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TRIPOLI - Libyan leader Moamer Gathafi insisted his people loved him but was slammed as "delusional" as the United States slapped a record-breaking $30 billion in sanctions on his brutal regime. US and European leaders weighed the use of NATO air power to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and stop Gathafi from using air strikes... 

The United Nations has warned Yemeni authorities against the brutal repression of peaceful demonstrations, supporting people's right to express their objections. "People have the legitimate right to express their grievances and demands to their government," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said in a statement... 

Thousands of Yemeni pro-democracy protesters have taken to the streets in the capital Sana'a to demand the end of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year rule. The protesters staged a rally outside Sana'a University on Tuesday and chanted the word: "Leave,” the Associated Press reported. On Monday, Saleh expressed willingness...