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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.

World news related to Libya – overview

Libya: news

France says Gaddafi willing to go

Tuesday, July 12th 2011, 15:33
related countries: France France

Envoys from Col Gaddafi are telling France and other countries that the Libyan leader is prepared to leave, the French foreign minister says.
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From Libya to Lampedusa

Tuesday, July 12th 2011, 10:03
related countries: Italy Italy
related places: Lampedusa

Fleeing migrants land on tiny Italian isle
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VIDEO: Long fight for freedom in Misrata

Monday, July 11th 2011, 10:05
related places: Tripoli

After weeks of stalemate, Libyan rebels near Misrata are once again fighting their way west towards the capital Tripoli.
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VIDEO: Libya rebels making progress

Saturday, July 9th 2011, 16:50
related places: Tripoli, Zlitan

Libyan rebels are making progress towards the strategically important town of Zlitan on the road to Tripoli, following weeks of stalemate.
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Libya's rebels maintain advance

Saturday, July 9th 2011, 16:16
related places: Tripoli, Zlitan

Libyan rebels continue to make progress against Col Gaddafi's forces as they push west from Misrata towards the key town of Zlitan, on the road to Tripoli.
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US House rejects Libya rebel aid

Friday, July 8th 2011, 4:03
related countries: United States United States

The US House of Representatives votes to prevent the Pentagon from supplying weapons, training or advice to Libyan rebels.
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Major advance

Thursday, July 7th 2011, 22:54

Mark Doyle sees rebel fighters in western Libya push forward
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Libya rebels advance on key town

Thursday, July 7th 2011, 17:48
related places: Tripoli

Libyan rebels advance against government forces on a strategically important road south of the capital Tripoli, a BBC correspondent says.
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Libyan rebels 'make desert gains'

Wednesday, July 6th 2011, 20:27
related places: Tripoli

Libyan rebels say they have advanced on the desert village of Gualish, as they attempt to advance towards the capital, Tripoli.
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Tuesday, July 5th 2011, 21:18

Libyan rebels have succeeded in creating a defensive arc south and west of the port of Misrata by linking up two fronts, they tell the BBC.
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Waiting game

Tuesday, July 5th 2011, 9:59
related places: Tripoli

Rebels in western Libya hope pressure builds for Tripoli uprising
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VIDEO: Rebels outline plans to attack Tripoli

Monday, July 4th 2011, 23:02
related places: Tripoli

In Libya, rebel commanders in the west of the country say they're waiting for an uprising in the capital Tripoli before making a final attack on the city.
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'Held back'

Monday, July 4th 2011, 15:43

Gaddafi forces remain serious challenge to Libyan rebels
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Nato fends off concern over Libya

Monday, July 4th 2011, 14:43
related countries: Russia Russia
related places: Sochi

Nato's chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen insists Nato's campaign in Libya is legitimate as he faces Russian criticism during a Nato-Russia Council meeting in the southern Russian resort of Sochi.
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VIDEO: Libya: Fighting in the Nafusa mountains

Monday, July 4th 2011, 8:47
related countries: Turkey Turkey

Turkey is the latest country to say it recognises Libya's rebel Transitional National Council as the true representative of the country's people.
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Turkey recognises Libyan rebels

Sunday, July 3rd 2011, 21:14
related countries: Turkey Turkey

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says his country recognises the rebel Transitional National Council as the true representative of the Libyan people.
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Libya rebels back AU talks offer

Saturday, July 2nd 2011, 23:03

The Libyan rebels welcome an African Union offer to open talks without the direct involvement of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
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VIDEO: Clinton calls on Gaddafi to resign

Saturday, July 2nd 2011, 15:27
related countries: United States United States

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi should stop issuing threats and resign, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said.
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Clinton dismisses Gaddafi threats

Saturday, July 2nd 2011, 12:42
related countries: United States United States

The US secretary of state tells Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to quit, rather than issuing threats against Europe over the Nato campaign.
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Defiant Gaddafi threatens Europe

Friday, July 1st 2011, 19:02
related places: Tripoli

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi threatens to attack Europe in revenge for Nato's operations in Libya, in a message broadcast in Tripoli.
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Russia condemns Libyan arms drop

Thursday, June 30th 2011, 15:22
related countries: France France, Russia Russia

Russia's foreign minister describes France's arms drop to Libyan rebels as a "crude violation" of UN resolution 1970, echoing African Union criticism.
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Libya: French arms drop condemned

