Fact Sheet: New UN Security Council Resolution on Libya Susan E. Rice U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations U.S. Mission to the United Nations New York, NY March 18, 2011   Responding to urgent pleas from the Arab League and Libya’s citizens, the UN Security Council has approved a significant resolution — the second in less than three weeks — to address the outrageous violence being perpetrated by Colonel Qadhafi on the Libyan people.   Resolution 1973 provides legal authority for the international community to use force to protect civilians.   To halt the violence, the Security Council:   1)      Authorizes states to take all necessary measures to protect civilians…

Weekend full moon the biggest in about 20 years (CNN) — If the moon looks a little bit bigger and brighter this weekend, there’s a reason for that. It is. Saturday’s full moon will be a super “perigee moon” — the biggest in almost 20 years. This celestial event is far rarer than the famed blue moon, which happens once about every two-and-a-half years. “The last full moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993,” said Geoff Chester with the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington. “I’d say it’s worth a look.” Full moons look different because of the elliptical shape of the moon’s orbit. When it’s…