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| Italy Ready to Help in the Rebuilding of Libya |
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Italy will be sending a team of experts to Libya discuss how to disburse the €2.5 billion in frozen Libyan assets that it has authorisation to unfreeze in order to find out the best way to help the Libyan people to rebuild the country to rebuild after a lengthy conflict that eventually overthrew former leader Muammar Al Qathafi from power.
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| NTC Urged to Unify Neighbourhood Militias, Security Brigades |
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Human Rights Watch called on Libya's new rulers, the National Transitional Council, NTC, to work to stop militia groups from making arbitrary arrests and abusing detainees in prisons and makeshift detention facilities across western Libya.
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| Summary of the American and International Press on the Libyan Revolution - Morgan Strong |
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Civilians fled Sirte on Friday as interim government forces pounded the coastal city in an effort to dislodge fighters loyal to ousted leader Muammar Al Qathafi.
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| Exodus from Besieged Sirte Continues Unabated |
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The National Transitional Council's forces as revolutionary fighters continued their offensive to seize control of Sirte from former Al Qathafi loyalists who keep on stubbornly defending the leader's hometown. At the same time, hundreds of families packed up their personal belongings and tried to flee the besieged city.
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| Italian Foreign Minister Begins Libya Visit |
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Italy's foreign minister, Franco Frattini arrived in Tripoli Friday in the first visit by a member of the Italian government since the overthrow over a month ago of former Libyan leader Muammar Al Qathafi after a conflict that began in mid-February and is still ongoing.
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| Jibril Confirms Pledge Not To Form Part of New Libyan Government |
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Libya's interim prime minister Mahmoud Jibril, currently chairing the executive committee of the National Transitional Council said Thursday that he will not be a part of the new government of Libya, the formation of which has been postponed until the end of the country's conflict.
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| NTC Official Attends Tuareg-Arab Talks in Ghadames |
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The National Transitional Council's military chief Suleiman Mahmoud al-Obeidi on Friday attended a meeting in the southwestern town of Ghadames between Tuareg tribesmen and local Arabs in the Ghadames, that had been believed to have been hiding former Libyan leader Muammar Al Qathafi.
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| US Senator Calls Libyans 'Inspiration to the World' |
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Former American Presidential candidate John McCain, heading a delegation made up of four Republic senators, the most prominent American delegation to travel to the Libya since the ousting of Muammar Al Qathafi from power, said that Libya's revolutionaries were an inspiration to the world, and that he had full confidence in the country's new leaders.
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| UN Envoy Urges Peaceful Elections in Liberia |
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Less than two weeks before they go to the polls for presidential and parliamentary elections, the top United Nations official in the West African country has urged Liberians to remain peaceful and cast their ballots to show the world they are ready to consolidate what has been achieved over the past eight years of stability.
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| Summary of the American and International Press on the Libyan Revolution - Morgan Strong |
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Forces of Libya's interim government have captured the airport in Muammar Al Qathafi's hometown of Sirte with support from NATO warplanes, one of two main remaining bastions of support for the deposed leader.
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| Saadi Al Qathafi Wanted by Interpol; Al-Baghdadi on Hunger Strike in Tunisia |
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The world's police body Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for former Libyan leader Muammar Al Qathafi's third son Saadi for alleged crimes during his time at the head of Libya’s football federation, Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi, has started a hunger strike in a prison in Tunisia.
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| NTC Fighters Capture Sirte Airport But Report Casualties From Fierce Fighting |
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The National Transitional Council's forces say they captured the airport in former leader Muammar Al Qathafi's home town of Sirte. But there are also reports indicating that they are being forced to fight fierce battles against the former leader's loyalists in Sirte and the other remaining bastion loyal to him at Bani Walid.
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| US Senators, Sudanese V/President on Libya Visit |
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Four United States Republican senators have arrived in Libya Thursday to meet with the nation’s new rulers, the National Transitional Council. Also on an official visit is Sudan's vice president.
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| NTC Vowing to Remove Weapons from Tripoli Streets |
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With Libya's interim administration pledging to restore calm and remove heavy weapons from the streets of Tripoli, Ahmed Bani, Libya's National Transitional Council’s military spokesman, told reporters that heavy weapons have no place in the Libyan capital.
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| Bahrain: Medics Who Treated Protesters Jailed |
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Bahrain has jailed 20 medics up to 15 years, after convicting them of incitement to overthrow the regime. The medics were arrested after they treated people injured when a protest movement calling for more rights was crushed by the authorities.
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