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Libya's oil industry should be able to recover quickly
USA Today
By Jim Michaels, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Libya's oil industry should be able to recover fairly quickly after fighting ends, but it might take a year or two to reach pre-rebellion production levels, analysts say. By Mahmud Turkia, AFP/Getty ImagesLibyan ...
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USA Today
As fighting persists in Libya, Kadafi remains at large
Los Angeles Times
(Sergey Ponomarev / Associated Press / August 24, 2011) Libyan rebels fought heavily armed holdouts in several districts of Tripoli on Wednesday as they struggled to consolidate their grip on the capital, a day after sacking Moammar Kadafi's feared ...
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Los Angeles Times
Libya conflict: The dangers of war reporting
BBC News
Jon Williams, the BBC's foreign editor, has defended the corporation's coverage, after it was beaten into the Libyan capital at the weekend by Sky News, reports the Guardian. On Radio 4's Media Show, he said war reporting was a combination of "luck and ...
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BBC News
Libya: NTC seeks £3 billion in emergency aid
Telegraph.co.uk
Libya's National Transitional Council sought $5 billion (£3 billion) in emergency aid from frozen Libyan assets at a meeting with foreign representatives, according to diplomats. The sum was twice that announced Tuesday by NTC number two Mahmud Jibril. ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Libya's journey to reconstruction arduous
Xinhua
25 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan rebels have celebrated jubilantly after overrunning the capital Tripoli and other major towns across the country since Tuesday. But as it has come to all that Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule will soon come to an end, ...
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US Introduces UN Resolution to Release $1.5B in Libyan Assets
Voice of America
August 24, 2011 US Introduces UN Resolution to Release $1.5B in Libyan Assets Margaret Besheer | United Nations The United States has introduced a resolution at the UN Security Council to unfreeze $1.5 billion in Libyan assets for urgent humanitarian ...
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Medvedev Urges Libya Peace Talks
The Moscow Times
SOSNOVY BOR, Buryatia — President Dmitry Medvedev called on Moammar Gadhafi and Libya'srebels on Wednesday to stop fighting and sit down for talks, saying the embattled leader still had some power and military might. "We want the Libyans to come to ...
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Nato 'helping hunt for Gaddafi'
BBC News
Meanwhile, the UK's National Security Council will meet again later to discuss the situation in Libya. The meeting - the fourth in consecutive days - will be chaired by Foreign Secretary William Hague. It is expected to hear an update from the UK team ...
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BBC News
Libya: profile of Mahmoud Jibril, head of the NTC
Telegraph.co.uk
Mahmoud Jibril, the "international face" of the Libyan rebel government currently on a European tour to unfreeze billions of pounds in Libyan state assets, is technically the rebels' prime minister. By Henry Samuel, Paris It was Mr Jibril who convinced ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Libya: the battle in the east rages on as Gaddafi holdouts fight back
Telegraph.co.uk
Columns of Libyan rebels, equipped with heavy artillery, moved towards the Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte on Wednesday but were halted by heavy resistance near the oil town of Bin Jawad. By Rob Crilly, Ras Lanuf Buoyed by the successful attack on the ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Intel Committee Chair Fears 'Black Market Bonanza' in Post-Gadhafi Libya
ABC News (blog)
ABC News' Rick Klein (@rickklein) reports: The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is calling on the Obama administration to immediately launch efforts to secure a post-Gadhafi Libya, warning that chemical weapons could wind up as part of a ...
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Qatar to Reap Rewards From Firm Rebel Aid
Wall Street Journal
By NOUR MALAS As Libya's rebels mounted what they hoped was a final assault on Tripoli in their battle against Col. Moammar Gadhafi, they directed much gratitude in their six-months-long battle to one tiny, Gulf Arab state: Qatar. ...
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Wall Street Journal
Libyan envoy: NTC will follow up on Sadr case
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: A Libyan envoy of the National Transitional Council said Wednesday that he had discussed with Lebanese top officials efforts to reveal the truth behind the disappearance of Lebanon's influential Shiite cleric Musa Sadr in Libya in 1978. ...
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The Daily Star
Libyan conflict: 'Probe Nato over deaths'
Independent Online
By ANDISIWE MAKINANA and SAPA Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has hinted that the International Criminal Court should investigate Nato for the loss of civilian life in Libya arising from its apparently helping the rebels take the capital, Tripoli. ...
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Independent Online
Republican Presidential Candidates Refuse to Credit Obama on Libya
The Nation.
When news emerged from Tripoli on Sunday night that rebels were closing in on the capital city andLibyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi was soon to be deposed, it should have been a cause for celebration, even among those of us who opposed American military ...
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Italian journalists kidnapped in Libya call home
GlobalPost
Four Italian journalists were kidnapped in Libya Wednesday and are being held by forces loyal to defiant leader Muammar Gaddafi, an Italian foreign ministry source told the Guardian. The source reportedly said the journalists are being held in the ...
