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Focus of rebel uprising shifts in Libya
Boston Globe
A home was set on fire by Libya rebels during a tribal dispute after they seized the town of Yafran from pro-Khadafy forces. (Bryan Denton/New York Times) By CJ Chivers and David D. Kirkpatrick TRIPOLI, Libya - Saddled with infighting and undermined by...
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Boston Globe
Libyan crisis stretches Tunisia's vulnerable economy
Xinhua
13 (Xinhua) -- The crisis in Libya is stretching Tunisia's already stagnant economy which is recovering from its own crisis, the official press agency TAP reported on Saturday quoting a report recently released by the African Development Bank (ADB). ...
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Libya's rebel-held Misrata numbed by loss and trauma
BBC News
Five months on since Nato began bombing targets in Libya, Colonel Gaddafi has still not been dislodged. The people in the rebel-held port of Misrata have learned to live with the constant fear that death could come at any moment. ...
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BBC News
Libyans hit out at release of Megrahi
Scotsman
He also said Libya's newly recogised government would want "to get to the bottom" of the crimes committed during the Gaddafi era, if and when the dictator is ousted from power in Tripoli. "No decentLibyan would disagree that the Lockerbie bombing in ...
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Bus carrying CNN, other journalists caught in firefight in Libya
CNN International
"The two government drivers -- they wouldn't say much to us," said Johnston, who was in a bus ferrying fellow journalists from Sky News and Reuters from Djerba to the Libyan capital. "It was a little bit tense." Johnston said he began to notice armed ...
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Libyan Teen's News Site Hears The Rebel Yell
NPR
by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro A Libyan teen is fast becoming a media star in rebel-held Benghazi. The 14-year-old has established his own online news outlet. His father drives him to press conferences in Benghazi, and he is increasingly well-known among ...
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Waiting for results...Two charged in riot deaths...Libyan rebels advance
9&10 News
BIR SHAEB, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels have made their most significant advance in months. They fought their way today into the strategic city of Zawiya, west of Tripoli, encountering snipers on rooftops and heavy shelling from Moammar Gadhafi's forces ...
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When will NATO stop murdering Libyan children?
Pravda
The question is, when will NATO stop murdering Libyan children, when will NATO realise it made a monumental mistake in attacking Libya and siding with the "rebels" (most of whom are not evenLibyan), when will NATO stop wasting hundreds of millions of ...
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'If you want to talk to Madonna, make sure you're up on Libya': The world ...
Daily Mail
You need to be totally switched on to the news and current affairs to talk to her – she asks you questions all the time and expects you to be up on everything that's going on, from Libya to the latest advances in technology. ...
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Daily Mail
Harlem rally protests Mayor, Libya & Zimbabwe
7Online.com
HARLEM (WABC) -- A rally and march in Harlem Saturday; the signs and speeches protesting a number of Mayor Bloomberg's policies as well as the bombing of Libyaand sanctions against Zimbabwe by the West. New York City council member Charles Barron was ...
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7Online.com
OUR BOYS IN LIBYA BLAST GADDAFI WARSHIP
Daily Star
The Libyan crew is thought to have fled after the first strike so no one was believed to be on board when the frigate was struck a second time. “This will have a great psychological impact,” said Major General Nick Pope. ...
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Libya rebels control Zawiyah centre -Reuters reporter
Reuters AlertNet
ZAWIYAH, Libya, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Rebel fighters are in control of the centre of the town of Zawiyah, about 50 km (30 miles) west of the Libyan capital, a Reuters reporter in Zawiyah said on Sunday. The reporter said he could see about 50 rebels near ...
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Sarkozy: France to stay to the end in Libya
Sacramento Bee
AP PARIS -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy says his country will stick with the international campaign against Libya's longtime leader until the end. Sarkozy said Friday that France's military effort - central to the nearly five-month-old NATO-led ...
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UPI NewsTrack TopNews
UPI.com
BREGA, Libya, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Libyan rebels are fighting government forces for control of the oil town Brega, authorities say. Col. Ahmed Omar Bani, a spokesman for the Libyan rebels, said Saturday the insurgent forces are trying to wrest control of a ...
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S&P keeps 'BBB-/A-3' ratings on Arab Banking Corp, still on Watch negative
CPI Financial
The CreditWatch status reflects the agency's opinion of the potential impact the prevailing political and social unrest in Libya could have on the bank's financial and business profiles. It also factors in the sanctions imposed on Libya by various ...
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CPI Financial
Libya rebels take casualties in fight for Brega
gulfnews.com
Ajdabiyah, Libya: Rebels on the eastern front of Libya's civil war lost 11 men in the past 24 hours fighting to capture the strategic oil terminal and refinery at Brega on the Mediterranean coast, hospital sources said. ...
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NATO's massacre at Majer, Libya
Tehran Times
MAJER, Libya -- Located about 20 miles east of the ancient Roman city of Leptis Magna, six miles south of Zliten, and off Libya's southern coast across the Mediterranean from Rome, Majer was a picturesque village known for the fine quality of its dates ...
