When Mitt Romey Learned that our ambassador to Libya, Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, died in an incident in the consulate in the city of Benghazi, he seized on a comment made by our embassy in Cairo, six hours before the incident occurred, as a prop for a pretense that...
To a cheering crowd, Aisha Moammar Gadhafi's daughter, made it clear that US airstrikes on Libya exactly 25 years ago did not defeat the country and will not right now. " The crowd erupted in cheers when Aisha...
What is really at stake?Who are the opposition and what do they want?What is it going to cost?Why it is a bad idea.Can the rogue group learn to use sophisticated machinery and the tactics to employ it in time -- and with a clear directive?So is it practical to arm the rebels...
This question comes to play when a woman burst into a Tripoli Hotel Housing international journalists claiming she had been raped and beaten by Moammar Gadhafi's militia. Whether this is a systematic attempt to weaken the opposition or an isolated incidence is yet to be seem...
A U.S. F-15 Eagle warplane has crashed in a Libyan field, the BBC reported, citing a U.S. military spokesman. One crew member has been rescued and there are efforts to recover another, according to the report. The news comes as allied air strikes against the regime of Col....
"A joint operation to enforce a UN-backed no-fly zone over Libya has begun. Here we look at some of the British and French fighter jets and reconnaissance aircraft likely to be involved and some of the weaponry...
The French had warned that action will come within hours of the end of the Paris meeting and they are right. An international military operation is now underway in Libya to enforce United Nations resolution to...
Britain is to continue to push the case for a no-fly zone over Libya amid intensive diplomatic efforts to secure support for tougher international action against Muammar Gaddafi. Foreign Secretary William Hague met with...
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As the media turns its attention to Japan, Qaddafi's forces are on the rampage in Libya, continuing to win back more territory from rebels. Near Benghazi, Al Jazeera cameraman Ali Hassan Al Jaber was murdered in an apparent ambush, becoming the first journalist killed in...
" Rice, Gadhafi meet in house US bombed 22 years ago. 2008-09-05 21:54:04 - TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The United States and Libya sealed a historic turnaround in their troubled relations with a...
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" Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said oil rofits should be given directly to citizens, as part of sweeping economic and political reforms. Speaking during celebrations to mark 39 years in power in Libya's...
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Spreaking from the port of Benghazi, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berslusconi announced long term direct investment in Libya. They would focus on construction projects as part of a post colonial dispute...
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Whether to cheer or cry has typically been the dilemma when considering anything that has involved Qadhafi over the last three to four decades. A recovering revolutionary and terrorist, he's been in and out of...
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A court convicted six foreign health workers
Tuesday on charges of deliberately infecting 400 children with the AIDS
virus and sentenced them to death, setting off shouts of joy in Tripoli.
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A Libyan court has sentenced five Bulgarian nurses
and a Palestinian doctor to death for knowingly infecting hundreds of
Libyan children with HIV.
The medics have been in detention since 1999, during which time 52 of the 426 infected children have died of Aids.
The nurses...