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LIBYA News, Jan 27, 2012

Libya undecided on future of African investments
The Guardian
Libya's new government is still taking stock of extensive investments made in Africa by the former regime of Muammar Gaddafi before deciding on what it should do next. Mohammed Abdul Aziz, Libya's deputy foreign minister, admitted on Thursday that the ...
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Libya: Bani Walid clashes spark rumor that Gaddafi forces are regrouping
GlobalPost
A Libyan rebel flashes the V-sign for victory on Sept. 25, 2011 outside of Bani Walid, Libya. New clashes in the former loyalist stronghold have sparked rumors that Gaddafi supporters are regrouping. GlobalPost traveled to the embattled city to find ...
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CrossTalk on Libya: Stuck In War
RT
What does the post-Gaddafi era look like? Where will new Libyan leaders come from? And is there any future for the NTC? Is the civil war still unraveling? CrossTalking with Diana Johnstone, Nick Meo and Dirk Vandewalle.
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'The UK needs a rendition inquiry with real clout'
Defence Management
January has so far seen the opening of two new police investigations into UK involvement in the rendition of Gaddafi opponents back to pre-revolutionaryLibya, where it would have been known they faced torture; the final acceptance by the government ...
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The clock is ticking in Libya
Sky News Australia
Buoyed by the defeat of Muammar Gaddafi forces in August, many Libyans expected the National Transitional Council to move quickly to check the economic decline caused by the civil war and to disarm militias. 'We have a backlash and discontent brewing, ...
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Tortured Freedom: Libya's new rulers resort to old tactics
RT
The human rights group says the crimes were committed by the Libyanmilitary and security forces. The accusations follow similar claims by a French medical aid agency. Thousands of Gaddafi loyalists remain behind bars, now suffering the same atrocities ...
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Syria, Egypt, Libya and Middle East unrest - live updates
The Guardian
Last October, many of these same fighters battled their way into this desert town, one of the last pro-Gaddafi redoubts to hold out against the rebels. Now they are back again after fighting this week resulted in the deaths of four soldiers and forced ...
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The Guardian
Arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram, al Qaeda: UN
Reuters
The report said some countries believe weapons have been smuggled into the Sahel by former fighters in Libya - Libyan army regulars and mercenaries who fought on behalf of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was ousted and killed by rebels.
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Inside Story - Who is really controlling Libya?
Al Jazeera
The UN says the security situation in Libya is getting worse. We ask if the interim government can assert its authority amid claims that rebels are torturing suspected Gaddafi loyalists. Guests are: Carsten Jurgensen, Faraj Najem and Bill Lawrence.
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Arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram, Al Qaeda—UN
GMA News
The report said some countries believe weapons have been smuggled into the Sahel by former fighters in Libya—Libyan army regulars and mercenaries who fought on behalf of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was ousted and killed by rebels.
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SA will have to pick sides in Iranian stand-off
Independent Online
It probably doesn't matter much that South Africa has, during its stints on the UN Security Council, backed all sorts of dodgy dictators such as the late Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi or Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe. South Africa may have looked ...
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Independent Online
Could Britain Have Tried Saif Gaddafi? On the Limits of Universal Jurisdiction
ISN
The arrest warrant was issued by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity but, assuming the crimes of which he is accused also violate the domestic law of Libya, he could be tried either in Libya or by the ICC in the Hague.
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Ontario woman jailed in Mexico allowed parental visit
CBC.ca
"No role, not one iota of bringing Gaddafi into Mexico," he told CBC News. Vanier was in Libya last summer on a fact-finding mission, investigating the war and reports of deaths of civilians during the rebel insurgency and NATO bombing campaign against...
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CBC.ca
Covering 'The Arab Awakening'
GlobalPost
In April, an experienced GlobalPost correspondent James Foley who had worked for us in Afghanistan was reporting in Libya when he was taken prisoner by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in a hail of bullet. He was captured after weeks of reporting in ...
