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Abdulhadi Lahweej, right, Libya's Undersecretary for Expatriates, Immigrants and Refugee Affairs, and Hussain Masoud, an embassy staff, show photos and videos of alleged atrocities by rebels which he referred to as "Islamic extremist" who are using "Al-Qaida methods" during a news conference at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines Monday Aug. 1, 2011. Lahweej urged Filipino workers to return to Libya, saying the capital Tripoli remains peaceful and violence is confined to rebel-controlled areas. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Gadhafi official urges Filipinos to come to Libya

By Mon, Aug 01, 2011 3:15PM UTC View Comments Abdulhadi Lahweej, right, Libya's Undersecretary for Expatriates, Immigrants and Refugee Affairs, and Hussain Masoud, an embassy staff, show photos and videos of alleged atrocities by rebels which he referred to as "Islamic extremist" who are using "Al-Qaida methods" during a news conference at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines Monday Aug. 1, 2011. Lahweej urged Filipino workers to return to Libya, saying the capital Tripoli remains peaceful and violence is confined to rebel-controlled areas. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A visiting Libyan official urged Filipino workers Monday to return to Libya, saying its capital was peaceful and violence was confined to rebel-controlled areas. Philippine Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said the Philippines is maintaining its policy not to deploy workers there. NATO airstrikes have hit Tripoli and other targets in...

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North Korea’s first Libya lesson: Don’t trust the Americans

By Thu, Apr 14, 2011 8:31PM UTC View Comments North Korea leader Kim Jong Il (left) son Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea, Oct. 10, 2010. Pic: AP.

It is nearly impossible for outside observers to peer through the murk that is the North Korean political system.  Few inside North Korea could tell us what is really going on inside the heads of the leadership in Pyongyang. However, we can be confident that Kim Jong-il’s team has drawn a few lessons from the...

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