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LIBYA News, Aug 31, 2011


Libya rebels give Qaddafi loyalists an ultimatum
CBS News
HEISHA, Libya - Libyan rebels say they're closing in on Muammar Qaddafi and have issued an ultimatum to regime loyalists in the fugitive dictator's hometown of Sirte, his main remaining bastion: surrender this weekend or face an attack. ...
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Go get the Lockerbie bomber from Libya
Chicago Tribune
Does President Barack Obama care that the terrorist convicted only a decade ago of killing 189 Americans is reportedly running around Libya? The Lockerbie bomber, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was tried in the United Kingdom and then released two years ago ...
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Libya 'rejects UN military force'
BBC News
Libya's interim leadership has rejected the idea of deploying any kind of international military force, the UN envoy to the country has said. Ian Martin said the UN had considered the deployment of military observers. Earlier, the chairman of the ...
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BBC News
Libya rights abuses: Evidence assessed
BBC News
In the week and more since Libyan rebels entered Tripoli, horror stories of human rights violations have been emerging. The UN's rights body (OHCHR) says it is extremely alarmed by the reports of mass killings. "We are also deeply concerned about ...
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BBC News
Libya woes not over
Boston Herald
By Peter Brookes When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton jets to Paris this week for a meeting of the Contact Group on Libya (eg, France, Britain), no doubt there'll be plenty of self-congratulations over the end of Col. Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year ...
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Growing hints of rivalry over who will govern Libya
The Seattle Times
Much of Tripoli remains divided up into fiefs, and this jockeying for power illustrates the challenge a new provisional government will face in trying to unify Libya's fractious political landscape. By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and ROD NORDLAND AP Libyans ...
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Libya rebels find suspect in cop killing: Telegraph
AFP
LONDON — Libya's NTC confirmed on Tuesday it knows the whereabouts of a man suspected by Britain of being an accomplice in the 1984 murder of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher, threatening a diplomatic row. Britain's public prosecution service named Matouk ...
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AFP
Iran Reaches Out to Libya's Rebels
Voice of America
August 30, 2011 Iran Reaches Out to Libya's Rebels VOA News Iran is making overtures to Libya'srebels, announcing its first formal contact with Libya's opposition Transitional National Council (TNC). According to a foreign ministry statement Tuesday, ...
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RAF crews face sack as Libya campaign rages
Telegraph.co.uk
Almost 1000 RAF personnel will be sacked on Thursday, even as the Air Force continues to fly missions over Libya. By James Kirkup, and Andrew Porter Ministers have heaped praise on the RAF for the Libyan campaign but are pressing ahead with this week's ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
In Iraq and Afghanistan, War-Weary Eyes Turn Toward Libya
New York Times (blog)
At War asked four journalists from Iraq and Afghanistan to share their observations about the revolt in Libya. Ali Hamdani is an Iraqi doctor who used to work as a journalist with The New York Times, The Times of London and NPR in Baghdad. ...
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New York Times (blog)
DFA: PHL govt proud of Pinoy nurses who stayed in Libya
GMANews.TV
The Philippine government is proud of the Filipino nurses who chose to remain in strife-torn Libya to render humanitarian assistance there, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesman Raul Hernandez said on Wednesday. “In a way we are very proud also ...
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AU Rejects Charge of Failing to End Libya Conflict
Voice of America
August 30, 2011 AU Rejects Charge of Failing to End Libya Conflict Peter Clottey The African Union (AU) is rejecting criticism that it has failed to help bring an end to Libya's civil war. Critics say behind the alleged failure are divisions among ...
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Western Tech Firms Helped Libya Repress Citizens, Report Says
Fox News
AP Western technology firms were instrumental in helping Qaddafi's regime spy onLibyan citizens, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Amesys, a unit of French technology firm Bull SA, installed a monitoring center toured by the Journal ...
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Fox News
Zimbabwe Expels Libyan Ambassador
Voice of America (blog)
Zimbabwe's Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi said Tuesday the decision was made after the Libyan embassy declared its allegiance to Libya's Transitional National Council. Last week during a protest, Ambassador Taher Elmagrahi and embassy staff ...
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Kudos to Libya's revolutionaries
gulfnews.com
I applaud the Libyan people for their tough battle to oust their tyrannical leader. Muammar Gaddafi is an egotistical and extremely strange man. I saw this eccentricity first-hand in November 1988 when I worked as a journalist in the UAE and was sent ...
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Dad murders three teenage daughters raped by Gaddafi thugs
Mirror.co.uk
by Chris Hughes, Daily Mirror 31/08/2011 THREE young sisters raped in Libya were murdered by their own dad for bringing “shame” on the family, horrified human rights campaigners claimed last night. The girls, aged 15, 17 and 18, had been attacked by ...
