Libya Protest
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Killer Told Gaddafi's Daughter Over Phone, Old Fuzzhead (Abu Shafshufa) Is Dead
World | Oct 23, 2011, 12:01 PM ISTTripoli, Oct 23: Minutes after deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed in cold blood by a bunch of NTC fighters, Gaddafi's daughter Aisha, 34, rang up her father on his satphone.The phone was picked
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Libya Fighters In New Push On Gaddafi Desert Redoubt
World | Oct 17, 2011, 07:40 AM ISTSirte, Oct 16 : Fighters of Libya's new regime launched a fresh assault on the desert oasis of Bani Walid today, even as fighting eased in the city of Sirte, the other main holdout of
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Gaddafi Loyalists Hit Back In Sirte
World | Oct 14, 2011, 07:36 AM ISTSirte, Oct 13 : Libya's new regime fighters today retreated under heavy fire from Muammar Gaddafi diehards in his hometown Sirte as their leaders backtracked on an announcement they had captured one of his sons. The
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Libya Buries 11 Imams Killed In Nato Strike
World | May 15, 2011, 10:57 AM ISTTripoli, May 15 : Libyans on Saturday buried 11 Muslim clerics killed in what Moamer Gadhafi's regime said was a NATO air strike on the oil city of Brega that the alliance said targeted a
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Action In Libya Could Last 'Awhile,' Official Says
World | Mar 21, 2011, 07:26 PM ISTZEITOUNIYA, Libya, March 21 : The international military intervention in Libya is likely to last "awhile," a top French official said Monday, echoing Moammar Gadhafi's warning of a long war ahead as rebels said they
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Fighting, Explosions Kill 49 In Libya's Rebel-Held East
World | Mar 05, 2011, 01:03 PM ISTCairo, Mar 5 : Pro-Gaddafi forces were locked in a fierce battle with rebels in Libya's east to reclaim the lost territory as the regime scrambled hard to quell fresh protests in Tripoli, amid reports
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US Freezes $ 30 Billion Assets Of Gaddafi
World | Mar 01, 2011, 01:29 PM ISTWashington, Mar 1 : Stepping up pressure on the Libyan rulers, the United States today announced to freeze $ 30 billion in assets of the Gaddafi regime, as the European Union mulled imposing a no-fly
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US, Nato Discuss Military Options For Libya
World | Mar 01, 2011, 10:03 AM ISTTripoli,March 1 : The United States and other foreign governments discussed military options for dealing with Libya on Monday as Muammar Gaddafi scoffed at the threat to his government from a spreading popular uprising.With government
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All My People Love Me, Says The Megalomaniac
World | Mar 01, 2011, 01:13 PM ISTCairo, March 1 : "All my people love me," embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said, adding that his people would die to protect him.Gaddafi(68), facing a popular uprising and mounting global pressure to step
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Time For Gaddafi To Leave Power: Clinton
World | Feb 27, 2011, 08:56 AM ISTWashington, Feb 27 : Asserting that Muammar Gaddafi has lost the confidence of his people, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said it is time that the Libyan leader should go without further bloodshed
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US Slaps Sanctions Against Libya
World | Feb 26, 2011, 01:20 PM ISTWashington, Feb 26 : President Barack Obama has announced unilateral sanctions against Libya freezing the assets in the US of Muammar Gaddafi, his family and loyalists."By any measure, Muammar el-Gaddafi's government has violated international norms
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Scores Killed In Libya As Authorities Crack Down On Demonstrators
World | Feb 22, 2011, 09:02 AM ISTCairo, Feb 21 : Libya's anti-government protesters took control of several cities in the north African country but came under a brutal crackdown in capital Tripoli where Violence claimed scores of lives today, amid reports
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Will Fight To Last Drop Of Blood, Thunders Gaddafi
World | Feb 23, 2011, 02:20 PM ISTCairo, Feb 23 : A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed to fight to his "last drop of blood" and roared at supporters to strike back against Libyan protesters to defend his embattled regime Tuesday, signaling an
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Libyan Forces Fire On Mourners; Total Toll May Be 300
World | Feb 20, 2011, 09:57 PM ISTCairo, Feb 20: Libyan security forces opened fired on mourners at a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi again today, a day after commandos and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader