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Libya: the siege of the Rixos hotel
Telegraph.co.uk
The building has been the base for the pro-Gaddafi television station in the Libyan capital and it is where foreign journalists reporting the regime's activities were forced to stay. Now, however, it appears they could be used as human shields in any ...
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Libya: Q&A
Telegraph.co.uk
By Andy Bloxham If he holds true to his vow and stays in Libya to fight, he will probably be killed, or as he put it, “martyred”. If he holes up in a city block, the rebels' usual tactic would see them bombard it with their heavy truck-mounted weapons ...
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Libya: Gaddafi regime could unleash chemical weapons stockpile
Telegraph.co.uk
Desperate members of the collapsing Gaddafi regime could try to unleash Libya'sstocks of chemical weapons, William Hague has warned. By Thomas Harding, James Kirkup The Foreign Secretary said he could not rule out final desperate acts from a regime in ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Eni Lobbies Rebel Leaders to Maintain Oil Dominance in Libya After Qaddafi
Bloomberg
Photographer: Chris Warde-Jones/Bloomberg Eni SpA (ENI), Italy's biggest oil company, is lobbying rebel leaders to hold its position as Libya's top energy producer after the end of Muammar Qaddafi's 42-year regime. Eni has been in contact with rebel ...
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Libya: Frenzied rebels run riot in 'Mad Dog' Gaddafi's Tripoli compound
Daily Mail
By Vanessa Allen and Paul Harris Their boots atop the severed head of a bronze statue of Colonel Gaddafi, this was the moment the world witnessed a once-unimaginable scene – rebel Libyan fighters running riot in the heart of the Mad Dog's lair. ...
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Daily Mail
Libya's problems are far from over
Los Angeles Times
The fall of Moammar Kadafi, who has long dominated life in Libya, will create a dicey security situation. NATO and the UN will have to send economic aid and, most likely, peacekeeping troops. A Libyan rebel talks on his walkie-talkie near the tent of ...
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Los Angeles Times
Libyan rebel leader to meet Sarkozy in Paris
Atlanta Journal Constitution
AP PARIS — The head of Libya's opposition government is traveling to France and will meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has championed the drive to oust Moammar Gadhafi. Mahmoud Jibril, the number two in the National Transitional Council...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
A New Libyan Leadership Could Recover Billions
NPR
by Alan Greenblatt A young Libyan in Benghazi celebrates Tuesday over news that Moammar Gadhafi's rule appears to be at an end. The US says it is prepared to unfreeze Libyan assets quickly and make them available to a new government. ...
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Libya: masses descend on Green Square to celebrate
Telegraph.co.uk
The Tripoli masses descended on Green Square on Tuesday night to stamp Col Muammar Gaddafi firmly into the past of Libya. By Damien McElroy, Tripoli Posters and official portraits were ripped, kicked and burned amid huge cheers and a cacophony of ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
NATO's Libya generals should be hauled to court, says Dennis Kucinich
Politico
NATO commanders who authorized the Libya bombing campaign should be “held accountable” to international law and hauled before the world court for civilian deaths, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) said Tuesday. “NATO's top commanders may have acted under ...
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Politico
Sky News spends big on Libya
Washington Post (blog)
At the moment, Sky News has around 25 staffers on the ground in Libya, churning out breaking-news pieces on the collapse of the Gaddafi regime. That's some resources there. Birkett says that the weekly costs of such a deployment are in the “tens of ...
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Libyan rebels comb Tripoli streets for Kadhafi forces
Times of Oman
Libya: Insurgents, jumpy but jubilant and armed with assault rifles, combed the streets for remnants of the regime. "We are the champions. We've been dying for 42 years and now we are going to live," said Sharif Sohail, a 34-year-old dentist who also ...
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Times of Oman
Faith 'partially' restored in Libyan ambassador
Malta Independent Online
by Scott Grech Libya's Ambassador to Malta, Saadun Suayeh, recently met representatives of the Benghazi-based Transitional National Council (TNC), but was told to keep things quiet to stave off suspicion from the Gaddafi regime, with which he enjoyed ...
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Libya rebel aide: Zawiya refinery not badly damaged
Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - The rebel Libyan ambassador to the United Arab Emirates said Tuesday thatLibya's Zawiya refinery had not been badly damaged in fighting between government and rebel forces and that it would be the first to resume production. ...
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Most OFWs prefer to stay in Libya
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Embassy in Libya is still encouraging more Filipino workers to avail of the offer of repatriation from the conflict-torn country, but lack of jobs back home is holding them from returning. “We have been requesting ...
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Ex-IAEA official warns of Libya "dirty bomb" material
Reuters AlertNet
VIENNA, Aug 24 (Reuters) - A research centre near Tripoli stocks uranium and other material that could be used to make a nuclear "dirty bomb" and Libya's rebels will need to secure it, a former senior UN inspector said on Wednesday. ...