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Coach's concern for Libya players
BBC News
By Piers Edwards The coach preparing to meet Libya in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday says he hopes none of their players have died during the fighting.Libya play Mozambique in a 'home' match relocated to Cairo because of the civil ...
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BBC News
Postwar Libya poses weapons threat
CBC.ca
Beginning of Story Content The uprising against deposed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has unearthed thousands of weapons, from assault rifles to missiles, in arms caches around Tripoli, and a major international NGO is warning of potentially grave ...
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CBC.ca
Emerson goes to Paris for Libya talks
Sydney Morning Herald
Acting foreign minister Craig Emerson will join world leaders at a meeting with Libyan pro-democracy representatives in Paris. Rebels in Libya have issued a Saturday deadline for cities still held by forces loyal to fallen leader Muammar Gaddafi to ...
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An American filmmaker who was held in solitary confinement in Libya's most ...
Daily Mail
Just as the revolution against they Libyan tyrant's 42-year rule was beginning to gather speed, he was caught up in the paranoia of the man known as mad dog. One minute he was taking a photograph of a man serving coffee in the small north-eastern town ...
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Daily Mail
UN Security Council should play leading role in handling Libyan issue: Chinese ...
Xinhua
30 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council should play a leading role in handling the Libyan issue at the next stage, while other countries, international mechanisms and conferences should also play a supplementary role, China's UN Ambassador Li Baodong ...
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Turkish companies eager to get back into Libya for post-Qaddafi work
The National
ISTANBUL // With rebel forces in Libya battling the remnants of the fallen regime of Col Muammar Qaddafi, Turkish businessmen are eager to get back to the North African country. A delegation of Turkish businessmen is expected to travel to Benghazi this ...
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Libya Contact Group To Meet In Paris On Thursday
RTT News
(RTTNews) - A senior-level meeting of the International Contact Group on Libya will be held in French capital Paris on Thursday. The Paris meeting will build on the productive Libya Contact Group meeting in Istanbul last week and will provide the ...
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Libyan man murders three daughters after they were raped by pro-Khadafy troops ...
New York Daily News
BY Nina Mandell AP Misrata, Libya was the center of some of the fiercest fighting in the civil war. Loyalists to Col. Moammar Khadafy raped women and forced civilians, including children, to act as human shields during Libya's months-long civil war, ...
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New York Daily News
Algeria at risk of al-Qaeda revenge attacks after accepting Gaddafi family
Telegraph.co.uk
"A top priority will be the protection of the Gaddafi family, especially as Libyan rebels may try and pursue them here. For this reason they are in a top security area of Algiers." Algeria and Libya have had a lot in common as autocratic regimes, ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Help Libya Americans say no thanks
Politico
Americans want nothing to do with Libya. Almost three-fourths of those polled — 73 percent — said they oppose committing US financial aid to help rebuild Libyaninfrastructure, according to a CNN poll released on Tuesday. Continue Reading Text Size ...
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Politico
Gunvor supplies diesel to Libya's Agoco
Reuters Africa
LONDON Aug 31 (Reuters) - Independent trader Gunvor Group said on Wednesday it has supplied diesel to Libya's oil firm in Benghazi. "Gunvor SA, the Geneva-based trading arm of Gunvor Group Ltd ...confirmed today that it has discharged a cargo of diesel ...
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Star in Libya: Potential for gun mishaps cast a large shadow
Toronto Star
ZUWARA, LIBYA—If not for guns, there would be a lot of idle hands in Libya. Out front of what used to be a high school, Fethi Karshman, 49, whose brother Samir lives in St. Catharines, Ont., is wiping down parts of a Russian anti-aircraft gun. ...
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ENI works to bring Libyan energy back
UPI.com
BENGHAZI, Libya, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A memorandum signed in Benghazi between Libya's transitional government and Italian energy company ENI confirms their robust relationship, the company said. Italian energy company ENI announced it signed a deal with ...
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Sub-Saharan Africans 'at risk' in Libya
News24
Tripoli - People suspected of having fought for Muammar Gaddafi, in particular black Libyans and sub-Saharan Africans, were at high risk of abuse by anti-Kadhafi forces, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. In recent visits to detention centres in ...
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Libya News: Gaddafi Loyalists Given Ultimatum | Interesting News ...
By Clive
Pro-Gaddafi fighters have been given an ultimatum by Libya's new interim council to surrender or face the consequences. Click to see more..
Interesting News from Around the World
PEJ: Libya, Irene, Earthquake Share News Spotlight Last Week ...
By Alex Weprin
PEJ: Libya, Irene, Earthquake Share News Spotlight Last Week.
TVNewser
U.S. sending military aid to Libya neighbors - Marine Corps News ...
