Serangan udara yang dilancarkan dari kapal perang serta kapal selam US dan UK bermula pada Sabtu tengahari. Qatar juga turut terheret dalam krisis ini.
Campurtangan ini adalah yang terbesar selepas perang Iraq pada 2003. Polis Dunia menggunakan isu serangan Gadafi ke atas orang awam sebagai alasan untuk melibatkan diri
Acion against Col Gaddafi's military began on Saturday afternoon with French air strikes against targets in the east of the country. A barrage of more than 100 cruise missiles, launched from US and UK war ships and submarines followed.
The intervention is the biggest against an Arab country since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Withdrawal of Arab support would make it much harder to pursue what some defense analysts say could in any case be a difficult, open-ended campaign with an uncertain outcome.
Qatar is to send four planes to join the coalition enforcing the UN-mandated no-fly zone, the US and France have said.
The move would make Qatar the first Arab country to play an active part in the campaign against Col Gaddafi, who has been battling a month-long revolt.
Other Arab countries are also preparing to join the campaign against Col Gaddafi, Vice Adm Gortley said, adding that those governments would make their own announcements in due course.
Missile destroys Gaddafi building
A missile strike on Libyan leader Col Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli has destroyed a building which coalition officials said was a command centre.
Journalists were shown the wrecked building but it was not clear if there were any casualties.
It comes as a coalition of countries including the US, UK and France continue strikes to enforce a UN-mandated no-fly zone over Libya.
Col Gaddafi has been fighting a rebellion that broke out last month.
US officials have said Col Gaddafi himself is not a target of the air strikes, which they say are aimed at his armed forces and air defence systems.
Characteristically defiant, Col Gaddafi called the Libyan people to revolution. The country's weapons stores had been opened, he said. All the people had been armed to defend their country against imperialist and colonialists.
And in a reference to the rebels in the east, he said: we will eliminate the traitors who have joined forces with what he called the crusader alliance.
The government told us that the hospitals were filling up with wounded civilians, that ambulance crews were doing their best to save lives. Sixty-four civilians were dead, it said.
State television showed some of the bodies, all, apparently, of men, but did not say whether they were civilian or military.
It also showed some of the wounded in hospital - again, all men. One of them expressed his support for the Libyan leader.
Passionate and articulate supporters of Col Gaddafi have gathered all over the city with green flags and portraits of their leader. Their sincerity seems beyond dispute.
But what of the hundreds of thousands in Tripoli who do not join these demonstrations? What are they thinking in the quiet privacy of their own minds?
Publicly, a fervent patriotism is fused with devotion to the person of Col Gaddafi. He and Libya are the same thing. In this prevailing atmosphere, there is no public dissenting voice.
Western journalists taken by Libyan officials to the compound were shown a ruined three or four-storey building that the Libyans said had been bombed by the allied forces.
An official from one of the coalition countries, who asked not to be named, told journalists the strike destroyed Col Gaddafi's "command and control capability".
Earlier at the Pentagon, Navy Vice Adm William Gortney said the military action, which began on Saturday, had been "very effective in significantly degrading the regime's air defence capability".
He said ground forces moving on rebel positions were also open to attack. But he added that neither Col Gaddafi nor his residence would be targeted.
A US official cast doubt on a Libyan government claim that its armed forces were observing a ceasefire, despite claims to that effect on Friday and Sunday.
President Barack Obama's national security adviser Tom Donilon said the ceasefire "isn't true or has been immediately violated".
The BBC's Allan Little in Tripoli says pro-Gaddafi troops have tried to enter Benghazi and have been in action at Misrata.
A rebel spokesman in Misrata told the BBC that pro-Gaddafi forces had launched fresh attacks on Sunday with heavy shelling
hat the Arab League supports the no-fly zone
Build-up
The action against Col Gaddafi's military began on Saturday afternoon with French air strikes against targets in the east of the country. A barrage of more than 100 cruise missiles, launched from US and UK war ships and submarines followed.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said that while the US will continue to play a part in military operations against Col Gaddafi's forces, it "will not have the pre-eminent role".
"I think there is a sensitivity on the part of the Arab League to being seen to be operating under a Nato umbrella," Mr Gates said. "And so the question is if there is a way we can work out Nato's command and control machinery without it being a Nato mission and without a Nato flag, and so on."
