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40 Killed, 70 Injured In Strike On Libya Migrant Centre: Officials
Nearly 40 migrants were killed and more than 70 wounded in an air strike on their detention centre in a suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli, an emergency services spokesman told AFP.
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US Air Raid Hits ISIS In Libya, 43 Dead
US warplanes launched air strikes against a suspected ISIS training camp in western Libya on Friday, killing more than 40 people, likely including a militant connected to two deadly attacks last year in neighbouring Tunisia.
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Tripoli Forces Hit Islamic State in Libya With Air Strikes
Libya's self-declared government in control of the capital Tripoli has launched air strikes on Islamic State fighters in the city of Sirte, officials and witnesses said earlier on friday.
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Western Libya Rocket Strike Kills Filipino, Wounds 8 People
A Filipino was killed and eight people were wounded when a rocket hit the western Libyan town of Zawiya, a Libyan official said on Monday.
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Libyan state media says NATO airstrike kills 15
Libyan authorities accused NATO of killing 15 people Saturday in an airstrike that hit a restaurant and bakery in the east, though the alliance said there were no indications that civilians had died.It was the latest outcry from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's government blaming NATO for killing civilians amid a four-month uprising that has sparked...
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Libya: NATO air strikes destroy Gaddafi's compound
NATO airstrikes targeted the centre of Moammar Gaddafi's seat of power early Monday, unleashing guided bombs that destroyed a multi-storey library and office in his compound and badly damaged a reception hall for visiting dignitaries.A security official said four people were slightly hurt. Dust was still rising from the rubble when reporters arrive...
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Obama approves use of armed drones in Libya
President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed drones in Libya, authorizing U.S. airstrikes on ground forces for the first time since America turned over control of the operation to NATO on April 4.It also is the first time that drones will be used for airstrikes since the conflict began on March 19, although they have routinely been flying s...
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Libya: Airstrikes hit Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte
Libyan state television reports that international airstrikes are targeting Moammar Gaddafi's hometown and stronghold of Sirte for the first time.Foreign journalists in the city reported loud explosions and warplanes flying overheard.Sirte is strategically located about halfway between the rebel-held east and the Gaddafi-controlled west along a key...
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Tripoli is hit but Gaddafi isn't target, claims US
American and European militaries intensified their barrage of Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's forces by air and sea on Sunday, as the mission moved beyond taking away his ability to use Libyan airspace, to obliterating his hold on the ground as well, allied officials said. On Monday, European nations went out of their way to rebut Libyan claims that civi...
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India regrets air strikes against Libya
American and European forces began a broad campaign of strikes against the government of Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi on Saturday, unleashing warplanes and missiles in a military intervention on a scale not seen in the Arab world since the Iraq war. A statement by the Ministry of External Affairs in India regretted the air strikes that are taking place....
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Libya unrest: Air strike on protesters in Tripoli
Deep cracks opened in Moammar Gaddafi's regime on Monday, as reports circulated of a bloody crackdown on protest in the capital Tripoli, Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigned, and two air force pilots defected.Pro-Gaddafi militia drove around Tripoli with loudspeakers and told people not to leave their homes, witnesses said, as se...
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40 Killed, 70 Injured In Strike On Libya Migrant Centre: Officials
Nearly 40 migrants were killed and more than 70 wounded in an air strike on their detention centre in a suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli, an emergency services spokesman told AFP.
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US Air Raid Hits ISIS In Libya, 43 Dead
US warplanes launched air strikes against a suspected ISIS training camp in western Libya on Friday, killing more than 40 people, likely including a militant connected to two deadly attacks last year in neighbouring Tunisia.
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Tripoli Forces Hit Islamic State in Libya With Air Strikes
Libya's self-declared government in control of the capital Tripoli has launched air strikes on Islamic State fighters in the city of Sirte, officials and witnesses said earlier on friday.
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Western Libya Rocket Strike Kills Filipino, Wounds 8 People
A Filipino was killed and eight people were wounded when a rocket hit the western Libyan town of Zawiya, a Libyan official said on Monday.
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Libyan state media says NATO airstrike kills 15
Libyan authorities accused NATO of killing 15 people Saturday in an airstrike that hit a restaurant and bakery in the east, though the alliance said there were no indications that civilians had died.It was the latest outcry from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's government blaming NATO for killing civilians amid a four-month uprising that has sparked...
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Libya: NATO air strikes destroy Gaddafi's compound
NATO airstrikes targeted the centre of Moammar Gaddafi's seat of power early Monday, unleashing guided bombs that destroyed a multi-storey library and office in his compound and badly damaged a reception hall for visiting dignitaries.A security official said four people were slightly hurt. Dust was still rising from the rubble when reporters arrive...
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Obama approves use of armed drones in Libya
President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed drones in Libya, authorizing U.S. airstrikes on ground forces for the first time since America turned over control of the operation to NATO on April 4.It also is the first time that drones will be used for airstrikes since the conflict began on March 19, although they have routinely been flying s...
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Libya: Airstrikes hit Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte
Libyan state television reports that international airstrikes are targeting Moammar Gaddafi's hometown and stronghold of Sirte for the first time.Foreign journalists in the city reported loud explosions and warplanes flying overheard.Sirte is strategically located about halfway between the rebel-held east and the Gaddafi-controlled west along a key...
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Tripoli is hit but Gaddafi isn't target, claims US
American and European militaries intensified their barrage of Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's forces by air and sea on Sunday, as the mission moved beyond taking away his ability to use Libyan airspace, to obliterating his hold on the ground as well, allied officials said. On Monday, European nations went out of their way to rebut Libyan claims that civi...
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India regrets air strikes against Libya
American and European forces began a broad campaign of strikes against the government of Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi on Saturday, unleashing warplanes and missiles in a military intervention on a scale not seen in the Arab world since the Iraq war. A statement by the Ministry of External Affairs in India regretted the air strikes that are taking place....
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Libya unrest: Air strike on protesters in Tripoli
Deep cracks opened in Moammar Gaddafi's regime on Monday, as reports circulated of a bloody crackdown on protest in the capital Tripoli, Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigned, and two air force pilots defected.Pro-Gaddafi militia drove around Tripoli with loudspeakers and told people not to leave their homes, witnesses said, as se...
