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Summary of the American and International Press on the Libyan Revolution ...

NATO pounds Tripoli, ponders post-Al Qathafi Libya

( CBS News ) - NATO airstrikes rattled the Libyan capital Thursday with clusters of bombing runs believed to have targeted the outskirts of Tripoli as senior officials started planning for a post-Al Qathafi Libya.

The intensity of the attacks suggested a return to the heavy NATO bombardment of the city that on Tuesday hit military installations across the capital and flattened major buildings in leader Muammar Al Qathafi's sprawling compound in the centre of the city. Government officials did not say what had been targeted in the Thursday bombing runs.

There were eight explosions in a first series of strikes on Thursday. Hours later, the sound of six more attacks boomed in the distance.

Despite it's inability so far to oust Al Qathafi, NATO is preparing for a post-Al Qathafi era in the country.

Senior representatives from the U.S. and more than 30 other countries and groups were meeting Thursday in the United Arab Emirates.

The officials, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rhodium Clinton, hope to boost support for the Libyan opposition, which has been seeking broad international recognition and financial support with mixed results.

U.N. court: Al Qathafi may be using rape as weapon

Libya's main opposition group appealed Thursday for urgent infusions of cash from foreign nations and said a meeting of countries backing NATO's military mission over the country would be a "total failure" if financial assistance was not forthcoming.

Italy promptly pledged nearly $600 million to the cause but the rebels were likely to be disappointed by the U.S. response announced by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who said Washington would boost its humanitarian aid to all Libyans by $26.5 million and continue to look at ways to assist the opposition.

"Al Qathafi's days are numbered," Clinton said. "We are working with our international partners through the U.N. to plan for the inevitable: a post-Al Qathafi Libya."

The U.S. on Wednesday said the first shipment of Libyan oil sold by the opposition Transitional National Council had been delivered to an American refinery. The U.S. is encouraging such sales to help the council assist the Libyan people.

Libya's former U.N. ambassador Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham attended the Dubai gathering as a senior official of the rebels' National Council.

World Updates Today | NYC airport collision shows risks of huge ...

NEW YORK – A frightening collision between one of the world’s largest airliners and a commuter jet on a dark, wet tarmac at John F. Kennedy International Airport is underscoring worries about ground accidents as U.S. airports begin handling a new generation of giant planes.

A total of 586 passengers and crew members were aboard the two aircraft Monday night when the left wing of an Airbus A380 operated by Air France clipped a Bombardier CRJ-700 regional jet flown by Comair, spinning the smaller plane nearly 90 degrees. No one was injured.

The superjumbo Airbus is so immense — as tall as a seven-story building, with a wing span as wide as a Manhattan block — that its wing almost cleared the smaller plane. But not quite.

“It’s the sheer size of these aircraft and the congestion at these airports that’s the problem,” said Allan Tamm, a consultant with Avicor Aviation, based in Portland, Ore. “It’s a serious concern for all these airports trying to accommodate these aircraft. It’s going to happen more and more.”

The collision happened at one of the nation’s most congested airports on a rainy night when flashing lights reflecting off wet tarmac can obscure small aircraft. It comes as airports around the country are beginning to receive a new class of huge aircraft.

Fourteen airports have obtained waivers from the Federal Aviation Administration to receive the new Boeing 747-8, which falls into the same new size class as the A380, The Associated Press reported this week. And Boeing is working with 13 more airports to get approval from the FAA, though not all of them may require waivers.

Most U.S. airports cannot legally handle the A380 or 747-8 because of FAA space requirements aimed at keeping planes from bumping into each other. But the FAA can issue waivers if airport officials agree to certain procedures, such as using only certain taxiways or halting other traffic when one of these mammoth planes is on the move.

Many of the airports asking for permission to handle the Boeing 747-8 may have trouble handling them, especially when aircraft are turning, Tamm said.

“A lot of these airports are only marginally ready,” he said.

The flurry of new waivers coincides with an increase in air traffic as the U.S. economy recovers. The number of passengers flying in the U.S. increased from 767 million in 2009 to 782 million in 2010.

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Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety: Chemical, industries and occupations

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Labor arbitration reports

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Civil engineering

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Los Angeles Magazine

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