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| US Pledges Support to Libya's New Leadership |
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Senior U.S. State Department official Jeffrey Feltman Wednesday arrived in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, to show support for the country's new leaders, and for talks with Libya's new leaders, Libya's National Transitional Council NTC. After meeting with Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the head of the NTC, said the US would reopen its embassy in Tripoli.
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| World Bank Recognises New Libyan Leadership, Promises to Help in the Rebuilding |
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Libya's National Transitional Council is getting the world's support as the country's new leadership after the ousting of former dictator Muammar Al Qathafi. With China the latest to give the interim government its official recognition as the legitimate leaders of Libya, the World Bank now follows.
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| NTC to Investigate Rights Group's Allegations of Abuses |
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Libya's interim government have promised to investigate the London-based human rights watchdog Amnesty International's allegations of ''serious abuses'', by rebel fighters during the seven-month conflict.
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| Fugitive Leader's Spokesman Says Al Qathafi 'Will Liberate Libya' |
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The former spokesman of the Al Qathafi regime, now relegated to just echoing his master's voice, Moussa Ibrahim, said in a statement in the English language that the leader (his leader Al Qathafi) is gathering forces and intends to retake Libya
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| Residents Fleeing Bani Walid Taking NTC Fighters Advice |
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Residents of Bani Walid, 140 kilometres southeast of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, are taking the advice of the NTC fighters and leaving the town with their families to avoid being in the midst of the fighting that could become very fierce.
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| Summary of the American and International Press on the Libyan Revolution - Morgan Strong |
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NATO warplanes pounded targets in a number of strongholds of support for fugitive dictator Muammar Al Qathafi, the alliance said Tuesday, as an offensive by revolutionary forces on a key loyalist town stalled.
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| Interim Libyan Leader Calls for Reconciliation in His First Public Speech |
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The leader of Libya’s transitional government, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil received a hero’s welcome in Tripoli's newly-named Martyrs' Square Monday night as thousands turned out to listen to his first address to the people in Tripoli at the same venue that the deposed Libyan leader, Muammar Al Qathafi used for some many years as the showcase for hissupposed popularity.
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| China Gives Official Recognition to NTC As Libya's Legitimate Government |
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China has become the last major power to recognise the Libya's National Transition Council as the country's ruling body and legitimate government of following the overthrow of Muammar Al Qathafi.
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| AI Requests NTC to Prevent Spiral of Abuses |
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Human rights group Amnesty International warned on Tuesday that the security vacuum in Libya risked sending the country spiralling into a bloody cycle of attacks and reprisals.
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| Seif’s Links to Former Regime's Army Revealed |
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Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Al Qathafi's son Seif al-Islam had always denied he was taking part in politics, maintaining he withdrew from politics in Libya in August 2008. He also denied he had any connections with the brutal crackdown that started in February, but recently found evidence proves otherwise.
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| Summary of the American and International Press on the Libyan Revolution - Morgan Strong |
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A defiant Muammar Al Qathafi vowed to fight until victory as his forces launched surprise fightbacks on three fronts Monday, as Libya’s interim government won recognition from China.
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| New Libyan Government Formed Within Seven-10 Days |
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In spite of the fact that neither the head of the national Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, nor the Prime Minister in the new interim government in Libya are still not entirely based in the capital, Tripoli, Sunday night an NTC high official declared that "A new transitional government will be formed within one week to ten days."
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| Algeria Reiterates Decision to Recognise NTC Once Libyan Government is Formed |
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The Algerian government is prepared to recognise Libya’s revolutionary the National Transitional Council of Libya as the country's legitimate government once it forms a broad-based administration, Algerian Algerian foreign minister Mourad Medelci said on Sunday at a news conference with his Malian counterpart.
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| Al Qathafi Loyalists Kill 15 After Attacks on Ras Lanuf Oil Port |
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Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Al Qathafi loyalists Monday staged unsuccessful attacks against the important Libya coastal oil complex at Ras Lanuf. At the end of the day, NTC fighters managed to hold back the assaults but according to a commander, 15 fighters were killed.
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| Libya Could Restart Oil Production Sooner Than Expected |
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The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, says that Libyan oil production should resume within days and could reach one million barrels a day, around two-thirds of pre-war levels, within six months, and then production to full capacity in less than 18 months.
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