Gaddafi's attempts to withdraw £1 bn from foreign banks foiled

Gaddafi's attempts to withdraw £1 bn from foreign banks foiled: "Attempts by embattled Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi to withdraw his billions from British and Canadian banks were thwarted by the authorities, according to reports today. An attempt was made to export nearly one...

Final F1 test session in Spain to run an extra day

Final F1 test session in Spain to run an extra day "The final Formula One testing session before the start of the season has been extended by an extra day. Catalunya Circuit organizers say the fourth preseason test will be run from March 8-12 and not end on the 11th as originally...

A chip off the old block: Gaddafi's son caught on video urging loyalists to sacrifice themselves until 'the last bullet' | Mail Online

A chip off the old block: Gaddafi's son caught on video urging loyalists to sacrifice themselves until 'the last bullet' | Mail Online: "Colonel Gaddafi's son has been caught on video brandishing a semi-automatic rifle in the air and urging paramilitaries to sacrifice themselves...

Rebels take control of Zawiyah

Rebels take control of Zawiya...

The Foreign Office has issued advice on possible options for leaving:

The Royal Navy frigate HMS Cumberland has arrived in Benghazi and is now expected to depart at dusk on Sunday. Planes carrying rescued oil workers are expected to leave Malta at 1400 and 1700 GMT on Sunday, bound for Gatwick The Hungarian government has organised a charter flight...

3 Killed in Clashes Between Protesters And Security Forces in Tunisia

3 Killed in Clashes Between Protesters And Security Forces in Tunisia | News | English: "Tunisia's Interior Ministry says three people were killed Saturday in clashes between security forces and anti-government demonstrators. The violence erupted in the capital, Tunis, after several hundred protesters gathered outside the Interior Ministry. Some demonstrators threw rocks at security officials who fired tear gas and warning shots. Officials say...

Gadhafi to Libyans: 'Anyone who does not love me does not deserve to live'

Gadhafi to Libyans: 'Anyone who does not love me does not deserve to live'  "Tripoli's international airport, thousands of desperate foreign workers besieged the main gate trying to leave the country as police used batons and whips to keep them out. In Washington, President...

RAF, Special Air Service and Special Boat Service used two specially equipped Hercules aircraft to snatch Britons from the country.

In a daylight mission, the RAF, Special Air Service and Special Boat Service used two specially equipped Hercules aircraft to snatch Britons from the country. However, it is feared up to 300 oil workers from the UK remain stranded. The rescue teams, who flew out of bases in Malta,...

16,000 Chinese evacuated from Libya

 16,000 Chinese evacuated from Libya: "Beijing said Saturday nearly 16,000 Chinese nationals have been evacuated from strife-torn Libya, where a popular uprising has left hundreds dead. The foreign ministry said Chinese citizens had been sent to Greece, Tunisia, Egypt and Malta...

US Shutters Libya Embassy

US Shutters Libya Embassy: "The United States Friday suspended operations at its embassy in Libya after U.S. diplomatic personnel were airlifted out of the country. However, officials say diplomatic contacts with representatives of the Moammar Gadhafi government continue. Officials...

Libya celebrates as Gaddafi's remote strongholds rise against him

Libya celebrates as Gaddafi's remote strongholds rise against him "On the road west from Benghazi to Tripoli, Colonel Gaddafi's Libya is being rapidly cleansed of his remnants. Just over a week into the revolution that few, even here, thought possible when it started, the eradication...

Libya: British forces rescue 150 civilians from desert

Libya: British forces rescue 150 civilians from desert : "Two RAF Hercules aircraft were involved in the operation, which involved the SAS and forces from Special Boat Service. Both planes have landed in Malta, the Ministry of Defence confirmed, while HMS Cumberland is on her way...

American sailors’ murders came as a surprise, U. S. investigates

American sailors’ murders came as a surprise, U. S. investigates National Sailing | Examiner.com: "When two Somalis boarded the USS Sterett floating 600 yards from the hijacked SV Quest and its four American sailor hostages off the coast of Oman, East Africa on February 21, the FBI negotiator called back to the Quest and requested a new pirate representative of a more serious nature from the remaining young thugs. The U. S. Navy threw the first two...

Money laundering in Spain

Money laundering in Spain "Spain is now one of the top European nations impacted by money laundering. The depth and extent of the illegal activities that encompass “money laundering” have perplexed Spanish authorities. Although the Spanish government has adopted a number of...

