20111009
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SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Transitional Libyan government forces swept into Sirte on Saturday in one of the biggest assaults yet on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown, but had to seek cover when they drew fire from his die-hard loyalists.

2011108
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SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan transitional government forces launched their biggest assault yet on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte on Friday, firing heavy artillery at the last major bastion of support for the deposed leader.

2011108
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The United Nations said there should be no reprisals against residents of Muammar Gaddafi's hometown should it fall to Libyan interim government forces, who on Friday launched their biggest assault on the city yet.

20111016
Reuters
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan government forces launched their largest assault yet on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte on Friday, firing heavy artillery at the last major bastion of support for the deposed leader.

20111007
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Libya's fugitive former dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, has called on Libyans to demonstrate against the North African country's new leaders in their millions.

20111007
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SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Snipers loyal to Muammar Gaddafi held back government forces trying to capture his hometown on Thursday and the deposed leader warned the heads of the developing world who have recognised Libya's new rulers that they would face a similar fate to his own.

20111006
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SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan government forces fought their way, street by street, into the centre of Muammar Gaddafi's birthplace, Sirte, on Wednesday after their commanders said the battle for the city was entering its final hours.

20111006
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LONDON (Reuters) - Libya's top oil body is pursuing international oil firms for bills worth around $6 billion that were left unpaid this year due to U.N. sanctions imposed in March, a source in the National Oil Corporation (NOC) told Reuters this week.

20111005
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's new rulers on Tuesday unveiled a group of fighters trained to serve in a national army, in a step toward bringing armed groups under central authority in a capital bristling with revolutionary volunteers who ousted Muammar Gaddafi.

20110930
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Desperate civilians are fleeing the besieged Libyan coastal city of Sirte where the battle to dislodge fighters loyal to ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi has caused heavy casualties, U.N. and other sources said.

20110930
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the dust settles after six months of fighting in Libya, U.S. officials are stepping up efforts to identify Islamic militants who might pose a threat in a post-Gaddafi power vacuum.

20110929
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SIRTE (Reuters) - Libya's new rulers said on Wednesday they believed fugitive ex-leader Muammar Gaddafi was being shielded by nomadic tribesmen in the desert near the Algerian border, while his followers fend off assaults on his hometown.

20110929
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's interim justice minister Mohammed al-Alagi said on Wednesday he was ready to work with Scottish authorities to probe the possible involvement of others in the Lockerbie bombing apart from the sole Libyan convicted for the attack.

20110928
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SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - A Libyan commander leading the attack on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte said on Tuesday he was in talks with elders inside the city about a truce, but the head of another anti-Gaddafi unit rejected negotiations.

20110928
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CAIRO (Reuters) - A television station broadcast footage dated September 20 of what it said was Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam apparently rallying his forces in one of the last strongholds of the Libyan leader.

20110927
Reuters
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Snipers defending Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte held off an advance on Tuesday by interim government forces into the centre of the city, one of the last bastions of supporters of the ousted Libyan leader.

20110927
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LONDON (Reuters) - The investigation into the 1988 bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner over Lockerbie in Scotland is closed and Tripoli will not release more evidence that could lead to others being charged, Libya's interim leaders said on Monday.

20110927
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TRIPOLI/ALGIERS (Reuters) - Tuareg tribesmen fought skirmishes at the weekend with armed groups affiliated to Libya's interim government, two sources with local contacts told Reuters, a clash that highlighted the challenges Libya's new rulers face in winning over fractious tribes.

20110927
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's new rulers plan to abolish the state security courts used by Muammar Gaddafi to imprison political dissidents, the country's interim justice minister said on Monday.

20110926
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's chief spokesman said on Sunday the deposed Libyan leader and his family had not helped themselves to Libya's oil wealth and that they were "among the poorest citizens".