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LIBYA News, Aug 23, 2011


UPDATE 2-China urges Libya to protect investments
Reuters
By Michael Martina and Chris Buckley BEIJING, Aug 23 (Reuters) - China on Tuesday urged Libyato protect its investments and said their oil trade benefited both countries, after a Libyan rebel warned that Chinese oil companies could lose out after the ...
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Private Sector Waits for Libya's Next Revival
CNBC.com
Should the Transitional National Council go from a revolutionary movement to a government, and manage to unify the disparate Libyan opposition and bring the country back to functioning economically, there may be a considerable upside, both domestically ...
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For Libyan rebels, democratic rule will be huge challenge
Boston Globe
By Ryan Lucas AP / August 23, 2011 CAIRO - Libya's rebels began as a disparate group of former government insiders, Western-leaning intellectuals, businessmen, and even a smattering of ex-Islamist militants. But they were united by one goal: to unseat...
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Boston Globe
LIBYA: Political science expert on Kadafi, rebels and fate of nation
Los Angeles Times
Mansour El-Kikhia, chairman of the department of political science and geography at the University of Texas at San Antonio, often opines about Libyan public affairs, including an appearance earlier this year on "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. ...
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How would Libya's next government take shape?
The Guardian
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council, attends a news conference on 22 August 2011. Photograph: Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters AsLibyan rebels fight for control of Tripoli, one question arises: if they are successful, ...
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The Guardian
Will South Africa Quickly Recognize Rebel Libyan Government?
Voice of America
22 August 2011 Will South Africa Quickly Recognize Rebel Libyan Government? Joe DeCapua South Africa said Monday it will not give asylum to Libyan leader Moammar Ghadafi. Reports had circulated that Mr. Ghadafi might be offered safe haven. ...
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LIBYA: U.S. officials call for extradition of Lockerbie bomber
Los Angeles Times
Politicians are already demanding Libya's new rulers extradite convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi now that it appears his longtime ally Moammar Kadafi is being ousted. Among those demanding Megrahi's extradition to the US for trial are ...
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Analyst: Libya's next leaders can't be seen as NATO puppets
USA Today
By Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — NATO's work in Libya is largely done, but analysts say its efforts could be undermined if the Western alliance is seen as the sole power behind the rebel forces that are close to forcing Moammar Gadhafi from ...
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USA Today
Ship due to pick up Britons from Libya comes under fire
BBC News
A Maltese ship which was due to rescue foreign nationals - nine of them British - from Tripoli, Libya, came under fire on Sunday and was forced to retreat, the Times of Malta has said. It said cargo ship Triva I was due leave Tripoli on Sunday morning. ...
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BBC News
Italy's Next Act in Libya
Daily Beast
With rebels set to seize Tripoli, the Italians are leveraging their frontline status and long history with Libya to forge a key role in a post-Gaddafi—and oil-rich—nation, says Barbie Latza Nadeau. More than 50000 North African refugees have crashed ...
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Daily Beast
UN Chief to Convene Libya Meeting This Week
Voice of America
August 22, 2011 UN Chief to Convene Libya Meeting This Week Margaret Besheer | The United Nations UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he will convene a meeting of regional and international organizations on the situation in Libya. ...
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US Military Intervention in Libya Cost At Least $896 Million
ABC News (blog)
ABC News' Luis Martinez (@LMartinezABC) reports: The cost of US military intervention in Libyahas cost American taxpayers an estimated $896 million through July 31, the Pentagon said today. The price tag includes the amounts for daily military ...
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Libya: France leaves David Cameron struggling to regain initiative
Telegraph.co.uk
France's Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday moved to set the diplomatic pace on the future ofLibya, leaving David Cameron struggling to regain the initiative. By Henry Samuel, and James Kirkup Mr Sarkozy, the French President, announced he was inviting Libyan ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Libya Oil Production Seen Staying Off Line
Wall Street Journal
By SUMMER SAID RIYADH—Key members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries are in a holding pattern as the endgame in Libya unfolds. Saudi Arabia is prepared to take steps to adjust its own oil output to accommodate any return of ...
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Counting Chickens in Libya
Business Insider
Joel Rubin of the Huffington Post trumpets "Obama's Libya Leadership Vindicated" and gushes that "President Obama's critics are on the verge of witnessing a third major Obama success in the Arab world in 2011." The three triumphs he refers to are the ...