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GlobalPost
Libya: In a newly liberated Tripoli a Union flag is raised
Telegraph.co.uk
Strewn among the debris and waste yesterday were clues to why Libya had so resented the U-turn in British foreign policy following the February 17 uprising against Col Gaddafi's regime. One page sets out the first points of an accord on defence ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Libyan labyrinth: Is it all about petroleum
The Nation, Pakistan
Starting off from Tunisia, removing dictatorship of Hosni Mobarik of Egypt, knockingLibya, creating complete unrest in Syria, supporting uprising in Yemen, creating South Christian Sudan appeared a well thought out game jointly played by MI-6, CIA, ...
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The Nation, Pakistan
Libya: Dirty Thoughts About Dirty Bombs
TIME (blog)
Before the rebels finish celebrating -- and catch Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi (or don't) -- it's worth noting that 42 years of dictatorship can leave some dangerous residue behind. Olli Heinonen, a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science ...
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Libya: Sarkozy meets with rebel leader
GlobalPost
France's president Nicolas Sarkozy announces September conference on Libyaassistance; diplomats draft Security Council resolution to unfreeze funds in foreign accounts. As Libyan rebels wait to see if the new 2 million dinar ($1.7 million) bounty on ...
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GlobalPost
Libyan rebels hunt Gadhafi, try to secure capital
Jamaica Observer
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyans hunting Moammar Gadhafi offered a US$2 million bounty on the fallen dictator's head and amnesty for anyone who kills or captures him as rebels battled yesterday to clear the last pockets of resistance from the capital ...
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Libyan unrest could lead to new Lockerbie investigation
Dumfries and Galloway Standard
“Given the current events in Libya the Crown stands ready to investigate any new leads. “The Crown will continue to pursue lines of inquiry that become available. “As the investigation remains live, and in order to preserve the integrity of that ...
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Oil near $86 as traders eye Libya, Bernanke speech
San Jose Mercury News
By ALEX KENNEDY AP SINGAPORE—Oil prices rose slightly to near $86 a barrel Thursday in Asia as traders eyed fighting in Libya and an upcoming speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Benchmark oil for October delivery was up 41 cents to $85.57 ...
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Obama can't win for winning in Libya
Washington Post
The question comes to mind in the wake of the Libyan rebels' successes against Moammar Gaddafi. It's remarkable how reluctant Obama's opponents are to acknowledge that despite all the predictions that his policy of limited engagement could never work, ...
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Can blossom come from the Arab Spring?
Telegraph.co.uk
Those hoping for a transformation in Libya and Syria are in for a rude awakening. Watching and waiting: what lies ahead for Syria if President Assad is ousted? Photo: AP By Andrew Green Are we being thoroughly naive about the Arab Spring? ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
China gives its support to Libya's rebels
The National
BEIJING // China yesterday signalled it was swinging its weight behind the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya, as Beijing looks to shore up its economic interests in the North African country. Calling for a "stable transition of power" ...
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Libya's embassies abroad defect
News24
After Muammar Gaddafi's compound was overrun Libyan rebels paraded through Tripoli with Gaddafi's famous golf cart. WATCH Libyan expatriates and embassy personnel raise a Libyan flag, used by the Kingdom of Libya before Muammar Gaddafi's regime at the ...
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AU must make its position on Libya clear: expert
Xinhua
24 (Xinhua) -- The Western intervention in Libya that left Africa Union (AU) "marginalized" was "principled opportunism", an African Conflict Prevention expert has said, indicating that the situation in Tripoli is a "rebellion and not a popular ...
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Labour failed to use influence over Libya, admits Mandelson
The Independent
By Andrew Grice, Political Editor Lord Mandelson has admitted that the previous Labour government failed to exploit the close links it forged with Muammar Gaddafi to press him to bring in democratic reforms in Libya. The close ally of Tony Blair's ...
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Suat Kiniklioglu: Libya signals a new dawn in the region
Al-Arabiya
Gaddafi is probably hiding somewhere in southern Libya or has already left the country with his close entourage. The age of tyrants and dictators is slowly coming to an end. In the world of Twitter, Facebook and cell phones it is becoming increasingly ...
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Al-Arabiya
Libya: Doctor Sees Victims Of 'Mass Execution'
Sky News
A doctor in Libya has told Sky News how he witnessed the bloody aftermath of an alleged mass execution by Colonel Gaddafi's troops. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe ...
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Libya News: Rebels Put Bounty on Gaddafi's Head - The Daily Beast
By Igor Kossov
Igor Kossov on how the rebels' $1.6 million bounty could be the final straw for the regime.
