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18 Sudanese Killed in Libya Unrest: State Media
Eighteen Sudanese have been killed by a rocket strike in the Libyan capital, but Khartoum says the situation does not yet warrant an evacuation of its nationals, official media reported.
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End of siege fails to dispel Libyan security fears
Gunmen have ended a siege of Libya's foreign and justice ministries but the two-week standoff has left many unresolved questions about the government's ability to impose its authority in the capital, let alone the restive east of the country.
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Britain withdraws some Libya embassy staff amid unrest
Britain is temporarily pulling out some staff from its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli due to security concerns over recent political unrest, the Foreign Office said on Friday.
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New fighting breaks out in Libyan capital
A gunbattle erupted between revolutionary forces and Muammar Gaddafi supporters on Friday in the heart of the Libyan capital for the first time since the longtime leader was ousted and forced into hiding.
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Libya: Anti-Gaddafi fighters capture Sirte's port
Anti-Gaddafi forces overran Sirte's port on Tuesday, but in the other stronghold of supporters of the ousted Libyan leader, the new regime's fighters were beaten back by fierce resistance.
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World will stand with post-Gaddafi Libya: Obama
Seeking to bolster a nation in transition, US President Barack Obama is promising the Libyan people that the world will stand with them as they reshape their country following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
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In empty Tripoli hospital, piles of dead bodies
Dozens of bodies lie in an abandoned Tripoli hospital in a neighbourhood of the Libyan capital that has seen some of the heaviest clashes this week between rebels and Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists.
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NATO racing to wrap up Libya campaign
With NATO's bombing of Libya now in its sixth month, a new sense of urgency is gripping the alliance before two critical deadlines next month.After months of combat stalemate, the insurgents have made dramatic gains in recent weeks. An offensive from their beleaguered enclave in the Nafuz Mountains resulted in the capture of the strategic Mediterra...
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Libyan rebels capture coastal city of Zawiya
Libyan rebels expelled government forces from the strategic western city of Zawiya on Saturday, a major victory for the opposition in their march on Moammar Gaddafi's stronghold of Tripoli.The territory remaining under the Libyan ruler's control has been shrinking dramatically in the past three weeks, with opposition fighters advancing on the capit...
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US formally recognises Libya rebels
The United States and other nations on Friday formally recognised Libya's main opposition group as the country's legitimate government until a new interim authority is formed.The decision, which declared Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's regime no longer legitimate, will potentially free up cash that the rebels fighting Libyan forces urgently need.Th...
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NATO admits first civilian casualties in Libya
NATO has said that it regretted its first civilian casualties in Libya and its second misfire in 24 hours, as strains emerged within the alliance and rebel forces failed to make progress on the ground.In a statement, the alliance acknowledged responsibility for civilian deaths in a Tripoli bombing raid that left nine dead, including two toddlers."N...
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Gaddafi vows to fight till the end as NATO continues airstrikes
Libyan ruler Moammar Gaddafi vowed to fight to the death in a defiant speech Tuesday after NATO military craft unleashed a ferocious series of some daytime airstrikes on Tripoli.In a phone call to Libyan state television station, Gaddafi angrily denounced the rebels who rose up against him in mid-February, inspired by a wave of Arab uprisings."We w...
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NATO carries out series of air strikes in Libyan capital
NATO blasted Tripoli with a series of air strikes early Thursday, sending shuddering booms through the city.Ambulances, sirens blaring, could be heard racing through the Libyan capital after the rattling blasts. A NATO statement said the attacks hit military vehicle and ammunition depots, a surface-to-air missile launcher and fire control radar.Lib...
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Tripoli hit by NATO airstrikes in heaviest bombing yet
NATO warplanes bombarded targets in Tripoli with more than 20 airstrikes early Tuesday, striking around Moammar Gaddafi's residential compound in what appeared to be the heaviest night of bombing of the Libyan capital since the Western alliance launched its air campaign against his forces.The rapid string of strikes, all within less than half an ho...
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Libya offers truce to UN as revolt enters fourth month
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's prime minister has offered a truce to the visiting UN special envoy to Libya, Abdul-Ilah al-Khatib, in return for an immediate NATO ceasefire, as an anti-regime revolt entered a fourth month.The head of Britain's armed forces, meanwhile, said NATO should widen its bombing campaign to ensure Gaddafi is unable to cling...
