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

VIDEO: Libya summit set to start in Rome

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 5:48
related countries: Italy
related places: Rome

The International Contact Group on Libya will meet in Rome later to discuss the conflict.
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ICC seeks Libya arrest warrants

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 15:16

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor says he will seek three arrest warrants as he investigates crimes against humanity in Libya.
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Turkey calls on Col Gaddafi to go

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 19:34
related countries: Turkey

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges Col Muammar Gaddafi to step down, in what is said to be a marked change in Turkish policy towards Libya.
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Swiss freeze $1bn from N Africa

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 9:53
related countries: Egypt, Switzerland, Tunisia

Switzerland reveals details of almost $1bn of frozen assets linked to Libya's Muammar Gaddafi and the deposed leaders of Egypt and Tunisia.
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VIDEO: Funeral held for Gaddafi's son

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 2:31
related places: Tripoli

Crowds have attended the funeral in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, of Colonel Gaddafi's youngest son, Saif al-Arab.
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Gaddafi's son buried in Tripoli

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 21:21
related places: Tripoli

The funeral of Col Gaddafi's youngest son, Saif al-Arab, killed after an air strike over the weekend, is held in Tripoli amid calls for revenge.
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Expelled Libyan diplomat departs

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 12:21
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Tripoli

The Libyan ambassador to the UK leaves the country's London embassy after being ordered to go by the Foreign Office.
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UN leaves Tripoli amid attacks

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 1:27
related places: Tripoli

The UN says it has pulled out of the Libyan capital amid attacks on foreign missions after a Nato strike that reportedly killed one of Col Gaddafi's sons.
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Nato strike 'kills Gaddafi's son'

Sunday, May 1st 2011, 12:08
related places: Tripoli

A Nato air strike kills the youngest son of the Libyan leader, a government spokesman says, but the alliance insists it does not target individuals.
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Gaddafi talks offer is dismissed

Saturday, April 30th 2011, 19:57

Rebel leaders and Nato dismiss a call by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for a ceasefire and negotiations.
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VIDEO: Nato rejects Gaddafi 'ceasefire'

Saturday, April 30th 2011, 15:41

Nato has rejected an offer from Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi to observe a ceasefire if they halt attacks on his forces, according to reports.
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Libya's Gaddafi offers Nato talks

Saturday, April 30th 2011, 15:17

Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi calls for a ceasefire and talks with Nato to stop the coalition's air strikes against his country.
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VIDEO: Gaddafi calls for Nato talks

Saturday, April 30th 2011, 9:09

Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi calls for talks with Nato to stop air strikes against his country.
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Gaddafi vows not to leave Libya

Saturday, April 30th 2011, 3:42

Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi says no-one can force him to leave his country, while suggesting negotiations with Nato.
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Gaddafi 'tries to mine Misrata'

Friday, April 29th 2011, 23:01
related countries: Tunisia

Nato says it warships have intercepted pro-Gaddafi forces trying to lay mines in the harbour of the port of Misrata.
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Tunisia angered by border clashes

Friday, April 29th 2011, 2:06
related countries: Tunisia

Tunisia condemns a violation of its territory after fighting between Libyan rebels and forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi spills over the border.
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Nato fire 'kills Misrata rebels'

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 17:53

A stray Nato air strike kills at least 11 rebel fighters in the besieged Libyan port of Misrata, say reports, as intense fighting with pro-Gaddafi forces continues.
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VIDEO: Libyan rebels 'building an army'

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 17:43

Rupert Wingfield Hayes visits rebels in Benghazi training to fight against forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
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Niger calls for Libya influx aid

Wednesday, April 27th 2011, 16:34
related countries: Niger

Niger's government appeals for help to deal with some 59,000 Africans who have fled the violence in Libya, many arriving penniless and in poor health.
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VIDEO: Rebels' tenuous grip on western Libya

Wednesday, April 27th 2011, 15:40
related places: Tripoli

A UN team has arrived in Tripoli to investigate allegations of human rights violations in Libya since February.
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UN team to probe abuses in Libya

Wednesday, April 27th 2011, 14:51
related places: Tripoli

A UN team arrives in Tripoli to investigate allegations of human rights violations in Libya since the start of the conflict in February.
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Libyan town under new bombardment

Tuesday, April 26th 2011, 22:04

Misrata comes under renewed attack by Libyan government forces, despite Nato military strikes enforcing a UN resolution to protect civilians.
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Venezuela's Chavez meets Libyans

Tuesday, April 26th 2011, 22:03
related countries: Venezuela
related places: Chavez