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OFW believed abducted in Libya
ABS CBN News
by Atom Araullo, ABS-CBN News MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday that a Filipino caretaker in Tripoli, Libya is missing. The missing overseas Filipino worker (OFW) is an employee of the British-owned First ...
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Markets inch ahead as Libyan rebels gain 1
Vancouver Sun
By Kim Covert, Postmedia News August 22, 2011 9:00 PM Signs of rebel success in Libya, and optimistic speculation over the US Federal Reserve's conference at the end of the week in Jackson Hole, Wyo., made for moderate increases on the markets on ...
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Obama vows aid, warns against reprisals
Boston Globe
Speaking yesterday from Martha's Vineyard, President Obama called on Khadafy to relinquish his claim to leadership in Libya. (Jim Watson/ AFP/ Getty Images) By Donovan Slack TISBURY - President Obama said yesterday the United States is prepared to aid ...
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Boston Globe
What's next in Libya key to US politics, economy
Houston Chronicle
Photo: Carolyn Kaster / AP President Barack Obama speaks about Libya, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, in Chilmark, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. Photo: Carolyn Kaster / AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The dramatic advance of Libyan rebels over the forces of ...
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Gadhafi Capture is Top Priority for Rebels, Says Libyan Envoy
Voice of America
August 22, 2011 Gadhafi Capture is Top Priority for Rebels, Says Libyan Envoy Peter ClotteyLibya's top envoy to the United States says the priority of the Transitional National Council (TNC) is to capture Moammar Gadhafi after rebel forces took ...
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How Libya's "Rebel Rabble" and NATO succeeded
CBS News
LONDON - Libya's rebels began as an ill-equipped, poorly trained amateur force. But they got a huge boost from those NATO air strikes and surveillance. CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips reports on what went right for the rebels. ...
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Japanese Stock Futures Rise on U.S. Production; Australia Little Changed
Bloomberg
European stocks rebounded from a two-year low yesterday as prospects for an end to the war inLibya boosted energy companies. The benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose 0.8 percent to 224.9 at the 4:30 pm close in London. The London Metal Exchange Index ...
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Libyan in Colorado supports fight for freedom
9NEWS.com
AURORA - Mohamed Ben-Masaud's home is in Colorado, but his hometown is Libya's capital city of Tripoli. "It's been a very, very rough six months," Ben-Masaud said. "You see them every day, still battling, still fighting." Most of Ben-Masaud's family ...
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Libyan rebels' advance emboldens Syrian activists
Los Angeles Times
(Fabrice Coffrini / AFP/Getty Images / August 22, 2011) By Roula Hajjar, Los Angeles Times Syrians opposed to the regime of President Bashar Assad on Monday found inspiration in Libyan rebels' advance into their nation's capital as they battle Moammar...
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Los Angeles Times
Missing from the Libya debate: Tim Pawlenty
Politico
The renewed debate over Libya is a revealing moment for the GOP presidential field for a number of reasons, including how clearly it underscores the absence of a proudly interventionist candidate in the 2012 lineup. There was a time when that candidate ...
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IRA victims' joy over demise of Libya tyrant
Belfast Newsletter
EFFORTS to secure Libyan compensation for victims of the Gaddafi-armed IRA will continue, victims' campaigners last night insisted, but it was more important to show solidarity with the people of Libya, they said. South Armagh victims' campaigner ...
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Belfast Newsletter
The 2-Year-Old Zombie Tweet About Libya Now Stalking John McCain
The Atlantic
By Alexis Madrigal In 2009, Senator John McCain took a trip to Libya to meet with the country's leaders including Muammar Qaddafi. The country's state sponsored news agency claimed that McCain praised Qaddafi for supposed peacemaking in Africa. ...
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Obama: Libya dictator Muammar Qadhafi's rule 'coming to an end'
Politico
President Barack Obama said on Monday that Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi's regime “is coming to an end” and put the rebels on notice their new government must uphold the democratic ideals that they have professed during six months of US and NATO-backed ...
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Politico
In Libya, US may provide humanitarian aid, but no troops on the ground
Los Angeles Times
By David Cloud As forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi made a last stand in Tripoli, the US believes that Kadafi is still somewhere in Libya, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday. “We do not have any information that he has left the country,” Col. ...
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Los Angeles Times
Libya developments watched closely in DC
Politico
And for the American Legion, this weekend's rebel siege of Tripoli may prove its best chance yet in prodding the US government to finally settle another military drama that unfolded on present-day Libya's shores more than two centuries ago. ...
