Libya Violence

Libyan Militia Starts Gunfight Near PM's Compound

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2012

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By Marie-Louise Gumuchian TRIPOLI, May 8 (Reuters) - Several people were killed on Tuesday when an armed militia protesting outside t...

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Warring Tribes Continue Fight

AP | RAMI AL-SHAHEIBI | Posted 05.30.2012

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TRIPOLI, Libya — A senior Libyan government official said Friday that warring tribes in the south have brokered a cease-fire after five days of ...

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Armed Assailants Attack Protesters With Rifles, Knives

AP | RAMI AL-SHAHEIBI | Posted 05.16.2012

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TRIPOLI, Libya -- Thousands of Libyan protesters rallying Friday in an eastern city to press for an autonomous region were attacked by armed men wield...

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Libyan PM: Disarming Rebels Will Take Months

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 01.04.2012

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TRIPOLI, Libya — Disarming former Libyan rebels could take months and weapons will not be taken by force, Libya's new prime minister said in an ...

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NATO Reportedly 'Very Close' To Terminating Libya Campaign

AP | RAMI AL-SHAHEIBI and KIM GAMEL | Posted 12.18.2011

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BANI WALID, Libya — Revolutionary forces celebrated the capture of one Moammar Gadhafi stronghold and closed in Tuesday on the last holdouts in ...

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Libya's Endless Struggle To Control Rumor

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 12.17.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya – The celebratory gunfire was deafening as reports spread that Moammar Gadhafi's son Muatassim had been captured. The problem is,...

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NATO Mission In Libya Will Continue 90 More Days

AP | DON MELVIN | Posted 11.21.2011

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BRUSSELS — NATO's decision-making body granted approval Wednesday for the military alliance to continue its mission over Libya for another 90 da...

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British, French Helicopters Strike Gaddafi Troops

AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 08.04.2011

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BENGHAZI, Libya — British and French attack helicopters struck for the first time inside Libya, giving the NATO campaign more muscle against Moa...

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600 Feared Dead As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Libyan Coast

AP | COLLEEN BARRY and FRANK JORDANS | Posted 07.09.2011

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MILAN — An overcrowded ship carrying up to 600 people trying to flee Libya sank just outside the port of Tripoli, the U.N. refugee agency said M...

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About 1,000 Believed Killed In Libyan Violence

Posted 05.31.2011

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LONDON (Reuters) - About 1,000 people are believed to have been killed in clashes between supporters and opponents of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddaf...

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Is Gaddafi Using Human Props?

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.26.2011

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration says the Libyan government's claims of civilians killed in airstrikes are unproven. (SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES...

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Fareed Zakaria: How Will Libya End?

Time.com | Fareed Zakaria | Posted 05.25.2011

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Call it the Goldilocks military plan: Not too much, not too little, not too unilateral, not too American. The operation against Muammar Gaddafi's regi...

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U.N. Security Council Votes To Impose No-Fly Zone On Libya

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 05.25.2011

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UNITED NATIONS — Moving swiftly in response to a request by Arab nations, the U.N. Security Council on Thursday paved the way for international ...

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Al Jazeera Cameraman Killed In Libya

AP | RYAN LUCAS and SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 05.25.2011

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BENGHAZI, Libya — An Al-Jazeera cameraman was killed in an ambush near the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Saturday, the first journalist sla...

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PHOTOS: Expats Flee Libya Amidst Chaos And Bad Weather

Posted 05.25.2011

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Though bad weather, panic and deteriorating security nearly thwarted foreign efforts to evacuate their citizens from strife-torn Libya, those expatria...

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Gaddafi: 'Leave Or You Will See A Massacre'

AP | PAUL SCHEMM and MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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BENGHAZI, Libya – Militias loyal to Moammar Gadhafi opened fire Friday on protesters streaming out of mosques and marching across the Libyan capital...

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'A Human Rights Catastrophe'

HuffingtonPost.com | Julia Steers | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- International outrage grew on Wednesday as reports of growing violence in Libya continued to proliferate, marking a growing crackdown by h...

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U.S. Condemns 'Appalling' Violence In Libya

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday condemned "appalling" violence in Libya, where security forces unleashed a bloody crackdown on ...

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