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Libya: rebels demand return of Gaddafi's family - live updates
The Guardian
I hope they don't offer them permanent shelter or I can forsee Algeria's and Libya'sfuture foreign relations not be exactly brilliant. So what crimes is Gaddafi's wife supposed to have committed? If simply being the wife of a putative war criminal or ...
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The Guardian
Libya: Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi maintains innocence
Telegraph.co.uk
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the only man convicted over the Lockerbie bombing, maintained his innocence as recently as three years ago, according to a letter seen inLibya's intelligence headquarters. In a private letter from Megrahi, he told Abdullah ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Physicians for Human Rights: Libya Troops Held Civilians as Human Shields
Fox News
AP NEW YORK – Libyan troops loyal to Muammar Qaddafi forced civilians to act as human shields, perching children on tanks to deter NATO attacks, human rights investigators said. It was part of a pattern of rapes, slayings, "disappearances" and other ...
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Liberated inmates tell of 'dark age' under Gadhafi
The Associated Press
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — When Said Abdullah arrived in Libya's notorious Abu Salim prison in 1996, he said he was "welcomed with blows and torture" for membership in an Islamist group. He was held in a small cell with 12 others, no mattresses and one ...
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The Associated Press
Hunt for Gadhafi: Saddam all over again?
Boston Herald
Gadhafi's wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighboring Algeria on Monday. But the Obama administration said it has no indication Gadhafi has left the country. As US forces learned in the massive, monthslong manhunt for Iraqi dictator Saddam ...
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Libya rebels demand return of Kadhafi family
Bangkok Post
Moamer Kadhafi's wife and three children fled to Algeria, as rebels closed in on his hometown of Sirte and said the longtime strongman still posed a danger to Libya and the world. Rebel fighters pray on the last day of the fasting month of Ramadan on ...
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Libya Rebels Advance On Gaddafi's Home Town
Sky News
Rebel forces are converging on Colonel Gaddafi's home town of Sirte, intent on seizing the formerLibyan leader's last bastion of support. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe ...
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AU Commission Chief Says Gadhafi Forces Must Accept Defeat
Voice of America
August 29, 2011 AU Commission Chief Says Gadhafi Forces Must Accept Defeat Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia African Union Commission chief Jean Ping says loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya must accept defeat and stop fighting. ...
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Five Steps To Building A Post-Gaddafi Libya
Sky News
Looking at the evolving situation in Libya, I find it difficult to avoid comparing it to a range of similar conflict and post-conflict zones that I have been involved with in the past. While no conflict, or reconstruction effort in the aftermath, ...
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Sky News
Anxious Libyan families await news of loved ones
AFP
BENGHAZI, Libya — The ship docks in Libya's rebel bastion of Benghazi and families rush to greet it, anxiously asking the disembarking passengers if they know the whereabouts of their missing loved ones. "Is he in a prison in Tripoli? ...
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AFP
Foreign Office diplomats set up in Libyan capital
BBC News
British diplomats have arrived in Tripoli as part of the government's plan to increase its presence in the Libyan capital. The small Foreign Office team will prepare for the arrival of more diplomats, but no date has been set for reopening the British ...
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BBC News
Newspaper review: Libya urged to give up siege suspect
BBC News
Several newspapers call for Libya's new rulers to change their decision not to give up the man suspected of killing Pc Yvonne Fletcher in 1984. Many papers play with their headlines on Hurricane Irene, which swept through New York on Saturday. ...
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BBC News
America's Secret Libya War
Daily Beast
The US military has spent about $1 billion on Libya's revolution, and secretly helped NATO with everything from munitions to surveillance aircraft. John Barry provides an exclusive look at Obama's emerging “covert intervention” strategy. ...
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Daily Beast
LIBYA: Moammar Kadafi's son Khamis reportedly killed in airstrike
Los Angeles Times
Khamis Kadafi, the youngest son of longtime Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi, has been killed in a NATO airstrike, Sky News reported. The British network said a man claiming to be Khamis Kadafi's bodyguard said the younger Kadafi was in a Toyota Land ...
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Libya rebels seek return of fleeing Kadhafi kin
The West Australian
TRIPOLI (AFP) - Libya's rebels were on Tuesday seeking the return from Algeria of Moamer Kadhafi's wife and three children, while hunting down the longtime Libyanstrongman and closing in on his hometown Sirte. "We'd like those persons to come back," ...
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The West Australian
COLUMN: Libyan insurgency has not yet proven it will govern better than Gadhafi
Oklahoma Daily
Moammar Gadhafi's rule of Libya is quickly drawing to an end. Dissident forces have routed Gadhafi loyalists along the Tunisian border and throughout most of Tripoli. On its surface, the LibyanRevolution looks like an all-too-rare instance of freedom ...
