News: Libya

We have started to collect the most important news related to Libya in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Libya: news

Police chief of Benghazi killed

Wednesday, November 21st 2012, 11:44
related countries: United States

The police chief of the Libyan city of Benghazi, who took up his post after the US embassy attack, is assassinated by unknown gunmen.
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Petraeus: Benghazi a 'terror' attack

Friday, November 16th 2012, 21:02
related countries: United States
related places: Congress

Former CIA chief Gen David Petraeus says the deadly assault on a US consulate in Libya was a terror attack, a week after quitting over an affair.
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Clinton 'to testify on Benghazi'

Friday, November 16th 2012, 2:29
related countries: United States

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify about an attack on the US consulate in Libya that saw four Americans killed, a congresswoman says.
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Fiery Obama defends UN envoy Rice

Thursday, November 15th 2012, 0:56
related countries: United States
related places: Rice

President Barack Obama lambasts top Republicans as they attack his UN ambassador over the deadly attack on the US consulate in Libya.
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Libya ex-leader faces murder quiz

Wednesday, November 7th 2012, 20:15

Libya's former interim leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil is to be questioned over the death of a top rebel commander who was killed by gunmen last year.
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Libya gunmen 'leave parliament'

Friday, November 2nd 2012, 15:26

Gunmen appear to be ending their occupation of Libya's parliament building after raising concerns with the prime minister over his new cabinet.
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Gunmen occupy Libyan parliament

Thursday, November 1st 2012, 17:28

Gunmen break through security and occupy Libya's parliament building in a dispute over the choice of cabinet ministers.
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Libyan congress backs new cabinet

Wednesday, October 31st 2012, 17:59

Libya's General National Congress approves a new government led by Prime Minister Ali Zidan, a day after protesters burst into the chamber.
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Libya forces 'capture Bani Walid'

Wednesday, October 24th 2012, 23:14
related places: Bani Walid

The Libyan government says it has captured the western town of Bani Walid, a former stronghold of Col Gaddafi, after days of fighting.
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Candidates spar on foreign policy

Tuesday, October 23rd 2012, 23:24
related countries: Syria, United States

US President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney clash on Israel, Iran, the Arab Spring and China in the third and final presidential debate.
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VIDEO: Lebanon army deployed on streets

Tuesday, October 23rd 2012, 16:02
related countries: Lebanon
related places: Beirut, Tripoli

The army has been deployed on the streets of Lebanon's two biggest cities, Beirut and Tripoli, in efforts to bring calm after the death of a senior security official last week.
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Lebanon army deploys on streets

Tuesday, October 23rd 2012, 9:44
related countries: Lebanon
related places: Beirut, Tripoli

Troops are deployed in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, and the northern city of Tripoli in a bid to calm tensions after clashes left seven dead.
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Deadly clashes in Gaddafi bastion

Sunday, October 21st 2012, 15:22
related places: Bani Walid

At least 22 people are killed in several days of fighting in Libya's town of Bani Walid - former leader Col Gaddafi's last stronghold - reports say.
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Confusion over Gaddafi aide fate

Sunday, October 21st 2012, 4:51

A senior Libyan official casts doubt on an earlier statement that Moussa Ibrahim, the spokesman for late leader Muammar Gaddafi, had been captured.
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Unfinished business in Libya

Saturday, October 20th 2012, 12:55

A year after Gaddafi's death, Libya remains divided
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What has happened to the Gaddafi clan?

Friday, October 19th 2012, 15:06

A guide to the fate of Libya's former ruling family
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Memorial honours US Libya envoy

Wednesday, October 17th 2012, 4:56
related countries: United States
related places: San Francisco

Hundreds of mourners attend a memorial in San Francisco for Christopher Stevens, the US ambassador to Libya killed in an attack in Benghazi.
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Clinton 'responsible' on Benghazi

Tuesday, October 16th 2012, 11:24
related countries: United States

The US secretary of state takes responsibility for security failures that led to the deaths of four Americans in Libya, ahead of a second presidential debate.
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Libya jail hit by mass breakout

Monday, October 15th 2012, 21:20
related places: Tripoli

Libyan security forces are on high alert after more than 100 prisoners break out of the al-Judaida jail in the capital Tripoli.
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Romney criticises Biden on Libya

Friday, October 12th 2012, 21:04

Mitt Romney says Vice-President Joe Biden made misleading remarks in Thursday's debate about last month's Libya consulate attack.
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Dead hero's mother rebukes Romney

Thursday, October 11th 2012, 0:01
related countries: United States
related places: Romney

The mother of an American killed in last month's Libya consulate attack complains the Romney campaign is using her son's death for political purposes.
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US security in Libya 'was cut'

Wednesday, October 10th 2012, 23:29
related countries: United States
related places: Congress

Security in Libya was reduced before last month's attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, even as violence worsened, a congressional panel hears.
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ICC warned on Gaddafi Libya trial

Wednesday, October 10th 2012, 13:00

The defence lawyer for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi tells the International Criminal Court its reputation would be harmed by a trial inside Libya.
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'No warning' of Libyan US attack

