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LIBYA News, Aug 27, 2011

The leader de facto of Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi.Image via Wikipedia

Libyan rebels seize 'key border' with Tunisia
Aljazeera.net
Libyan rebels have defeated Muammar Gaddafi loyalists at a border crossing with Tunisia, seizing control of a key check post that could open much-need supply routes into the country. Rebel forces raised their flag late on Friday on the Ras Ajdir border ...
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Some fear post-revolution Libya may look like Iraq
Los Angeles Times
Some residents of the Libyan capital fear that post-Kadafi living conditions may resemble Baghdad after Saddam Hussein. (Hannibal Hanschke, European Pressphoto Agency / August 27, 2011) By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times The rapid rebel takeover has ...
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Los Angeles Times
Libya's key challenges for economic stability
BBC News

As Colonel Gaddafi's grip on Libya draws to an end, the chief questions are how stable will a new regime be and how can its economy be secured? Success on one front is entwined with the other. Libya, in theory, is a relatively rich country. ...
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BBC News
Concern over treatment of detainees rises in Libya
Boston Globe
By Karin Laub and Paul Schemm AP / August 27, 2011 TRIPOLI - The Libyan capital yesterday enjoyed its calmest day since the rebel takeover nearly a week ago, and hundreds celebrated with a march chanting: “Hold your head high! You are a free Libyan. ...
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Libya: Col Gaddafi was secretly plotting to make himself king
Telegraph.co.uk
Col Muammar Gaddafi's regime was secretly plotting to proclaim the Brother Leader as king of Libya once its forces had gained the upper hand over the opposition uprising, official documents show. By Damien McElroy, Tripoli An internal briefing paper ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
UK provides urgent aid to Libyans
BBC News
The UK is to provide urgent humanitarian support for those affected by the conflict inLibya, the government has announced. Britain will provide medical assistance and food supplies via the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). ...
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BBC News
African Union Refuses Appeals to Recognize Libya's Rebels
Voice of America
August 26, 2011 African Union Refuses Appeals to Recognize Libya's Rebels Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The African Union [AU] has rejected calls for recognition of Libya's rebel Transitional National Council. The decision highlights Libyan ...
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Qaddafi Regime Offered Kucinich All-Expense Paid Trip to Libya to Broker Peace
Fox News
Dennis Kucinich, who has been one of the most outspoken critics of the Obama administration's military intervention in Libya, confirmed Friday that he was invited to visit the North African nation in an attempt to end months-long conflict between the ...
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Fox News
U.S. Racing to Beat Terrorists in Hunt for Libya's Anti-Aircraft Missiles
Bloomberg
By Nicole Gaouette - Fri Aug 26 21:33:47 GMT 2011 Rebel fighters return from the battle against fighters loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi in the neighborhood of Abu Salim in southern Tripoli, on August 25, 2011, during heavy fighting. ...
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Libyan ambassador to Brazil announces defection to rebel camp
Xinhua
26 (Xinhua) -- Libyan Ambassador to Brazil Salem Al Zubaidi on Friday announced his "support and loyalty" to the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) of his home country. The announcement marked an about-turn by the ambassador, who reaffirmed his ...
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Libya: a new sense of freedom on Algeria Square
Telegraph.co.uk
By Richard Spencer, Tripoli Inside the mosque, the lines of men raised their hands in a dutiful and heartfelt “Allahu akbar” as Sheikh Ahmed Qadour, their 76-year-old imam, told them they had a new chance to build a just Libya, now that the dictator ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Suspect emerges in Fletcher case
BBC News
Prosecutors say police investigating the 1984 killing of Pc Yvonne Fletcher need to visitLibya after a new suspect in the case emerged. Pc Fletcher, 25, was shot dead while policing a protest against the Gaddafi regime at London's Libyan embassy. ...
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BBC News
Officials try to contact Megrahi
BBC News
The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing may have fled from his home in Libya as Colonel Gadaffi's regime crumbles, it has emerged. Scottish officials have tried to contact Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi following the rebel advance into Tripoli. ...
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BBC News
Libya investment 'missing $2.9bn'
BBC News
Some $2.9bn (£1.8bn) is missing from the accounts of the Libyan sovereign wealth fund, the official tasked with tracking down Libya's foreign investments has told the BBC. Mahmoud Badi said investigations had found "misappropriation, ...
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BBC News
Comrades to competitors: France and Italy vie for a slice of Libyan pie
RT
The race for Libya's vast oil wealth is gathering momentum. States who worked together during the NATO airstrikes are now working against each other in the battle to secure lucrative energy contracts. Meanwhile, fears are rising that a new regime in ...
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Unesco warning over Libya looting
BBC News
The UN's cultural body has warned international art dealers and museums to look out for artefacts that may have been looted from Libya during fighting. Unesco director-general Irina Bokova said in a statement that dealers should be "particularly wary ...
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BBC News
Obama's Non-Doctrine Doctrine
New York Times (blog)
With the stock market gyrating, the Atlantic churning and DSK walking free, it was easy to miss what some are calling a turning point in American foreign policy: the fall of Libya's Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. Thing is, no one can agree on what exactly ...