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30/08/2011From 'contact group' to 'friends of Libya'
Expatica France
The international contact group on Libya is due to gather in Paris on Thursday, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposing to turn it into a gathering of the "Friends of Libya." The informal group comprises 28 countries and seven international ...
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Pinoys in Libya urged to avail themselves of repatriation program
Sun.Star
DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Rafael Seguis, who is currently in Libya, is making a last-ditch effort to convince Filipinos there to leave the strife-torn country and board the third International Organization for Migration ...
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Italy's Eni says signs memorandum with Libyan NTC
Platts
Italy's Eni and the Libyan National Transitional Council Monday signed a memorandum "that strengthens cooperation in Libya between the parties," Eni said. "Under the terms of the memorandum, Eni and NTC are committed to creating the conditions for a ...
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Migrants in Libya camp claim rape
Aljazeera.net
They had lived in Libya for two years and came to the port in June. Like hundreds of other migrants from Nigeria, Chad, Senegal and other impoverished African countries, they had fled to the camp to escape NATO bombings and impending street battles. ...
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Two ships loaded with humanitarian aid on their way to Tripoli
Malta Independent Online
“Since the situation in Libya goes from bad to worse, the owners of the company have decided to use the ship to transport humanitarian aid to Libya after liaising with NATO. “Five crew, Indonesian and African nationals, and six Libyan volunteers are on ...
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'Premature' for firms to go back into Libya
China Daily
By Ding Qingfen and Li Jiabao (China Daily) BEIJING - Even as an increasing number of countries recognize the National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya's new government and some Chinese companies consider a return to the market, it's still too risky ...
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China Daily
Recognition of Libyan govt: You goofed, David West carpets Jonathan
Daily Sun
Tam David West has deplored Nigeria's recognition of the Transitional Government formed by rebels in Libya, describing it as rash and embarrassing. The ex-minister said President Goodluck Jonathan goofed and embarrassed Nigeria with his hasty ...
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The girl who killed for Gaddafi, Nisreen Mansour al Forgani recruited to kill ...
NEWS.com.au
"There were about 1000 girls from all over Libya," Nisreen recalls of their training camp in Tripoli. The recruits were instructed in the use of firearms, and Nisreen was trained as a sniper. Several female former bodyguards of Muammar Gaddafi claim ...
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Europe's bid to free Libya assets hits snag
Channel News Asia
UNITED NATIONS: China has held up moves by Britain, France and Germany to get a UN sanctions committee to release five billion dollars of frozen Libyan assets to buy emergency aid, diplomats said Monday. The United States had to threaten to seek a full ...
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Libya: Tripoli hit by blackouts amid sabotage fears
Telegraph.co.uk
It is a battle Libya's new rulers do not appear to be winning. "We can meet less than 60 per cent of our demand," said Abdurahman Algiali, the operations manager in the control room for western Libya. "There has been a lot of damage to the transmission ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Nonaligned in the Arab Spring
Hindustan Times (blog)
Exports have risen nearly 30% since the height of the Arab Spring, with arms worth £30.5 million sold to countries such as Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, Egypt and Saudi Arabia between February and June this year. The figure for the same period in 2010 was ...
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Three UK doctors who went out ot Libya on mercy mission
Mirror.co.uk
by Martin Fricker, Daily Mirror 30/08/2011 MILLIONS of people have watched Libya'srevolution... but just seeing the events on TV wasn't enough for some. Three doctors – born and brought up in Tripoli – decided to leave Britain and spend their summer ...
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Mirror.co.uk
Niger to Protect Citizens from Libyan Conflict Spillover, Says Official
Voice of America
August 29, 2011 Niger to Protect Citizens from Libyan Conflict Spillover, Says Official Peter Clottey A leading member of Niger's ruling Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya) says the government is stepping up efforts to combat any security ...
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Gadhafi's wife, 3 children flee to Algeria
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
By BEN HUBBARD and HADEEL AL-SHALCHI AP TRIPOLI, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighboring Algeria on Monday, firm evidence that the longtime leader has lost his grip on the country. ...
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Leaked: UN's Plan for Post-Gadhafi Libya -- News from Antiwar.com
By Jason Ditz
The differences between the two plans may eventually be the source of some tension between NATO and the UN, which both have different visions of how they will run Libya. Given the UN's belief that NATO is still free to operate as it wants, ...
News From Antiwar.com
Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 30, 2011 « Stop ...
By richardrozoff
Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 30, 2011. August 30, 2011 richardrozoff Leave a comment Go to comments. ==== NTC: NATO Ensured Victory, Must Stay In Libya. Obama Doctrine: U.S. Libyan War Tactics Model For Syria, ...
Stop NATO
Libya rebels demand Algeria return Gaddafi's family - News - Mail ...
Libya's rebels accused neighbouring Algeria of an act of aggression for admitting the fleeing wife of Muammar Gaddafi and three of his children.
