sudan has suspended talks with the northern government, accusing president Omar al-Bashir's regime of arming rebels before the country's split in July."
Comment
We won't trouble Saudi's tyrants with calls to reform while we crave their oil
George Monbiot
"Did you hear it? The clamour from western governments for democracy in Saudi Arabia?"
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The Independent
International
Saudis send troops into Bahrain to quell protests
Patrick Cockburn
"Saudi Arabia sent troops into Bahrain yesterday to quell protests by the Shia Muslim majority against the Sunni monarchy, in a move that the opposition denounced as an act of war."
A conflict with modest beginnings which is threatening to escalate out of control
Mai Yamani
"Armoured vehicles streamed across the causeway separating Saudi Arabia and Bahrain yesterday."
Libyan rebels arrest 'Gaddafi death squad' that killed journalist
Kim Sengupta
"Four men have been arrested for the alleged murder of an Al Jazeera journalist and evidence has emerged that Muammar Gaddafi's regime is sending undercover squads to carry out a campaign of assassinations, rebel officials claimed yesterday."
Yemen
"Three soldiers were killed yesterday in clashes with anti-government protesters in the north of the country, while a provincial governor was hospitalised after being stabbed in the neck durzing a confrontation with protesters in the eastern province of Marib."
Jordan
"The country's largest opposition party which has been pushing for reform, says its leader has been threatened and is now under police protection."
Egypt
"Thousands of Christians who have been protesting in Cairo against ill-treatment and the burning of a church near the capital will suspend their demonstration for a week."
Leading Article
Any intervention must be based on international law
"The uprising against Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade long rule in Libya has already proved far bloodier and more costly than the popular revolts in either Tunisia or Egypt."
Letters
"In 1936, the Spanish Civil War commenced."
John Day
"So our great leaders, who were cheering the end of Gaddafi as boldy as they dared (which wasn't very), are going to have to welcome him back into the community of nations!"
Richard Frost
"I was born and bred in London (I think 'Londoner' might suffice as my ethnic origin for the Census: much of humankind is here) and have always believed I was part of the Western world."
Vivienne Cox
"If I handed a loaded machine gun to a madman in a crowd of civilians and he killed 100 men, women and children, how would you apportion the blame: 50-50? 80-20?"
Dave Ridley
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The Times
International
Saudi troops enter Bahrain to help regime quell revolt
Hugh Tomlinson
"Saudi Arabian troops and armoured vehicles crossed into Bahrain yesterday amid fears that the royal family was preparing for a final assault to crush anti-government protests that have crippled the island kingdom."
Hugh Tomlinson
"It is rare for the Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf to agree on anything."
Time's short for Western assistance, says Cameron
Roland Watson & Michael Evans
"Britain is seeking to broaden the scope of an urgent UN resolution aimed at Colonel Muammar Gaddafi as David Cameron warned the world that it was in a race against time in Libya."
Rebels flee but all is not lost in the desert
Anthony Loyd
"The terror and rage on the faces of rebels fleeing Brega under shellfire on Sunday haunt the debate in Paris of G8 foreign ministers about intervention in Libya."
Charles to visit Morocco
(unavailable online)
"The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are to visit Morocco, where five people have been killed in protests aimed at curbing the King's powers."
Editorial
"Saudi Arabia sent troops, tanks and armoured vehicles across the border into Bahrain yesterday to supports neighbour's Royal Family."
Business
Scottish Power to answer to Qatar
Robert Lea (unavailable online)
"One of Britian's leading energy companies is now part-owned by Qatar after the Gulf state's sovereign wealth fund took a 6 per cent stake in Iberdrola, owner of Scottish Power."
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