Thursday, June 30th 2011, 11:34
related countries: France France

A senior official of the African Union says France's decision to air-drop weapons to Libyan rebels is dangerous and puts the whole region at risk.
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Chad migrants 'stranded' in Libya

Wednesday, June 29th 2011, 17:40
related countries: Chad Chad

More than 2,000 Chadian people are stranded at Libya's border with Chad in an arid and hostile area renowned for banditry, warns a migration body.
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Weapons drop

Wednesday, June 29th 2011, 16:57
related countries: France France

French risk controversy to boost Libya's rebels
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France gave Libyan rebels weapons

Wednesday, June 29th 2011, 15:37
related countries: France France

France has air-dropped weapons to rebels fighting Col Muammar Gaddafi's troops in western Libya, the French military confirms.
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Rebels seize Gaddafi arms bunker

Tuesday, June 28th 2011, 19:37
related places: Tripoli

Libyan rebels capture a major complex of underground weapons bunkers in the west of the country as they continue their push towards Tripoli.
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VIDEO: Libya's front line nears Tripoli

Tuesday, June 28th 2011, 15:24
related places: Tripoli

Libya's rebels are moving ever closer to the capital, Tripoli, as they continue to take the fight to Colonel Gaddafi.
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VIDEO: Libya rebels face medical crisis

Tuesday, June 28th 2011, 15:20

A medical crisis is looming in the hospitals of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi because of a lack of basic supplies, the BBC has learned.
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Libya rebels 'face health crisis'

Tuesday, June 28th 2011, 4:51

A medical crisis looms in Libya's eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi as hospitals run out of vital supplies, the rebels' health minister tells the BBC.
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Libya rejects ICC arrest warrant

Monday, June 27th 2011, 21:10

Libya rejects a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for the arrest of Col Muammar Gaddafi, saying the court has no authority.
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Arrest warrant issued for Gaddafi

Monday, June 27th 2011, 19:53

The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, accusing him of crimes against humanity.
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VIDEO: Misrata rebels' plea for Nato help

Monday, June 27th 2011, 19:21

Libyan rebels outside Misrata are calling for more help from Nato, after more than a month camped in the dunes around the besieged city.
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VIDEO: Libya conflict: Tripoli's tale of two cities

Monday, June 27th 2011, 17:37
related places: Tripoli

Rebel forces claim they are making advances in the west of the country and are battling with Gaddafi's troops less than fifty miles from the capital, Tripoli.
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VIDEO: Libya: 100 days after air strikes

Monday, June 27th 2011, 11:30

Rebels in Libya draw closer to the capital 100 days after the UK joined air raids on the country.
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Fierce fighting close to Tripoli

Monday, June 27th 2011, 9:54

Libyan rebels launch a push towards Tripoli, as war crimes judges are set to decide whether to issue an arrest warrant against Col Gaddafi.
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100 days of war

Monday, June 27th 2011, 9:20

On board with the RAF flying sorties over Libya
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VIDEO: Libya rebels 'ready to discuss peace'

Sunday, June 26th 2011, 7:56
related places: Tripoli

Rebels in eastern Libya have said they are ready to discuss a political settlement with the government in Tripoli.
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VIDEO: Rebels welcome Libyan footballers

Sunday, June 26th 2011, 1:27

Four members of Libya's national football team have defected to the rebels, in a propaganda blow to Colonel Gaddafi.
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AUDIO: Libyan goalkeeper on Gaddafi

Saturday, June 25th 2011, 4:34

Libyan goalkeeper, Juma Gtat, and 16 other leading Libyan football figures have announced their defection to the rebels.
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Top footballers defect in Libya

Saturday, June 25th 2011, 3:54

A group of Libyan football figures, including members of the national team, tell the BBC they have decided to defect to the rebels.
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House vote snubs Obama on Libya

Friday, June 24th 2011, 20:06

The US House of Representatives denies President Obama the authority to wage war in Libya, but rejects a bid to cut off funding for the conflict.
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VIDEO: Libya rebels 'in secret talks'

Friday, June 24th 2011, 17:27
related places: Tripoli

The BBC has learned that the leaders of Libyan rebels are in close contact with an extensive underground network of anti-Gaddafi supporters in the capital Tripoli as they prepare for the fall of the Gaddafi regime
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