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The peoples of India and Pakistan are the only force that can push peace in the region. [1]
“It is only a start, but I think, after many, many years, I think it’s a very good thing that the United States and Libya are establishing a way forward.” [...] Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, has met Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s leader, in what she described as “a new phase” in relations between the two countries. [2]
Those raped during Kenya’s post-election violence have found little support or justice. [3]
Rice stressed that talks with Gaddafi had been wide ranging, encompassing the possibility of greater investment in Libya by American companies and increasing the number of Libyan students studying in the US. [...] Al Jazeera correspondent Amr al-Kahky said Libya was, for the US, “an excellent choice for oil supplies, being nearer to them than the Gulf countries. [...] An AFP news agency correspondent said she arrived in Tunis on Saturday - her second stop on a North African tour that will also take her to Algeria and Morocco. [...] “The relationship has been moving in a good direction for a number of years now and I think tonight does mark a new phase,” Rice said after meeting Gaddafi. [...] Rice, the first US top diplomat to visit Tunis since Colin Powell in 2003, was greeted at the El Aouina military base near Tunis by Abdelwaheb Abdallah, the Tunisian foreign minister. [...] “This visit says to other countries, especially in the Middle East, the US is only interested in oil and nothing else.” [2]
Monday’s parliamentary elections will end two years of rule by army-backed regime. [3]
“Our values are different from American values,” Abdelrahman Mohammed Shalgam, Libya’s foreign minister, who spoke to the press alongside Rice, said. [...] The United States has key military ties with Tunisia and is also seeking to conclude a free trade accord with the Maghreb nation. [...] Her visit marks a historic turnaround in relations between Washington and Tripoli, which have for decades viewed each other with suspicion. [2]
Massive air raid targeting Hamas installations kills at least 155 people and injures 200 others. [1]
Sources:
[1] Al Jazeera
[2] Al Jazeera English - Africa - US marks ‘new phase’ of Libya ties
[3] Al Jazeera.net