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending more than $25 million in military equipment, small boats and other support to Tunisia and Malta, two nations that flank Libya and are key U.S. allies in the tumultuous region, The Associated Press ...
Marine Corps Times - News
NATO vows to remain in Libya — RT
By RT
NATO says that with the Gaddafi regime ousted, it is close to success in Libya. Nevertheless, the alliance promised to remain in the region in order to secure its UN mandate.
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LIBYA: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY | NENA NEWS | NEAR ...
By michele
Published on: http://outernationalist.net/ Photo by Luafi Larbi/Reuters August 30, 2011 00:43 Even before the conflict started in LibyaLibyan.
NENA NEWS | NEAR EAST NEWS AGENCY
Libyan rebels set deadline for final battle | Defense & Security News ...
Libyan rebels have given forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi until Saturday to surrender or face the final battle of a more than six-month uprising against the.
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Libya Rebels Give Gadhafi Forces Saturday Deadline | Radio Sawt ...
By Carol Maher
“He is displaying a capability to exercise some level of command and control,” Colonel Roland Lavoie, military spokesman of the NATO air mission in Libya, told a news briefing in Brussels. “The pro-Gadhafi troops that we see are not in total ...
Radio Sawt Beirut International...
Libya's rebels learn to patrol loyalist territory | The Associated Press ...
By The Associated Press
The rebels roared along the bleak and empty desert highway, leaving the last checkpoint far behind as they probed the no-man's-land that separates them from the final stronghold of Moammar Gadhafi's crumbling regime.
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US wants Libyan review of Lockerbie bomber case (AP) | Stock ...
By Editor - Political News
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has asked Libya's opposition to review the case of the ailing former Libyan intelligence agent.
Rocket News
Libyan rebels say they're closing in on Gadhafi — Maine News ...
By UnBylined
HEISHA, Libya — Libyan rebels say they're closing in on Moammar Gadhafi and issued an ultimatum Tuesday to regime loyalists in the fugitive dictator's hometown of Sirte, his main remaining bastion: surrender this weekend or face an attack.
Bangor Daily News
UN Envoy: Libyan Council Rejects Military 'Observers' -- News from ...
By Jason Ditz
According to a post-meeting press conference, UN envoy to Libya Ian Martin informed the UN Security Council that the rebels have rejected the deployment of military “observers” in the country.... Jason Ditz is news editor of Antiwar.com. ...
News From Antiwar.com
Final battle imminent, says Libya rebel leader
By johnabayomi
Final battle imminent, says Libya rebel leader. On August 30, 2011 · In News · Tweet. BENGHAZI-(AFP) – The launch of the final battle in Libya is imminent, the rebels' military chief Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani told reporters on Tuesday. ...
Vanguard News
Libya Rebels Step Up Assault on Qaddafi's ... - Fox News Insider
By Fox Report
Fox News correspondent Dominic Di-Natale reports live from Tripoli, where it's been one week since rebel guards stormed the Muammar Qaddafi compound only to discover that the Libyan leader wasn't there. However, a former guard told ...
Fox News Insider
Libyan rebels closing in on Gadhafi | News for you
By atompublish
HEISHA, Libya – Libyan rebels say they're closing in on Moammar Gadhafi and have issued an ultimatum to regime loyalists in the fugitive dictator's hometown of Sirte, his main remaining ...
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Liberating Libya for Jihadists « Persecution News
By persecution
This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 at 12:02 am and is filed under Africa, Countries, Islam, LibyaLibyan Arab Jamahiriya, News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a ...
Persecution
Libya rebels pledge assault on Gadhafi stronghold - World news
Libyan rebels pledged Tuesday to launch an assault within days on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, the ousted strongman's last major...
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BBC News - Nato Libya news conference
Nato spokesperson, Oana Lungescu, and military spokesman, Colonel Roland Lavoie will give an update on operations in Libya.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14714223
Libya News Presenter waves gun Live On Air - YouTube
watch Lybia news video http://tinyurl.com/6dnx45e RT Lizze Phelan libya news, Libya Zawiya rebels Libya, violence Libya unrest, Libya protests Lybia ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHjJQvt1OKI&feature=related
Women Covering the Libya News - Politicol News
Women covering the Libya News from Alex Crawford for Sky News or Sara Sidner for CNN, women are bravely entering battle zones for the news.
www.politicolnews.com/women-covering-the-libya-news/
Libya news: Khadafy son emerges in Tripoli at hotel; Denies claimes ...
Col. Moammar Khadafy was being hunted across free Tripoli Monday as the world cheered the sudden success of the Libyan revolution ...
articles.nydailynews.com/.../29936854_1_khadafy-son-mustaf...

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