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97 Migrants Reported Missing After Boat Sinks Off Libya
At least 97 migrants went missing after their boat sank Thursday off the Libyan coast, a navy spokesman said.
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Libya Army Says 13 Security Personnel Killed by 'Terrorists'
At least 13 members of Libya's army were killed by "terrorist" violence on Tuesday in the east of the war-torn country, an army spokesman said.
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UN Libya Envoy Condemns Latest Deadly Violence
The UN envoy trying to broker a peace agreement in Libya on Saturday condemned another outbreak of violence and repeated calls for an immediate end to hostilities.
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Barack Obama Urges Gulf Nations to Help With Chaos in Libya
President Barack Obama on Friday urged Gulf nations to help calm the chaotic political situation in Libya, saying that outside military action would not be enough to help reduce tensions in the war-ravaged North African country.
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UN Unveils Proposals to End Libya Crisis
The United Nations unveiled Tuesday a six-point proposal aimed at ending the violence plaguing Libya by establishing a transitional government to rule until a new constitution is adopted and elections held.
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Cluster Bombs Used in Libya's Conflict: Human Rights Watch
Evidence collected by Human Rights Watch show that widely banned cluster bombs have been used in Libya's conflict between two rival governments fighting for control of the North African country, the New York-based group said on Sunday.
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UN-mediated Libya Crisis Talks to Resume Wednesday: Lawmaker
UN-mediated talks in Morocco between Libya's rival parliaments aimed at forming a national unity government will resume Wednesday, a lawmaker for the internationally recognised legislature said.
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Intervention in Libya 'Essential' Says Niger President
A solution to the crisis in Libya is not possible without an international intervention, the President of neighbouring Niger said today.
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Hundreds of Libyans handover their weapons
Hundreds of Libyans converged Saturday on a main square in Benghazi and another in Tripoli in response to a call from the military to hand over their weapons, some driving in with armored personnel carriers, tanks, vehicles with mounted anti-aircraft guns and hundreds of rocket launchers.
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Internet traffic in Libya goes dark amid upheaval
Internet services in Libya, already spotty throughout the country's violent upheaval, appeared completely halted in an attempt to stifle information about the insurrection.
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Libya fight focuses on strategic oil town
Libyan rebels skirmished with government forces around the strategic oil town of Brega on Sunday, making incremental gains backed by international air strikes in the see-saw desert battle for the country.In contrast to the rapid gains and losses of territory that characterized the fighting over the past few weeks, the conflict has stabilized recent...
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Gaddafi rubbishes ceasefire offer by rebels
Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim on Friday dismissed a ceasefire offer made by the rebels saying it was a "trick" and accused western leaders of "crimes against humanity".The rebels said from Benghazi, their de facto capital, that they will agree to a cease-fire if Libyan Leader Moammar Gaddafipulls his military forces out of cities and a...
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Rebels stalled as diplomats meet on Libya in London
Rebels seeking the ouster of Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi traded rocket fire with loyalist forces who blunted the insurgents' westward advance on Tuesday as an array of diplomats and public figures gathered in London to shape a political vision of a post-Gaddafi era."We meet now in London at a turning point," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to...
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Obama cites limits of US role in Libya
President Obama defended the American-led military assault in Libya on Monday, saying it was in the national interest of the United States to stop a potential massacre that would have "stained the conscience of the world."In his first major address since ordering American airstrikes on the forces and artillery of Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi nine days a...
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Libyans call woman who claimed gang rape a prostitute
The Libyan authorities on Sunday attacked the character and credibility of a Libyan woman who burst into a hotel full of foreign journalists to say that she had been abducted and raped by militia members working for Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi, calling her "a known prostitute and a thief." The woman, Eman al-Obeidy, has become well known in Libya and a...
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97 Migrants Reported Missing After Boat Sinks Off Libya
At least 97 migrants went missing after their boat sank Thursday off the Libyan coast, a navy spokesman said.
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Libya Army Says 13 Security Personnel Killed by 'Terrorists'
At least 13 members of Libya's army were killed by "terrorist" violence on Tuesday in the east of the war-torn country, an army spokesman said.
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UN Libya Envoy Condemns Latest Deadly Violence
The UN envoy trying to broker a peace agreement in Libya on Saturday condemned another outbreak of violence and repeated calls for an immediate end to hostilities.
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Barack Obama Urges Gulf Nations to Help With Chaos in Libya
President Barack Obama on Friday urged Gulf nations to help calm the chaotic political situation in Libya, saying that outside military action would not be enough to help reduce tensions in the war-ravaged North African country.
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UN Unveils Proposals to End Libya Crisis
The United Nations unveiled Tuesday a six-point proposal aimed at ending the violence plaguing Libya by establishing a transitional government to rule until a new constitution is adopted and elections held.
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Cluster Bombs Used in Libya's Conflict: Human Rights Watch
Evidence collected by Human Rights Watch show that widely banned cluster bombs have been used in Libya's conflict between two rival governments fighting for control of the North African country, the New York-based group said on Sunday.
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UN-mediated Libya Crisis Talks to Resume Wednesday: Lawmaker
UN-mediated talks in Morocco between Libya's rival parliaments aimed at forming a national unity government will resume Wednesday, a lawmaker for the internationally recognised legislature said.
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Intervention in Libya 'Essential' Says Niger President
A solution to the crisis in Libya is not possible without an international intervention, the President of neighbouring Niger said today.
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Hundreds of Libyans handover their weapons
Hundreds of Libyans converged Saturday on a main square in Benghazi and another in Tripoli in response to a call from the military to hand over their weapons, some driving in with armored personnel carriers, tanks, vehicles with mounted anti-aircraft guns and hundreds of rocket launchers.
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Internet traffic in Libya goes dark amid upheaval
Internet services in Libya, already spotty throughout the country's violent upheaval, appeared completely halted in an attempt to stifle information about the insurrection.
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Libya fight focuses on strategic oil town
Libyan rebels skirmished with government forces around the strategic oil town of Brega on Sunday, making incremental gains backed by international air strikes in the see-saw desert battle for the country.In contrast to the rapid gains and losses of territory that characterized the fighting over the past few weeks, the conflict has stabilized recent...
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Gaddafi rubbishes ceasefire offer by rebels
Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim on Friday dismissed a ceasefire offer made by the rebels saying it was a "trick" and accused western leaders of "crimes against humanity".The rebels said from Benghazi, their de facto capital, that they will agree to a cease-fire if Libyan Leader Moammar Gaddafipulls his military forces out of cities and a...
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Rebels stalled as diplomats meet on Libya in London
Rebels seeking the ouster of Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi traded rocket fire with loyalist forces who blunted the insurgents' westward advance on Tuesday as an array of diplomats and public figures gathered in London to shape a political vision of a post-Gaddafi era."We meet now in London at a turning point," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to...
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Obama cites limits of US role in Libya
President Obama defended the American-led military assault in Libya on Monday, saying it was in the national interest of the United States to stop a potential massacre that would have "stained the conscience of the world."In his first major address since ordering American airstrikes on the forces and artillery of Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi nine days a...
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Libyans call woman who claimed gang rape a prostitute
The Libyan authorities on Sunday attacked the character and credibility of a Libyan woman who burst into a hotel full of foreign journalists to say that she had been abducted and raped by militia members working for Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi, calling her "a known prostitute and a thief." The woman, Eman al-Obeidy, has become well known in Libya and a...
