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LIBYA News, Aug 20, 2011


In Libya, rebels close in on Tripoli
Los Angeles Times
But the intensity of fighting suggests that the push toward Tripoli will be difficult. associated press —Libyan rebels closed in on Moammar Kadafi, pushing back his fighters in a fierce battle in one key coastal city and seizing another town as they ...
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As NATO scales back in Libya, pressure mounts to end war soon
Los Angeles Times
While Libyan rebels make strides against Moammar Kadafi's government, NATO members facing budget cuts are scrounging to keep their air campaign alive long enough to finish the job. A man clears debris from a building described as a medical supply store ...
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Los Angeles Times
Hopeful Signs Concerning Libya
Voice of America
08-19-2011 Hopeful Signs Concerning Libya The Libyan embassy in Washington has been reopened, demonstrating growing recognition of the legitimacy of the Transitional National Council. "I think the sense is that Gadhafi's days are numbered. ...
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Libya rebels claim Gaddafi is fleeing to Venezuela
Xinhua
20 (Xinhuanet) -- According to Tunisian radio, a Libyan rebel source in Benghazi says a Venezuelan plane has landed on the island of Djerba to evacuate members of Gaddafi's family. The rebel source also claims Gaddafi's relatives would soon leave ...
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A modest existence out of the limelight
Herald Scotland
SINCE his release and return to Libya two years ago, Abdelbaset ali Mohmed al Megrahi has made few public appearances. The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has shunned the limelight and appeared frail the last time he was caught on camera at a ...
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West African Migrant Workers Flee Libya Fighting
Voice of America
August 19, 2011 West African Migrant Workers Flee Libya Fighting Anne Look | Dakar West African migrant workers are fleeing the conflict in Libya by the thousands, many arriving in northern Niger with nothing but the clothes on their backs. ...
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Why Our Missteps In Libya Have Left Us In a Weak Position With Syria
Fox News
By KT McFarland AP Libya and Syria are the textbook examples of why it's important to pick your battles, and then make sure you win the one you pick. President Obama picked the wrong fight by going to war against Libya, and so far is not succeeding. ...
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Fox News
Destiny calls Libya's man of the moments
Irish Times
TWO TELEVISION moments encapsulate the short political career of Libya's rebel leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil, who, with Col Muammar Gadafy's regime seemingly on the ropes, may be catapulted to power within days – although the situation is volatile and the ...
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Irish Times
NATO kills 85 civilians in Western Libya
Workers World
By Abayomi Azikiwe The US/NATO forces now waging war against the North African oil-producing state of Libya committed one of their worst atrocities on Aug. 8, killing 85 people while bombing Majar in Libya's west. Located near Zlitan, Majar was shown ...
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Workers World
Libyan rebels grab port city of Brega
NEWS.com.au
From: AP LIBYAN rebels battling Muammar Gaddafi's troops along the country's Mediterranean coast said they have captured all of the strategic eastern port city of Brega, which has repeatedly changed hands in the 6-month-old civil war. ...
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MPs: Supplies To Front Line Troops 'At Risk'
Sky News
The supply chain to British forces in Afghanistan and Libya is at "critical risk of failure" which could lead to shortages within 30 days, a report has found. The Ministry of Defence has acknowledged the IT system used to manage essential supplies and ...
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Sky News
19/08/2011German opposition angry over Berlin's Libyan 'war'
Expatica Germany
German opposition deputies are up in arms over Germany's military participation in the NATO planning of bombing missions in Libya after the government specifically said it would not take part in the war. German soldiers "are directly involved in the ...
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Libya: 10 Protesters Apparently Executed
Reuters AlertNet
Libyan government forces appear to have executed 10 protesters following an anti-government demonstration in the town of Bani Walid on May 28, 2011. Earlier on that day government forces fired on apparently peaceful protesters, killing at least two and ...
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Lindenhurst sailor saw the beginning of the end for Gadhafi
Chicago Sun-Times
Special to Sun-Times Media Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Norlin had the experience of a lifetime March 19 when he was aboard the USS Barry off the coast of Libya and witnessed the launching of dozens of Tomahawk missiles. ...
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Nervous Wall Street...Libyan rebels advance...Movie lawsuit
9&10 News
ZAWIYA, Libya (AP) — Rebels in Libya are as close as 30 miles from Tripoli as they continue pushing back the forces of Moammar Gadhafi. There was a fierce battle today in a coastal town, but rebels pulled back by nightfall. The regime has been unable ...
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PM optimistic about Libya future
Herald de Paris
By Wire News Sources on August 19, 2011 Mr Mahmud Nacua attended a meeting at Number 10 alongside seven representatives from the Libyan community in the UK. They discussed the recent military progress by the Free Libyan Forces in the country, ...
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Podcast: Middle East Analysis looks at Syria, Libya, Egypt and Iraq
Independent Catholic News
He looks at the issue of whether supporters of the National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya might soon be in a position to break the stalemate and oust Colonel Qadhafi from power. A packed Middle East Analysis concludes by examining former ...