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Poll: No Libya bounce for Obama
Politico
President Barack Obama's job approval rating did not receive a bump from NATO successes in Libya, but remained flat as people focused on the economy, a new poll says. A CNN poll released Friday shows support for US military action in Libyajumped ...
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Politico
Bound for Paris summit, Harper 'pretty optimistic' about Libya's future
Globe and Mail
Stephen Harper will join his international counterparts at a meeting next week to discuss the future of Libya. “Canada has been not just a part of the military mission inLibya, we have been a part of the international contact group since the beginning ...
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Globe and Mail
Libya Needs $25 Billion in Investments for Oil Production, Challenger Says
Bloomberg
24 (Bloomberg) -- James Burkhard, managing director for global oil at IHS-Cambridge Energy Research Associates, talks about the impact of political unrest on Libya's oil production. He speaks with Mark Crumpton on Bloomberg Television's "Bottom Line. ...
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Armoured cars cross Libya-Algeria border
New Zealand Herald
Photo / AP A convoy of six armoured cars that could be carrying high Libyan officials, even fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi, has crossed from Libya into Algeria, the official Egyptian news agency reports quoting a Libyan rebel source. ...
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Libya: tribe pledges to arrest rebels it believes were behind murder of ...
Telegraph.co.uk
One of eastern Libya's most powerful tribes has said it is prepared to detain and try senior rebel leaders it believes were behind the murder of the opposition's top military commander. By Rob Crilly, Benghazi The move is in a sign of the tribal ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Nations sanitize Libya lingo for the war weary
National Post (blog)
Charles Lewis: On March 19, a coalition of nations allied with rebel fighters in Libya to help drive Muammar Gaddafi from power. NATO forces, including Britain, France, Canada and the United States began with sorties, a naval blockade and the firing of ...
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Libya's Path To Peace: Security And Oil Key Concerns For New Government
RTT News
(RTTNews) - Despite the current violence and decades of corrupt dictatorial rule, Libyais a country with a lot of potential. It has substantial oil reserves and its location in North Africa gives it proximity to European markets, encouraging hope that ...
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RTT News
Leaked cable: John McCain pushed to arm Qadhafi
Politico
McCain assured Muatassim that the United States wanted to provide Libya with the equipment it needs for its … security,” according to the cable. McCain said that he understood the need for Libya to upgrade its existing ranks of C-130 Hercules aircraft...
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Politico
Libya: From as far as Dublin they came to fight
Montreal Gazette
By Ruth Sherlock, The Daily Telegraph August 26, 2011 A suspected Gadhafi loyalist is detained at a chemical compound controlled by rebels near Bukamesh, West Libya on August 26, 2011. It was meant to be the victory sail. Fireworks and tracer fire lit ...
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Does Libya limit NATO's response to Syria?
UPI.com
26 (UPI) -- An uncertain political outcome in Libya is tying the hands of EU and NATO decision-makers as they weigh options in response to the government-led bloodbath in Syria. Neither direct military action nor support to an armed opposition is among ...
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35 out of 1600 Pinoys escape Tripoli; 395 to leave Syria
The Philippine Online Chronicles
Thirty-five overseas Filipino workers (OFW) assisted by the Department of Foreign Affairs have leftLibya and are on their way to Egypt. With the continuing violence brought about by the fighting against Moammar Gadhafi in Libya and the demonstrations ...
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Bringing stability to war-torn Libya
BBC News
By Mario Cacciottolo BBC News The impending end of Colonel Gaddafi's time as Libyan leader has raised immediate questions about the nation's stability. There are fears that the chaotic situation could lead to a humanitarian crisis and even an increase ...
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Sarkozy urges China to help in building free Libya
eTaiwan News
By SCOTT McDONALD AP French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged a once reluctant China on Thursday to join Western nations in rebuilding Libya, inviting Beijing to a conference to discuss the North African country's future. Stopping in Beijing for a few ...
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Libya: Detainees killed by al-Gaddafi loyalists
Amnesty International
“Loyalist forces in Libya must immediately stop such killings of captives, and both sides must commit to ensuring no harm comes to prisoners in their custody,” said Amnesty International. “Even as Colonel al-Gaddafi is cornered, with an ICC warrant ...
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In Libya, It's 'Year Zero' as Country Starts From Scratch
PBS NewsHour
She spoke with Ray Suarez about the next steps in Libya's transition to becoming a new country that's not led by Moammar Gadhafi. JIM LEHRER: Ray Suarez takes the story from there. He talked earlier today with ITN's Lindsey Hilsum in Tripoli. ...
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War News Updates: Civil War In Libya -- News Updates August 26 ...
By War News Updates Editor
Libya news updates: African Union will not recognize the Transitional National Council -- Washington Post NATO attacks pro-Gadhafi forces near Sirte -- Yahoo News/AP NATO Hits Bunker in Libyan Leader's Hometown -- Voice of America ...
War News Updates
Tribal Divisions, Rebels Increase Chances of Chaos in Libya ...
