It began early in the morning and continued for several hours. Explosions rocked the heart of Tripoli. Buildings in the capital shook as Nato jets screamed overhead and dropped their bombs on what the Libyan government acknowledged were military
installation
s. Nato later confirmed that more than 10,000 sorties have been flown since operations began at the end of March.
The authorities in Washington have confirmed that the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is lying seriously injured in a hospital in Saudi Arabia after a bomb attack by anti-government protesters on his palace in Yemen last week. From Washington, here's Natalia Antelava.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh's condition is very serious. He's reported to have 40% burns, a collapsed lung and shrapnel in his body. After the attack on his palace on Friday, the presidential spokesman said that Mr Saleh got away with mere scratches. Many here in Washington and in Sanaa see his trip to Saudi Arabia as an opportunity to ease Yemen's leader out of office.
Flights in several countries in South America have been severely
disrupt
ed by clouds of ash spewed into the atmosphere by a volcano in Chile. The Argentine authorities have closed both airports in the capital Buenos Aires. Many flights in Chile and Uruguay have also been cancelled.
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Energy ministers from the world's leading industrialised countries are meeting in Paris to discuss nuclear safety after the crisis at the Japanese plant in Fukushima. There have been calls for all nuclear reactors around the world to be tested to ensure that they could