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Fall of ancient Sabratha signals one step nearer to the end fo Gaddafi
Telegraph.co.uk
Akram Ramadan climbed the vast arch of a celebrated Roman theatre on Libya's west coast yesterday, reached out and tore down the green flag that has for nearly 42 years represented Col Mummar Gaffadi's regime. By Damien McElroy, Sabratha "We've won," ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Refugees find solace in Tunisia camp
gulfnews.com
Fleeing bloodshed and deprivation in Libya, the refugees, caught between a host country that is torn by a terrible civil war and their countries' formidable red tape that prevents them from reaching home, they found genuine solace in Tunisia. ...
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Protestors in Harlem Rail Against Zimbabwe Sanctions and Libya Bombing
Bulawayo24 (press release) (blog)
13 to protest the US/NATO bombing campaign against the Libyan people. People also raised US attacks on Somalia and interventions against Zimbabwe, Sudan, Ivory Coast and other African countries. Some of the organizing groups were the Nation of Islam, ...
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Smugglers hold court as law breaks down in Sinai
Peninsula Weekly
Cars are driven from the chaos in Libya to this small patch of sand amid the fig trees in the north Sinai desert, where Palestinians can pick out their model and haggle over the price. Then they wait in Gaza for delivery through tunnels snaking beneath ...
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No, you will NOT re-arm the Libyan rebels
Mathaba.Net
It has been brought to my attention that certain EU countries are desperate because they have backed the wrong side in the Libyan conflict, because they instigated a revolt in a country to topple a government to steal its resources and it has ...
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WHO Spokesperson Addresses Health, Medical Needs For Libya On PBS NewsHour
Kaiser Family Foundation
The WHO "is rushing to secure medical supplies for Libya" after the Dutch government on Monday released nearly $145 million in frozen assets from Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi's regime in response to a direct WHO appeal, PBS NewsHour reports. ...
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Qaddafi's soldiers looting foreigners' cars, homes, equipment
The National
Libyan soldiers have been looting properties of foreigners in government-held areas around Tripoli, residents in Libya said yesterday. Rebels battled with government forces in Zawiya this week as the fighting inched closer to Tripoli. ...
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A changed Tunisia awaits tourists
gulfnews.com
Tunisia's border with warring Libya remains dangerous, and poor inland towns still see sporadic protests, but Tunis and the resort towns have regained their pre-revolt calm, and the country is on a path toward democracy. ...
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gulfnews.com
Swedish Gripens in Libya operation sustain level of reconnaissance despite ...
defpro
14:06 GMT, August 19, 2011 Although the number of airframes has been limited in accordance with Parliament's decision, the unit FL 02 (Flying operation Libya 02) continues to provide information to the higher staff of NATO with the same frequency as ...
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Libya rebels take another town in West -Reuters witness
Reuters AlertNet
SURMAN, Libya, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Libyan rebels who have made gains west of the capital Tripoli took another town on Friday, extending their control of the strategic coastal highway that links the capital with the outside, a Reuters journalist said. ...
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A city under siege: exclusive testimony from inside Tripoli
The Observers
It is increasingly difficult for journalists to reach anyone in Tripoli, which remains under the control of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. However, a Twitter user who goes by @2011feb17 contacted us to describe how the capital's residents are preparing ...
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The Observers
Libya rebels close in on Gadhafi, seizing key town
Newsday (subscription)
Click here Libya rebels close in on Gadhafi, seizing key town Originally published: August 19, 2011 12:51 PM Updated: August 19, 2011 6:38 PM By The Associated Press KARIN LAUB (Associated Press) (AP) -- Rebels closed in on Moammar Gadhafi Friday, ...
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Newsday (subscription)
Ilford firm Edwards Duthie advises Gaddafi regime on UK asset freezing
The Lawyer
Colonel Gaddafi's regime, the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, has instructed Ilford firm Edwards Duthie to help it regain control of Libya's embassy and frozen assets in the UK. The news, first reported in The Times, ...
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Libya:Mediterranean port seized by Libyan opposition ... - Laaska News
By Laaska News
Libya:Mediterranean port seized by Libyan opposition + Related News. Saturday,August 20, 2011 Laaska News. Laaska News August 20,2011. Over 30 Libyan rebels are dead and some 150 wounded in the battle for the Mediterranean port of ...
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Discovery News - Libya is Falling; Watch Out, Assad!
By Bruce Chapman
Fighters in the early news stories out of Libya were wearing heavy jackets; now it's T-Shirts in the searing sun. But finally Gaddaffi's fate appears more certain. Tripoli is surrounded. Government ministers and military are defecting, ...
Discovery News
US ban on Pak-Libya Holding Company highlights strained US-Pak ...
By Geeta
A recent ban by the United States Treasury Department on Pak-Libya Holding Company Limited highlights the turbulent relations between Islamabad and Washington,
Hamara News covers Politics, Sports ...
