Libya Revolution

Remember Libya?

Sarah Margon | Posted 04.19.2012

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The challenges Libya faces are not just about uniting a fractured society. They are also about building responsive and accountable governance institutions out of the ashes of the skeletal ministries left behind.

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How to Run a Revolution: The Success of Libya and the Failures of Syria

Matthew VanDyke | Posted 04.17.2012

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Syria is headed down the path of a protracted, disastrous civil war that could last for another year or more. This revolution has been mismanaged from its inception and if drastic measures aren't taken to change course it will be a disaster.

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Mass Grave Unearthed In Libya

AP | RAMI AL-SHAHEIBI | Posted 05.05.2012

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BENGHAZI, Libya — Thousands of mourners gathered Monday in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to bury 155 bodies unearthed from a mass grave of...

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Libya Threatened By an Unknown Future

Gilbert Doumit | Posted 04.04.2012

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Though the revolution united most Libyans, the inspiration driving revolutionary groups to fight against the Gaddafi regime was not the same.

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Women in Libya and the Arab Spring

Manal Omar | Posted 01.04.2012

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Few would dispute women's role in the revolution. The question on women's minds today is whether it is sustainable or not.

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Libya, Sharia, and Us

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 01.03.2012

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There is sharia, and then there is sharia. And before going on and on about regression and glaciation, we would do well to know what we're talking about.

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Gaddafi's Fugitive Son In Contact With International Court

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 12.28.2011

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AMSTERDAM — The International Criminal Court is in indirect negotiations with a son of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi about his possible...

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Fear is Finite, Hope is Infinite

Shervin Pishevar | Posted 12.22.2011

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Yesterday, history was made in Libya and Libya is free after decades of brutal dictatorship. I was in Tripoli and Benghazi only 2 weeks ago visiting some of the bravest young people I have ever met.

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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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Getting to Know the Opposition

Manal Omar | Posted 11.07.2011

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With the overthrow of Moammar Gaddafi, Libya has a whole new political spectrum that covers a formal transitional government to remnants of the monarchy. Each will play some telling role over the next few months.

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Freedom's Lament: Libya's Revolution and the Shackles of the Mind

Jake Townsend | Posted 10.30.2011

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How many revolutions will it take before the world's dictators, tyrants and despots realize that one man or one unjust system cannot contain the strength of the human spirit?

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'Until Victory Or Martyrdom'

AP | BEN HUBBARD and PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 10.24.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya -- Intense clashes erupted Wednesday between Libyan rebels and regime loyalists in a neighborhood next to Moammar Gadhafi's compound th...

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The Sufi Foundation Of Libya's Revolution

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 10.24.2011

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The Libyan historical and spiritual heritage dominating the anti-Gaddafi campaign has drawn on precedents that could not be more distant from the radicalism of al Qaeda.

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Gaddafi Son Makes Bizarre Appearance, Vows To Fight On

AP | KARIN LAUB and BEN HUBBARD | Posted 10.22.2011

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By KARIN LAUB and BEN HUBBARD, Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Fresh fighting erupted in Tripoli on Tuesday hours after Muammar Gaddafi's s...

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Let's Not Make the Same Iraq Mistakes in Libya

John Kiriakou | Posted 10.22.2011

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Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year dictatorship is hanging by a thread, most of his family is either under arrest or in exile, and rebels are celebrating their impending victory in virtually every village, town and Tripoli neighborhood. It's like Iraq in March 2003. But things in Iraq changed quickly. We know from that experience that now isn't the time for celebration. If the Libyan people don't learn from the mistakes the U.S. made in Iraq, they could repeat the violence that has wracked that country for the past eight years. In short, it's a time to worry about Libya's future.

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LOOK: Pictures Of Libyan Rebel Supporters Celebrating

Posted 10.22.2011

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Supporters of Libyan rebels took to the streets on Monday as they celebrated the capture of Seif al-Islam, Moammar Gaddafi's second-oldest son. Rebel ...

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Huge Win for Libyans, a Win for Obama, Challenges Next

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.22.2011

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Barack Obama's gamble in providing limited support for a conflict in Libya, in which other countries played lead roles, now seems like a winning move.

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Libya Rebels Take Over Tripoli

AP/The Huffington Post | By KARIN LAUB and BEN HUBBARD | Posted 10.21.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya -- Euphoric Libyan rebels took control of most of Tripoli in a lightning advance Sunday, celebrating the victory in Green Square, the s...

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Gaddafi-Held Libya Facing Shortages: UN

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 09.25.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya — The part of Libya under Moammar Gadhafi's control is wracked by shortages in fuel, food and cash despite a veneer of normalcy, ...

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Libya Claims On NATO Strikes Can Be Absurd

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 08.06.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya — The small note in curly handwriting was quietly passed by a medic to a foreign reporter in a Tripoli hospital. Its hastily scr...

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Russia: NATO 'One Step' From Land War In Libya

AP | Posted 08.05.2011

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SINGAPORE — NATO is "one step" from sending troops into Libya to help rebels remove Moammar Gadhafi from power, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Se...

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Libyan Woman Who Claimed Rape Heads To U.S.

AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 08.05.2011

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BENGHAZI, Libya — A Libyan woman who claimed she was raped by Gadhafi troops has left Libya on her way to the United States, her sister said Sun...

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Libya And Tunisia: Open Borders, Humanity At Work

Yusra Tekbali | Posted 07.13.2011

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Here in Tunisia, credited with the rebirth of Arab Nationalism because of its Jasmine Revolt that shook the Arab World, there is deep concern for Libya's welfare.

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