Ban calls on Security Council "concrete actions" against the Libyan regime

United Nations. .- The Council of the UN Security today began an emergency meeting on the situation in Libya with an appeal from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, to take concrete actions to stop the bloodshed in the North African country. "It is time that the Security Council considers action. The next hours and days will be decisive for the future of Libya as well as for the entire region," said the UN chief also informed that the number of killed in Libya can reach thousands.

Who controls the coast and the cities of Libya?

The popular uprisings threaten to overthrow the government of Moammar Gadhafi, who has lost most of the coastal enclaves from which oil and gas exports from Libya. From west to east, this is the list of major cities, whose population has grown mainly in the nuclei where they are located, energy infrastructure.

Libya, the third largest oil producer and leader in the African reserves, before the riots drew about 1.6 million barrels a day. Controlled by the militias of the opposition, as exiles who have fled to Tunisia. Control unknown. According to witnesses who arrived in Tunisia, could have fallen into the hands of civilians, but this information has not been corroborated.

ANIMATION - The "handmade" triumph

In these days of digital revolution where you turn short films on mobile phones and entire movies based special effects, animations done manually frame by frame (stop motion) make a splash on the Internet. Whether movie scenes recreated with Lego pieces or the story of two baby teeth told through a series of photos, these are projects analog, sometimes childlike simplicity, even if their implementation so much work.

U.S. announced the imposition of sanctions against Libya

Washington. .- The U.S. Government. UU. impose unilateral sanctions against Libya, and seek to coordinate international sanctions against the use of violence by the regime of Muammar Qaddafi, announced today the White House. In his daily briefing, the White House spokesman, Jay Carney, said that while it is still finalizing the process of imposing sanctions, already has frozen arms sales to Libya, until now under consideration, and " very limited "military cooperation between the two countries.

Obama: Gaddafi must leave now

The U.S. president, Barack Obama, has analyzed the situation on Saturday in Libya in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which has ensured that the North African country's dictator, Muammar Qaddafi must now let the power . "When the only way for a leader to stay in power is the use of violence against its own people, has lost the legitimacy to govern and should do what is right for your country leave now," said Obama Merkel , according to a statement released by the White House.

The White House claimed the integration of gays by appointing director of a gay Social Secretariat

Washington. .- The White House announced today the appointment of Jeremy Bernard, who was until now an adviser to the embassy in France and is gay, as director of Social Ministry, which organizes social events presidential. The appointment has a special meaning because it comes days after Barack Obama made public through the Attorney General would not support the law against gay marriage.

He said the U.S. president, Barack Obama, in a statement, "Jeremy heads our vision of the White House and the People's House, which celebrates our history and our culture in a dynamic and inclusive." Before moving to Paris last year, Bernard worked in the White House as a liaison with the National Endowment for the Arts, between 2008 and 2010.

The former Libyan Minister of Justice announced that it will form a government opponent

The former Libyan Justice Minister Mustafa Abdulyalil has announced that the opposition will form a national unity government composed of civilian and military, and that three months was held democratic elections. Abdulyalil, who resigned this week in protest at the violent repression of demonstrations against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, has told the Qatari television network Al Jazeera that the government will have "a democratic framework." In a videoconference connection with Al-Jazeera from the eastern Libyan city of Al Beida, controlled by the opposition, the former minister has said that this cabinet will be formed to "respect all international agreements." He added that, with a view to the formation of the temporary cabinet is maintained contacts with political personalities in the West, which has not identifiable.