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

Libyan cash in UK banks unfrozen

Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 21:25
related countries: United Kingdom

The UN agrees to unfreeze 1.86bn Libyan dinars - equal to about £950m - in UK banks, and the money will be used to help Libyan people.
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Gaddafi's forces given ultimatum

Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 21:00
related countries: Algeria

Libya's interim leaders give pro-Gaddafi forces until Saturday to surrender or face military force, after Col Gaddafi's wife and three children flee to Algeria.
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VIDEO: Inside Gaddafi's 'retreat' near Sirte

Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 20:18

Libyan rebels have gained access to another of Col Muammar Gaddafi's properties, a house described as a "retreat" in remote desert near Sirte.
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VIDEO: Libya: Challenge to restore basic services

Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 18:19

Rebel forces are struggling to get basic services working across Libya.
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Zimbabwe expels rebel Libya envoy

Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 15:17
related countries: Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe expels Libya's ambassador who last week abandoned Col Muammar Gaddafi and backed the rebels.
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VIDEO: Libya rebels offer 48 hour ceasefire

Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 13:02

The rebel leadership in Libya has offered a 48 hour ceasefire to cover the Muslim holiday of Eid, as their forces advance on the loyalist stronghold of Sirte.
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Algeria 'right to help Gaddafis'

Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 10:31

Algeria defends its decision to give refuge to the wife of Colonel Gaddafi and three of his children, after Libyan rebels call it an "act of aggression".
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VIDEO: Gaddafi supporters face up to new Libya

Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 1:55
related places: Tripoli

Supporters of Col Gaddafi in Tripoli are having to face up to a new Libya without their leader.
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Gaddafi family 'flee to Algeria'

Tuesday, August 30th 2011, 1:27
related countries: Algeria

The wife and three children of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have entered Algeria, officials say, prompting an angry reaction from Libyan rebels.
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Gaddafi 'still threat' for Libya

Monday, August 29th 2011, 18:36

Libyan rebels say Col Muammar Gaddafi still poses a danger for Libya and for the world, as their forces head towards the fugitive leader's stronghold of Sirte.
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VIDEO: Libya water shortage 'price we have to pay'

Monday, August 29th 2011, 17:29

Triploli resident Bassem al-Mansuri told the BBC that water and electricity shortages in Libya were "the price we have to pay for liberation".
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VIDEO: Lockerbie bomber 'in coma'

Monday, August 29th 2011, 16:17
related places: Tripoli

The family of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, have told journalists at his home in Tripoli he is close to death and falling in and out of a coma.
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VIDEO: Rebels close in on Gaddafi hometown

Monday, August 29th 2011, 13:14

Libyan rebels have been pushing forwards towards the town of Sirte
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Lockerbie bomber found 'in coma'

Monday, August 29th 2011, 10:17
related places: Tripoli

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is close to death in a coma at his home in Tripoli, CNN reports.
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VIDEO: Lockerbie bomber found 'in coma'

Monday, August 29th 2011, 5:41
related places: Tripoli

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is in a coma at his Tripoli home in Libya, it is being reported.
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Gruesome find

Monday, August 29th 2011, 4:34
related places: Tripoli

Fearful secrets inside Tripoli's 'massacre' warehouse
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Rebels fear for Gaddafi prisoners

Sunday, August 28th 2011, 22:23
related places: Tripoli

Rebels in Libya say they are concerned over the fate of thousands of prisoners who were held in jails in Tripoli by the Gaddafi regime.
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Libya 'won't hand over' Megrahi

Sunday, August 28th 2011, 21:59

Leaders of rebel forces that deposed Col Muammar Gaddafi in Libya have said they do not intend to allow the extradition of the Lockerbie bomber.
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VIDEO: Charred bodies found at Tripoli base

Sunday, August 28th 2011, 18:37
related places: Tripoli

In Libya, there is new evidence of atrocities carried out by Colonel Gaddafi's forces in their final days of power.
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VIDEO: Is life in Tripoli returning to normal?

Sunday, August 28th 2011, 18:04
related places: Tripoli

Sniper fire by Gaddafi loyalists and a shortage of supplies has not deterred some shops from opening in the capital.
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VIDEO: Tense times as Libya embraces change

Sunday, August 28th 2011, 16:11

Fugitive Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi is said to be ready to begin talks to transfer power, but rebels insist they will not negotiate until he surrenders.
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Hague hopeful over Fletcher case

Sunday, August 28th 2011, 12:47
related countries: United Kingdom

Libya's transitional council has pledged to co-operate with the UK investigation into the 1984 death of Pc Yvonne Fletcher, William Hague says.
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Gaddafi 'offers transition talks'

Sunday, August 28th 2011, 10:03

Fugitive Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi offers to begin talks to transfer power to the rebels, his spokesman tells the media.
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Libya rebels 'will end shortages'

Saturday, August 27th 2011, 17:50
related places: Tripoli

Libyan rebel leaders pledge to restore food, fuel and water supplies in Tripoli, as the capital battles with severe shortages in the wake of days of fighting.
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African 'mercenaries' flee Libya

Saturday, August 27th 2011, 14:03
related countries: Mali, Niger

As Libyan rebels press home their attacks, African 'mercenaries' recruited by Col Gaddafi flee to Mali and Niger.
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Concern grows over Tripoli plight

