Libya Protests
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Against Libya's Rebels, Gaddafi Controls The Skies
World | Mar 08, 2011, 12:14 PM ISTRas Lanouf, Libya, Mar 8: Repeated airstrikes by Libyan warplanes illustrate the edge Moammar Gaddafi holds in his fight against rebel forces marching toward the capital: He controls the air. After pleading from the uprising's
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UN Suspends Libya From Rights Council
World | Mar 02, 2011, 01:12 PM ISTUnited Nations, Mar 2 : The U.N. General Assembly suspended Libya from its top human rights body as governments worldwide pressured Moammar Gadhafi to halt the deadly crackdown on his people. The 192 U.N. member
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3600 Indians Out Of Libya, Evacuation Time Extended To March 12
India | Mar 01, 2011, 08:29 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 1: Almost 20 per cent of an estimated 18,000 Indians in Libya have been evacuated even as the government received landing clearance for 3 special flights daily from India to Tripoli up
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Gaddafi's Time Is Up, Says Obama
World | Feb 27, 2011, 11:57 AM ISTWashington, Feb 27: US President Barack Obama dropped the careful condemnation, threats of consequences and the reminders to Moammar Gaddafi's regime about its responsibility to avoid violence,and in its place he delivered a more forceful
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Libya Indians Recount Tales Of Fear And Horror
India | Feb 28, 2011, 11:06 AM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 27: Heaving a sigh of relief as they returned home 'safely' today, hundreds of Indians from Libya recounted the ordeal they underwent being confined to their homes without food ever since anti-Government
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UNSC Unanimously Slaps Sanctions On Libya
World | Feb 27, 2011, 10:13 AM ISTUnited Nations, Feb 27 : India and 14 other members of the powerful UN Security Council today unanimously slapped "biting sanctions" on the Gaddafi regime in the form of an arms embargo, asset freezes and
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Opposition Vows To Liberate Tripoli, Gaddafi Holed Up
World | Feb 24, 2011, 10:58 AM ISTBenghazi, Libya, Feb 23: The scope of Moammar Gadhafi's control was whittled away Wednesday as major Libyan cities and towns closer to the capital fell to the rebellion against his rule. In the east, now
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Obama Tells World To Unite Against Libya Bloodshed
World | Feb 24, 2011, 10:30 AM ISTWashington, Feb 24 : US President Barack Obama told the world to unite to hold Libya accountable for a vicious protest crackdown, stiffening a US response to the crisis that critics had cast as too
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Gaddafi Uses Warplanes To Bomb Protesters
World | Feb 22, 2011, 01:30 PM ISTTripoli, Feb 22: Libyan forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are fighting a bloody battle to keep him in power, with residents reporting gunfire in parts of the capital Tripoli and other cities, while other citizens,
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Venezuela Denies Giving Asylum To Gaddafi
World | Feb 22, 2011, 10:47 AM ISTCaracas (Venezuela), Feb 22 : Venezuela's information minister denied suggestions that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was headed to this South American country. Andres Izarra said in an e-mail sent to The Associated Press that "it's
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Libyan Pilots, Diplomats Defect
World | Feb 22, 2011, 08:25 AM ISTMalta, Feb 21 : Two Libyan air force jets landed in Malta on Monday and their pilots have asked for political asylum.The pilots claimed to have defected after refusing to follow orders to attack civilians