El Cuatro stepped onto the bridge, trusting Lively's guidance at the reins.
But in contrast to Libya, where the United States insists that Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi step down, American officials have simply repeated calls for Mr. Assad to meet popular demands, and Ms. Shaaban's outreach seemed aimed at addressing some calls for change.
After trying, and failing, to negotiate a cease-fire, Mr. Erdogan belatedly demanded that Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi step down this month, and Turkish officials have since engaged the Libyan opposition in a country where, until recently, it had at least $15 billion in investments that helped provide work to 25,000 Turks there.
Forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi stepped up their attacks on the besieged city of Misurata.
One must also keep in mind that in Tunisia, it was the military establishment that convinced President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to step down and leave the country, after the top brass refused his orders to intervene to crush the riots.
But weeks of Turkish diplomacy in Libya collapsed Monday, and Turkey's prime minister bluntly called for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to step down.
Here is a new statement by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the secretary general of NATO, calling on Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to step down: The Qaddafi regime is clearly crumbling.
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday ramped up his calls for the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, to step down, as NATO warplanes repeatedly dropped bombs on Tripoli in an intensifying campaign.
" While world leaders from President Obama to Prime Minister Julia Gillard of Australia have called on Muammar el-Qaddafi to step aside, the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, condemned the NATO campaign Sunday, calling it an attempt to claim the country's oil resources.
Last week, thousands of Tunisians rallied publicly and demanded that their president, Ben Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali step down.
In the last two years, he's won countless awards for his series Tus Pasos Se Perdieron con el Paisaje ( "Your Steps Were Lost in the Landscape"), which unsurprisingly features pictures of stiffs.
