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Gaddafi's Underground City Under Tripoli
World | Aug 26, 2011, 03:23 PM ISTLondon, Aug 26: Fallen Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi had virtually built an underground city under the capital Tripoli, with a vast maze of well hidden reinforced tunnels fanning out for miles in different directions. “There
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More Than 30 Journalists Stranded In Tripoli
World | Aug 24, 2011, 05:42 PM ISTTripoli, Aug 24: More than thirty journalists from around the world including CCTV reporters have been stranded in Rixos Hotel in the center of Tripoli for three days since Sunday.They experienced a long and stressful
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No Sign Of Gaddafi As Rebels Overrun HQ
World | Aug 24, 2011, 12:48 PM ISTTripoli, Aug 24: Tripoli celebrated into the early hours of today after rebels overran Muammar Gaddafi's compound, despite finding no sign of the Libyan strongman or his sons.Several hours later pro-Gaddafi media quoted him as
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Tripoli Under Control Of Gaddafi forces, Claims His Son Saif
World | Aug 23, 2011, 09:54 AM ISTTripoli, Aug 23 : Tripoli is “under control” of the regime, a son of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi claimed early today, after rebels said they had taken most of the capital and gunfire rattled the
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Tripoli Falls To Libyan Rebels
World | Aug 22, 2011, 01:41 PM ISTTripoli, August 22: Thousands of jubilant civilians rushed out of their homes to cheer the long convoys of pickup trucks packed with fighters shooting in the air.Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli Sunday and met little
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Gaddafi Shouts, Lashes Out At NATO
World | Jul 09, 2011, 07:49 AM ISTTripoli (Libya), Jul 9: An agitated Muammar Gaddafi lashed out at those seeking to push him from power, warning in an audio message broadcast on state TV that NATO and his other enemies will be
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Rare Daytime NATO Airstrikes Hit Tripoli
World | Jun 07, 2011, 06:32 PM ISTTripoli, Jun 7: Low-flying NATO military craft pounded Tripoli on Tuesday, landing a series of 26 strikes that shook the Libyan capital in rare rare daytime raids designed to step up pressure on Moammar Gadhafi
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NATO Bombards Tripoli After Zuma Ends Peace Mission
World | May 31, 2011, 03:55 PM ISTTripoli, May 31: NATO pounded Libya's capital today, only hours after South Africa's president left following talks that produced only a commitment to a peace plan already rejected by the military alliance and rebels.South Africa's
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Fierce Fighting In Libya, 17 Killed
World | Apr 18, 2011, 12:23 PM ISTAjdabiya, Libya, April 18 : Holding out under a rain of shelling and sniper fire, Libyan rebels fought Moammar Gadhafi's forces Sunday in close-quarters battles in the city center of Misrata, the last major rebel
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More Airstrikes In Libya; Fighting Rages For Control Of Cities
World | Mar 23, 2011, 09:27 AM ISTTripoli/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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2 Indians Among Crew Of Italian Ship Detained In Tripoli
World | Mar 21, 2011, 07:44 AM ISTRome, Mar 20: Italy is ready to use "all possible means" to free the 11-strong crew, including two Indians, of an Italian high-seas tugboat being held in the Libyan port of Tripoli, Defence Minister Ignazio
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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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2,300 Indians Evacuated From Libya Over Weekend
India | Mar 07, 2011, 06:33 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 6: A record number of over 2,300 Indians were evacuated from Libya since yesterday and two-third of the estimated 18,000 Indian nationals would have been pulled out of the strife-torn country by
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Anti-Gaddafi Forces Close To Tripoli, US Mulls No-Fly Zone
World | Feb 28, 2011, 04:57 PM ISTCairo/Washington, Feb 28: Opposition forces today stormed close to the Libyan capital Tripoli for a final showdown with militia still loyal to beleaguered strong-man Muammar Gaddafi, as US and its European allies readied plans for
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Gaddafi Forces Strike Back As Rebels Close In On Tripoli
World | Feb 25, 2011, 10:20 PM ISTCairo, Feb 25: Libyan forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi attacked anti-regime protesters with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades at a mosque in Zawiyah leaving nearly 100 people dead, as outraged western nations today prepared to
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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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Gaddafi Holds Out In Tripoli As Opposition Captures Cities In Eastern Libya
World | Feb 23, 2011, 07:43 PM ISTCairo, Feb 23: Heavy gunfire broke out in Tripoli as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi tightened their grip on the Libyan capital while anti-government protesters claimed control of many cities elsewhere and top government officials
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Bodies Of Protesters Litter Tripoli Streets
World | Feb 22, 2011, 09:25 PM ISTCairo, Feb 22: The bodies of slain protesters littered the streets of neighborhoods in the Libyan capital Tuesday and frightened residents hunkered down in their homes as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi sought to crush
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Stop This 'Unacceptable Bloodshed' In Libya: Clinton
World | Feb 22, 2011, 08:10 AM ISTWashington, Feb 22: Outraged at the use of lethal force against peaceful demonstrators, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked Libya to stop this "unacceptable "bloodshed."The government of Libya has a responsibility to respect the