Saturday, August 27th 2011, 11:42
related places: Tripoli

Tripoli is facing a growing humanitarian crisis with most of the Libyan capital without water and electricity - the rebels say "don't expect miracles"
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VIDEO: UK nurse on life in a Tripoli hospital

Saturday, August 27th 2011, 11:28
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Tripoli

The International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell, has said that Britain will provide urgent humanitarian support for the people of Libya.
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Suspect emerges in Fletcher case

Saturday, August 27th 2011, 9:26

Police hunting the killer of PC Yvonne Fletcher need to go to Libya to further the inquiry, prosecutors say, as a newspaper names a new suspect in the 27-year-old case.
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UN urges return to order in Libya

Saturday, August 27th 2011, 6:40

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges the international community to help Libya restore order and ensure stability, and calls for an end to fighting.
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VIDEO: Nato aids Sirtre rebel offensive

Friday, August 26th 2011, 22:12
related countries: United Kingdom

British Tornado jets fired precision-guided missiles at a large bunker in Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte, officials have said.
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Horror scenes at Tripoli hospital

Friday, August 26th 2011, 21:04
related places: Tripoli

More than 200 decomposing bodies are found abandoned at a hospital in a district of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, that has seen fierce fighting.
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VIDEO: 'Bodies everywhere' at Libya hospital

Friday, August 26th 2011, 18:23
related places: Tripoli

A hospital in Tripoli has been described by a BBC reporter as "one of the most distressing sights I have ever seen" as hundreds of injured were left to die as staff fled the fighting.
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VIDEO: Tripoli resident: 'We have no water'

Friday, August 26th 2011, 18:14
related places: Tripoli

The BBC's Lyse Doucet has been meeting residents trying to overcome Tripoli's water shortage.
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Nato jets target Gaddafi bastion

Friday, August 26th 2011, 15:56
related countries: United Kingdom

UK jets bomb a bunker in Col Gaddafi's birthplace of Sirte as Libyan rebels prepare to launch their offensive on the town.
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Libya investment 'missing $2.9bn'

Friday, August 26th 2011, 15:31

Some $2.9bn (£1.8bn) is missing from the accounts of the Libyan sovereign wealth fund, says the official tasked with tracking it down.
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AUDIO: Finding the dead in Tripoli compound

Friday, August 26th 2011, 14:23
related places: Tripoli

Sidney Kwiram, from the campaign group Human Rights Watch, said she found groups of dead bodies near Col Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound and evidence of executions in the capital.
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Unesco warning over Libya looting

Friday, August 26th 2011, 11:39

The UN's cultural body warns international art dealers and museums to look out for artefacts that may have been looted from Libya during fighting.
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UN calls for restraint in Libya

Friday, August 26th 2011, 8:06

The UN urges all sides in Libya to take steps to avoid revenge attacks, as allegations emerge of abuses by rebels and Gaddafi loyalists.
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Decade to rebuild Libya, says NTC

Friday, August 26th 2011, 7:03

Rebuilding Libya's infrastructure will take at least 10 years, the National Transitional Council tells BBC News.
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VIDEO: What role will the UN play in Libya?

Friday, August 26th 2011, 5:22

The United Nations has called on all sides in the Libyan conflict to take steps to ensure there are no acts of violence and revenge.
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Libya rebels fight on in Tripoli

Thursday, August 25th 2011, 22:06
related places: Tripoli

Heavy fighting erupts in Tripoli as a new audio message from Col Gaddafi is broadcast and reports emerge of alleged summary killings.
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VIDEO: Survivors tell of Gaddafi torture

Thursday, August 25th 2011, 17:51
related places: Tripoli

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports from one of Tripoli's main hospitals in the Mitiga District where there is growing evidence that supporters of Col Gaddafi's regime dealt harshly with their opponents.
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Italian reporters freed in Libya

Thursday, August 25th 2011, 12:36
related countries: Italy
related places: Tripoli

Four Italian journalists kidnapped and held in Tripoli by suspected Gaddafi loyalists have been freed, according to Italy's foreign ministry.
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Gaddafi regime finished - Hague

Thursday, August 25th 2011, 11:35

The foreign secretary says there is "no way back" for the Gaddafi regime, but there is a danger that forces loyal to him will keep fighting for some time.
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SA 'will host' 2013 Nations Cup

Thursday, August 25th 2011, 11:16
related countries: South Africa

South Africa and Libya have agreed to swap hosting of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 and 2017, according to South Africa's football association.
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VIDEO: Libyan writer: Father could be dead or alive

Thursday, August 25th 2011, 9:29

Hisham Matar, a Libyan novelist whose father remains one of the disappeared of the Gaddafi regime, on how he deals with not knowing what happened to him.
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Rebels appeal for Gaddafi capture

Thursday, August 25th 2011, 7:20

Libyan rebels announce an amnesty and million-dollar reward for anyone within Col Muammar Gaddafi's "inner circle" who captures or kills him.
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VIDEO: Rebels target Gaddafi's home town

Thursday, August 25th 2011, 2:39

Columns of Libyan rebels are on the road towards the city of Sirte, Col Gaddafi's hometown and the place many believe he could make his last stand.
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