20110224
Xinhua
BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Governments around the world scrambled to evacuate their citizens from unrest-hit Libya on Wednesday.

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Xinhua
TUNIS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of people fleeing the violence and insecurity in neighboring Libya are crossing the Tunisian border at the Ras El Jedir cross point some 600 km south of the capital, Tunisian official press agency TAP reported Wednesday.

20110224
Xinhua
ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (PSC-AU) on Wednesday strongly deplored the unfortunate tragic loss of life in Libya.

20110222
reuters

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi said that he will stay in Libya as “head of the revolution” in a live TV address as protests against his regime sweep the country.

20110223
reuters

UNITED NATIONS/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Libyan diplomats at the United Nations and several countries broke ranks with the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi, urging foreign nations on Tuesday to help stop what many called the slaughter of anti-government protesters.

20110223
reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pressure mounted on the White House on Tuesday to intervene to stop Muammar Gaddafi's bloody crackdown on democracy protests as a lawmaker close to President Barack Obama urged oil firms to halt work in Libya.

20110223
reuters

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A senior aide to Muammar Gaddafi's influential son Saif resigned on Wednesday, the latest top official to walk out after the Libyan leader vowed to crush a revolt that threatens his four-decade rule.

20110221
RFI

Protesters overran several Libyan cities on Monday, including the capital Tripoli and Benghazi in the east, amid reports that military units and personnel deserted their posts.

20110221
reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Libyan warplanes were bombing indiscriminately across Tripoli on Monday, a resident of the Libyan capital told al Jazeera television in a live broadcast.

20110221
reuters

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade-old rule appeared in increasing jeopardy on Monday when days of anti-government protests reached the capital for the first time and security forces killed dozens of people.

20110218
xinhua

TUNIS, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- A large number of prisoners escaped Friday from a jail in Libya's second major city Benghazi amid anti- government demonstrations, Tunisian official press agency TAP reported.

20110218
xinhua

TRIPOLI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- At least 20 people in Libya's second largest city of Benghazi and seven in Derna in eastern Libya were killed in anti-government protests, Oea newspaper reported on its website Friday.

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reuetrs

TRIPOLI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Libya's anti-government protesters hanged two policemen in the eastern city of Al-Baida, Oea newspaper reported Friday on its website.

20110218
reuetrs

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Soldiers sought to put down unrest in Libya's second city on Friday and opposition forces said they were fighting troops for control of a nearby town after crackdowns which Human Rights Watch said killed 24 people.

20110102
africanews

Turkish petroleum company TPOC has discovered oil at a well on a Libyan concession it operates, Libya's state oil company NOC said.

20101224
reuters

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - One of the sons of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has taken the unusual step of publicly denying he is caught in a feud with his brothers, after months of speculation about a power struggle within the family.

20101210
africanews

Libyan-born Lockerbie bomber Abdul Baset al Megrahi who is suffering from a terminal prostate cancer may not have more days to live, a source close to his family told Sky News Thursday.

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africanews

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's protocol chief has been arrested in France at the request of Tripoli on suspicion of embezzlement, AFP said on Tuesday. Nuri Al-Mismari, a former close aide to the veteran Libyan leader, was presented to prosecutors in Versailles near Paris on Monday.

20101206
africanews

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said that freed Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi would sue the British government for "false imprisonment", the Daily Mirror said on Monday. Gaddafi said the case against Megrahi had "been created by" former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and ex-US President Ronald Reagan.

20101113
reuters

ATHENS (Reuters) - Ten activists trying to take aid from Libya to Gaza jumped on board a ship about to set sail to Greece, the vessel's managers said on Friday, denying reports the aid workers were held against their will.