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  Libyan Rebels Fear Loses After NATO Attack Error

  World | April 08, 2011 17:34 IST

  Ajdabiya, Apr 8: Rebel fighters sent scouts Friday toward the contested oil port of Brega to seek clues on whether pro-government forces took advantage of a mistaken NATO airstrike that pounded opposition tanks and sent

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  Rebels Slam NATO For Slowdown In Strikes

  World | April 06, 2011 21:04 IST

  Tripoli/Washington, Apr 6: Angry rebels today deprecated NATO for “slackening” the pace of its military campaign which faced fresh challenges with Muammar Gaddafi's troops changing tactics by using human shields to thwart air strikes.NATO officials

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  Angelina Jolie Says People Fleeing Libya Need Support

  Hollywood | April 06, 2011 20:58 IST

  Tunis: Actress and goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie appealed on Tuesday for international support for people fleeing the conflict in Libya and for increased aid for those inside the country, reports the DNA.Jolie, a goodwill ambassador

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  Gaddafi Envoy In Europe To Seek End To Crisis

  World | April 04, 2011 8:40 IST

  Benghazi, Mar 4 :  An envoy of Muammar Gaddafi told Greece's prime minister Sunday that the Libyan leader was seeking a way out of his country's crisis two weeks after his government's attacks to put

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  Fierce Fighting Rages In Libya, Gaddafi Rejects Ceasefire

  World | April 02, 2011 18:01 IST

  Tripoli, Apr 2: Fierce fighting raged today between the rebels and troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for the control of the eastern oil town of Brega as the government of the embattled leader dismissed conditions

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  World Leaders Step Up Pressure; Gaddafi Beats Rebels Back

  World | March 30, 2011 10:27 IST

  Tripoli/London, March 29: Mounting pressure on Muammar Gaddafi's to quit, world leaders today vowed to intensify air strikes to stop his "murderous attacks" on civilians as Libyan forces struck back at rebels advancing towards his

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  Obama Pushes For 'Collective' Effort In Libya

  World | March 30, 2011 10:11 IST

  New York, Mar 30: US President Barack Obama has underlined the need for "collective" action in Libya where enforcement of UN resolution, authorising the use of force, is now under NATO control."We believe that the

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  Failure To Act In Libya Would Have Cost America Dearly: Obama

  World | March 29, 2011 7:16 IST

  Washington, Mar 29 : Defending his decision to go for military operation to enforce the no-fly zone and protection of civilians in Libya, US President Barack Obama said that a failure to do so would

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  Rebels Close In On Gaddafi's Hometown

  World | March 28, 2011 16:38 IST

  Ras Lanouf, Libya, March 28: Libya's rebel forces closed in Monday on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, the gateway to the western half of the country, after it was targeted for the first time by

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  US Claims Success Against Gaddafi's Forces

  World | March 27, 2011 22:24 IST

  Washington, Mar 27: US today claimed major success in the campaign in Libya, with both Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defence Secretary Robert Gates saying that Gaddafi's military capacity had been substantially decimated with

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  Libyan Rebels Claim To Have Taken Brega

  World | March 27, 2011 7:46 IST

  Ajdabiya (Libya), Mar 26 : Rebels battling Moammar Gaddafi's regime today told AFP they had retaken the eastern town of Brega just hours after recapturing the strategic city of Ajadabiya in eastern Libya."We are in

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  Gaddafi Forces Pushed Back, But Remain A Threat: Clinton

  World | March 25, 2011 9:40 IST

  Washington, Mar 25: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that considerable progress has been made in enforcing the 'no-fly' zone over Libya but forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi remain a threat to people

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  US, Allies Expect Larger Arab Military Role In Libya

  World | March 24, 2011 11:23 IST

  Washington, Mar 23: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today said the United States expects "more announcements" of Arab participation in UN-backed military action in Libya in the coming days.Five days after the United States, Britain

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  More Airstrikes In Libya; Fighting Rages For Control Of Cities

  World | March 23, 2011 9:27 IST

  Tripoli/Washington, Mar 22: Western forces today pounded several Libyan military targets across Tripoli as fighting raged in a number of cities between the rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi and NATO allies tried to

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  UN Chief Defends Libya Air Strikes Against Doubters

  World | March 23, 2011 9:19 IST

  Tunis, Mar 23: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has launched a strong defence of the air strikes on Muammar Gaddafi's forces which face growing criticism from doubters led by Russia and China.Raising the spectre of past

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  Libya To Free AFP, Getty Journalists

  World | March 23, 2011 9:07 IST

  Tripoli, Mar 23: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has ordered the release of three journalists, including two AFP employees, held by his forces since the weekend after an appeal from AFP chairman Emmanuel Hoog, his spokesman

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  Mission Not Accomplished Till Gaddafi In Power: Obama

  World | March 23, 2011 8:04 IST

  Washington, Mar 23: US President Barack Obama ruled out any changes in the Operation Odyssey Dawn for Libya till its ruler Muammar Al Gaddafi was in power or till the time he changed his approach

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  Libya Rebels Struggle To Regroup; US Jet Crashes

  World | March 22, 2011 19:50 IST

  Ajdabiya, Mar 22: Moammar Gadhafi's forces shelled rebels regrouping outside a strategic eastern city on Tuesday and his snipers and tanks controlled the streets of the last opposition-held city in the west, signaling a prolonged

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  Opposition Condemn Airstrikes On Libya

  India | March 22, 2011 16:42 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 22: A strong demand that Lok Sabha should unanimously pass a resolution condemning airstrikes on Libya by allied forces was made by several parties with the government saying it had already expressed

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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