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Gadhafi Forces Shell Frontline City in West Libya

MISRATA, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi's forces shelled civilian areas in the rebel-held city of Misrata on Thursday, killing 10 people. Regime supporters and opponents battled on another front in western Libya for control of a crossing point along the Tunisian border, killing refugees as they fled. Rockets and other artillery...

Gadhafi Regime Hands Weapons to Civilians

GAZAHIYA, Libya -- A 22-year-old university student balanced an unloaded grenade launcher on his shoulder, grunted loudly in place of an explosion as he pulled the trigger, then handed the weapon to the next man. The military drill on the lawn of a clinic in a remote village in government-controlled western Libya was part...

Libya Rebels: NATO Accidentally Killed 12 of Our Fighters

A NATO airstrike has accidentally killed up to 12 Libyan rebels in an apparent case of mistaken friendly fire that rebel commanders say could have been avoided. At first, Libyan rebels who've been pleading for more help from NATO in battling Moammar Gadhafi's forces were hesitant to even admit the deaths from Wednesday's...

NATO: F-16 Fighter Jet Crash-Lands at Italian Airbase

BRUSSELS -- An F-16 fighter-bomber from the United Arab Emirates crashed on landing Wednesday at an air base in southern Italy after completing a transfer flight from another base, officials said. He said the pilot ejected safely after landing on the outbound runway at the air base at Sigonella in western Sicily at 11:35...

Gadhafi's Daughter: 'You Never Know When a Rocket or Bomb Might Hit You'

As NATO bombs rain down on Moammar Gadhafi's compound, the daughter of the Libyan dictator says she's been telling her three young children bedtime stories about the afterlife "to make them ready." "In a time of war, you never know when a rocket or a bomb might hit you, and that will be the end," Aisha Gadhafi, 36, told...

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An Open Letter to President Hollande Concerning the Syrian Disaster

At Cannes, the film I shot during the seven-month campaign for the liberation of Libya was shown in the presence of two Syrian fighters who were able to leave their country clandestinely.

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Yvonne Fletcher Killing: Libyan PM Claims Former Intelligence Head 'Holds Key' To Unsolved Case

Libya's former head of intelligence holds the key to solving the murder of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher, the Libyan prime minister has claimed.

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Libyan PM Lays White Roses And Pauses In Silence At Scene Of Yvonne Fletcher Murder

In one of the most significant diplomatic gestures since 1984 Libyan prime minister Abdurrahim El-Keib has made an historic visit to the spot where policewoman Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead.

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Abdel Baset al-Megrahi Dead: Lockerbie Bomber Dies Of Cancer In Libya

Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, 59, has died at his home in Libya from cancer.

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Libya: NATO Underplayed Civilian Deaths, Human Rights Group Claims

NATO air strikes killed 72 civilians in Libya last year, Human Rights Watch said on Monday, accusing the western alliance of failing to acknowledge the scope of collateral damage it caused during the campaign that helped oust Muammar Gaddafi.

Libya News From the Web

06/01/12 LibLink: Paddy Ashdown â Syria shows the lessons of... Source: Liberal Democrat Voice Paddy Ashdown writes in the Times today about Syria.
06/01/12 Moussa Asks Govt to Honestly Explain 'Gas Crisis' Source: Namibia News Rebels moving west to attack, their trail of violence could be easily proven by fact finding missions.
06/01/12 7.6m counterfeit cigarettes seized Source: The Malta Independent Online A huge quantity of counterfeit cigarettes all 7.6 million of them were seized by Malta Customs last week when officials scanned the container they were in and were not satisfied with what they saw.
06/01/12 Libya says ready to try Gaddafi loyalists Source: News24 - South Africa The civilian trials of senior officials in Muammar Gaddafi's former government will begin in early June with his former spy chief, Libya's prosecutor general said on Thursday.
06/01/12 Russia concerned about uncontrolled spread of arms... Source: Voice of Russia The Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, has said that the Libya conflict has resulted in an uncontrolled spread of arms from the North African country.

Background on Libya

Libya ( '), Berber: ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ) is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.

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