Pro-Gaddafi soldier shoots into the air in Tripoli (20 March 2011) Libya said it was ordering all its forces to observe an immediate ceasefire
Mr Gates also said a break-up of Libya would be a formula for instability. The east of the country, where the month-old revolt began, has historically been much more opposed to Col Gaddafi's rule, while the west and the area around Tripoli constitute his heartland.
Meanwhile, heavy gunfire and sporadic explosions were heard in the streets of the rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Sunday night, a witness told Reuters.
There were also unconfirmed reports of pro-Gaddafi fighters opening fire from cars in the city.
"Benghazi is not completely safe from attack but it is certainly under less threat than it was yesterday," he said.
Meanwhile, the build-up of forces to enforce the no-fly zone continues.
Qatar is to send four planes to join the coalition enforcing the UN-mandated no-fly zone, the US and France have said.
The move would make Qatar the first Arab country to play an active part in the campaign against Col Gaddafi, who has been battling a month-long revolt.
Other Arab countries are also preparing to join the campaign against Col Gaddafi, Vice Adm Gortley said, adding that those governments would make their own announcements in due course.
The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle has left the Mediterranean port of Toulon for Libya, while Denmark and Norway are each sending six planes. Spain has sent at least three planes, plus a refuelling aircraft, while Italy also has jets ready to deploy. Canada has deployed six jets to Sicily and is preparing them for action.
The head of the Arab League, who supported the idea of a no-fly zone, has criticised the severity of the bombardment.
"What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone, and what we want is the protection of civilians and not the bombardment of more civilians," said Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa.
Arab League support was a key factor in getting UN Security Council backing for the resolution authorising the move.
Col Gaddafi has ruled Libya for more than 40 years. An uprising against him began last month after the long-time leaders of neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt were toppled.
Western powers strike Libya; Arab League has doubts
POLIS DUNIA TERMASUK QATAR BERTINDAK LAGI
BN: TAK BERMARUAH SERTA TAK TAHU MALU
P'raya: PAS gesa BN henti peralat media
BESUT, 20 Mac: Kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) sekali lagi didesak agar menghidupkan amalan demokrasi secara yang lebih positif sebagaimana diamalkan negara-negara maju yang menggunakan sistem demokrasi.
Untuk itu, ia mesti menghentikan amalan menyalahgunakan media massa arus perdana untuk kepentingan politiknya, terutama dalam tempoh berlangsungnya sesuatu pilihan raya.
Desakan itu diluahkan Presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang, pada sidang media sejurus selesai majlis penutup Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat – PAS Ganti Umno Siri Kedua (HKR-PGU II), malam tadi.
Perhimpunan anjuran Badan Perhubungan PAS Terengganu itu diadakan di Dataran PGU, Belakang Masjid Bandar Jertih, dekat sini. Ia berlangsung sejak Jumaat malam hingga malam tadi dan dipenuhi berbagai acara.
Menurut Abdul Hadi, media massa arus perdana mempunyai peranan penting memperbaiki amalan demokrasi negara. Untuk itu media tidak seharusnya menjadi alat propaganda bagi pihak BN semata-mata, sebaliknya perlu menyalurkan maklumat dan berita yang benar dan adil kepada rakyat.
“Rakyat adalah hakim. Media mesti meletakkan diri mereka sebagai saksi dan saksi hendaklah adil dan memberitahu hakim perkara sebenar,” ujarnya berkias.
Dalam ertikata lain, katanya, media mesti melaporkan kepada rakyat maklumat dan pandangan semua pihak, terutama melibatkan parti-parti yang bertanding dalam sesuatu pilihan raya.
“Di setiap kali pilihan raya kita lihat BN bertongkat kepada media arus perdana yang berat sebelah. Seluruh saluran media dipergunakan habis-habisan untuk kepentingan BN, untuk serang pembangkang.
“Sedangkan ruang untuk kita (Pakatan Rakyat) menjawab tak ada, kita hanya terhad kepada ceramah umum. Itu pun tertakluk kepada kebenaran pihak polis, yang selalunya menjaga kepentingan BN,” katanya.
Beliau turut menyifatkan tindakan BN memperalatkan media utama milik kerajaan untuk kepentingan politiknya sebagai tindakan tidak bermaruah dan menyalahguna wang rakyat.