Wednesday, October 10th 2012, 1:47
related countries: United States

US officials say they had no "actionable intelligence" about last month's attack on their consulate in Libya, on the eve of a congressional hearing.
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Libyan PM forced to stand down

Sunday, October 7th 2012, 22:13

Libya's PM-elect Mustafa Abu Shagur is dismissed from his post, after failing for a second time to win parliamentary approval for a new government.
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Libyan PM drafts 'crisis cabinet'

Sunday, October 7th 2012, 17:12

Libya's Prime Minister-elect Mustafa Abu Shagur puts forward an emergency cabinet list, in a second and final attempt to form a government.
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Setback for Libya government plan

Thursday, October 4th 2012, 21:20

Libya's Prime Minister-elect Mustafa Abu Shagur suffers a setback after his proposed cabinet fails to win parliamentary approval.
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FBI investigates Libyan attack

Thursday, October 4th 2012, 20:00

The FBI confirms its agents were in Benghazi, Libya, to investigate last month's deadly attack on the consulate there.
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Obama faces new Libya questions

Wednesday, October 3rd 2012, 8:56
related countries: United States
related places: Congress

President Obama's administration faces new questions on the Libya consulate attack, amid reports of military preparations to target those behind it.
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VIDEO: Libya's quest to disarm city streets

Sunday, September 30th 2012, 6:57
related places: Tripoli

Hundreds of Libyans have handed in weapons in Benghazi and Tripoli as part of a disarmament drive organised by the army to target militia groups.
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Libyans transfer weapons to army

Sunday, September 30th 2012, 3:41
related places: Tripoli

Hundreds of Libyans hand in weapons in Benghazi and Tripoli as part of a disarmament drive organised by the army to target militia groups.
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Viewpoint: How to disarm Libya's militias

Friday, September 28th 2012, 0:20

How can Libya's many militias be disarmed?
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US reduces staff at Libya embassy

Thursday, September 27th 2012, 23:34
related countries: United States
related places: Tripoli

The US is temporarily removing further staff from its embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, the state department says.
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Gaddafi 'captor' buried in Libya

Wednesday, September 26th 2012, 15:57

One of the Libyan rebels credited with capturing ex-leader Muammar Gaddafi is buried in his hometown of Misrata.
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Libya army removes militia chiefs

Monday, September 24th 2012, 21:10

Libya's army replaces the heads of two of Benghazi's main militia groups with colonels as it tries to reassert control over armed groups.
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Libya to disband illegal militias

Sunday, September 23rd 2012, 11:14
related countries: United States

The interim Libyan leader, Mohammed Magarief, promises to disband all illegal militias in the aftermath of the US ambassador's death.
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Libyan city militia 'to disband'

Sunday, September 23rd 2012, 0:49

A powerful militia in eastern Libya announces it will disband, hours after police and protesters rout militias from the nearby city of Benghazi.
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Protesters rout Benghazi militia

Saturday, September 22nd 2012, 21:08
related countries: United States

Protesters and police in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi drive out the militia suspected of killing the US ambassador nearly two weeks ago.
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VIDEO: Benghazi militia driven out of base

Saturday, September 22nd 2012, 18:06
related countries: United States

The Islamist militia accused of killing the US ambassador to Libya earlier this month has been driven out of its base in the city of Benghazi.
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Libya 'arrests' over US deaths

Monday, September 17th 2012, 9:30
related countries: United States

Libya's leader says some 50 people have been arrested over the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, but a minister says far fewer people have been detained.
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Your questions to Jeremy Bowen

Sunday, September 16th 2012, 11:02
related countries: Egypt

Send Jeremy Bowen your questions about Libya and Egypt
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Arrests over Libya embassy attack

Friday, September 14th 2012, 5:01
related countries: United States

Libyan authorities make arrests following a deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi as further unrest over a US-made anti-Islam film is expected.
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US to investigate Libya attack

Thursday, September 13th 2012, 7:26
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

Washington is investigating whether the attack that killed the US ambassador in Libya was planned by militants, officials say.
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Obama vow after killing in Libya

Thursday, September 13th 2012, 1:44
related countries: United States

President Barack Obama vows to bring to justice those who carried out an attack on a US consulate in Libya that killed the American ambassador.
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VIDEO: Obama voices outrage at Libya deaths

Wednesday, September 12th 2012, 22:58
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama has vowed to bring to justice the killers of the US ambassador to Libya and three other American during protests in Benghazi.
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US envoy killed in Libya attack

Wednesday, September 12th 2012, 15:14
related countries: United States

The US ambassador to Libya dies after militiamen attack the consulate in Benghazi in protest at a US-made film said to insult the Prophet Muhammad.
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American dies in Libya protests

Wednesday, September 12th 2012, 7:14
related countries: Egypt, United States
related places: Cairo

A US official is killed as Libyan militiamen storm the consulate in Benghazi, hours after a similar attack in Egypt over a US-produced film said to be insulting to the Prophet Muhammad.
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Deadly clash at Libya Sufi shrine

Friday, September 7th 2012, 20:50

Residents clash with ultra-conservative Islamists trying to destroy a Sufi shrine in the eastern Libyan town of Rajma, leaving three people dead.
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