Col Gaddafi's regime's had shown a "callous disregard" of Libyans and officials loyal to the leader were at the root of an ongoing deadly crackdown of peaceful protestors.

At the UN, European nations seeking to increase pressure on Assad's regime presented a revised resolution condemning Syria for its deadly crackdown on peaceful protesters.

Syria's government has firmly rejected a call from Qatar for Arab troops to be deployed in the country to end the deadly crackdown on protesters.

Waves of NATO strikes today opened what officials said would be a protracted assault on the Yugoslav military, but one that would do little immediately to end the deadly crackdown in Kosovo.

On Wednesday, 23 February, he told the Toronto Star he resigned as counselor because the embassy's chargé d'affaires was "hiding" the gravity of the deadly crackdown back home.

A team of Arab League observers has been in Syria since December 26 trying to assess whether Assad's regime is complying with a peace accord aimed at ending its deadly crackdown on dissent.

Uzbekistan is seeking the extradition from Kyrgyzstan of 131 survivors of the deadly crackdown last month in Andijon, claiming they have been charged in absentia with involvement in "terrorist attacks."

In 1960, student protests brought down a president; in 1980 they prompted a harsh and deadly crackdown that colors South Korean politics to this day.

Its Middle East envoy, Wu Sike, said he had told Assad in Damascus on Thursday that his regime's deadly crackdown on dissent "cannot continue."

One of the most under reported aspects of the Arab Spring has been the Iraqi governments own brutal and deadly crackdown on protesters there (including shoot to kill orders from the very top).