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DAFNIYA/AL-QAWALISH, Libya (Reuters) - Rebel fighters in western Libya faced sustained artillery and rocket bombardment by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for the fifth straight day on Saturday.

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PARIS (Reuters) - French military operations in Libya have cost 160 million euros, Budget Minister Valerie Pecresse said on Saturday, just days before a key parliamentary debate on extending operations.

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BIR AYAD, Libya (Reuters) - The Bir Ayad field hospital is in a single room with no electricity in a former roadside cafe near the front line in Libya's Western mountains.

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DAFNIYA/AL-QAWALISH, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi threatened to take the war in Libya to Europe on Friday while rebels came under heavy fire as they renewed their push against his forces.

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GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that negotiations were underway to end the conflict in Libya and that leader Muammar Gaddafi should draw conclusions based on his people's best interests.

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi is sounding out the possibility of handing over power, a Russian newspaper reported on Tuesday, but the Libyan government denied it was in talks about the veteran leader stepping down.

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GENEVA (Reuters) - Health care and food supplies are deteriorating in Libya, but the Gaddafi government has managed to keep paying wages and food subsidies in areas under its control, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday.

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Reuters
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's government is not negotiating about Muammar Gaddafi giving up power, a government spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday.

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LONDON (Reuters) - The search for a political solution to Libya's war has quietly moved up a gear despite tough-looking declarations by Muammar Gaddafi and his rebel foes suggesting they can fight on.

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian newspaper said on Tuesday that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was willing to give up power in exchange for security guarantees, citing a high-level Russian official.

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MADRID/TRIPOLI, July 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stepped up Western calls on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to quit, brushing off his threat to attack Europeans in their homes and offices.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Efforts to pressure Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi out of power are succeeding, and there will not be stability in Libya until he steps down, U.S. national security adviser Tom Donilon said.

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xinhua
BENGHAZI, Libya, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Libyan rebel forces massing southwest of Tripoli were gearing up for a new advance to the capital in the next two days after they were pushed back by government troops earlier in the week, a rebel military spokesman said Saturday.

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MALABO (Reuters) - African Union leaders offered on Friday to host talks between the Libyan government and rebels on a ceasefire and transition to democratic government, but left open whether there was any future role for Muammar Gaddafi.

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Reuters
TUNIS (Reuters) - A protracted struggle for Libya could leave it in the hands of extremists instead of the liberal economic technocrats who now lead its rebel movement, the World Bank's representative for Libya said on Thursday.

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Xinhua
MALABO/TRIPOLI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Representatives of the Libyan government and rebels will soon meet in Ethiopia in a bid to negotiate a way out of the current crisis in their country, South African President Jacob Zuma said in Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea, on Friday.

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xinhua
MALABO, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan government and the rebels in the eastern part of the North African country will soon hold transitional negotiations in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, South African President Jacob Zuma said here at the end of the 17th AU Summit

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xinhua
TRIPOLI, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi threatened to carry out attacks in Europe if NATO does not stop airstrikes against his regime in Libya.

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Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Libya is involved in direct and indirect talks with rebels trying to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader's daughter said, although the Benghazi-based opposition has ruled out further contact with Tripoli.

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Reuters
TUNIS (Reuters) - A protracted struggle for Libya could leave it in the hands of extremists instead of the liberal economic technocrats who now lead its rebel movement, the World Bank's representative for Libya said on Thursday.