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Libya: the fortress that nurtured Gaddafi's delusions
Telegraph.co.uk
People talk about western leaders coming to curry favour, their eyes lit up by Libyanoil, but forget how infinitely more important the business was to the rescue of his incompetent, crumbling rule. The weirdness of the House of the Resistance, ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Italy's PM to Meet Libyan Rebel Leader
Voice of America
August 23, 2011 Italy's PM to Meet Libyan Rebel Leader Sabina Castelfranco | Rome Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is expected to meet with the chief Libyan rebel-leader Mahmoud Jibril on Wednesday in Milan. The meeting is expected to take ...
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Libya: the warzone of liberated
Telegraph.co.uk
They are also convinced that criminals recruited by Gaddafi from Libya's prisons are being used to attack the population to spread mayhem. In the face of such threats the militias men looked as if they could be outmatched. One of them, Amir Gumati, 18, ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Libya: Yvonne Fletcher mother wants to find daughter's killer
Telegraph.co.uk
The mother of Yvonne Fletcher, the murdered policewoman, has appealed to the Government to help find her daughter's killers in Libya. By Christopher Hope In a rare public statement, Queenie Fletcher said that the near collapse of Col Muammar Gaddafi's ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Libya news from the rebel front line in Tripoli
Daily Mail
After joining rebel forces racing to reinforce colleagues in the capital, I quickly discovered that Libya's tyrant was not beaten yet. As we drove at breakneck speed the 120 miles from the rebels' main eastern base, rockets and mortars stopped our ...
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Daily Mail
Senator John McCain on Libya
RealClearPolitics
By The Situation Room BLITZER: Senator John McCain, as you just saw, was among the first to call for intervention in Libya. And now that the regime has basically collapsed, Senator McCain says the Obama administration should have been more aggressive. ...
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Libya: Hunt for Lockerbie bomber amid the chaos of Tripoli
Scotsman
A former Libyan intelligence agent, he is supposed to keep in regular contact with officials at East Renfrewshire Council, the local authority area where his family had a home while he was imprisoned in Scotland. i on 8 August and yesterday the ...
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Brazil says believes Libya will respect contracts
Reuters
By Jeferson Ribeiro BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil has received information the contracts of Brazilian companies will be respected by a new government in Libya despite the South American country's failure to back the rebellion, the foreign minister told ...
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After Gadhafi's fall in Libya, is Syria's Assad next?
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Now that Libyan strongman Muammar Gadhafi appears to have been cast into the dustbin of history – he disappeared this week as rebels overtook Tripoli – the question in the Arab world is: Who's next? All eyes are on President Bashar Assad of Syria. ...
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Libya: The road ahead
Politico
Its demise will mark an important, if brief, pause in Libya's long and arduous road to recovery, reconciliation and rebuilding. After decades of repression, six months of brutal conflict and thousands dead, the physical and psychological scars remain ...
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Politico
Ottawa man in Libya pleads for help
CBC.ca
Beginning of Story Content An Ottawa man says Libyan rebels have threatened to kill him in a Tripoli, Libya hotel because of his anti-NATO reports. Mahdi Nazemroaya, who calls himself an independent journalist, has been reporting on the events in Libya ...
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IRA victims pursue Libya compensation
Belfast Telegraph
By Liam Clarke AP A delegation of Troubles victims plans to visit Libya to show solidarity with the insurgents once order is restored. They also plan to forward a claim for a multi-billion pounds goodwill payment from the new Libyan government to ...
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Nigeria Breaks Africa Ranks on Libya, Sparking Criticism
BusinessWeek
23 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria's government broke ranks with other African nations in recognizing the National Transitional Council as the legitimate authority in Libya, sparking criticism from South Africa's ruling party. The rebel-led council is “the ...
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Cell Phones May Offer Evidence of Libyan War Crimes
Mobiledia
By Sandy Fitzgerald | Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:38 pm Cell phones may be weapons of war even after Libya's uprising is over, as photos and videos of the conflict might be used as evidence in upcoming war crimes cases. While rebels often used the phones to ...
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Mobiledia
Hugo Chavez won't recognize Libya rebels
GlobalPost
Even after rebels breached Muammar al-Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli on Tuesday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez — a friend and ally of Gaddafi's — said that his country only recognizes "one government" in Libya, "the one led by Muammar Gaddafi. ...
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War News Updates: Civil War In Libya -- News Updates August 23, 2011
By War News Updates Editor
Columns of grey smoke billowed over the Libyan capital as witnesses reported a buildup of rebel troops and vehicles to the east of the compound. Read more .... More News On Libya's Civil War.Libya Conflict Live -- BBC ...
War News Updates
Rent-Seekers Race to Profit in War Torn Libya -- News from Antiwar.com
By John Glaser
Major businesses are gunning for first dibs on Libya's natural resources as a new race to turn a profit out of the war-torn nation begins. Many business leaders, most with close connections to their respective governments, are planning ...
