Tuesday
May102011
Syria, Libya (and Beyond) LiveBlog: Clampdown
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 8:47 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
1910 GMT: Ali Tarhouni, the Minister of Finance of the Libyan opposition's National Transitional Council, says he is meeting with Obama Administration officials to establish a line of credit.
Tarhouni was a University of Washington lecturer until March, when he returned to opposition- held Libya.
1832 GMT: The Bahraini regime has expelled the Reuters correspondent, Frederik Richter, who had been based in the capital Manama since 2008.
Officials said Reuters had lacked balance in its reporting but could name another correspondent for accreditation by the Ministry of Information.