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Movement for Happiness Launches in Britain
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- Is there a science of happiness? A growing band of economists, politicians and academics thinks so -- and is putting theory into practice by starting a "mass movement for a happier society." Action for Happiness launched today in London, encouraging hugging, meditation and random acts of kindness. It is getting under way as the British government asks statisticians to measure the economically battered nation's well-being. The nonprofit group's founders include a former Downing Street policy chief, Tony Blair's biographer and an eminent economist. They say happiness -- long ...
PM Tells Royal Watchers They've Got a Right to Party on April 29
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- Britons: Your country needs you to party. Prime Minister David Cameron today urged local authorities not to use bureaucratic rules to prevent street parties celebrating the April 29 royal wedding. www.bauergriffin.com The British prime minister has said that civic councils shouldn't put up roadblocks to street parties planned for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Cameron said civic councils should not block plans for parties by imposing rules requiring licenses, insurance protection and other bits of red tape. "I'm very much saying today if people ...
World Powers Tangle Over Arming Libya's Rebels
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- World powers clashed Wednesday over whether it is legal to supply weapons to Libya's badly equipped rebels as Moammar Gadhafi's troops beat back their advance on the ground. Britain and the U.S. believe that existing U.N. Security Council resolutions on Libya could allow for foreign governments to arm the rebels. But NATO, which is in the process of taking over command of air and other military operations in Libya, rejected that theory, saying an arms embargo was in place. China, Russia and Germany were also against supplying weapons to the rebels, with Moscow warning of possible ...
British Prime Minister Does Not Rule Out Arming Libyan Rebels
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron says his government does not rule out arming Libya's embattled rebels. Cameron says he believes that while the United Nations-backed arms embargo applies to the entire country, the U.N. resolution authorizing military action could also be read to allow arming the opposition if it helps save civilian lives. Cameron told parliamentarians Wednesday that "we do not rule it out, but we have not taken the decision to do so." He also says Britain's military flew 24 sorties over Libya Tuesday night. ...
Top Diplomats Agree That Libya's Gadhafi Must Go
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON (AP) - A sweeping array of world powers called forcefully Tuesday for Moammar Gadhafi to step down as Libya's ruler. Some even hinted at secret talks on Gadhafi's exit. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and British Foreign Secretary William Hague led the crisis talks in London between 40 countries and institutions, all seeking an endgame aimed at halting the Libyan leader's bloody onslaught against Libya's people. Although the NATO-led airstrikes on Gadhafi's forces aren't aimed at toppling him, dozens of nations agreed in the talks that Libya's future does not include ...
Allies Renew Airstrikes on Tripoli as Rebels Seek to Advance
By not in system - AOL NewsZWITINA, Libya -- Coalition forces bombarded Libya for a third straight night Monday, targeting the air defenses and forces of Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, stopping his advances and handing some momentum back to the rebels, who were on the verge of defeat just last week. But the rebellion's more organized military units were still not ready, and the opposition disarray underscored U.S. warnings that a long stalemate could emerge. The air campaign by U.S. and European militaries has unquestionably rearranged the map in Libya and rescued rebels from the immediate threat they faced only days ...
UK: Strikes Neutralize Libyan Air Defenses
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday that coalition forces have neutralized Libyan air defenses and helped avert a bloodbath in the North African country. The prime minister told British lawmakers that Moammar Gadhafi had violated a U.N. Security Council resolution by moving troops toward rebel-held cities and also had lied to the international community. "Gadhafi responded to the U.N. resolution by declaring a cease-fire, but straightaway it was clear he was breaking that promise," Cameron told lawmakers. Cameron stressed that through airstrikes, coalition forces helped ...
French Fighter Jets Open Fire in Libya as Western Military Intervention Begins
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsNICE, France -- Followed by the U.S and Britain, France kicked off an international military strike on Libya today that left Col. Moammar Gadhafi's air and missile defense systems "severely disabled," military officials said. The operation was launched eight years to the day after the U.S. announced the invasion of Iraq. French Mirage warplanes took the lead when they left a military base in Saint-Dizier in the east of France Saturday afternoon, destroying four pro-Gadhafi tanks outside Tripoli. The U.S. and Britain quickly joined the Allied air strike to prevent Gadhafi forces from further ...
World Leaders Meet in Paris for Critical Libya Talks
By not in system - AOL NewsPARIS -- World leaders met Saturday in a summit in Paris that could be the final step before immediate international military action against Moammar Gadhafi's forces in Libya. The emergency summit of Arab and European leaders and the chief of the U.N. took place as Gadhafi's forces swarmed into the one-time rebel stronghold of Benghazi -- apparently ignoring a proclaimed cease-fire by Libya's regime. The incursion into Benghazi and other cities by Gadhafi's forces could vastly complicate any international intervention, by allowing the troops to mingle in with the population -- making ...
Is Libya Cease-Fire Real or More Gadhafi 'Mischief Making'?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsMilitary experts and Libyan rebels say that Libya's abrupt promise of a cease-fire today, just hours after the U.N. voted for a no-fly zone, is canny brinksmanship by Col. Moammar Gadhafi designed to buy time in his escalating cat-and-mouse game with the West. Rebel commander Khalifa Heftir told reporters in Benghazi today that Gadhafi was "bluffing," and CNN reported today that residents in the battered coastal city of Misrata said they were still under bombardment. "What cease-fire," asked a doctor in Misrata. "We're under the bombs. This morning they are burning the city. There ...
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