Mail & Guardian News Feed
Libyan Lockerbie bomber near death, family says - Army News ...
By The Associated Press
TRIPOLI, Libya — The former Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing is close to death and slipping in and out of consciousness, his family said Monday, a week after the regime that protected him was ousted ...
Army Times - News
Gadhafi's wife, 3 children flee Libya - Home » Other Sections ...
Throughout the six-month Libyan uprising, rebels have accused Algeria of providing Gadhafi with mercenaries to repress the revolt. Over the weekend, the Egyptian news agency MENA, quoting unidentified rebel fighters, reported that six ...
philstar.com - Breaking News
Libyan rebels ask NATO continue assistance - Marine Corps News ...
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan rebel leaders asked NATO on Monday to keep up pressure on elements of Moammar Gadhafi's regime and to protect those struggling to restore electricity and water to the battle-scarred capital of Tripoli.
Marine Corps Times - News
PHR: Libya troops held civilians as human shields | The Associated ...
By The Associated Press
Libyan troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi forced civilians to act as human shields, perching children on tanks to deter NATO attacks, human rights investigators said. It was part of a pattern of rapes, slayings, "disappearances" and other war ...
Examiner AP RSS
AU head: Libya rebels may be killing black workers - World news
Libyan rebels may be indiscriminately killing black people because they have confused innocent migrant workers with mercenaries,...
Mail.com: US
Gaza Terror Groups Acquire Weapons from Libya | New Middle East ...
By admin
Another Israeli official told the news agency that “thousands” of the weapons had reached Gaza in recent months but did not provide figures on how many had originated in Libya. Smuggling of weapons meant for Gaza terror groups is a major ...
New Middle East News
Anxious Libyan families await news of loved ones
The ship docks in Libya's rebel bastion of Benghazi and families rush to greet it, anxiously asking.
Ottawa Citizen - News
Iran invites Libya rebel chief to Tehran: statement | Pakistan Today ...
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NATO admits UK and France may have troops in Libya | Set You ...
By Renata
In an interview with the EUobserver website, an unnamed NATO official admitted Britain and France may have deployed troops in Libya, but said that it would be “unfair to call them NATO forces.” In comments carried by state news channel ...
Set You Free News
Family members of Libyan leader Gaddafi flee to Algeria | Breaking ...
By BNO News
ALGIERS (BNO NEWS) -- The wife and several children of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fled into neighboring Algeria on Monday morning, the Algerian government confirmed. Gaddafi's wife, Safia, his pregnant daughter, Aisha, his sons ...
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XE.com - WRAPUP 1-Libya rebels demand Algeria return Gaddafi ...
Libya's rebels accused neighbouring Algeria of an act of aggression for admitting the fleeing wife of Muammar Gaddafi and three of his children, but the whereabouts of the former strongman himself remain a mystery a week after his ...
XE Forex News
Guest post: re-inventing Libya's economy | beyondbrics | News and ...
By beyondbrics
The leadership of Libya will oppose any permanent boots on the ground (at least at first, bases can come later) and the ability of the western allies to sway the actions of the Transitional Council (TNC) will diminish once Qaddafi's forces are ...
beyondbrics
Libya S.O.S.: Battle for Libya: news 21. August 2011. Tripoli under fire
Battle for Libya: news 21. August 2011. Tripoli under fire. The Brother Leader Gaddafi (Qadhafi, Kadhafi) with his uniform and kalashnikof - in Tripoli [Al ...
libyasos.blogspot.com/.../battle-for-libya-news-21-august-201...
Libya News Presenter waves gun Live On Air - YouTube
FULL VIDEO:: at this link: http://tiny.cc/hex24 RT Lizze Phelan libya news, Libya Zawiya rebels Libya, violence Libya unrest, Libya protests Lybia Moammar, G...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=49XEx7YvwN0&feature...
Markets in Positive Territory on Libya News - Fox Business Video ...
Markets in Positive Territory on Libya News. Aug 22, 2011. - 0:57 -. FBN's Stuart Varney breaks down the stories moving the markets to start ...
video.foxbusiness.com/.../markets-in-positive-territory-on-liby...
Battle for Libya: news 23. August 2011. :: www.uruknet.info ...
Tripoli is still under Libyan govt control: to rename Green Square is an unacceptable political act by google ?? Google-maps has already renamed the Green ...
uruknet.net/?p=m80736&hd=&size=1&l=e
TV LIBYA NEWS FROM TRIBUNAL - Ustream
TV LIBYA NEWS FROM TRIBUNAL @ USTREAM: TV LIBYA NEWS FROM INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL TO AGRASIVE IN LIBYA OH WORD NEWS COM ...
www.ustream.tv/channel/tv-libya-news-from-tribunal

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