By John Glaser
As is widely recognized at this point, the ragtag rebel groups the US and NATO placed their bets on to be the next rulers of Libya are facing enormous challenges after ousting Muammar Gadhafi. Considering their organization and capabilities, ...
News From Antiwar.com
Libya Clashes: Tripoli Has Calmest Day In Nearly A Week
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Egypt's state news agency, MENA, spoke with a source who speculates that Muammar Gaddafi may have been one of the passengers entering Algeria. Al Jazeera reports: "It is believed that these vehicles were carrying senior Libyan officials, ...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
COMMENTARY: Libya: A rough road ahead | Dominica News Online
By admin
For those governments that had been courting Muammar Gaddafi for the money that he handed out to spread his influence around the world, his fall from power in Libya is bad news. And, the news is unlikely to get better whatever regime ...
Dominica News Online
AU ready to recognise Libya's rebels - News - Mail & Guardian Online
The African Union could recognise rebels who ousted Muammar Gaddafi as Libya's legitimate government as early as Friday.
Mail & Guardian News Feed
Iraq offers Libya lessons on winning war, peace - Marine Corps ...
By The Associated Press
BAGHDAD — Iraqis who lived through the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein see eerie similarities in the scenes of Libyans parading through Tripoli ripping up posters of Moammar Gadhafi. But Iraqis also saw looting, bloodshed ...
Marine Corps Times - News
EA WorldView - Home - Libya, Syria (and Beyond) Liveblog: Rotting ...
By James Miller
In Libyanews is generally developing based on two story lines. The first, the opposition fighters who are working to secure Tripoli, and those in the East of Libya working to either attack Qaddafi's home town of Sirte, or convince the Qaddafi ...
EA WorldView
A firsthand account of events unfolding in Libya
Whilst mainstream news sources portray the war in Libya as a revolution and rebel victory, journalists on the ground in Libya's capital, Tripoli, paint a very different and bleak picture.
RSS Feed - Latest Digital Journal News
Ban ki-moon said urgently end the fighting in Libya | Latest CNN News
By najam
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that African, Arab and European organizations agreed on the urgent need to end the fighting in Libya and restore order with help from international police if the new government requests security ...
Latest CNN News
AU heads meet in Ethiopia over Libya – In2EastAfrica – All East ...
By In2EastAfrica
Earlier, spokesman Nouredin Mazine told reporters in Addis Ababa that AU chief Jean Ping was in talks with international partners, including the UN, on how to address the current stalemate in Libya. Sticking points. The African Union has not recognised the National Transition Council, although individual members such as Egypt, Senegal, Nigeria, Tunisia and Burkina Faso ... Related News. A rebel shouts at a journalist as Tripoli's central Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel, where numerous ...
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Libya's Rebel Leadership: 'We Need Money' - Money News Story ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (CNN) -- Libya's rebel leadership on Friday pleaded with the United States and other countries to unfreeze billions of dollars, saying the funds are vital to establish peace and stability in the nation. ... Friday, August 26, 2011.
TurnTo23.com - Money RSS
BBC News: Libya investment 'missing $2.9bn'
By BBC News
Some $2.9bn (£1.8bn) is missing from the accounts of the Libyan sovereign wealth fund, says the official tasked with tracking it down. More...
the Benche | Your Financial Community
35 Pinoys escape Libya; 395 stuck in Syria | U.S. News Las Vegas
By admin2
By Niña Corpuz, ABS-CBN News and U.S. News Agency / Asian. Thirty-five overseas Filipino workers are now out of Libya after they boarded a boat chartered by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) 9 p.m. local time (3 a.m. in ...
U.S. News Las Vegas
Catholics hopeful for continued freedom in Libya - Catholic Culture
News. Catholics hopeful for continued freedom in Libya. RSS Facebook August 26, 2011. Catholic leaders in Libya are hopeful that the Church will be able to continue functioning freely in the African country in the wake of the apparent fall of ...
CatholicCulture.org - Catholic...
Libya limits EU, NATO options in Syria
Brussels (UPI) Aug 26, 2011 - An uncertain political outcome in Libya is tying the hands of EU and NATO decision-makers as they weigh options in response to the government-led bloodbath in Syria.... . Military Space News ...
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XE.com - Libya's new rulers confront perilous transition
Abdul Qader packed a suitcase on Friday to move out of his Abu Salim district in Tripoli, even though he believed Libyan rebels had finally cleared it of Muammar Gaddafi's gunmen.
XE Forex News
Libya's Rebel Leadership: 'We Need Money' - Project Economy ...
"We see the $1.5 billion in assets released by the (U.N. Security Council) as confirmation of the freedom of the Libyan country," he said during a joint news conference. As a result, he said he saw no reason that the remaining billions should not ...
WBALTV.com - Money Headlines
Libya News: Tripoli Falls to Rebels, Obama Says Gadhafi Should ...
At long last, it looks as though it may be almost over. Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli today as Moammar Gadhafi's defenses dissolve.
www.blippitt.com/libya-news-tripoli-falls-to-rebels-obama-say...

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