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THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Military attacks against civilians in Libya could be a crime against humanity and warrant the launch of a full investigation within days by the International Criminal Court, its prosecutor said on Monday.

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xinhua

A total of 98 Malaysian citizens evacuated from conflict-ridden Libya arrived on board a Malaysian Airlines flight at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Monday morning in Sepang, 60 kilometers away from the country's capital.

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Xinhua

South Korea will send chartered vessels to Libya in a bid to transport construction workers seeking to escape the turmoil-hit country, Yonhap News Agency reported Monday, citing government sources. "There are thousands of construction workers, not only South Koreans but also foreign workers employed by South Korean builders, hoping to leave Libya," said an unnamed government official quoted by Yonhap. "We plan to bring them to a safety by a vessel that has a larger carrying capacity than an airplane."According to Yonhap, the official said that the government is seeking to borrow vessels from Greece given its geographical proximity to Libya.

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ISLAMABAD, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan said Monday that evacuation of citizens by air, land and sea is being worked for those who wish to leave Libya.

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New York — The Security Council today voted unanimously to impose sanctions against the Libyan authorities, slapping the country with an arms embargo and freezing the assets of its leaders, while referring the ongoing violent repression of civilian demonstrators to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Armed rebels opposed to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were in control of Zawiyah, some 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, on Sunday and their red, green and black flag flew above the town.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Poor neighbourhoods of the Libyan capital Tripoli openly defied Muammar Gaddafi on Saturday as his grip on power after 41 years of rule looked increasingly tenuous in the face of nationwide revolt.

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ROME (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi does not seem to be in control of Libya anymore, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Gaddafi's strongest European ally, said on Saturday.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama consulted the leaders of Britain, France and Italy on Thursday on immediate steps to end the Libyan crisis, as Washington kept all options open, including sanctions and military action, to stem the bloodshed.

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RAS JDIR, Tunisia (Reuters) - Libyan security forces tried to seize back control of the coastal town of Zawiyah, about 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital, but were driven back by government opponents, witnesses said on Friday.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi vowed defiantly on Friday to triumph over his enemies, vigorously urging supporters in Tripoli's Green Square to protect the Libyan nation and its petroleum interests.

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reuters

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Government forces shot dead at least two protesters in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday, television stations reported, as a popular uprising against Muammar Gaddafi closed in on his main power base.

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Xinhua
BANGKOK, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of 400 Thai workers who were evacuated from Libya to Turkey will board an aircraft to Thailand and are expected to arrive in Bangkok on Saturday, the deputy director general Prawit Kiangphon.

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TRIPOLI, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's cousin and one of his closest aides, Ahmed Gaddafi al-Dam, said he resigned from his all posts in Libya, the pan-Arab Al-Arabiya TV said, citing an e-mail sent from al-Dam's office on Friday.

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BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Governments across the world continued to bring their citizens home from turbulent Libya Thursday, while Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is clinging to power despite nationwide protests.

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Xinhua
JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- The South African government will send a plane to Libya to evacuate all its citizens still in that country, South Africa's international relations and cooperation department said on Thursday.

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LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague urged the world on Thursday to raise pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and said Britain wanted an international investigation into the use of violence against protesters.

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Xinhua
TRIPOLI, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Troops belong to Muammar Gaddafi attacked the Libyan town of Zuara, 120 km west of the capital, the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera TV reported Thursday.

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ANKARA, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Two Turkish ferries carrying 3,037 passengers arrived in southwestern Turkey from Libya early on Thursday, local media reported.

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BANGKOK, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Thai Labor Ministry spokesman Sutham Nathithong said on Thursday that over 2,000 Thai workers have already left Libya and another 4,000 people would be vacated within one to two days.