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Obama and Canadian PM coordinate response to Libyan crisis

By the White House

From the White House:  Readout of President Obama’s Call with Canadian Prime Minister Harper

Obama and Canadian PM coordinate response to Libyan crisis

By the White House

From the White House:  Readout of President Obama’s Call with Canadian Prime Minister Harper

Obama and Canadian PM coordinate response to Libyan crisis

By the White House

From the White House:  Readout of President Obama’s Call with Canadian Prime Minister Harper

Obama tells Merkel that Gaddafi needs to leave

By the White House

From the White House:  Readout of President Obama’s Call with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany

EU’s response to Arab Revolutions: ” the best thing we can do is to listen”

By Catherine Ashton, Interenational Herald Tribune

From Catherine Ashton, Interenational Herald Tribune:  There is a time to speak and a time to listen. After visiting Egypt and Tunisia over the past 10 days, I am convinced that the best thing we can do is to listen.

Italy’s treaty with Libya may impede cooperation with NATO and EU

By Christopher Emsden, the Wall Street Journal

From Christopher Emsden, the Wall Street Journal:  As is well known, Italy and Libya signed a Treaty on Friendship in Benghazi in the summer of 2008, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi rolled out the red carpet for [Col. Moammar] Gadhafi’s visit to Rome last year, even allowing the Libyan leader to openly proselytize a selected […]

Proposals and disagreement over NATO meeting on Libya

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  Before the North Atlantic Council meeting began Friday afternoon, Spain said it will propose that NATO deploy radar-equipped surveillance aircraft known as known as AWACS off Libya’s coast to monitor the situation.

Putin Questions Europe’s Foreign and Energy Policies

By Stephen Castle, the New York Times

From Stephen Castle, the New York Times:  Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia warned European officials on Thursday that uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East could produce governments hostile to the West, and he criticized the European Union’s energy policy.

UK urges pressure on Gaddafi, EU weighs intervention

By Adrian Croft and Justyna Pawlak, Reuters

SecGen calls for emergency NATO meeting on Libya

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  What is happening in Libya is of great concern to all of us. It’s a crisis in our immediate neighbourhood.