AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's jets bombed Libyan rebels on Monday, aiding a counter-offensive that has pushed insurgents 100 miles (160 km) eastwards in a week, as France pressed for a no-fly zone "as fast as possible".
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev has barred Muammar Gaddafi and his family from Russia, the Kremlin said on Monday, in a move that brings Moscow closer in line with Western policy on the Libyan leader.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A divided U.N. Security Council discussed on Monday the possibility of authorizing a no-fly zone over Libya after the Arab League called during the weekend for the 15-nation body to act.
TRIPOLI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of foreign laborers were still stranded at the airport in Tripoli on Saturday, as troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi stormed into the eastern town of Ras Lanuf.
TRIPOLI, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan military said Sunday that its troops were pressing onward toward the eastern port city of Benghazi, a key stronghold of rebel forces.
AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's troops seized the strategic Libyan oil town of Brega on Sunday forcing rebels to retreat under a heavy bombardment while world powers considered imposing a no-fly zone.
ANKARA, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have launched a joint humanitarian aid operation to help victims of the unrest in Libya, local media reported Saturday.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi launched an assault on the city of Misrata on Saturday, attempting to recapture the last town in the west of the country still in rebel hands.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The leaders of South Africa, Uganda, Mauritania, Congo and Mali will form a panel that will travel to Libya shortly to help end the violence there, the African Union announced late on Friday.
GENEVA, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The UN Human Rights Council named three high-level experts here on Friday to investigate alleged violations of international human rights law in Libya.
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian journalist Andrei Netto, who was arrested nine days ago while reporting the ongoing unrest in Libya, left the North African nation on Friday, local media reported.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan rebels repelled a counter-offensive by leader Muammar Gaddafi's troop on Friday, but appealed to foreign powers to impose a no-fly zone to stop further attacks overrunning their three-week uprising.
RAS JDIR CAMP, Tunisia (Reuters) - Hundreds of African migrants who fled the violence in Libya to a refugee camp in Tunisia are refusing to return to their home countries where they say they would face poverty or violence.
20110310 Xinhua TRIPOLI, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi launched on Thursday another bombardment against the eastern town of Ras Lanuf, Al-Arabiya news network reported.
20110310 Xinhua ATHENS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- A representative of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi held talks with Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Dollis here Thursday morning, but no details were released on what was discussed.
20110310 Xinhua BRUSSELS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- NATO surveillance aircraft will monitor Libyan airspace around-the-clock to gather more information on the ground for decision-making, the alliance's chief said Thursday.
TRIPOLI/RAS LANUF, Libya (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made it clear Washington believes any decision to impose a no-fly zone over Libya is a matter for the United Nations and should not be a U.S.-led initiative.
TRIPOLI, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The situation in the Libyan capital remained relatively calm Friday although anti-government forces and loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi reportedly clashed in a western town.