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A different perspective: Rethinking the 'Arab Spring'
Jerusalem Post
The bloodshed that accompanied the overthrow of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and Yemen's Ali Abdullah Salah as well as the brutal repression under way in Syria have exposed the “Arab spring” as an inaccurate media gimmick and a Middle ...
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Italian and German firms unite for Libya launch
The Lawyer
Following the fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi law firms are gearing up to act on projects in Libya (16 January 2012). Gulf-headquartered firm Al Tamimi & Company became the first to announce it was planning a Libya launch late last year (22 December ...
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The Lawyer
UK rendition probes 'barely scratch surface'
PublicServiceEurope.com
January has so far seen the opening of two new police investigations into UK involvement in the rendition ofGaddafi opponents back to pre-revolutionary Libya, where it would have been known they faced torture; the final acceptance by the government ...
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PublicServiceEurope.com
Arabs to Davos: invest in us, don't fear us
Reuters
Since the wave of revolts began in Tunisia in December 2010, that country's long-time president was toppled, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown and killed, and Syrian President Bashar Assad has failed to halt an uprising despite a bloody ...
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Ambassador denies Italy reports of being told to step down by Libya NTC
MaltaToday
The Libyan community in Rome has lauded the decision by Tripoli to remove the ambassadors, who had been nominated by the deposed Gaddafi regime. Ambassador Gaddur however denied receiving such orders, and said that he was resigning his post for ...
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That menacing enchantment
Times of Malta
The recent flare-ups in Libya of skirmishes between forces loyal to the new government and Gaddafi loyalist forces suggests that, in Niger, the politicians may be rightly wary that their country may yet be dragged into the conflict again.
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Can the Arab Spring Spread Across the Rest of Africa?
Huffington Post UK (blog)
It's a year since the events in several North African countries resulted in the removal from power of some of the longest serving rulers in the Arab world:Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia and his Egyptian counterpart Hosni ...
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Will China help out the West in Sudan?
Asia Times Online
Bashir, whose decision to pursue a Muammar Gaddafi-style rapprochement with the United States (yes, before the Libyan war, Gaddafi's abandonment of his weapons of mass destruction programs and normalization of relations with the West was seen as a ...
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American Islam on march in Middle East
Rediff (blog)
Ironically, just before the curtain lifts in the UN Security Council, some fascinating news has begun trickling in from the Libyan deserts. Libya is splitting. The pro-Muammar Gaddafi Warfallah tribe, the domiant tribe in Bali Walid and the most ...
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Africa: Dictators, Kleptocrats and Football
AllAfrica.com
"They use money, I use mentality," Libya's Brazilian coach Marcos Paqueta sneered before the game. A memorable quote this one. One, for its refreshing grammar. Two, for its echo of Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saadi, who in a way was the face of Italian ...
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Gaddafi 'lives on in our hearts': Bani Walid residents
Khaleej Times
BANI Walid, Libya, — Residents of the Libyan oasis town of Bani Walid, long a bastion of Muammar Gaddafi's regime, are resigned to the country's new leadership but say the slain dictator lives on in their hearts. The town, which was one of the last ...
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Clouds of war loom over AU Summit
The Southern Times
Subsequent efforts by South Africa's President Jacob Zuma to diffuse the situation, following widespread outrage in Africa, were futile and the AU mission to Libya humiliatingly had to ask NATO for permission to fly into Tripoli to meetGaddafi.
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In Mali, a Tuareg rebellion - without Gaddafi
Independent Online
Many Tuareg fighters have returned to Mali since the fall of their patron, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, bringing battle experience and weapons with them. Some are ready to fight for their dream of a homeland for the Tuareg and have already begun...
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Independent Online
Syrian opposition abroad to boost aid to rebel army
Reuters
There is no Benghazi, but there are pockets," she said, referring to last year'sLibyan insurgency that swept to Tripoli, toppling dictator Muammar Gaddafi, from a rebel bastion in the east. Fighting edged closer to Damascus this week.