The costa's lost its crime | Duncan Campbell | Comment is free | The Guardian

The costa's lost its crime | Duncan Campbell | Comment is free | The Guardian: "'Do not get your chest tattooed with the image of a pitbull's head accompanied by the phrase 'only the strong survive'.' That tattoo, along with others written in Thai and Arabic, is among the identifying...

North Africa migrant flow slows

North Africa migrant flow slows: "The number of North African migrants trying to reach Europe has fallen significantly in the past few days because of choppy seas and stronger law enforcement in Tunisia, the head of the European Union's border control agency said Friday. Frontex director Ilkka Laitinen also told The Associated Press in an interview that Tunisians who arrived illegally on the Italian island of Lampedusa in recent weeks are being...

Is Santander Britain's worst bank?

Santander is bidding to bring in new customers with Isas paying more than 3%. This attractive offer is just one of a number of best-buy products being offered by the Spanish-owned bank. So why is it that Money receives so many complaints about its customer service? Our 'consumer...

Latin America's sudden silence on Gaddafi | Al Jazeera Blogs

Latin America's sudden silence on Gaddafi | Al Jazeera Blogs: "Both geographically and culturally Latin America is a world away from Libya. However, examining the record shows how Libya’s leader, Muammar Gaddafi, in recent years has quietly built political and economic alliances...

The British destroyer HMS York has sailed at short notice from Gibraltar to Libya.

"The British destroyer HMS York has sailed at short notice from Gibraltar to Libya. She will be in the area in about two days' time to take part in the evacuation of British nationals, should the need arise. The british Government has been criticised for being slow in repatriating UK nationals from the trouble spot. The ship was in Gibraltar for spares and fuel needed for a scheduled sailing to the South Atlantic when a message was received for her...

Turkish businessmen fear a spark to launch uprising in Morocco - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review

Turkish businessmen fear a spark to launch uprising in Morocco - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review: "As a domino effect theory seems justified with the constant sparks of protests and political turmoil across North African countries, Turkish businessmen say Morocco is far from...

Tears Flow at UN Security Council Over Bloodshed in Libya | North Africa | English

Tears Flow at UN Security Council Over Bloodshed in Libya | North Africa | English: "Libyan ambassador to the United Nations made an impassioned appeal Friday to the U.N. Security Council, calling on the U.N.’s most powerful body to adopt a strong resolution and 'save Libya.' His...

Rebels lay siege to Gaddafi stronghold

Rebels lay siege to Gaddafi stronghold "beleaguered Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi defiantly appealed to his hardcore supporters to 'defend the nation' against an uprising which was last night closing in on Tripoli after thousands of protesters braved gunfire to try to march through...

Spain ‘closely following’ fishing companies difficulties in port of Montevideo — MercoPress

Spain ‘closely following’ fishing companies difficulties in port of Montevideo — MercoPress: "The issue according to Spanish diplomatic sources in Montevideo could be considered (out of agenda) with Uruguay’s Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro who is currently on an official visit to Spain. Spanish companies complain that their vessels once in Montevideo face the risk of legal seizure or are banned, as a precaution measure, from returning to sea...

Pinewood Shepperton to open 'water studio' in Dominican Republic

Pinewood Shepperton to open 'water studio' in Dominican Republic - Telegraph: "The Telegraph has learnt that a ceremony led by Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna, the President of the Dominican Republic, to welcome the move is scheduled for Wednesday. Construction of Pinewood Indomina...

Castro Claims US and NATO May Invade Libya - Latest News

Castro Claims US and NATO May Invade Libya - Latest News : Moo News: "On Tuesday, former Cuban president Fidel Castro said he thinks the US is going to attempt to invade Libya through NATO. This comes amid ongoing unrest to oust the country’s ruler, Muammar al-Gaddafi, whose been...

US tries to get Americans out of Libya

The Associated Press: US tries to get Americans out of Libya: "The U.S. will try again Wednesday to evacuate American citizens from Libya, this time by ferry, as concerns rise about longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi's unpredictable behavior. As security forces unleashed a bloody crackdown...

We had no intention of killing US hostages, says Somali pirate

We had no intention of killing US hostages, says Somali pirate | Herald Sun: "'We had no intention of killing the hostages until the Americans began shooting at us,' Liban Muse told the Los Angeles Times. 'Our preference is only to take ships and ransom money, not to kill. But governments...

Libya protests: British warship sent to rescue 3,500 expats from Gaddafi bloodbath

Libya protests: British warship sent to rescue 3,500 expats from Gaddafi bloodbath "A Royal Navy warship is on its way to rescue 3,500 Britons trapped in Libya where Colonel Gaddafi is vowing to fight to the death. A plane has also been chartered to take expats home as the...