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WORLD - News of the Day From Across the Globe
San Francisco Chronicle
Zawiya, 30 miles from the capital, is a key target for rebels waging a new offensive launched from the mountains in the far west of Libya, an attempt to break the deadlock in combat between the two sides. 3 Gay pride parade: The Czech Republic's first ...
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Rebel takeover prompts questions about kidnappings, slavery, torture
WND.com
WASHINGTON – There are persistent reports that children from government-run homes for orphans and abused children are missing and feared kidnapped, possibly tortured and sold, by rebels who recently took the town of Misrata in the western part of Libya...
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WND.com
'Arab revolts sign of Islamic resistance'
Press TV
“The rise of liberation movements in the region and the victory of revolutionaries in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen and their resistance in Bahrain and Libya indicate that nations are awakened,” an Iranian member of parliament, Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghaddam, ...
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Press TV
Let's assist the US instead of assisting everybody else
Steuben Courier
Is there a REAL reason why Obama sent our troops into Libya, why we are in Iraq, Iran, Pakistan? Could it be that the multinational companies want the oil and rare earths that are there? It's time to bring our troops home and let them protect our ...
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Letter: Silly to blame Christianity, or Islam, for acts that dishonor either
TCPalm
Meanwhile his "cousins" in the Muslim world put the blame of all ills of their societies on America for its support to their dictators as if the countries that are not supported by America (Libya, Syria, Iran) are models of democracy, freedom and human ...
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Phone call between the PM and President Obama
Herald de Paris
“On Libya, both reflected that NATO was increasingly degrading Qadhafi's war machine and that NTC forces were notching up more military gains. They reiterated that Qadhafi needs to go and both agreed on the need to stay the course in order to protect ...
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KMPH FOX 26 | Central San Joaquin Valley News SourceAP Top News at 1:30 am EDT ...
KMPH Fox 26
BIR SHAEB, Libya (AP) - Libyan rebels fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya west of Tripoli on Saturday in their most significant advance in months, battling snipers on rooftops and heavy shelling from Moammar Gadhafi's forces holding the ...
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As Libyan rebels push north, dozens flee Tripoli
Newsday (subscription)
Nation Newsday > News > Nation As Libyan rebels push north, dozens flee Tripoli Originally published: August 12, 2011 1:46 PM Updated: August 13, 2011 7:07 AM By The Associated Press KARIN LAUB (Associated Press) WADI EL-HAI, Libya - (AP) -- Scores of ...
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Newsday (subscription)
Genocide in Sudan: An interview with Brad Phillips
Washington Times
“There is no justification in my mind for bombing Libya, while doing nothing in the Nuba Mountains,” said Phillips in his testimony, as he provided evidence of genocide against the Nuba peoples in the oil-rich region that lies on the border between ...
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Washington Times
Goran Hadzic's prosecution: international justice at last
The Guardian
It will be overtaken quickly by events in Sudan, Syria, Libya and elsewhere in the world. But for those suffering in Sudan, Libya and elsewhere – and awaiting the day of justice for Omar Al-Bashir and Muammar Gaddafi – the Balkan milestone serves as a...
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The Guardian
Gaddafi forces, rebels fight over Zawiyah
swissinfo.ch
By Martin Veal and Missy Ryan NEAR ZAWIYAH/TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyangovernment forces and rebels clashed around the western town of Zawiyah on Saturday as the insurgents tried to push closer to the capital Tripoli. Reporters heard gunfire and...
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swissinfo.ch
Medvedev Signs Libya Sanctions 5 Months after UN Vote
Journal of Turkish Weekly
President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree toughening sanctions on Libya five months after the measure was passed by the UN Security Council in March, the Kremlin said Friday. It was not immediately clear why Medvedev signed the decree implementing ...
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Perry's in...Iowa Republicans weigh in...Clashes in Libya
9&10 News
BIR SHAEB, Libya (AP) — Heavy clashes have erupted west of the Libyan capital as rebels try to enter a strategic coastal city held by Moammar Gadhafi's forces. An AP reporter traveling with the rebels saw hundreds of residents rush into the streets to ...
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WLOS
AP News WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumers spent more on autos, furniture and gasoline in July, pushing up retail sales by the largest amount in four months. The gain could signal that Americans are a little more confident and help dispell fears that the ...
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Besieged city of Hama has long been in Syrian regime's sights
Los Angeles Times
Protesters in the streets of Syria as well as in Yemen and on the battlefields of Libyahave struggled not only to wrest control of their future from autocratic rulers, but to take back a history whitewashed for decades. "The educational system is ...
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Los Angeles Times
Zim out of AU, UN peacekeeping
The Zimbabwean
The statement is telling, considering that Zimbabwe is currently chair of the peacekeeping wing of the AU, expected to play a role in whatever military outcome in Libya and the Horn of Africa. Some members of the armed forces said this is an open ...