“RTM (tv) masuk tiap-tiap buah rumah. Kita tengok sepanjang (tempoh kempen) pilihan raya, (tv) berkempen untuk BN. Sedangkan RTM ini (media kerajaan) beroperasi dengan duit rakyat.
“Bukan semua rakyat sokong BN, bukan semua rakyat setuju BN guna media burukkan pembangkang. Ini (manipulasi media kerajaan) bercanggah dengan kepentingan rakyat,” tegasnya.
Mohd Nasir Awang /Harakahdaily
YAYASAN SELANGOR DEFISIT RM7.4 JUTA
MB: Kontrak timbalan pengurus besar Yayasan S'gor ditamatkan
"Akhirnya pada 17 Februari 2011, Mesyuarat Khas Lembaga Pengarah Yayasan Selangor sebulat suara memutuskan untuk menamatkan kontrak timbalan pengurus besar (pengurusan) dengan alasan gagal menunaikan tanggungjawab dan urus tadbir kewangan yang baik serta tidak prihatin dengan prosedur yayasan," katanya.
Kerajaan Selangor, tambahnya, sentiasa berpegang pada prinsip ketelusan dan kebertanggungjawaban.
"Adalah menjadi harapan kerajaan negeri semua institusi termasuk syarikat berkaitan kerajaan negeri bukan sahaja mengamalkan perbelanjaan berjimat cermat dan berhemah, malah menyediakan audit tahunan yang tertib, lengkap dan teratur untuk semakan umum.
"Kerajaan Selangor akan sentiasa bersikap telus dan tidak akan menyembunyikan sebarang salahlaku yang dilakukan oleh mana-mana pegawai, kakitangan awam dan anak-anak syarikat di bawah kerajaan negeri.
"Kita juga tidak akan teragak-agak mengambil tindakan yang difikirkan perlu demi menjaga amanah yang diberikan rakyat Selangor," katanya.
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JAPAN QUAKE MOVES IT CLOSER TO USA AND SHIFTS EARTH AXIS
Tokyo: Scientists from the United States Geological Service made a startling revelation that the powerful Japan quake seems to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 ft or 2.4 meters and shifted the earth on it's axis.
USGS scientists say that earth's axis has reportedly shifted ten inches as a result of the quake, and Japan's coast is said to have permanently shifted 2.4 metres. They added that over 100 aftershocks rated 5.0 magnitude or more have hit Japan since the initial shake.
The scientists from the USGS were answering public's questions on the quake and the resulting tsunami online. Dr. Dave Applegate from USGS said that the Japan earthquake ruptured a 180 mile long by 50 mile wide section of the earth's crust.
Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology's finding colloborated the claim that the Japan quake had shifted the country's coastline and the earth's rotation axis. INGV, which is Europe's largest research institute to monitor geophysics, said the impact of Japan's earthquake was "much greater" than 2004's Sumatra earthquake.
The change in earth's rotational axis is likely to change the day night pattern in places. However, scientists say it is not likely to change your sleep patterns or birthday, but they do accumulate over time. And, as such, the change will be permanent, over the decades and eons, it will eventually amount to a trickle of "lost" time
The researchers said that while the minuscule change may be completely undetectable, it still illustrates the punch behind the Japan's massive earthquake.
Last year, NASA reported that a 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Chile shortened the day by 1.26 millionths of a second, according to computer-model calculations.
According to the National Geographic, NASA had estimated that the Chilean earthquake shifted the globe's axis by about 10 centimetres.
Meanwhile, at least 14 aftershocks, with magnitudes ranging from 5 - 6.8, rocked Japan's eastcoast on Saturday.
Monster quake moves Japan closer to US, speeds up Earth's rotation
Konvensyen MAJLIS PERMUAFAKATAN PIBG Islam Selangor 2011
SHAH ALAM
YB Dr Hjh Halimah Ali selaku EXCO PENDIDIKAN SELANGOR diberi penghormatan merasmikan konvensyen pertama MPPIBG-i Selangor yang baruberumur setahun jagung. Presiden MPPIBG-i En.Miswadi begitu bertenaga mengembelengkan tenaga PIBG seluruh Selangor untuk memartabatkan bangsa dan memacu pencapaian anak-anak dalam konvensyen yang bertemakan KEBERKESANAN PIBG dalam pendidikan.
Hampir 300orang peserta daripada sekolah kebangsaan dan sekolah JAIS mengambil bahagian.
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