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  Khamenei Backs Revolts, Accuses Obama Of Lying

  World | March 22, 2011 10:12 IST

  Tehran, Mar 21 :  Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei used his new year's message today to slam the military intervention in Libya, back regional revolts, and accuse US President Barack Obama of lying."The US

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  Anti-Gaddafi Forces Try To Advance

  World | March 22, 2011 15:43 IST

  ZWITINA, Libya, March 22:  Coalition forces bombarded Libya for a third straight night Monday, targeting the air defenses and forces of Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, stopping his advances and handing some momentum back to the

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  Obama Defends Libya Action In A Letter To Congress

  World | March 22, 2011 8:19 IST

  Washington, Mar 22: Two days after the US forces commenced operation to assist coalition forces to enforce the UN Security Council resolution of no-fly-zone over Libya, US President Barack Obama told the Congressional leadership that

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  Medvedev In Rare Public clash With Putin Over Libya

  World | March 22, 2011 8:10 IST

  Moscow, Mar 21: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today publicly criticised Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, terming his remarks likening the use of military force in Libya to a 'call for crusades' as "unacceptable".In what appeared to

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  Gaddafi Must Go: Obama

  World | March 22, 2011 7:42 IST

  Washington, Mar 22: US President Barack Obama has asserted that it is America's policy that the Libyan leader, Muammar Al Gaddafi must go and his Administration has multiple tolls to ensure that this goal is

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  Coalition Bombards Gaddafi's Command Centre Near His Home

  World | March 22, 2011 15:29 IST

  Tripoli/Cairo, Mar 21: Western forces intensified strikes on Libyan defence targets flattening a command centre close to Muammar Gaddafi's private residence, as more nations joined the campaign in Libya and the Arab League declared its

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  US To Hand Over Libyan Op Command to UK Or France

  World | March 21, 2011 12:55 IST

  Washington, Mar 21:  US Defence Secretary Robert Gates today said that his country expects to hand over the leadership of the military operations against Libyan regime to a coalition likely to be headed by either

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  British Spies Tell Gaddafi's Generals: Defect Or Face Attack

  World | March 22, 2011 15:29 IST

  London, March 21: British intelligence is warning Colonel Gaddafi's generals that it could be fatal to remain loyal to the Libyan leader.MI6 spies and military officials are contacting commanders in Tripoli trying to persuade them

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  Yes, We Would Kill Gaddafi, Says British Defence Secretary

  World | March 21, 2011 11:01 IST

  London, March 21: British Defence Secretary Liam Fox said he would sanction a 'bunker buster' attack on the dictator's lair as long as civilian casualties could be avoided, The Daily Mail reported.  As Britain launched

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  India Regrets Ongoing Air-Strikes In Libya

  India | March 20, 2011 19:00 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 20: Gravely concerned over "continuing violence, strife and deteriorating humanitarian situation" in Libya, India today regretted the air strikes by US-led coalition and called upon all parties to abjure use of force

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  World Intervenes In Libya, With Unusual Speed

  World | March 20, 2011 10:36 IST

  Paris, Mar 20: In diplomatic terms, international military action against Libya's leader went from the brainstorming stage to the shooting-at-tanks stage with stunning speed. Saturday's launch of military strikes by French, British and U.S. forces

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  Video Of Fighter Jet Shot Down In Benghazi

  World | March 19, 2011 17:49 IST

  Tripoli, March 19: Rebels shot down a fighter jet as Gaddafi's forces broke ceasfire and their tanks rolled in rebel stronghold Benghazi.  The video footage shows a jet burst into flames before hurtling to the

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  Obama Issues Ultimatum To Gaddafi

  World | March 19, 2011 8:50 IST

  Washington, March 18: US President Barack Obama today asked the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to immediately shun attacking civilians, stop his troops from advancing on Benghazi and pull them back from other cities, warning that

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  Gaddafi Forces, Rebels Engage In Fierce Battle In Libya

  World | March 17, 2011 17:45 IST

  Cairo, Mar 17: Fighting between pro-Gaddafi forces and rebels raged today in key towns of Misurata and Ajdabiya, the gateway to the opposition headquarters of Benghazi in Libya's east, with the strongman promising a "decisive

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  4 New York Times Journalists Missing In Libya

  World | March 17, 2011 8:17 IST

  New York, Mar 17: Four New York Times journalists covering the fighting in Libya were reported missing Wednesday, and the newspaper held out hope that they were alive and in the custody of the Libyan

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  Libya Bombards Rebels, Gets Closer To Rebel Stronghold

  World | March 16, 2011 14:55 IST

  Tobruk, Libya, Mar 16: Moammar Gadhafi's forces overwhelmed rebels in the strategic eastern city of Ajdabiya, hammering them with airstrikes, missiles, tanks and artillery in an assault that sent residents fleeing and appeared to open

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  Gaddafi's Military Press Ahead In East, 'Rebels Out Of Brega'

  World | March 13, 2011 20:26 IST

  Cairo, Mar 13: After a series of counter-attacks by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the outgunned and loosely organized rebels were today pushed out of eastern oil town of Brega, as the Arab League supported

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  Gaddafi Closes In On Rebel-Held Benghazi

  World | March 13, 2011 11:01 IST

  Cairo, March 13:  Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi today were within striking distance of the main opposition-held eastern city of Benghazi after they stormed into the city of Brega, as the Arab League

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  Gaddafi's Forces Recapture Brega, Threaten Benghazi

  World | March 12, 2011 17:53 IST

  Cairo, Mar 13 :  Speeding down the key eastern coastal highway, tanks and artillery guns of Mummar Gaddafi's forces stormed into the city of Brega and are now withinstriking distance of the main opposition held

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  'Operation Safe Homecoming' From Libya Draws Towards A Close

  India | March 10, 2011 20:50 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 10: About 15,400 Indians, out of the initial presence of 18,000 in strife-torn Libya, are back in the country as 'Operation Safe Homecoming' rapidly draws towards a close tonight, the government said.