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Hand-wringing gets us nowhere
Ottawa Citizen
In Libya and Syria, let's examine our responses to the turmoil, keeping our options open and refreshed, not dooming ourselves to unending and meaningless military adventures. Let us offer the support that is realistically ours to offer. ...
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Libyan Teen's News Site Hears The Rebel Yell « Shabab Libya
By Yoots
Libyan teen is fast becoming a media star in rebel-held Benghazi. The 14-year-old has established his own online news outlet. His father drives him to press conferences in Benghazi, and he is increasingly well-known among rebel ...
Shabab Libya
Libyan rebels claim capture of strategic town - Marine Corps News ...
By The Associated Press
BIR SHAEB, Libya — Libyan rebels fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya west of Tripoli on Saturday in their most significant advance in months, battling snipers on rooftops and heavy shelling from Moammar Gadhafi's forces ...
Marine Corps Times - News
Breaking News: Revolutionaries enter Zawiyah, 30 miles ... - Libya TV
By Libya TV.
Breaking News: Revolutionaries enter Zawiyah, 30 miles west of Tripoli. Heavy clashes have erupted in Zawiyah west of the Libyan capital as revolutionaries enter the strategic coastal city held by Muammar Gaddafi's forces. ...
Libya TV
Bitter battle as Libyan rebels take key town - News - Mail ...
Libyan rebels have fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya west of Tripoli in their most significant advance in months.
Mail & Guardian News Feed
Libya War: Rebels Enter Zawiya, Heavy Clashes
By The Huffington Post News Editors
4 hours ago (10:26 PM). Excellent news. Glad to see the Free Libya Army breaking through on most fronts. Nicholas_Azarian: Excellent news. Glad to see the Free Libya Army breaking ...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Heavy clashes as Libyan rebels enter Zawiya - World news
Libyan rebels fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya west of Tripoli on Saturday in their most significant advance...
Mail.com: Breaking News
Tribal rifts threaten to undermine Libya uprising — War in Context
By News Source
Tribal rifts threaten to undermine Libya uprising. by News Source on August 13, 2011. The New York Times reports: Saddled with infighting and undermined by the occasionally ruthless and undisciplined behavior of its fighters, ...
War in Context
Libya clashes threaten Gaddafi grip on supply route | FierceReason.com
By Reuters: World News
Originally Published By: Reuters: World News Read the Original Article Here. NEAR ZAWIYAH/TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) – Rebel fighters clashed with Libyan government forces near the Tunisian border and in the western town of Zawiyah, ...
FierceReason.com
Libyan rebels make gains near Tripoli : Breaking News | Canadian ...
By admin
Libya's rebels are fighting with regime troops for control two key towns, strategic gateways on the road to Tripoli in an intensified offensive aiming to push toward Moammar Gadhafi's stronghold in the capital. ...
Breaking News | Canadian News...
Tunisia Daily » Libyan crisis stretches Tunisia's vulnerable ...
By tunisia - Google News
Libyan crisis stretches Tunisia's vulnerable economy. Trend News Agency The crisis in Libya is stretching Tunisia's already stagnant economy which is recovering from its own crisis, the official press agency TAP reported on Saturday ...
Tunisia Daily
Libya denies rebel gains in military spurt - ModernGhana.com
TRIPOLI AFP - The Libyan government insisted Zawiyah remained under regime control on Saturday, dismissing rebel claims of having captured the port city near Tripoli as the revolt nears the six-month mark.Zawiyah is completely under ...
ModernGhana News
Libyan rebels advance into strategic city of Zawiya « Breaking ...
By Breaking News
Breaking News & Updates. August 13, 2011. Libyan rebels advance into strategic city of Zawiya. Filed under: World — Breaking News @ 1:56 pm. BIR SHAEB, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya west of Tripoli today in their most significant advance in months, battling snipers on rooftops and heavy shelling from Moammar Gadhafi's forces holding the city. Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the capital, is a key target for rebels ...
Rifts Exposed in Libya's Rebel Ranks | Africa | English - VOA News
Libya's rebel leadership is being reshuffled after the killing of its military commander. The death of General Abdel Fattah Younis late last month exposed ...
www.voanews.com/.../Rifts-Exposed-in-Libyas-Rebel-Ranks-1...
War News Updates: Civil War In Libya -- News Updates August 8, 2011
It is located about 80 kilometers southwest of Tripoli, in Libya's Nafusa mountain range. Read more .... More News On Libya's Civil War ...
warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/.../civil-war-in-libya-news-upda...
Libya News August 10, 2011 – Cameron has lost all legitimacy ...
Libya News August 10, 2011 - Cameron has lost all legitimacy because he killed unarmed Graphic Images of dead people because of NATO's relentless Bombings ...
brokenflask.com/.../libya-news-august-10-2011-cameron-has-l...
Stranded migrants airlifted home from Libya - News & Features ...
Sebha, Libya (IRIN) - Hundreds of stranded Chadian migrants have been airlifted home from southernLibya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) ...
www.arcamax.com/currentnews/newsheadlines/s-927211

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