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

Dark days

Monday, August 8th 2011, 14:53
related places: Tripoli

Tripoli power cuts spell trouble in Gaddafi stronghold
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Libya rebels 'still holding town'

Monday, August 8th 2011, 9:58
related places: Tripoli

The Libyan town of Bir al-Ghanam, close to Tripoli, appears to be still under rebel control after a weekend offensive, despite government denials.
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UK Apaches in action over Libya

Sunday, August 7th 2011, 15:51
related countries: United Kingdom

British military action in Libya is continuing, with Apache helicopters carrying out a strike on a headquarters of the Gaddafi regime on Sunday.
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Libya rebels in western offensive

Saturday, August 6th 2011, 22:32
related places: Tripoli

Rebels fighting troops loyal to Libyan Col Muammar Gaddafi claim to have captured the town of Bir al-Ghanam, south of Tripoli.
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VIDEO: Rebel fighters 'low' on ammunition

Friday, August 5th 2011, 18:30

Rebel fighters in western Libya say they are running "dangerously low" of ammunition, and are now using their reserves.
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Running on empty

Friday, August 5th 2011, 14:44

Libya's embattled rebels plead for more ammunition
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Gaddafi forces 'control Zlitan'

Thursday, August 4th 2011, 20:44
related places: Zlitan

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Gaddafi are in full control of Zlitan where a Nato air strike has killed three civilians outside the town, Libyan officials say.
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Gaddafi forces in Zlitan assault

Tuesday, August 2nd 2011, 21:21
related places: Zlitan

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi launch a counter-offensive against rebels near the western town of Zlitan, killing at least seven.
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Many dead on Italy migrant boat

Monday, August 1st 2011, 16:55
related countries: Italy

Italian coastguards find the bodies of 25 people in the engine room of a boat crowded with migrants fleeing Libya.
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Thriving Tripoli

Saturday, July 30th 2011, 15:35

Happy shoppers prepare for Ramadan despite war
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VIDEO: Nato attacks Libyan state TV

Saturday, July 30th 2011, 13:32
related places: Tripoli

Nato has attacked a Libyan state broadcaster in the capital, bombing three satellite dishes in Tripoli, saying the channel instils hatred.
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Top Libya rebel 'shot by militia'

Saturday, July 30th 2011, 11:59

Libyan rebel commander Abdel Fattah Younes was killed by a militia linked to his own side, a rebel minister says.
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Libya taunts UK over rebel death

Saturday, July 30th 2011, 10:57
related countries: United Kingdom

Libya's regime taunts the UK over the death of rebel military commander General Abdel Fattah Younes.
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Fractured front

Saturday, July 30th 2011, 9:03

General's death bodes ill for Libyan rebel unity
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Nato air strike targets Libyan TV

Saturday, July 30th 2011, 8:39
related places: Tripoli

Nato attacks three Libyan state TV satellite transmission dishes in the capital, Tripoli, but broadcasts continue.
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VIDEO: Mystery over Libyan rebel's death

Friday, July 29th 2011, 21:41

Mystery surrounds the circumstances of the killing of Libya's rebel military commander, Gen Abdel Fattah Younes, a day after he and two aides were shot.
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Distrusted rebel

Friday, July 29th 2011, 18:37

John Simpson recalls meeting Libya's Gen Younes
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Loyalties questioned

Friday, July 29th 2011, 14:01

Death of Libyan rebel leader may signal splits
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Mystery over Libyan rebel's death

Friday, July 29th 2011, 13:34

Key questions about the death of Libyan rebel military commander Abdel Fattah Younes remain unanswered, a day after he and two aides were shot.
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Top Libyan rebel commander killed

Friday, July 29th 2011, 7:53

Libyan rebel military chief Abdel Fattah Younes is killed after being called for questioning over alleged Gaddafi links, rebel leaders announce.
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Learning to cope

Friday, July 29th 2011, 1:08

Libya's children struggle to continue their education
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VIDEO: Misrata families caught in the crossfire

Thursday, July 28th 2011, 22:06

The BBC's Ian Pannell reports from the western port city of Misrata, which remains a key battleground in the Libyan conflict.
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VIDEO: Libyan military chief killed

Thursday, July 28th 2011, 21:49

Rebels in Libya are saying that the military chief Abdel Fattah Younes has been shot dead with two senior military aides
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Libyan rebels 'capture key town'

Thursday, July 28th 2011, 14:43
related countries: Tunisia

Libyan rebels say they have seized the strategically important town of Ghazaya near the Tunisian border after heavy fighting with Col Gaddafi's forces.
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VIDEO: The struggle for Libya's schools

Thursday, July 28th 2011, 11:41

The BBC's Gavin Lee reports from Benghazi, where schools are struggling to provide anything like a normal education for their pupils.
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Libya condemns UK recognition