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Politico
Sky News Libya Coverage Wins Praise With Alex Crawford In Tripoli First
Huffington Post
NEW YORK -- Before US cable networks broke away from taped programming on Sunday, news junkies glued to Twitter for Libya updates discovered that one TV network had a correspondent reporting on air with the rebels as they headed into Tripoli: Britain's ...
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Chicago's Libyan community revels in homeland's freedom
Chicago Sun-Times
“I would like to congratulate all the people of Libya, with your resistance and standing against this tyrant, We got our freedom, we got our life back,” said Sanad Abdalla, a Chicago resident who grew up in Libya. “I don't have words to express how ...
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ADR Report: Shares Higher As Investors Eye End of Libya Conflict
Wall Street Journal
By Corrie Driebusch Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--International companies trading in New York ended higher Monday, along with the broader market, as Libyaappeared on the verge of a leadership change. The Bank of New York index of ADRs ...
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Libyan arms expected to continue flowing into Sinai
Ha'aretz
For months, the Sinai Peninsula has been flooded with arms and ammunition looted from Libyanarmy; much of the weaponry, has made its way into the Gaza Strip via the smuggling tunnels on the Gaza-Egypt border. By Anshel Pfeffer Tags: Arab Spring Gaza ...
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Politicians React To Libya News | Care2 Causes
By Robin M.
As the world reacts to the news that we are likely seeing the end of the Gaddafi administration, U.S. politicians are being no less vocal. Via Politico: Sen.
Care2 Causes
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Pentagon: Latest Libya News Suggests Muammar Qaddafi Is Still in ...
By Happening Now
The latest information out from U.S. defense officials suggests that embattled Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi is still in Tripoli Monday. Jennifer Griffin, in a live report from the Pentagon, said that such an assessment makes sense, ...
Fox News Insider
Daily Report: The Latest Libya News, Deaf Man Wants to Join the ...
By Beth Ford Roth
This will cover everything from what soldiers are thinking to their pay levels to news about promotions and demotions to on-base news to health reports to news from the front lines. ...
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Oil mixed on Libya news | E-Stocks Daily
By Josie Middleton
News regarding the situation in Libya lead to mixed trading in oil futures as investors speculated what effect the end of the rebellion in Libya would have.
E-Stocks Daily
Libya News: Best Opinion Reads - The Daily Beast
By David A. Graham
The Daily Beast rounds up five of the best opinion reads on Libya's unfolding drama. By David A. Graham.
Battle for Libya: Libyan News Anchor Waves Gun and Vows to Defend ...
By Conservative Refocus
Battle for Libya: Libyan News Anchor Waves Gun and Vows to Defend Station (Video). Posted by: Conservative Refocus Published on August 22nd, 2011 @ 08:55:32 pm , using 3 words. Posted in Events and Issues: Credible Resources ...
Conservative Refocus News
Mixed Signals on Possible Occupation of Libya -- News from Antiwar.com
By Jeremy Sapienza
As rebels rush into Tripoli and the imminent collapse of the 42-year Gadhafi regime approaches, much about Libya's future remains up in the air. Though it's been insisted for months that there would never be US “boots on the ground” in ...
News From Antiwar.com
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. 21, 2011. TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of the ...
WTSP.com 10 News Top Stories
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How would Libya's next government take shape? | Blogenius
How would Libya's next government take shape? As the world reacts to the news that we are likely seeing the end of the Gaddafi administration, U.S. politicians are being no less vocal. Via Politico: Sen. By Ivan Hoff August 22, ...
Blogenius
First Read - First Thoughts: What Libya means for Obama
By First Read
The Libya news is good for Obama, but remember that bin Laden bounce didn't last long. Why? It's still the economy … Obama acknowledges vulnerability. … His compromise argument vs. Boehner -- all about independents. … More clues on his ...
First Read
Hala Misrati With Gun | Libyan News Anchor Shows Gun | Video ...
Well this is something you don't see everyday. A news presenter for the pro- Gaddafi state run al-Libiyah channel in Libya showed support for the embattled ...
www.mediaite.com/.../libyan-news-anchor-brandishes-gun-as-...
"Libya News Roundup"
Libya News Roundup. Richard Seymour (20 August 2011): "I think we would see a recomposition of the old regime, without Qadhafi but with the basic state ...
mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/libya220811.html
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