. >> this man from zawarra accused gangs still loyal to muammar qaddafi of provoking the violence. >> we came under fire from all directions and with all kinds of weapons. if they're not gaddafi loyalists, where did they get all this power from? from where? >> security forces sent by the libyan government to try to restore calm were warmly welcomed. but those government forces were more than likely just another militia in all but name. this vast country has no real central authority, no army to dispatch. since the revolution, which toppled the 42-year-long rowel of muammar qaddafi, libya has been policed by dozens of separate, heavily armed militias, often with long-standing rivalries. last week, the government said around 150 people were killed in fighting between rival groups in the southwest of the country. not a conducive environment for elections which are due in two months' time. john donaldson, bbc news, tripoli. >> the union has announced sanctions against mali's new military leadership as well as armed groups who have seized a portion of the country. >> the capital bamako abu

when the libyan people demanded their rights and muammar qaddafi's forces bore down on benghazi, a cityf 700,000, and threatened to hunt down its people like rats, we forged with allies and partners a coalition that stopped his troops in their tracks. and today, the libyan people are forging their own future, and the world can take pride in the innocent lives that we saved. and when the lord's resistance army led by joseph kony continued its atrocities in central africa, i ordered a small number of american advisors to help uganda and its neighbors pursue the lra. and when i made that announcement, i directed my national security council to review our progress after 150 days. we have done so, and today i can announce that our advisors will continue their efforts to bring this madman to justice, and to save lives. it is part of our regional strategy to end the scourge that is the lra, and help realize a future where no african child is stolen from their family and no girl is raped and no boy is turned into a child soldier. we've stepped up our efforts in other ways. we're doing more to p

when the libyan people demanded their rights and muammar qaddafi's forces bore down on benghazi, a cityhreatened to hunt down its people like rats, we forged with allies and partners a coalition that stopped his troops in their tracks. and today, the libyan people are forging their own future, and the world can take pride in the innocent lives that we saved. and when the lord's resistance army led by joseph kony continued its atrocities in central africa, i ordered a small number of american advisors to help uganda and its neighbors pursue the lra. and when i made that announcement, i directed my national security council to review our progress after 150 days. we have done so, and today i can announce that our advisors will continue their efforts to bring this madman to justice, and to save lives. it is part of our regional strategy to end the scourge that [applause] is the lra, and help realize a future where no african child is stolen from their family and no girl is raped and no boy is turned into a child soldier. we've stepped up our efforts in other ways. protecting more to women a

you had, first of all, the arabs come together and say muammar qaddafi was no longer a legitimate leadernd you had the united nations pass a resolution that had something called article 7 in it that allows the use of force. and the military's most mighty alliance took the lead in attacking his intelligence and military facilities to weaken qaddafi's hold on power. qaddafi was a very unpopular man both in africa and in the arab world. i've interviewed him several times. and so you had a sense of unity. there's no other situation in the arab world's 22 countries that mirrors the kind of skepticism about qaddafi. and the problem is that the chinese and russians claim that they were duped by the europeans and the united states in passing the resolution. that authorize the use of force and they're quite nervous that this sets a precedence if they do it again or use of force against the popular uprisings and both of these countries have seen their own uprisings and unrest of muslim community in western china. china is one of the five largest muslim communities and you saw a protest movement be

muammar qaddafi you have lived in massachusetts.n visible in any of the past races whether running for governor or senate or for president last time around. this has pushed her to the center of the stage and it could be a great thing for romney, humanizing him a little bit, softening him up. >>clayton: there was a time when she was more visible when he ran against ted kennedy and was criticized because it did not put him in the best life with someone criticizing or arguing, they pulled her back when he ran for governor, but, now, all this attention on what she has done to raise five children in the way she carries herself with such grace, president obama weighing in on this and a lot of senior officials at the white house saying this was a mistake, leave spoutses out of it, she is a good person by all accounts and this is off limits. he said this yesterday, regarding miss rosen. miss rosen apologized and that was appropriate. now we need remind ourselves we have big issues to debate on tax policy and where we will grow the economy,