Reports coming in… Twitter Suspending Accounts over Alternative Libya
By POPEYE
Browse > Home / Establishing The Police State / Reports coming in… Twitter Suspending Accounts over Alternative Libya news (Controlling your “reality”). Reports coming in… Twitter Suspending Accounts over Alternative Libya news ...
Federal Jack
Sky News's Libya coverage knocks the BBC's into a cocked hat ...
By Toby Young
News hacks were amusing one another this morning by emailing around this picture of a graphic used by CNN to help American viewers identify where Tripoli is (doh!), but the real story of the past few days has been how good Sky News's ...
News
Libyan deposits turn Italy oily — RT
By RT
Libya's opposition claims to be in control of most of Tripoli, but there are still reports of resistance by government loyalists. And while the battle continues, the carve-up of Libya's vast oil riches is already in full swing.
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White House: No evidence Gadhafi has left Libya - Army News | News ...
By The Associated Press
The White House said Wednesday there was no evidence to indicate Moammar Gadhafi had leftLibya, but a spokesman said it was clear his hold on power had slipped even as loyalists waged scattered battles across Tripoli.
Army Times - News
LIBYA COVERAGE: AL-JAZEERA FIRST WITH CRITICS; FOX NEWS, WITH ...
By admin
Al-Jazeera English attracted most of the critical praise for its coverage of the assault on Tripoli byLibyan rebels this week, but with only a handful of cable.
Studio Briefing
What Will a Gaddafi-Free Libya Mean for Democracy?, Christian News
A day after hundreds of rebels stormed Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli and claimed victory for their movement, gun fire between Gaddafi loyalists and the rebels continued today in the capital.
Christianpost.com > Homepage
PROACTIVE NEWS SUMMARY: Libyan oil, Sound Oil, Tullow Oil, Condor ...
It has been a busy day at Proactive Investors with plenty of updates from oil and gas and other resource stocks to report. On top of that, the markets saw a flurry of earnings reports from blue chip companies this morning.
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Muammar Gaddafi Regime almost over - US - Latest News | Breaking ...
By Mahalingam E
Gaddafi | Muammar Gaddafi | Muammar Gaddafi Regime | Tripoli News | Tripoli News Latest | Libya News | Libya News Latest | Libya Civil War | Rebel Leaders | Transitional National CouncilRebel forces reportedly took control of most parts ...
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 25, 2011 « Stop NATO
By richardrozoff
Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 25, 2011. August 25, 2011 richardrozoff Leave a comment Go to comments. ==== Operation Mermaid Dawn: “NATO Played Big Role In Liberating Tripoli”. South African Deputy President Calls On ICC ...
Stop NATO
Order: Kill non-mainstream reporters in Libya « InvestmentWatch ...
By Daniel
Targeted Killings of non-mainstream reporters in Libya ordered: Attempts to bury truth. The Examiner learned in communications from human rights defenders and independent journalists throughout Monday that they were shaken with news of ...
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Libya rebels set to root out Gaddafi diehards - Good News ...
By Reuters: World News
Home » News » News » World News » worldNews » Libya rebels set to root out Gaddafi diehards.Libya rebels set to root out Gaddafi diehards. By Reuters: World News - Thu Aug 25, 7:50 am. Comments Off; 0 views. Tweet · Email · Print ...
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White House: No evidence Gadhafi has left Libya - Politics ...
White House: No evidence Gadhafi has left Libya - The White House said Wednesday there was no evidence to.
Politics & Government
WH says no evidence Gadhafi has left Libya - US news by mail.com
The White House says there's no evidence to indicate Moammar Gadhafi has left Libya, as scattered battles flare across Tripoli....
Mail.com: US
Missing US writer escapes Libya prison - Home » Other Sections ...
The State Department announced Wednesday that all U.S. citizens known to be detained in Libyaare free, and the mother of a Maryland writer who went missing in the early months of the conflict said her son called home after escaping from a prison near Tripoli. ... READ OTHER NEWS ...
philstar.com - Breaking News
Chinese firms could be at back of line in Libya | The Associated ...
By The Associated Press
China's initial hostility toward the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi and its belated outreach to the rebels could mean that Chinese firms eager to return to Libya after the conflict will be at the back of the line.
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US Introduces UN Resolution to Release $1.5B in Libyan Assets ...
By Osama
The United States has introduced a resolution at the U.N. Security Council to thaw $1.5 billion inLibyan assets for vital humanitarian needs. The money wo...
THE USA NEWS
Moammar Gadhafi Son Rebels Said They Captured Turns Up With - ABC ...
PHOTO: Seif al-Islam, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, appears in ... told ABC News that Muhammad Gadhafi had escaped after ...
abcnews.go.com/International/moammar-gadhafi.../story?...
Dailymotion - Women out front in Libya news coverage - a News ...
CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva takes a look at the women reporting on the front lines inLibya.
www.dailymotion.com/.../xkoq4g_women-out-front-in-libya-...

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