Palaver

Although Aisha Gaddafi has never been elected by any Libyan, the late Col Muammar Gaddafi’s daughter has finally found her voice in her Algerian exile. Aisha is urging Libyans to overthrow their new rulers! She is demanding for a revolt against the men who overthrew her father and his government using planes of NATO. Hear her: "My father has not left, he is always among us...Don’t forget the orders of your father urging you to continue fighting, even if you no longer hear his voice." Is this woman for real? Why doesn’t she re-cross the border and spearhead the revolt herself, rather than propose martyrdom for others from the comfort of her new home?

After the US Congress quietly lifted a five-year-old ban on funding horsemeat inspections, activists fear slaughterhouses could be up and running within a month preparing horsemeat for human consumption. The last US slaughterhouse that butchered horses closed in 2007 in Illinois, and animal welfare activists warned of massive public outcry in any town where a slaughterhouse may open, says an AP report. They estimate that, eventually, as many as 200,000 horses a year could be slaughtered.