20110524
Reuters
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO warplanes hammered Tripoli on Tuesday with some of their heaviest air strikes yet after the United States said Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi would "inevitably" be forced from power.

20110522
Aljazeera

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton becomes highest-ranking diplomat to visit Libyan rebels' stronghold.

Catherine Ashton, the European Union foreign policy chief, has pledged support for Libya's rebels during her first visit to the opposition stronghold of Benghazi.

Ashton became the highest-ranking foreign diplomat to visit the city since the revolt against longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi began in mid-February.

20110522
all africa
Addis Ababa — The African Union has called an extraordinary summit to seek a political solution to the ongoing civil war in Libya.

20110522
press tv
Two loud explosions have been heard in the southern suburbs of Tripoli after NATO airstrikes on the headquarters of embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and the capital's port.

20110521
cnn
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Libya on Saturday accused NATO of causing a humanitarian crisis after airstrikes targeted the government-controlled port in Tripoli, saying the attacks have limited movement of supply ships in and out of the country.

20110521
press tv
Russia has once again slammed NATO for its air strikes on Libya, calling for the deployment of international peacekeeping forces to end the violence in the North African country.

20110521
Los Angeles Times
NATO says the airstrikes came after it observed Libyan government vessels threatening alliance ships and mining sea lanes off the city of Misurata.

20110521
Reuters
TRIPOLI/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's bombing campaign in Libya has crippled the government's ability to attack rebels fighting to topple Muammar Gaddafi and effectively forced the leader into hiding, the alliance said on Friday.

20110519
press tv
The United Nations is holding negotiations with the Libyan regime, the revolutionary forces and the NATO to halt the fighting in the North African country to get humanitarian aid to civilians.

20110519
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NATO has adopted a more aggressive approach to air strikes in Libya, Western officials say, after two months of attacks on Muammar Gaddafi's government have failed to prompt the defiant leader to resign.

20110518
reuters

Libya's rebel-held Western Mountains came under intense bombardment on Tuesday from Muammar Gaddafi's army, forcing rebels to briefly pull back from the border with Tunisia as rockets slammed into the desert.

20110518
reuters

Canada, which is participating in NATO's air operations in Libya, has expelled five diplomats from Libya's embassy in Ottawa for "inappropriate" activities, the government said on Tuesday.

20110518
reuters

Libya's rebel-held Western Mountains came under intense bombardment on Tuesday from Muammar Gaddafi's army, forcing rebels to briefly pull back from the border with Tunisia as rockets slammed into the desert.

20110518
reuters

Libya's rebel-held Western Mountains came under intense bombardment on Tuesday from Muammar Gaddafi's army, forcing rebels to briefly pull back from the border with Tunisia as rockets slammed into the desert.

20110518
reuters

Canada, which is participating in NATO's air operations in Libya, has expelled five diplomats from Libya's embassy in Ottawa for "inappropriate" activities, the government said on Tuesday.

20110518
reuters

The chairman of Libya's National Oil Corporation has defected from Muammar Gaddafi's administration and fled to neighbouring Tunisia, a Tunisian security source said on Tuesday.

20110516
allAfrica

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, announced Monday that his office will seek arrest warrants on war crimes charges for Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, whom Ocampo described as the “de facto prime minister,” and Director of Military Intelligence Abdullah Al-Senussi, Gaddafi’s “right hand man, the executioner” on war crimes charges.

20110517
Reuters

The world's top war crimes prosecutor sought an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, accusing him of killing protesters who want an end to end his four-decade rule.

20110517
Reuters

Shokri Ghanem, chairman of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC), has defected from the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan rebels' finance and oil minister said on Tuesday.

20110517
Reuters

Libya's rebel leadership has set a budget to spend $3 billion over the next 6 months but was still chasing down cash to finance that amount, rebel oil and finance representative Ali Tarhouni said on Tuesday.