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Mass Execution by Al Qathafi Loyalists Suspected |
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More than 30 men believed to be fighters loyal to Muammar Al Qathafi have been killed at a military encampment in central Tripoli and at least two were bound with plastic handcuffs, indicating they had been executed. Another 17 bodies were discovered in a hospital, a case of mass execution |
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Italy 'Unfreezes €350m of Libyan Assets to Rebels' NTC |
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Meeting in Milan with Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, Mahmoud Jibril, who is the National Transitional Council's No, 2, was happy to hear his host announce that Italy has unfrozen €350 million of Libyan assets that can be used by the transitional government to pay salaries and provide other services to the Libyan people. |
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Breaking News: Rescue Ship to Dock in Tripoli Harbour |
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A ship sent to rescue foreigners stranded in the Libyan capital Tripoli has finally received permission to dock in Tripoli harbour after a two-day wait at sea due to security concerns and it was hoped this could happen on Thursday, relief officials said.
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Rebels Determined to Take Out Al Qathafi's Diehards |
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Fighters pertaining to the rebel forces streamed into Tripoli Thursday and began to purge the Libyan capital, Tripoli's streets of gunmen still loyal to Muammar Al Qathafi who is clinging on to some 'power' in the final phase of the battle for the Libyan capital. |
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Al Qathafi: Wanted Dead or Alive |
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Libyan businessmen have offered €1.2m for the capture of Libyan leader Muammar Al Qathafi dead or alive, the head of the rebel National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, who authorised the bounty for anyone handing over the dictator "dead or alive" said on Wednesday. |
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Al Qathafi Loyalists Abduct 4 Italian Journalists |
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Four Italian journalists were kidnapped and a local driver killed as the group was travelling on a stretch of highway between Zawiyah, 40 kilometres west of Tripoli, and the Libyan capital, the Italian foreign ministry reported Wednesday. It has been reported that the kidnappers al Al Qathafi loyalists and that they were later taken to a private house in Tripoli |
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Update: Rixos Crisis for Journalists Ends. All Are Out! |
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The journalists' ordeal at the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli is over. After being trapped in this de luxe hotel for five days, and following a statement and call from the press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Frontiers demanding that they are not harmed. They have now walked free ending what some were beginning to fear was a hostage situation. |
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Regime Loyalists 'Hold Journalists Hostage' in Tripoli Hotel |
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With forces loyal to the Libyan leader Muammar Al Qathafi surrounding Rixos Hotel in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and subsequently preventing the 35 foreign journalists from leaving it to resume their work around Libya, the press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Frontiers has released a statement demanding that they are not harmed. |
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NATO Defines Role in Libya After Fall of Al Qathafi |
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In a week in which the Al Qathafi regime in Libya has been lsoing its grip over towns and cities which it had been threatening for so long, and while watching people in Tripoli rejoice as the Al Qathfai regime crumbles. NATO said that along with its partners it conducted a highly effective campaign in support of the Libyan people. |
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Depleted Fund May Hamper Libya Rebuild |
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Analysing the current situation in Libya, Reuters news agency said that Libyan rebels on the verge of bringing Muammar Al Qathafi's year-old regime to an end will likely inherit a depleted investment portfolio in the country’s secretive sovereign wealth fund, as the market downturn this year worsens an already weak performance in 2010. |
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Fighting in Sabha, But Negotiations in Sirte |
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Libyan opposition forces reported fierce fighting underway in the southern Libyan city of Sabha between revolutionary fighters and forces loyal to dictator Muammar Al Qathafi. |
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From His Hiding Place, Defeatist Al Qathafi Vows to Fight On to the Death |
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The day after the Libyan rebels stormed into his Bab al-Azziziyah headquarters in the centre of the capital, Tripoli, and despite the fact that the days of the regime are numbered with the rebels who have been seeking his ousting for the past six months so near to achieving their goal, defeated Libyan leader Muammar Al Qathafi, hiding for the past two months, is still defiant |
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