Muammar Gaddafi Libya

Gaddafi's Iconic Golden Gun Taken After His Death

Posted 12.20.2011

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Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed Thursday in his hometown of Sirte, after National Transitional Council (NTC) forces captured the tow...

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Gaddafi's Maddening 42-Year Rule

AP | KIM GAMEL and LEE KEATH | Posted 12.20.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya — During nearly 42 years in power, Moammar Gadhafi ruled with an eccentric brutality. He was so mercurial he turned Libya into an...

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Graphic Photo Reportedly Shows Gaddafi Captured, Killed

Posted 12.20.2011

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After Libyan rebels captured Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte on Thursday, reports surfaced that the ousted Libya leader had been captured and kill...

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WATCH: UCLA Student Alive And Well After Summer Of Revolution

Posted 11.27.2011

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It was a crazy summer for UCLA math major Chris Jeon. He learned how to shoot an AK-47, embedded himself in a brutal battle against a vicious (and stu...

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WATCH: Grandpa Gaddafi At Play In Tripoli

Posted 11.07.2011

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Muammar Gaddafi may be one of the world's most infamous autocrats, but newly-released footage reveals a more private side to the deposed Libyan leader...

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Libya Rebels Focus On Tribal City As Gaddafi Haven

AP | By PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 11.02.2011

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MISRATA, Libya -- A flash of sunlight reflecting off a distant windshield heralded the approach of a vehicle across the endless Libyan desert. So the ...

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U.S. College Student Joins Libya Rebels For 'Vacation'

Christian Science Monitor | Kristen Chick | Posted 11.01.2011

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At this rebel outpost in the middle of the desert near the front lines of the fight with Muammar Qaddafi's loyalists, a gaggle of rebel fighters gathe...

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WATCH: Libyan Teen Girl Says She Was Forced To Kill Rebels

Posted 11.01.2011

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A young member of the all-female unit of Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan militia has come forward, telling CNN she was ordered to kill rebels or be killed he...

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WATCH: CNN Reporter Finds Lockerbie Bomber Bedridden In Tripoli

Posted 10.31.2011

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CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson's quest to locate and interview Abdel Basset al-Megrahi -- known internationally as the Lockerbie...

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Gaddafi Son: 'We Are Going To Die In Our Land'

AP | BEN HUBBARD and MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 10.31.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya — Two men claiming to be Moammar Gadhafi's sons made conflicting appeals from hiding Wednesday night, with one of them calling fo...

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Does Libya Rebel Leader Have Al Qaeda Ties?

Le Temps/Worldcrunch | Jean-Pierre Perrin | Posted 10.30.2011

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For U.S. intelligence services, the man who led the rebel assault on Tripoli, and is now the de facto military governor of the capital, is an old acqu...

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Elections In Libya Must Be Deferred

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 10.29.2011

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While the Libyan rebels have rightfully celebrated the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi after a 42-year reign in Libya, turning him from all powerful-dictator to a cowered fugitive, the real challenges for a new Libya are just beginning.

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Lockerbie Bomber Still Living In Tripoli: Scotland

AP | By DAVID STRINGER | Posted 10.29.2011

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By BEN MCCONVILLE, Associated Press LONDON -- The Lockerbie bomber is believed to still be in Tripoli where he is dying of prostate cancer, Scotlan...

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10,000 Libyans Freed From Gaddafi Prisons

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.29.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libyan rebel leaders asked NATO on Monday to keep up pressure on elements of Moammar Gadhafi's regime and to protect those strug...

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Libya's Rebel Leaders: 'Don't Expect Miracles'

AP | By KARIN LAUB and HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 10.27.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya -- For 42 years, during the long rule of Moammar Gadhafi, the Libyan government barely even existed: state institutions had little powe...

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Desperately Seeking Gaddafi's Female Bodyguards

AL ARABIYA | Farrag Ismail | Posted 10.26.2011

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When the rebels stormed into Muammar Qaddafi's fortress of Bab al-Aziziya they expected to find more people than just the stalwart leader and his fami...

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Libya's Rixos Hotel Is Prison For Journalists

AP | DARIO LOPEZ-MILLS | Posted 10.24.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya — We have been in the thick of the fighting, but also cut off from it. Dozens of us journalists have been trapped for days in th...

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Chavez: Libyan Rebels Are 'Group Of Terrorists'

AP | Posted 10.24.2011

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CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that Venezuela will continue to recognize Moammar Gadhafi as the leader of Libya and wil...

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PHOTOS: A Look Inside Gaddafi's Bab-al-Aziziya Compound

Posted 10.24.2011

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(AP) Moammar Gadhafi's main military compound, stormed Tuesday by Libyan rebels, was a sprawling blend of barracks, personal living quarters and offic...

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World Chess Federation Head Claims To Have Spoken With Gaddafi By Phone

AP | By SASHA MERKUSHEV | Posted 10.24.2011

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MOSCOW -- The Russian head of the World Chess Federation said he spoke Tuesday with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and that he remains in Tripoli and "...

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Gaddafi's Tripoli Compound Stormed By Libya Rebels

AP | By BEN HUBBARD and KARIN LAUB | Posted 10.24.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Libyan rebels stormed Moammar Gadhafi's main military compound in Tripoli Tuesday after fierce fighting with forces loyal to hi...

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Hezbollah: Libya Rebels Can Solve Lebanese Shiite Leader's Disappearance

AP | By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 10.24.2011

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BEIRUT -- Hezbollah has called on the Libyan rebels to help uncover the fate of Moussa al-Sadr, a charismatic Shiite cleric who disappeared during a t...

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Not Long Ago, Saadi Gaddafi Was Financing Hollywood Films

blog.moviefone.com | Posted 10.22.2011

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Not long ago, Saadi Gadhafi was financing movies through his company Natural Selection, basking in the prestige of such actors as Mickey Rourke and Ev...

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LIVE: Obama Speaks Out On Rapid Developments In Libya

Posted 10.22.2011

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President Barack Obama spoke Monday at 2p.m. on the rapidly developing situation in Libya. As the AP reports: Libyan rebels claimed to be in contro...

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China: ‘We Will Respect Libya's Choices'

The Diplomat | Jason Miks | Posted 10.22.2011

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China will respect the choice of the Libyan people and hopes that the situation there stabilizes quickly, the country's Foreign Ministry has said toda...

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