Libyan rebels: Eastern oil terminal Brega seized (AP) | Stock ...
By Editor - Top News Stories
BENGHAZI, Libya – Libyan rebels battling Moammar Gadhafi's troops along the country's Mediterranean coast said they have captured all of the.
Rocket News
Next stop Tripoli — Libya's rebels sense victory is within reach ...
By News Source
But after months of savage strife, there is now a sense that the endgame is at last approaching inLibya's bloody civil war. The latest battleground was Sabratha, an ancient city and Unesco heritage site. Yesterday I walked through its ...
War in Context
Reports: Qaddafi Planning to Leave Libya in Coming Days « Fox News ...
By America's Newsroom
After months of fighting, new reports are emerging that Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi is preparing to flee the country in the course of coming days. The news comes just one day after the U.S. State Department called for Syrian ...
Fox News Insider
LIBYA: Volunteers helping Benghazi's vulnerable to cope | Green ...
By IRIN
As conflicting reports come in of rebel advances on the Libyan capital Tripoli, civil society organizations and international NGOs in the rebel capital, Benghazi, are trying to help vulnerable people cope with difficult conditions.
Green News | Sustainability News...
Rebels: Former Libyan PM Jalloud Defects -- News from Antiwar.com
By Jason Ditz
Rebel forces operating in the Western Libyan mountains claim that former Prime Minister Abdessalam Jalloud has defected to their side and is currently in rebel custody in the town of Zintan. Jalloud was a key ally of Gadhafi during the ...
News From Antiwar.com
Tunisia Daily » Qaddafi Might Be Fleeing Libya Again, This Time to ...
By tunisia - Google News
On Friday morning, NBC News reports the latest development in that vein: he "is making preparations for a departure from Libya with his family for possible exile in Tunisia," according to the news outlet, which says that one US official ...
Tunisia Daily
Libya: Qaddafi's Former No. 2 Defects | New Middle East News
By admin
2 top regime official has defected, marking another blow to the increasingly isolated Libyan leader. The man is Abdel Salam Jalloud, who helped Qaddafi stage the 1969 coup that propelled him to power and transformed Libya from a ...
New Middle East News
Libyan rebels: Eastern oil terminal Brega seized - Home » Other ...
Libyan rebels battling Moammar Gadhafi's troops along the country's Mediterranean coast said they have captured all of the strategic eastern port city of Brega, which has repeatedly changed hands in the 6-month-old civil war. ... READ OTHER NEWS ...
philstar.com - Breaking News
Gadhafi seeks refuge outside Libya
By alexsamade
Gadhafi seeks refuge outside Libya. On August 19, 2011 · In News · Tweet. Adekunle Aliyu with Agency Report Moammar Gadhafi is looking for an Arab country willing to give him safe haven after rebel armies cut off his supply lines and ...
Vanguard News
Dispatch From Libya, Tripoli on the Cusp | Set You Free News
By Dennis
The reasons include observations that the Libyan population is increasingly expressing anger over members of their families and tribes being killed by NATO sorties claiming to be “protecting civilians.”...
Set You Free News
Happy 5th Month On Your Libyan Kinetic Military ... - Right Wing News
By William Teach
On March 18, President Obama told congressional leaders that the “kinetic activity” (fighting) we were getting into in Libya would be a matter of “days, not weeks.” He used the same “days and not weeks” phrase in a news conference on ...
Right Wing News
Libya rebels seize Brega, close in on Tripoli | Progressive Voices ...
By msnbc.com: World news
Written by msnbc.com: World news. August 20, 2011. Read the full story. Libyan rebels battling Moammar Gadhafi's troops said Saturday they have captured all of the strategic eastern port city of Brega as they close in on the nation's ...
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War News Updates: Civil War In Libya -- News Updates August 15, 2011
Civil War In Libya -- News Updates August 15, 2011. Libyan Rebels Enter Oil Town Where Decisive Battle May Yet Be Fought -- The Guardian ...
warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/.../civil-war-in-libya-news-upda...
LIBYA NEWS :Khamis Gheddafi visita vittime a zliten.‏ - YouTube
9 agosto 2011 khamis visita feriti a zliten dopo il bombardamento nato dell imperatore sarkozy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6tvLaCef3k
Libya News August 10, 2011 - Cameron has lost all legitimacy ...
Graphic Images of dead people because of NATO's relentless Bombings on Majer, near Zlitan (see other videos on this channel) and a very ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2CC_tl1tI0
Libya News - NATO: Libya airstrike killed troops, not civilians
BENGHAZI, Libya-NATO and Libyan officials both refuted damaging claims Wednesday in the 6-month old civil war, with NATO insisting its airstrike killed ...
www.libyalinks.com/news/libya-news-20530483
Libya bans unlicensed satellite phones: News24: Africa: News
Libya bans unlicensed satellite phones: News24: Africa: News. The Libyan government says any citizen caught using an unlicensed satellite phone will be ...
www.news24.com/.../Libya-bans-unlicensed-satellite-phones-2...

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