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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Libyans flee siege in Gadhafi's hometown Sirte (AP)
SIRTE, Libya ? Families in pickup trucks stacked with mattresses and jugs of water fled Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte Tuesday ahead of an expected new push by revolutionary forces to seize the city from die-hard loyalists of the fugitive leader.
Fleeing residents said they had been living under a state of siege with Gadhafi's forces preventing them from leaving, while living conditions deteriorated and the city came under constant rocket fire and NATO bombardment.
"I tried to leave earlier with my family, but Gadhafi's forces wouldn't let me," said Abdullah Mohammed, a 34-year-old computer engineer traveling with his wife, two daughters and son. "We managed to run away at dawn by taking back roads out of the city."
Youssef Ramadan, 35, said there has been no power since Aug. 20, a day before revolutionary forces swept into the capital Tripoli and forced Gadhafi into hiding.
"There's no fuel and food is running low," he said. "A lot of civilians are stuck in their houses because of the fighting." Ramadan, who was taking his wife, 2-year-old daughter, 7-year-old son, brother and mother out of the city of about 100,000 people, said regime forces were using houses, schools and hospitals to store ammunition.
Tripoli fell to Gadhafi opponents in late August after a six-month civil war with NATO airstrikes aiding the rebels ? marking the collapse of Gadhafi's nearly 42-year rule. While Libya's new leaders have control over much of the country, they have been unable to rout Gadhafi's loyalists from Sirte and two other major strongholds, the mountain enclave of Bani Walid and Sabha, deep in the southern desert.
Anti-Gadhafi forces said Monday they had captured the airport and other areas but still faced pockets of resistance.
The ousted Libyan leader tried to rally supporters from hiding on Tuesday, saying in an audio recording that his regime is still alive.
"What is happening in Libya is a charade gaining its legitimacy through airstrikes that will not last forever," he said in the statement broadcast on the Syrian-based Al-Rai TV, which has become his mouthpiece. "It's hard to bring down this regime because it represents millions of Libyans."
NATO has launched over 8,700 strike sorties on Libya since late March, with the latest attacks Monday focusing on armed vehicles and rocket systems in Sirte as well as air missile systems and facilities in Sabha, NATO said in a statement. The Western military alliance said it also struck a command control node in Bani Walid.
The transitional Libyan government has insisted it will press forward with efforts to rebuild the government despite the continued fighting. But Gadhafi's continued defiance has raised fears the country could face a protracted insurgency such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan.
President Barack Obama is about to announce that the U.S. is sending its ambassador back to Tripoli to head a reopened U.S. embassy there, according to prepared remarks released ahead of Obama's speech at a United Nations meeting on Libya Tuesday. The president urges remaining regime loyalists to join the new Libya and vows to stand with Libyans as they reshape their country.
Revolutionary fighters tried to push into Sirte, 250 miles (400 kilometers) southeast of Tripoli on the Mediterranean coast, over the weekend but were driven back by fierce rocket and gunfire. They pulled back to regroup, although the two sides exchange fire daily.
About 30 families were lined up to get fuel from a tanker parked about 12 miles outside Sirte with pickup trucks and cars packed with mattresses, water, crates of onions and suitcases in the back.
Abdul-Salam el-Ebadi, 44-year-old math teacher who lives on the outskirts of Sirte, said the anti-Gadhafi forces were encouraging them to leave because they're in the range of weapons from both sides.
"We hear a lot of fighting, but we don't know where it is because we have to hide in our houses," he said. He was leaving with his elderly father in the passenger seat as part of a 10-car convoy of 50 to 60 people.
Revolutionary forces on the western outskirts of the city said they were encouraging residents to leave so they could move in with heavy weapons coming in from Misrata.
"Our guys are going inside the city to give the families what they need, water and fuel so they can leave," field commander Mohammed Mebeggan said as NATO warplanes flew overhead. "We are giving them the opportunity to leave. Today is the last day."
Hesham Samedi, a doctor at a field hospital in a mosque on Sirte's western outskirts, said four people were killed and seven wounded on Tuesday, most hit by shrapnel.
Fighters in Misrata said their plans to root out pro-regime forces in Sirte was focused Tuesday on cutting off military weapons to Gadhafi loyalists coming from the south. The Misrata Military Council said they secured a road to Weddan, about 280 kilometers (175 miles) south of Sirte.
In Bani Walid, revolutionary commanders tried to reorganize their forces after three days of chaotic fighting, with frustration high over weeks of standoff. Official forces withdrew to regroup after a fierce battle, and untrained volunteers have been launching sporadic assaults and drawing retaliatory fire from Gadhafi's forces.
Eight military leaders met with volunteer representatives on Monday evening and field commander Younis al-Toumi said the young men had agreed to follow the national army's commands.
"The national army is back at the checkpoints and we are only allowing those who have registered with us to pass into the front line," al-Toumi told The Associated Press.
Lack of discipline has been a common problem since largely ragtag groups of anti-Gadhafi activists first took up arms after the uprising started in mid-February and evolved into a civil war.
On Tuesday at a feed factory being used as a checkpoint outside Bani Walid, men passed a list around to take down the names and information of the volunteers in a bid to organize them into official brigades. One army official shouted at volunteers to stop randomly shooting for target practice and ordered them to introduce themselves to fighters from the national army.
