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  Nearly 1,200 prisoners flee Libyan jail

  World | July 28, 2013 22:49 IST

  Tripoli, 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 | July 27, 2013 21:17 IST

  Tripoli, 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 | October 16, 2012 11:40 IST

  Washington, 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 | September 13, 2012 10:22 IST

  Washington, 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 | September 12, 2012 22:47 IST

  Washington/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 | July 02, 2012 18:26 IST

  Cairo, 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 | June 29, 2012 21:14 IST

  Cairo, 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 | June 06, 2012 7:21 IST

  Washington, 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 16:59 IST

  Tripoli, 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 | April 20, 2012 19:35 IST

  Johannesburg, 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 | December 26, 2011 15:38 IST

  London, 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 | November 22, 2011 7:58 IST

  Tripoli, 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 | November 21, 2011 8:36 IST

  Tripoli, 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 | November 20, 2011 22:40 IST

  Zintan, 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 | November 19, 2011 8:09 IST

  United 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 | November 11, 2011 13:34 IST

  Leptis 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 | November 01, 2011 19:55 IST

  Tripoli, 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 | November 01, 2011 12:24 IST

  Beirut, 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 | November 01, 2011 8:47 IST

  Cairo, 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. 

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  UNSC Votes To End Military Action In Libya

  World | October 28, 2011 9:36 IST

  United Nations, Oct 28: The UN Security Council has unanimously voted to bring to an end the authorised international military action in Libya on October 31 following the death of Muammar Gaddafi that brought an