20110401 Reuters BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - More than 400 people have gone missing in east Libya since the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi began six weeks ago, many feared killed or captured by government forces, human rights officials say.
20110401 Reuters NAPLES/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO said it "seamlessly" assumed full command of military operations over Libya on Thursday, and warned combatants on the ground against attacking civilians.
20110331 Xinhua TRIPOLI, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Libya's government forces are making a comeback in a bid to drive rebels out of some cities they lost since Western forces started airstrikes, as the international community is mediating an end to strifes.
20110331 Xinhua TRIPOLI, March 30 (Xinhua) -- When heavy shelling from ground troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi drove rebels out of the key oil port of Ras Lanouf on Wednesday, some coalition members began to discuss the possibility of arming the opposition.
20110331 Xinhua TRIPOLI, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Forces loyal to embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are progressing toward the eastern town of Brega, Al-Arabiya TV reported Wednesday.
20110331 Xinhua TRIPOLI, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Libya's government warned on Wednesday it would sue any international company which sealed energy deals with the rebels who control some of the country's oil infrastructure, according to stat-run JANA news agency.
20110331 Xinhua RAS LANUF, Libya, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Forces loyal to embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi recaptured the key oil centre of Ras Lanuf, Al-Jazeera TV reported Wednesday.
20110331 presstv The US president has signed a secret bill to authorize covert operations allegedly in support of the Libyan revolutionaries who are fighting to topple the long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
Washington — Widely praised as an effective defence of Washington's 10-day-old military intervention in Libya, President Barack Obama's speech Monday evening appears to have left several key questions about his future intentions unanswered.
LONDON (Reuters) - An international coalition piled pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday to quit, pledging to continue military action against his forces until he complies with a U.N. resolution to protect civilians.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A series of powerful explosions rocked Tripoli on Tuesday and state television said several targets in the Libyan capital had come under attack from "crusader aggressors".
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's better armed and organised troops reversed the westward charge of rebels and world powers meeting in London piled pressure on the Libyan leader to end his 41-year rule.
Nawfaliya And Doha — Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are resisting an advance by Libyan rebels towards the embattled Libyan leader's hometown of Sirte in the fiercest clashes since the start of a sweeping offensive that has brought a string of coastal towns under opposition control.
NAWFALIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Rebels advanced towards the birthplace of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Monday, firing mortars and heavy machineguns in sporadic clashes with loyalist forces.
DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar became the first Arab country on Monday to recognise Libya's rebels as the people's sole legitimate representative, in a move that may presage similar moves from other Gulf states.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will cut its military role in the Libya no-fly zone in the next week or so and with other nations start to focus on how to ease Libya's Muammar Gaddafi from power, top U.S. officials said on Sunday.
BIN JAWAD, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels pushed further west on Sunday to retake more territory abandoned by Muammar Gaddafi's retreating forces, which have been weakened by Western air strikes.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO states could agree in hours for the alliance to take over command of military operations in Libya from coalition forces, a NATO official said on Sunday.