"These young boys have more than the necessary enthusiasm, but after seeing that many of them are dying needlessly they realize it is the time to organize," said al-Toumi.
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Associated Press writers Hadeel al-Shalchi in Wadi Dinar and Aya Batrawy in Cairo contributed to this report.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Thousands march against nuclear power in Tokyo (AP)
TOKYO ? Chanting "Sayonara nuclear power" and waving banners, tens of thousands of people marched in central Tokyo to call on Japan's government to abandon atomic energy in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident.
Monday's demonstration underscores how deeply a Japanese public long accustomed to nuclear power has been affected by the March 11 crisis, when a tsunami caused core meltdowns at three reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex.
The disaster ? the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl ? saw radiation spewed across a wide part of northeastern Japan, forcing the evacuation of some 100,000 people who lived near the plant and raising fears of contamination in everything from fruit and vegetables to fish and water.
"Radiation is scary," said Nami Noji, a 43-year-old mother who came to the protest on this national holiday with her four children, ages 8-14. "There's a lot of uncertainty about the safety of food, and I want the future to be safe for my kids."
Police estimated the crowd at 20,000 people, while organizers said there were three times that many people.
In addition to fears of radiation, the Japanese public and corporate world have had to put up with electricity shortages amid the sweltering summer heat after more than 30 of Japan's 54 nuclear reactors were idled over the summer to undergo inspections.
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who took office earlier this month, has said Japan will restart reactors that clear safety checks. But he has also said the country should reduce its reliance on atomic energy over the long-term and explore alternative sources of energy. He has not spelled out any specific goals.
Before the disaster, this earthquake-prone country derived 30 percent of its electricity from nuclear power. Yet Japan is also a resource-poor nation, making it a difficult, time-consuming process for it to come up with viable alternative forms of energy.
Mari Joh, a 64-year-old woman who traveled from Hitachi city to collect signatures for a petition to shut down the Tokai Dai-ni nuclear plant not far from her home, acknowledged that shifting the country's energy sources could take 20 years.
"But if the government doesn't act decisively now to set a new course, we'll just continue with the status quo," she said Monday. "I want to use natural energy, like solar, wind and biomass."
Before the march, the protesters gathered in Meiji Park to hear speakers address the crowd, including one woman from Fukushima prefecture, Ruiko Muto, who described herself as a "hibakusha," an emotionally laden term for survivors of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Those evacuated from around the plant remain uncertain about when, if ever, they will be able to return to their homes.
An AP-GfK poll showed that 55 percent of Japanese want to reduce the number of nuclear reactors in the country, while 35 percent would like to leave the number about the same. Four percent want an increase while 3 percent want to eliminate them entirely.
The poll, which surveyed 1,000 adults between July 29 and Aug. 10, had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.
Author Kenzaburo Oe, who won the Nobel literature prize in 1994 and has campaigned for pacifist and anti-nuclear causes, also addressed the crowd. He and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, who composed the score to the movie "The Last Emperor," were among the event's supporters.
(This version CORRECTS spelling of woman's name in paragraph 11 to Ruiko.)
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Chavez criticizes human rights court over ruling (AP)
CARACAS, Venezuela ? Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez criticized the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Saturday after it ruled in favor of an opposition politician who is seeking to run for president.
The Costa Rica-based court said in its ruling released Friday that Leopoldo Lopez should be allowed to run for office despite a decision by Venezuela's top anti-corruption official that had barred him from being a candidate due to a corruption investigation.
Chavez said the court is part of an international system that "protects the corrupt and obeys the mandate of the (U.S.) imperial power and the bourgeoisie."
"What value can that court have?" Chavez said. "For me, it's worthless."
Chavez didn't respond specifically to the court's conclusions in its decision. "It's not up to me to comment on the legal details of that issue," he said, adding that other Venezuelan institutions would respond to the ruling.
He said the court's decision reflected "the desperation of the bourgeoisie seeking to make itself a victim, searching for a candidate whoever it is." Chavez has drawn key support from the poor since he was first elected in 1998, and has sought to portray his opponents as representing the interests of the wealthy.
A Lopez candidacy could lead to a significant shift in the field of opposition candidates as contenders begin campaigning for a primary vote in February designed to pick a unity candidate to challenge Chavez. The presidential election will be held in October 2012.
Lopez, a former Caracas district mayor, was barred from running for office in 2005 by the country's comptroller general. Lopez was accused of receiving donations on behalf of an organization he led between 1998 and 2001 from the state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA, where his mother worked at the time.
Lopez was among a list of politicians blacklisted due to corruption investigations, but he has not been formally charged with any crime and he maintains he is innocent. He challenged his disqualification before the human rights court, arguing his rights were violated.
The court agreed, saying Venezuela's National Electoral Council "should assure that the sanctions ... don't constitute an impediment to the candidacy of Mr. Lopez."
The government said in a statement Friday that it would await decisions on the matter by Venezuela's Supreme Court.
Chavez mentioned the decision by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during a televised meeting with Bolivian President Evo Morales. The two leaders later left for Cuba, where Chavez will be undergoing cancer treatment.
Chavez said Venezuela has institutions that "know how to occupy their position and defend the constitutional mandate."
Lopez confirmed Friday that he intends to run for president and said Venezuela has an obligation to comply with the court's ruling.
Venezuela is a signatory to the American Convention on Human Rights, which the regional court cited in its ruling.
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