MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 21st 2011
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Monday, March 21st 2011 - 07:06 UTC
Massive support in Egypt for constitutional amendments
Egyptians have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a package of constitutional amendments, according to official results released on Sunday evening. Slightly more than 77% of voters endorsed the amendments, the country's supreme judicial committee has announced.
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Monday, March 21st 2011 - 06:58 UTC
Syrian protestors torch courthouse and other government buildings
Crowds have set fire to the courthouse and other buildings on a third straight day of demonstrations in the southern Syrian city of Daraa. Residents said one person was killed and scores injured when security forces used live rounds against protesters. Witnesses said dozens were also taken to be treated for tear gas inhalation at the main Omari mosque.
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Monday, March 21st 2011 - 06:51 UTC
IAEA says Japan’s nuclear emergency remains very serious; death and missing toll reaches 21.000
The United Nations nuclear agency, IAEA, says there have been positive developments in Japan's efforts to tackle a nuclear emergency after the 11 February quake.
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Monday, March 21st 2011 - 06:46 UTC
Gaddafi’s compound destroyed in air strike; Libyan military announce cease-fire
A three-storey building in a military command centre used by Muammar Gaddafi has been destroyed in an air strike by coalition forces. The Sunday-night strike was the first reported attack on the Bab al-Azizia, a sprawling compound in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, that Gaddafi has used several times as a setting for televised addresses, and which was bombed by the United States in 1986.
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Monday, March 21st 2011 - 06:42 UTC
Words Can Be Deadly: ‘African’ is no synonym for ‘Mercenary’
By Younes Abouyoub, Ph.D.
Shortly after the popular uprising started in Libya, the situation quickly turned violent. At first rumors, then confirmed reports talked about mercenaries wreaking havoc in different cities in Libya.
