Libya
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Major protest sites of the world: Libya's Tripoli Square (Part-3)
World | Aug 04, 2013, 06:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: Carrying forward our series on major protest sites of the world, today we pick Libya's Tripoli Square. Lets do a quick check about the significance of this protest site. Libya was a colony of
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Nearly 1,200 prisoners flee Libyan jail
World | Jul 28, 2013, 10:49 PM ISTTripoli, July 28: In a major jailbreak, nearly 1,200 convicts, most of them facing serious charges, escaped from a prison near Libyan city of Benghazi Saturday, a security official said.The mass jailbreak from al-Kuifiya prison
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Libyan protesters storm Islamist offices
World | Jul 27, 2013, 09:17 PM ISTTripoli, Jul 27: Protesters stormed the offices of Islamist-allied parties in Libya's main cities on Saturday, angry over the killing of an activist critical of the country's Muslim Brotherhood group.Hundreds gathered in the capital Tripoli
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Hillary Clinton takes responsibility for security failure in Libya
World | Oct 16, 2012, 11:40 AM ISTWashington, Oct 16: In an effort to deflate the Republican attack from the White House ahead of presidential elections, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today took the “responsibility” for the failure to defend the attack
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US sends warships, Marines to Libya
World | Sep 13, 2012, 10:22 AM ISTWashington, Sept 13: The US has dispatched two warships loaded with missiles and a Marine team to beef up the security at its missions in Libya after American ambassador was killed in a violent attack
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Obama sends 50 marines to Libya after US envoy killed in rocket attack
World | Sep 12, 2012, 10:47 PM ISTWashington/Tripoli/Cairo, Sep 12: US President Barack Obama has sent a team of 50 marines to Libya after a bloody attack on a US consulate which left American ambassador Christopher Stevens, two marines and a communications
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Libyan lawyer says ICC staff to be released
World | Jul 02, 2012, 06:26 PM ISTCairo, Jul 2:The Libyan prosecutor leading the case against slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi's son said Monday that two International Criminal Court staffers detained in the country for 26 days will be released.Ahmed al-Jehani, who also
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Sudan police uses tear gas to disperse protest
World | Jun 29, 2012, 09:14 PM ISTCairo, Jun 29: An activist says Sudanese police have used tear gas to disperse protesters who took to the streets in a city near the capital, demanding the ouster of the country's autocratic regime.Siddique Tawer,
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Al-Qaeda's No.2 dead, says White House
World | Jun 06, 2012, 07:21 AM ISTWashington, June 6: Al-Qaeda's second-in-command Abu Yahya al-Libi has died in a US drone strike, the White House confirmed yesterday, with a top Obama aide terming it as a major blow to the this terrorist
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Convicted Lockerbie bomber dies of cancer in Libya
World | May 21, 2012, 04:59 PM ISTTripoli, May 21: He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters — a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane that fell out of the sky a
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Libya to play world cup qualifier in Tunisia
Football | Apr 20, 2012, 07:35 PM ISTJohannesburg, Apr 20: Libya's World Cup qualifier against Cameroon in June will be played in the neutral Tunisian city of Sfax and no fans will be allowed to attend.FIFA said Friday the Group I game
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North Africa Could Emerge As New 'Theatre Of Jihad' : Report
World | Dec 26, 2011, 03:38 PM ISTLondon, Dec 26: North Africa could emerge as a new “theatre of jihad” with the handful of remaining top al-Qaeda leaders shifting their base from Pakistan and Afghanistan to countries like Libya, top British officials
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Libya To Announce New Government
World | Nov 22, 2011, 07:58 AM ISTTripoli, Nov 22: Interim prime minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib said on Monday that Libya's new government following the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi's regime will be announced today.“We have decided to announce the government tomorrow. We
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Gaddafi's Spymaster Taken, Seif To Be Tried In Libya
World | Nov 21, 2011, 08:36 AM ISTTripoli, Nov 21 : Moamer Gaddafi's spymaster Abdullah Senussi was arrested on Sunday , Libyan officials announced and said that the dead dictator's son captured the previous day would face trial in Libya.Ignoring world pressure,
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Libya Says Gaddafi's Son To Be Tried At Home
World | Nov 20, 2011, 10:40 PM ISTZintan, Libya, Nov 20: Libya's new leaders said Sunday they will try Moammar Gadhafi's son at home and not hand him over to the International Criminal Court where he's charged with crimes against humanity. The
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UN Readmits Libya In Human Rights Council
World | Nov 19, 2011, 08:09 AM ISTUnited Nations, Nov 19: The UN General Assembly on Friday voted overwhelmingly to readmit Libya as member of the UN Human Rights Council, eight months after the Muammar Gaddafi-led North African country was suspended for
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Libya's New Leaders To Bet On Economic Diversity
World | Nov 11, 2011, 01:34 PM ISTLeptis Magna, Libya , Nov 11: The breathtaking ruins of this Roman Empire port city on the Mediterranean may well hold the key to a brighter economic future for Libya, which under Moammar Gadhafi was
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Libya's New PM Balances Demands Of Ex-Rebels, West
World | Nov 01, 2011, 07:55 PM ISTTripoli, Nov 1: A U.S.-educated engineering professor with little political experience is Libya's new prime minister, a choice that suggests the country's interim rulers may be trying to find a government leader palatable both to
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After Libya, Syria Warns World Powers To Stay Away
World | Nov 01, 2011, 12:24 PM ISTBeirut, Nov 1 : With world powers fresh from their victory over Moammar Gadhafi in Libya, Syrian President Bashar Assad is warning them that the Middle East will go up in flames if there is
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Gaddafi's Chemical Weapons Found In Libya
World | Nov 01, 2011, 08:47 AM ISTCairo, Oct 31: Chemical weapons from the Muammar Gaddafi era have been found in Libya and the new government has sought international help in securing them, National Transitional Council Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril has said.