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

Rebels 'advance' in Sirte battle

Sunday, September 18th 2011, 6:51

Libya's interim government forces say they have made progress at Col Muammar Gaddafi's stronghold of Sirte but there is heavy resistance.
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Libyan Tuareg face reprisals

Sunday, September 18th 2011, 0:01

Oasis calm shattered as Tuareg pay price for Gaddafi loyalty
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Fierce fighting for Libya's Sirte

Saturday, September 17th 2011, 20:39
related places: Bani Walid

Heavy fighting resumes in Libya for the loyalist-held town of Sirte after a setback for anti-Gaddafi forces at Bani Walid.
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Anti-Gaddafi forces 'in retreat'

Saturday, September 17th 2011, 3:17
related places: Bani Walid

Anti-Gaddafi forces are forced to retreat after entering the town of Bani Walid, one of the last strongholds of the ousted Libyan leader.
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Fighters hit Gaddafi strongholds

Friday, September 16th 2011, 16:55
related places: Bani Walid

Columns of anti-Gaddafi forces renew assaults on Sirte and Bani Walid, two of the last strongholds of the ousted Libyan leader.
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VIDEO: Fighters hit Gaddafi strongholds

Friday, September 16th 2011, 12:11
related places: Bani Walid

Columns of anti-Gaddafi forces have renewed assaults on Sirte and Bani Walid, two of the final strongholds of the ousted Libyan leader.
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Gaddafi loyalists resist in Sirte

Friday, September 16th 2011, 8:32
related countries: France, United Kingdom

Gaddafi loyalists mount a stiff resistance on the outskirts of Sirte, as their opponents begin an assault on one of the last Gaddafi strongholds.
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Leaders get Libya hero's welcome

Thursday, September 15th 2011, 17:58
related countries: United Kingdom

The leaders of Britain and France get a rapturous reception in the Libyan city of Benghazi as they pledge support for the post-Gaddafi authorities.
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VIDEO: World leaders met as heroes in Libya

Thursday, September 15th 2011, 16:06
related countries: France, United Kingdom

British PM David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are in Libya, the most senior Western leaders to visit since Col Muammar Gaddafi was ousted.
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Cameron and Sarkozy visit Libya

Thursday, September 15th 2011, 11:56
related countries: France

UK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are in Libya, the most senior Western leaders to visit since Muammar Gaddafi was ousted.
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US 'encouraged by Libya command'

Wednesday, September 14th 2011, 14:38
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

Washington is encouraged by the increasing control Libya's interim rulers are exercising over security forces in the country, says a senior envoy.
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Libyan to go to UK torture inquiry

Wednesday, September 14th 2011, 12:38
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

A Libyan man who accuses Britain's MI6 of arranging to send him home to be tortured says he will give evidence at an inquiry in London.
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Gaddafi son 'in capital of Niger'

Wednesday, September 14th 2011, 1:29
related countries: Niger
related places: Niamey

Niger says that Saadi Gaddafi, one of the sons of fugitive Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, has arrived in the capital, Niamey.
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VIDEO: Web of tunnels under Gaddafi's compound

Tuesday, September 13th 2011, 15:48
related places: Tripoli

The BBC has obtained access to an underground complex beneath the former Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli
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Libya: Who's in charge?

Tuesday, September 13th 2011, 13:08

Libya's new rulers face competing interests and allegiances
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'Moderate Islam' to guide Libya

Tuesday, September 13th 2011, 10:30
related places: Tripoli

Libya will be ruled as a democracy based on "moderate Islam", says the head of the interim authorities in his first speech in Tripoli since Col Gaddafi was ousted.
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Libya rebels 'committed abuses'

Tuesday, September 13th 2011, 6:04

Libya's transitional authorities should take steps to stop abuses carried out by anti-Gaddafi forces, says rights group Amnesty International.
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Qatar forges new global role

Monday, September 12th 2011, 23:02
related countries: Qatar

Qatar forges new global role with support for Libya rebels
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VIDEO: The town where Gaddafi's flag flies

Monday, September 12th 2011, 21:47
related places: Bani Walid

Few areas in Libya remain loyal to fugitive former leader Col Gaddafi, but forces supporting the country's transitional authority have yet to take control of the town of Bani Walid.
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New fighting over key Libyan town

Monday, September 12th 2011, 20:14
related places: Bani Walid

At least seven anti-Gaddafi fighters are killed in a battle for the town of Bani Walid, held by forces loyal to the fugitive leader, as civilians flee.
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Darfur rebel leader flees Libya

Monday, September 12th 2011, 12:14

The leader of Darfur's main Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) rebel group, Khalil Ibrahim, has returned from exile in Libya.
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Gaddafi son given refuge in Niger

Monday, September 12th 2011, 7:12
related countries: Niger

One of the sons of Libya's fugitive leader is given refuge in neighbouring Niger, while Col Muammar Gaddafi's whereabouts remain unknown.
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VIDEO: Saadi Gaddafi 'arrives in Niger'

Monday, September 12th 2011, 1:00
related countries: Niger

One of the sons of the fugitive Libyan leader, Col Muammar Gaddafi, has arrived in neighbouring Niger.
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VIDEO: Roadside graves found in Tripoli

Sunday, September 11th 2011, 21:43
related places: Tripoli

The bodies of as many as 20 people have been found in two roadside graves on the eastern outskirts of Tripoli. You may find some of the images in this report distressing.
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Gaddafi's son 'arrives in Niger'