Council endorses extension of fishing agreement with Morocco

FIS - Worldnews - Council endorses extension of fishing agreement with Morocco: "The majority of European Union (EU) Member States have approved an urgent negotiation with the Moroccan government to extend the current fishing agreement by 12 months. This agreement, which expires on 27 February, allows 119 EU vessels, most of which are Spain, to fish in the African country's waters in exchange for financial compensation of EUR 36.1 million annually. The...

Ten criminals who could be hiding on the Costa Blanca, and have asked for the public's help in tracking them down.

Authorities in Britain and Spain have today published the identities of ten criminals, who they suspect could be hiding on the Costa Blanca, and have asked for the public's help in tracking them down.This latest crusade was launched jointly today by the government's regional councillor in Alicante, Encarna Llinares, members of the British embassy in Madrid and of the British consulate in Alicante, and Officers from the Spanish police force.This...

Nun expelled from convent in Spain over Facebook - Downtime

Nun expelled from convent in Spain over Facebook - Downtime: "A convent in Spain has expelled a 54-year-old nun for spending too much time on social networking website, Facebook. Sister Maria Jesus Galan said on her Facebook page that she has been asked to leave the convent after...

Student from Spain falls to his death in Mexico

Student from Spain falls to his death in Mexico - Fox News Latino: "A student from Spain's University of Alcala died Monday when he fell from the third floor of a beach hotel at this Mexican resort city on the Caribbean. Diego Boto Galindo, 20, came to Cancun with a group of 39 Spanish students, the Quintana Roo state Attorney General's Office said in a communique. Authorities received notice at 6:30 a.m. of a dead body on the premises of the Hotel...

Two New Dandelion Species Discovered in Spain | Science | Epoch Times

Two New Dandelion Species Discovered in Spain | Science | Epoch Times: "Two new species of dandelion, Taraxacum decastroi and Taraxacum lacianense, have been discovered in Spain, in the Pyrenees and Cordillera Cantábrica mountains respectively, according to a study published in Annales...

thousand British investors who paid a total of £43 million for off-plan overseas property developments lost their money after Ocean View was formally dissolved in 2009.

Ocean View was involved in a number of successful enterprises, but ran into difficulties when it became involved as an agent for a Spanish developer, Ricardo Miranda Miret.Two investors sank almost a million pounds each into schemes run by Mr Miret.They included a 350 luxury apartment build at the Estepona Country Club, on the Costa del Sol, and a prestigious 6,000 property development in Punta Perla, in the Dominican Republic.It was at the launch...

Crackdown on Costa Del Crime Scots - Herald Scotland | News | Crime & Courts

Crackdown on Costa Del Crime Scots - Herald Scotland | News | Crime & Courts: "SCOTTISH criminals believed to be hiding on Spain’s Costa Del Crime are being targeted in a new crackdown. Police in Scotland have provided information to Crimestoppers’ top 10 most wanted list for...

Libya: protests gather pace as Gaddafi's son vows to fight to the end - Telegraph

Libya: protests gather pace as Gaddafi's son vows to fight to the end - Telegraph: "Col Gaddafi's second son and heir apparent appeared on television late in the evening to say there would be 'rivers of blood' and that Libya was on the brink of a civil war that would burn its oil wealth. 'Our spirits are high and the leader Muammar Gaddafi is leading the battle in Tripoli, and we are behind him as is the Libyan army,' he said. 'We will keep fighting...

Morocco protests will test regime's claims to liberalism

Morocco protests will test regime's claims to liberalism | World news | The Guardian: "On 1 February, Issan Nadir tipped petrol on his clothes and set fire to himself outside the education ministry in the Moroccan capital of Rabat. It was yet another desperate act of self-immolation...

Portugal seen taking bailout by April -euro zone source

Portugal seen taking bailout by April -euro zone source | Reuters: "The EU has a rescue plan ready for Portugal, but it is dependent on Lisbon asking for the aid and making that request to both the EU and the International Monetary Fund. Portugal remains adamantly opposed to asking...

Fierce battle over TV rights in Europe: Court says all World Cup, Euro games on free TV

Fierce battle over TV rights in Europe: Court says all World Cup, Euro games on free TV: "Chalk up another giant victory for Britain's regular folks. The glorious months of World Cup or European Championship soccer, when dozens of games are followed with rabid enthusiasm across the...

Spain accepts Iranian apology for "diplomatic incident"

Spain accepts Iranian apology for "diplomatic incident" - Fox News Latino: " Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez said Friday that the 'diplomatic incident' with Iran has been settled after accepting the Iranian apology for the brief detención earlier this week of Spain's consul...