Thursday, July 28th 2011, 4:04
related countries: France, United Kingdom, United States
related places: Tripoli

Tripoli condemns the UK's decision to recognise the rebels as Libya's "sole governmental authority" after similar moves by France and the US.
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UK recognises Libyan rebels

Wednesday, July 27th 2011, 16:16
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK is to expel all Libyan diplomats and invite the rebel National Transitional Council to take their place as the "sole governmental authority".
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VIDEO: Libyan rebels move towards Tripoli

Wednesday, July 27th 2011, 5:39
related places: Tripoli

After nearly two months of stalemate, rebels in the Libyan city of Misrata are making small but significant moves towards the capital Tripoli.
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VIDEO: Lockerbie bomber at pro-Gaddafi rally

Tuesday, July 26th 2011, 22:03

The convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has appeared at a pro-Gaddafi gathering on Libyan state television.
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Lockerbie bomber seen on TV rally

Tuesday, July 26th 2011, 19:43
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Lockerbie

The man convicted of blowing up a plane over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 has appeared at a rally broadcast by Libyan state television.
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UK reviews Gaddafi exit solution

Tuesday, July 26th 2011, 7:13
related countries: United Kingdom

Col Gaddafi must relinquish power but may not have to leave Libya, Foreign Secretary William Hague suggests, although his preference is for him to leave the country.
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VIDEO: Libyan tour of Nato destruction

Tuesday, July 26th 2011, 5:27
related places: Zlitan

The Libyan government has taken foreign journalists to the city of Zlitan to show what it says are the results of Nato air strikes against civilians.
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Strange aftermath

Tuesday, July 26th 2011, 4:42

In the Libyan city hit by three Nato air strikes
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Ramadan pause

Monday, July 25th 2011, 8:16

Holy month likely to slow rebel effort in Libya
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VIDEO: Gaddafi loyalists on the streets of Tripoli

Saturday, July 23rd 2011, 6:06
related places: Tripoli

After more than four months of Nato bombing raids in Libya there in no end in sight in the conflict between Col Gaddafi's forces and those opposed to his rule.
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VIDEO: Ajdabiya six months into conflict

Friday, July 22nd 2011, 21:37

In a broadcast to the Libyan people, Colonel Gaddafi has ruled out dialogue with the international community over the future of the country.
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VIDEO: Injured overwhelm Libya's hospitals

Friday, July 22nd 2011, 10:52

Doctors in Misrata say they can't cope with the number of injured in Libya's unrest.
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VIDEO: Libya rebels warned over abuses

Thursday, July 21st 2011, 21:09

Rebels commanders in Libya's western mountains are taking steps to deal with looting as they deny human rights abuses against people captured.
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'No discussion' of Gaddafi's exit

Wednesday, July 20th 2011, 19:47

Libya's foreign minister denies reports that Col Muammar Gaddafi's removal is being discussed in efforts to end the conflict, as fighting continues.
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US officials met Gaddafi envoys

Tuesday, July 19th 2011, 14:31
related countries: United States

US officials held face-to-face talks with members of Col Gaddafi's government to reiterate their demand that the Libyan leader leave office, the US says.
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Libyan rebels claim Brega victory

Monday, July 18th 2011, 21:21

Libyan rebels say they have ousted most of Col Gaddafi's forces from the key eastern oil town of Brega, a claim denied by the government.
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VIDEO: Libyan rebels craft weapons in Misrata

Monday, July 18th 2011, 5:47

Rebels in the Libyan city of Misrata face an ongoing struggle against Col Gaddafi's forces, with the city itself is still surrounded by enemy soldiers on one side and the sea on the other.
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Misrata moneymen

Sunday, July 17th 2011, 23:14

The entrepreneurial revolutionaries taking on Gaddafi in Libya
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VIDEO: Libya rebels keep fit playing volleyball

Sunday, July 17th 2011, 15:42

Rebel fighters taking part in the conflict in Libya have been playing volleyball to keep fit and pass the time as fighting caries on nearby.
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Gaddafi vows to remain in Libya

Sunday, July 17th 2011, 11:35

Libya's Col Muammar Gaddafi again tells supporters he will never surrender, amid a heavy night of bombing by Nato on the outskirts of Tripoli.
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US fully recognises Libyan rebels

Friday, July 15th 2011, 20:23
related countries: Turkey, United States

Hillary Clinton says the US has recognised Libyan rebels as the country's "legitimate authority", potentially opening up a huge funding stream.
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VIDEO: US fully recognises Libyan rebels

Friday, July 15th 2011, 20:21
related countries: United States

The United States has recognised the Libyan opposition as the country's 'legitimate governing authority'.
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