Profile: Moussa Koussa, the Lockerbie spymaster who defected Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:57 PM PDT Moussa Koussa, the Libyan foreign minister who defected from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, was one of the architects of its rehabilitation in the international community but a deeply controversial figure who is likely to pose David Cameron a particularly thorny political problem. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa defects Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:11 PM PDT Moussa Koussa, the Libyan foreign minister, last night defected from Col Muammar Gaddafi's government after flying to Britain, telling officials he was "no longer willing" to serve the regime. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Italy prepares to move thousands of immigrants Posted: 30 Mar 2011 04:52 AM PDT Italy today prepared to move thousands of illegal Tunisian migrants off Lampedusa after an outcry over the government's failure to solve a growing humanitarian crisis on the tiny southern island. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Libya: Arab revolts a boost for al-Qaeda says terrorist leader Posted: 30 Mar 2011 04:44 AM PDT Anwar al-Awlaki, al-Qaeda's most influential English-language preacher, said revolts sweeping the Arab world would help rather than harm its cause by giving Islamists freed from tyranny greater scope to speak out. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |