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Siege city Misrata in first Libya poll in 40 years
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February 20, 2012 05:42 PM
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MISRATA, Libya: Residents of the battle-scarred town of Misrata voted on Monday to elect their local council, in Libya's first poll in more than 40 years and held four months after the killing of Muammar Gadhafi. "This is an historic event. We hope these elections will be an example"...
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Libya lawyer recalls arrest that sparked uprising
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February 16, 2012 08:40 PM
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TRIPOLI: When Abdullah Senussi ordered the arrest of lawyer Fethi Tarbel on February 15 last year, Libya's then intelligence chief did not realise he was effectively signing the death warrant of Moamer Kadhafi's regime. Tarbel, a human rights activist and former political prisoner, was the...
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Libya says will strike back if Kadhafi men behind unrest
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January 24, 2012 08:22 PM
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TRIPOLI: Libya said it will strike back if diehards of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi were behind deadly clashes in his former bastion of Bani Walid where confusion ruled Tuesday as to who was behind the unrest. Five people were killed and several wounded on Monday when...
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AU wants to turn the page with Libya post-Kadhafi
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January 16, 2012 10:11 PM
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TRIPOLI, Jan 16, 2012: The African Union wants to turn the page in its ties with Libya's new rulers, the head of the AU's executive arm said on Monday on his first visit to the country since the ouster of Moamer Kadhafi."What I told the authorities firstly is that the past is the past, no matter...
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Gadhafi's son, spymaster face Libyan justice
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November 21, 2011 12:08 PM
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TRIPOLI: Moamer Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam and his spymaster Abdullah Senussi were on Monday both behind bars as Libya's new leaders moved to bring the former regime's two most wanted men to justice. The National Transitional Council, Libya's interim authority, insists that Seif,...
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Jailed Gadhafi supporters demand freedom
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November 21, 2011 11:19 AM
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TRIPOLI: Inmates accused of bearing arms under the ousted regime of Libya's slain dictator Moamer Gadhafi have been rotting in jail for weeks with no charges against them, and now they want their freedom. "First of all we want to know why we are here," said one prisoner, echoing the...
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Libya has obligation to surrender Saif : ICC spokesman
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November 19, 2011 01:17 PM
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THE HAGUE/TRIPOLI: Libya has an obligation to surrender Mommar Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam, a spokesman for the International Criminal Court said Saturday, but he did not exclude the possibility of a trial in Libya. "An arrest warrant has been issued by the ICC. The Libyan authorities...
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Libya's ex-rebels demand role in government
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November 18, 2011 01:37 PM
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TRIPOLI: Former rebel fighters in Libya are raising the stakes by demanding a role in the interim government which is currently being formed, amid rising tensions over the naming of an army chief of staff. Abdelkarim Belhaj, the former jihadist who heads the military council in the Libyan capital,...
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Libya's Ain Zara prison breaks with dark past
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November 18, 2011 11:15 AM
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TRIPOLI: Officials at Libya's Ain Zara prison are trying to make a clean break and shake off the jail's bad reputation as a torture centre and tragic last stop for Moamer Kadhafi's opponents. "We used to wake up to the screams of tortured prisoners," said the facility's...
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Libyan fighters raise flag over Gadhafi desert redoubt
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October 17, 2011 10:03 AM
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BANI WALID, Libya: Libyan fighters raised the new government's flag over the desert oasis of Bani Walid Monday and hailed an exodus of regime families from the only other redoubt of Moammar Gadhafi's forces, his hometown Sirte. National Transitional Council commanders said there...
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Libya slams UN chief over civilian deaths comments
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August 13, 2011 01:21 PM
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TRIPOLI: Libya on Saturday accused UN chief Ban Ki-moon of playing with words after he acknowledged NATO efforts to avoid civilian casualties a day after urging restraint over "unacceptably" high deaths. "The secretary general has consistently called for restraint and caution to...
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Libya says NATO bombed clinic, alliance denies
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July 26, 2011 11:29 AM
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ZLITEN, Libya: Libya accused NATO of a deadly raid on a clinic as the top U.S. military officer deemed the air campaign at a “stalemate” and Britain eased its stance on strongman Moamer Gadhafi’s future. The reported NATO airstrike on the small clinic in Zliten east of Tripoli...
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Tripoli bombed, Gadhafi lashes 'colonial plot'
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July 24, 2011 01:01 PM
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TRIPOLI: NATO warplanes blitzed a string of military targets in Tripoli on Sunday, an official said, as embattled Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi blamed a "colonial plot" for the conflict engulfing his country. "In Tripoli there were two command and control nodes, two surface-to-air...
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Fresh blasts in Tripoli after NATO airstrikes
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July 24, 2011 11:04 AM
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TRIPOLI: Fresh explosions rocked Tripoli and its suburbs early Sunday after NATO said its warplanes had hit a military command center in the Libyan capital. Two blasts occurred at 00:50 am (2250 GMT) in the area housing strongman Moammar Gadhafi's residence in the heart of the capital,...
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Libya fires back at ICC arrest warrant for Gadhafi
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June 28, 2011 11:40 AM
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TRIPOLI: Moammar Gadhafi’s government has hit back at an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for war crimes against the veteran Libyan leader, charging the tribunal was just a tool of European powers.On the ground, rebel fighters Tuesday launched an attack on an arms depot held by...
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