News From Antiwar.com
Libya News: Gaddafi's Defeat Raises New Questions - The Daily Beast
By Stephen L. Carter
Gaddafi's defeat sparks a lot more questions than it answers.
SDB Evening News Reads for 082311: Libya, No Townhalls For You ...
By Minkoff Minx
Wow, what a news day today…with the earth shattering earthquake that hit Virginia, to the earth shattering news that Libyan Rebels have invaded the Mad Dog's compound…there is just so much to report on. ...
Sky Dancing
Libya After Gaddafi Could Mean Good News For Obama, U.S. Economy
By The Huffington Post News Team
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The dramatic advance of Libyan rebels over the forces of longtime strongman Muammar Gaddafi offers vindication, at least for now, for President Barack Obama's decision to refrain from using U.S. troops on Libyan soil ...
Barack Obama on Huffington Post
NATO bounces back in Libya, but troubles remain - Army News | News ...
By The Associated Press
PARIS — While uncertainty prevails in Libya, the breakthrough that brought rebel forces to the heart of Tripoli shows rumors of NATO's demise may have been premature.
Army Times - News
Brent crude nears $110 on Libya crisis | AAJ News
By AFP
Brent crude rose to nearly $110 a barrel in Asian trade Wednesday, underpinned by the crisis in oil-rich Libya as rebels overrun the compound of strongman Moamer Kadhafi, analysts said. The contract has steadily risen in the past two ...
AAJ News
Google Maps Adopts Libyan Rebels' Name for Martyrs' Square | Adweek
By Emma Bazilian
The Libyan rebel movement, which last night succeeded in taking control of much of Tripoli from the country's former dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi, has already received support from the U.S., its NATO allies, and other nations worldwide.
Adweek : Technology
Journalists Stuck in Tripoli's Rixos Hotel | Adweek
By Kari Lipschutz
As rebels and loyalists in Libya squabble over who has control of Tripoli, some international journalists are uncharacteristically quiet on the sidelines. Reporters and news staff from the BBC, Reuters, CNN, and other news organizations ...
Adweek : The Press
NATO says it will continue Libya operations - Europe news
NATO said Tuesday the situation in the Libyan capital of Tripoli remains very dangerous and the alliance will continue its operations...
Mail.com: International
British brains, brawn and bombs bolster Libyan rebels — RT
By RT
Britain's MI6 officers have been engaged in drilling Libyan rebels, helping them to establish a proper military plan for an assault on the capitol Tripoli.
News RSS : Today
Roundup: Iraq voices support for Libyan rebels | U.S. News Las Vegas
By admin2
By Mustafa Sabah and Jamal Hashim, PNA / Xinhua and U.S. News Agency / Asian. The Iraqi government and many walks of the social life voiced their support for Libyan rebels on Tuesday, as the opposition forces have claimed the control of ...
U.S. News Las Vegas
AMERICAblog News: John McCain, now and then on Libya
By Myrddin
News and opinion about US politics from a liberal/Democratic/progressive perspective.
AMERICAblog News
LIBYA: Rebel leaders say transition 'begins immediately' | news ...
By chief
"We will build a new Libya, with all Libyans as brothers for a united, civil and democratic nation," Jibril, No. 2 in the rebels' Transitional National Council, said at a Doha, Qatar, news conference Tuesday covered by Agence ...
news.beiruter.com - A directory...
Top Business News: Standard & Poor's Shakeup, Libya Pushes Oil ...
By Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Libya is aiding oil (NYSE:USO) prices higher after falling yesterday as Libyan rebels entered Tripoli and captured two of Muammar Qaddafi's sons. Gaddafi's third son was rumored to have been captured, but was spotted free last night. ...
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Fresh fighting erupts between Libya rebels, regime - Home » Other ...
Ilyumzhinov, who was received by Gadhafi in Libya in July, said in an interview with the Interfax newsagency that Gadhafi called him at around 6 p.m. Moscow time (1400 GMT, 10 a.m. EDT) on yesterday and told him that he was "alive and ...
philstar.com - Breaking News
Libya News Roundup (Updated) | Small Wars Journal
Libya News Update: Libyan Rebels Enter Central Tripoli, Crowds Celebrate - VOA. Jubilant Rebels Control Much of Tripoli - NYT ...
smallwarsjournal.com/blog/libya-news-roundup-updated
On Martha's Vineyard, Obama monitors Libya news - WGN
With the conflict in Libya at a breaking point, President Obama told reporters Sunday night that he was going to wait until the situation in Tripoli was ...
www.wgntv.com/.../la-pn-obama-monitors-libya-news-20110...
Libya News: Rebels cheer in Tripoli, but Qaddafi lingers | wtsp.com
People celebrate the recent news of uprising in Tripoli against Muammar Qaddafi's regime at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, early Sunday, Aug. ...
www.wtsp.com/.../Rebels-cheer-in-Tripoli-but-Qaddafi-lingers

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