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18 Sudanese Killed in Libya Unrest: State Media
Eighteen Sudanese have been killed by a rocket strike in the Libyan capital, but Khartoum says the situation does not yet warrant an evacuation of its nationals, official media reported.
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End of siege fails to dispel Libyan security fears
Gunmen have ended a siege of Libya's foreign and justice ministries but the two-week standoff has left many unresolved questions about the government's ability to impose its authority in the capital, let alone the restive east of the country.
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Britain withdraws some Libya embassy staff amid unrest
Britain is temporarily pulling out some staff from its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli due to security concerns over recent political unrest, the Foreign Office said on Friday.
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New fighting breaks out in Libyan capital
A gunbattle erupted between revolutionary forces and Muammar Gaddafi supporters on Friday in the heart of the Libyan capital for the first time since the longtime leader was ousted and forced into hiding.
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Libya: Anti-Gaddafi fighters capture Sirte's port
Anti-Gaddafi forces overran Sirte's port on Tuesday, but in the other stronghold of supporters of the ousted Libyan leader, the new regime's fighters were beaten back by fierce resistance.
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World will stand with post-Gaddafi Libya: Obama
Seeking to bolster a nation in transition, US President Barack Obama is promising the Libyan people that the world will stand with them as they reshape their country following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
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In empty Tripoli hospital, piles of dead bodies
Dozens of bodies lie in an abandoned Tripoli hospital in a neighbourhood of the Libyan capital that has seen some of the heaviest clashes this week between rebels and Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists.
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NATO racing to wrap up Libya campaign
With NATO's bombing of Libya now in its sixth month, a new sense of urgency is gripping the alliance before two critical deadlines next month.After months of combat stalemate, the insurgents have made dramatic gains in recent weeks. An offensive from their beleaguered enclave in the Nafuz Mountains resulted in the capture of the strategic Mediterra...
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Libyan rebels capture coastal city of Zawiya
Libyan rebels expelled government forces from the strategic western city of Zawiya on Saturday, a major victory for the opposition in their march on Moammar Gaddafi's stronghold of Tripoli.The territory remaining under the Libyan ruler's control has been shrinking dramatically in the past three weeks, with opposition fighters advancing on the capit...
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US formally recognises Libya rebels
The United States and other nations on Friday formally recognised Libya's main opposition group as the country's legitimate government until a new interim authority is formed.The decision, which declared Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's regime no longer legitimate, will potentially free up cash that the rebels fighting Libyan forces urgently need.Th...
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NATO admits first civilian casualties in Libya
NATO has said that it regretted its first civilian casualties in Libya and its second misfire in 24 hours, as strains emerged within the alliance and rebel forces failed to make progress on the ground.In a statement, the alliance acknowledged responsibility for civilian deaths in a Tripoli bombing raid that left nine dead, including two toddlers."N...
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Gaddafi vows to fight till the end as NATO continues airstrikes
Libyan ruler Moammar Gaddafi vowed to fight to the death in a defiant speech Tuesday after NATO military craft unleashed a ferocious series of some daytime airstrikes on Tripoli.In a phone call to Libyan state television station, Gaddafi angrily denounced the rebels who rose up against him in mid-February, inspired by a wave of Arab uprisings."We w...
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NATO carries out series of air strikes in Libyan capital
NATO blasted Tripoli with a series of air strikes early Thursday, sending shuddering booms through the city.Ambulances, sirens blaring, could be heard racing through the Libyan capital after the rattling blasts. A NATO statement said the attacks hit military vehicle and ammunition depots, a surface-to-air missile launcher and fire control radar.Lib...
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Tripoli hit by NATO airstrikes in heaviest bombing yet
NATO warplanes bombarded targets in Tripoli with more than 20 airstrikes early Tuesday, striking around Moammar Gaddafi's residential compound in what appeared to be the heaviest night of bombing of the Libyan capital since the Western alliance launched its air campaign against his forces.The rapid string of strikes, all within less than half an ho...
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Libya offers truce to UN as revolt enters fourth month
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's prime minister has offered a truce to the visiting UN special envoy to Libya, Abdul-Ilah al-Khatib, in return for an immediate NATO ceasefire, as an anti-regime revolt entered a fourth month.The head of Britain's armed forces, meanwhile, said NATO should widen its bombing campaign to ensure Gaddafi is unable to cling...
