Rival Libyan Sides Battle for Strategic Towns
Opposition forces have retaken a town in the east of the country, hours after government forces took control of it on Wednesday morning.
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Libya:
Pro- and Anti-Gaddafi Forces Fight for Strategic Towns
RFI, 2 March 2011
Libyan opposition forces have retaken the town of Brega, in the east of the country, hours after government forces took control of it on Wednesday morning. Read more »
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Libya:
World Intensifies Pressure on Defiant Gaddafi
RFI, 1 March 2011
International pressure on Moamer Kadhafi is growing as the Libyan leader insists his people love him and says he will not step down. Read more »
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Libya:
UN Chief Meets Obama Over Crisis
America.gov, 28 February 2011
Susan Rice, the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, says that through U.N. Security Council Resolution 1970, the world has spoken "with one voice" and "with an… Read more »
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Libya:
Obama Calls on Gaddafi to Step Down
America.gov, 27 February 2011
President Obama calls on Libya's leader, Muammar Qadhafi, to leave power now, saying that he and his government must be held accountable for violating the human rights and… Read more »
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Libya:
South Africa Backs Sanctions on Gaddafi
BuaNews, 27 February 2011
South Africa has welcomed and affirmed its support for a UN Security Council sanctions resolution on Libya, which enforces a travel ban and assets freeze on Muammar Gaddafi, his… Read more »
InFocus
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The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to impose sanctions against Libya - imposing an arms embargo and travel bans, and freezing assets - while referring the violent ... Read more »