Libya, Syria (and Beyond) LiveBlog: Getting Organised?
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 11:25 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 
2110 GMT: Bahrain State TV is reporting that the Bahraini regime has shut down Al-Wasat, the only independent newspaper in the country.
In preparation for the move, State television has been broadcasting all night on the supposed plagiarism and distortions of Al-Wasat.
2005 GMT: In Libya, the opposition National Transitional Council has named a "crisis team" to political and military positions.
On the political side, Mahmoud Jebril will head the group taking its direction from the NTC. Omar Hariri is in charge of the military department, with General Abdel Fattah Younes al Abidi, Muammar Qaddafi's former ally and Minister of Interior, as Chief of Staff.
The economics and finance portfolio is held by Ali Tarhouni, a U.S.-based academic who returned to Libya to help the uprising. Appointments were also announced for a new National Oil company and a Central Bank.
Other positions filled included foreign affairs, infrastructure, information, and justice.