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Libya's Rebels Head Back to Beni Walid to Fight Pro-Gaddafi Forces
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Libyan militias accused of torture — War in Context
By News Sources
by News Sources on January 27, 2012. The Guardian reports: Three months after the killing of Muammar Gaddafi, concerns are mounting about the mistreatment and torture of prisoners held by Libyan militiamen who are operating beyond the ...
War in Context
UK Backed Al Qaeda Torturing Libyan Citizens - WideShut ...
By Keelan Balderson
About 75% of Libya has remained unexplored “due to sanctions and stringent fiscal terms imposed by Libya on foreign oil companies” [5]. With Gaddafi out of the picture this opens great potential for corrupt western oil companies. As Defense ...
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Tortured freedom: Libya's new rulers resort to old tactics — RT
By RT
Three hundred bodies of alleged Gaddafi allies have been found in Sirte, shot in the head with hands tied behind their backs. Are Libya's new rulers guilty of ordering political executions identical to those they claimed to be rebelling against?
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BBC News - Libya's Muammar Gaddafi had chemical weapon cache
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had an undeclared stockpile of chemical weapons, the body that oversees a global ban on such weapons says.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16650192
Libya News: Tuaregs resurgent after Gaddafi | GlobalPost
Libya News: Tuaregs resurgent after Gaddafi. Returning Tuareg fighters are threatening to further destabilize the region around Libya after the death of ...
www.globalpost.com/.../libya-news-tuaregs-resurgent-after-ga...
Libya: Gaddafi loyalists 'capture Bani Walid' - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/9033135 /Libya-Gaddafi-loyalists-capture-Bani-Walid.html. Telegraph ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Libya-Gaddafi-loyalists-capture-Bani-...
Sky News: Gaddafi loyalists seize Libyan city
Muammar Gaddafi loyalists have seized control of a Libyan mountain city in the most serious challenge to the central government since the strongman's fall.
www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=711355...
Time runs out for effective probe of ...
Go to main page News Time runs out for effective probe of brutal Gaddafi murder ... Some two months after the torturous death of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, the ...
rt.com/news/gaddafi-murder-trial-icc-145/
Libya Conflict: Former Gaddafi Spokesman Moussa ... - Sky News
The former spokesman for the Gaddafi regime Moussa Ibrahim has been captured in Libya, according to reports.
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16153453
Gaddafi loyalists attack former Libyan regime's stronghold of Bani ...
The Guardian, UK and World news, User comments, Web ... Forces loyal toLibya' s late leader, Muammar Gaddafi, have attacked the former regime stronghold ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../gaddafi-loyalists-attack-bani-walid-lib...
Gaddafi loyalists seize control of Libyan town | WORLD News
Supporters of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have seized control of the town of Bani Walid after clashes with a militia loyal to the new…
tvnz.co.nz/.../gaddafi-loyalists-seize-control-libyan-town-4699...
LIBYA:Gaddafi loyalists seize control of Libyan town « Laaska News
Fighters loyal to ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are in control of the town of Bani Walid, about 200 km south-east of the capital, after attacking a ...
laaska.wordpress.com/.../libyagaddafi-loyalists-seize-control-o...
News Libya:Bani Walid – Report that Muamamer Gaddafi is still ...
11 Responses to News Libya:Bani Walid – Report that Muamamer Gaddafi is still alive!! hurriyet5 says: 25/01/2012 at 11:03. Sukhran, Thank you, thank you ...
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Gaddafi son to be tried in Libya – minister | News24
Gaddafi son to be tried in Libya – minister| News24|Africa|News| The ICC has accepted that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi be tried in Libya and not at the Hague-based...
www.news24.com/.../Gaddafi-son-to-be-tried-in-Libya-ministe...
UN says Gaddafi supporters tortured in Libya - ABC News ...
A United Nations report says up to 8000 pro-Gaddafi supporters are being held by militia groups in Libya.
www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-26/libya-militias.../3795420
Libya: Pro-Gaddafi supporters are being tortured, says United Nations
By Daily Mail Reporter Britain and its NATO allies spent billions freeing Libyans from the evil clutches of Colonel Gaddafi, but what exactly has replaced ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Libya-Pro-Gaddafi-supporters-torture...
  
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