A Libyan delegation is in Venezuela in an effort to find a political solution to the conflict in Libya, the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says.
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UK in Libya 'for the long haul'

Tuesday, April 26th 2011, 14:59
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK "must prepare for the long haul" in Libya, Downing Street has said, as Royal Air Force aircraft attack vehicles used by pro-Gaddafi forces.
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VIDEO: Gaddafi compound 'devastated' by bomb

Monday, April 25th 2011, 21:48
related places: Tripoli

Nato aircraft have bombed Colonel Gaddafi's compound in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, badly damaging three buildings.
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Italy 'to join attacks in Libya'

Monday, April 25th 2011, 20:25
related countries: Italy

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi approves the use of his country's air force in Nato military strikes enforcing a UN resolution to protect civilians in Libya.
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Battle-scarred

Monday, April 25th 2011, 16:08

Residents of Libyan city describe life in a war zone
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Nato strike hits Gaddafi compound

Monday, April 25th 2011, 14:56
related places: Tripoli

A Nato air strike on the Libyan capital Tripoli badly damages buildings in Col Muammar Gaddafi's compound.
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VIDEO: Nato bomb Gaddafi compound

Monday, April 25th 2011, 13:20

Nato says it is not pursuing regime change in Libya, but it is clear the compound used by Colonel Gaddafi himself is seen as fair game
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Man attempts Alitalia hijacking

Monday, April 25th 2011, 8:54
related countries: France, Italy
related places: Paris, Rome, Tripoli

A man is subdued by cabin crew after he pulls out a knife and demands that a Paris-Rome Alitalia flight divert to Tripoli.
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VIDEO: Gaddafi's compound bombed by Nato

Monday, April 25th 2011, 6:21
related places: Tripoli

A Libyan government spokesman has said the airstrike in Tripoli was an attempt to kill Gaddafi but it is not clear where he was at the time of the attack
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'No let-up' in Misrata fighting

Sunday, April 24th 2011, 17:28

Libyan rebels in Misrata say pro-Gaddafi forces have been bombarding the city again despite announcing a halt to fighting.
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VIDEO: Pope calls for peace in Easter blessing

Sunday, April 24th 2011, 16:10

The Pope urges diplomacy and dialogue to bring an end to the conflict in Libya in his traditional Easter Sunday blessing.
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Spanish journalist held in Libya

Sunday, April 24th 2011, 13:03
related countries: Spain
related places: Tripoli

A Spanish photojournalist detained by forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi telephones his parents from a military prison in Tripoli.
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VIDEO: Rebels capture Gaddafi soldiers

Saturday, April 23rd 2011, 18:55
related countries: United States

For nearly two months, the Libyan city of Misrata has been under siege from the forces of Colonel Gaddafi.
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First US Predator strike in Libya

Saturday, April 23rd 2011, 16:56
related countries: United States

The US military confirms the first strike by an unmanned Predator drone aircraft in Libya, which destroyed a rocket launcher near Misrata.
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Libyan restoration?

Saturday, April 23rd 2011, 10:32

Royal family name Gaddafi ousted could return to centre stage
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Libya tribes 'may tackle Misrata'

Saturday, April 23rd 2011, 7:46
related places: Tripoli

Tribes loyal to Colonel Gaddafi may drive rebels from Misrata if the army fails, a senior official says, as fresh Nato air strikes hit Tripoli.
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VIDEO: French fears over influx of migrants

Saturday, April 23rd 2011, 4:05
related countries: France, Tunisia

France says it wants a mechanism to suspend visa-free travel around the European Union, after an influx of thousand of migrants fleeing the upheaval in Libya and Tunisia.
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France seeks border control shift

Friday, April 22nd 2011, 22:17
related countries: France, Tunisia
related places: Eu

France calls for an easier mechanism for temporarily suspending the EU's passport-free Schengen travel zone, as it fears an influx of migrants from Libya and Tunisia.
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VIDEO: Residents free to walk Misrata district

Friday, April 22nd 2011, 18:29

Residents of one district of Misrata in Libya have been able to walk its streets again after a rebel victory against Col Gaddafi's troops.
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Libya heading for stalemate - US

Friday, April 22nd 2011, 16:57
related countries: United States

The war in Libya is moving towards stalemate, warns the head of the US military, even though air strikes have destroyed 30-40% of Libya's ground forces.
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VIDEO: US Senator McCain tours Benghazi

Friday, April 22nd 2011, 13:02
related countries: United States

Libyan rebels in the eastern stronghold of Benghazi are visited by the veteran US Senator John McCain.
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