Sunday, September 11th 2011, 21:36
related countries: Niger

One of the sons of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saadi, arrives in neighbouring Niger, Niger's justice minister says.
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Roadside graves found in Tripoli

Sunday, September 11th 2011, 18:06
related places: Tripoli

The corpses of up to 20 people are found in two roadside graves on the outskirts of the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
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VIDEO: Jalil mobbed on arrival to Tripoli

Sunday, September 11th 2011, 10:25
related places: Tripoli

Libya's interim leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil received a warm welcome as he arrived in Tripoli for the first time since Gaddafi's downfall.
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Libyan interim leader in Tripoli

Sunday, September 11th 2011, 4:43
related places: Tripoli

The head of Libya's interim government, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, flies to Tripoli for the first time since anti-Gaddafi forces captured the capital.
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VIDEO: NTC leader arrives in Tripoli

Saturday, September 10th 2011, 20:24
related places: Tripoli

The head of the Libyan National Transitional Council has arrived in the nation's capital, Tripoli, for the first time since Colonel Gaddafi was overthrown.
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G8 pledges $38bn to Arab states

Saturday, September 10th 2011, 15:07

G8 nations pledge billions in aid to reforming Arab countries as the IMF decides to recognise Libya's post-Gaddafi leadership.
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Gaddafi forces resist offensive

Saturday, September 10th 2011, 14:19
related places: Bani Walid

Pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya have been putting up stiff resistance in the Libyan town of Bani Walid, one of four towns still controlled by fighters loyal to the former leader.
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VIDEO: Battle for Bani Walid under way

Saturday, September 10th 2011, 12:17
related places: Bani Walid

Pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya have been putting up fierce resistance in Bani Walid, one of four towns still controlled by loyalist fighters.
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'Battle under way' for Libya town

Saturday, September 10th 2011, 3:02
related places: Bani Walid

Anti-Gaddafi forces in Libya say they are close to capturing the town of Bani Walid, one of four towns still controlled by fighters loyal to the former leader.
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VIDEO: Battle for Bani Walid 'under way'

Saturday, September 10th 2011, 1:13
related places: Bani Walid

Anti-Gaddafi forces in Libya say they are close to capturing the town of Bani Walid, one of four towns still under the control of loyalist fighters.
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VIDEO: Concern over Libya's missing weapons

Friday, September 9th 2011, 21:47
related places: Tripoli

Thousands of highly sophisticated missiles and others weapons have disappeared or been looted from unguarded compounds in Tripoli.
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Libya clashes as deadline looms

Friday, September 9th 2011, 17:11
related places: Bani Walid

Fierce clashes break out around the Libyan towns of Bani Walid and Sirte ahead of a deadline set by anti-Gaddafi forces for loyalists to surrender.
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VIDEO: 'Libya is a sideshow, Syria is the key'

Friday, September 9th 2011, 13:16
related countries: Syria, United States

Donald Rumsfeld talks to Newsnight's Kirsty Wark about the ongoing unrest in Syria, why he thinks what happens there is of much greater significance to the US than events in Libya, and what should be done.
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High stakes

Thursday, September 8th 2011, 23:02

The race to get Libya's oil flowing again
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Libya interim leaders urge unity

Thursday, September 8th 2011, 22:04

Libya's interim cabinet leader Mahmoud Jibril calls for national unity to rebuild the country, saying the liberation from Col Gaddafi's regime is not complete.
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Rockets fired from Libyan outpost

Thursday, September 8th 2011, 15:46
related places: Bani Walid

Forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi fire rockets from Bani Walid, one of the last strongholds of the fugitive Libyan leader.
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Gaddafi denies fleeing to Niger

Thursday, September 8th 2011, 11:15
related countries: Niger

Fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi denies reports he has fled to Niger, as officials say he sold 29 tonnes of Libya's gold during April or May.
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VIDEO: Migrants 'mistreated' by Libyan rebels

Thursday, September 8th 2011, 9:06

Nigerians captured by anti Gaddafi forces say they've been beaten, and that their wives--who are being held in a separate jail--have been sexually mistreated by their captures.
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Niger 'cannot close' Libya border

Wednesday, September 7th 2011, 22:27
related countries: Niger

Niger's foreign minister says his country's border with Libya cannot be closed to prevent fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fleeing south.
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VIDEO: Hundreds locked up in Tripoli prisons

Wednesday, September 7th 2011, 22:15
related places: Tripoli

There are fears that a power vacuum is developing in the Libyan capital, Tripoli as the hunt for Colonel Gaddafi continues.
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VIDEO: Gaddafi loyalists 'forced to kill'

Wednesday, September 7th 2011, 19:08
related places: Tripoli

In Libya the hunt for Colonel Gaddafi goes on and more harrowing stories are emerging about his regime's last days in Tripoli.
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VIDEO: 'Secret rooms' at Tripoli university

Wednesday, September 7th 2011, 15:41
related places: Tripoli

A fully equipped gynaecological operating theatre, bedroom and jacuzzi have been discovered underneath the Green Theatre lecture hall at Tripoli's Fateh University.
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AUDIO: 'I had to run for my life in Tripoli'

Wednesday, September 7th 2011, 14:57

West African migrant workers inside Libya have been telling the BBC that they have been subject to harassament and violence following the fall of Col Muammar Gaddafi.
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VIDEO: Gaddafi home video emerges in Libya

Wednesday, September 7th 2011, 14:10
related countries: United Kingdom

Home video has emerged that shows Col Gaddafi with members of his family in a tent similar to the one in which he once greeted world leaders, including former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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