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| Libya is Now Completely Free, Head of NTC Declares |
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In an atmosphere of optimism and happiness, on Sunday in front of a huge crowd in the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya declared the liberation of the nation after 42 years of oppression, subjection and servitude under the rule of the regime of autocrat Mummar Al Qathafi. The official declaration was made by the head of the National Transitional Council chairman Mustafa Abdul-Jalil
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| NATO Chief: Courage, Determination of Libyans Inspired World |
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In his reaction to the Libyan National Transitional Council's announcement declaring that Libya has now been fully liberated, the NATO chief said he warmly welcomed the announcement.
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| EU Urges Reconciliation in Libya |
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European Union leaders urged Libya's interim rulers Sunday to start preparing for free and fair elections that would lead to the creation of a broad-based government, and offered help in rebuilding the country after civil war.
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| Tunisia Holds Historic Elections |
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Nine months after a popular upriing ousted President Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali and ended decades of authoritarian rule, Tunisia, birthplace of Arab Spring, on Sunday held its first democratic elections with Tunisians voting to pick new leaders for a constituent assembly.
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| Bullet that Hit Al Qathafi in the Head Could have been Fired by Own Guards |
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A bullet that hit Muammar Al Qathafi in the head and that may have been the cause of his dead when he was caught Thursday may have been fired by one of his own guards during a shootout with government forces in his hometown of Sirte, Libya's outgoing prime minister Mahmoud Jibril said on Sunday.
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| Libyan Leaders Did Not Want Al Qathafi Killed, But to Face Justice |
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One of the videos taken by a mobile phone on Thursday, the day the former Libyan leader, Muammar Al Qathafi was killed on the same day that his hometown fell to the revolutionaries, shows moments after he was captured in a drain. He was pulled from the hiding place and taken away. His captors were heard shouting: “Don't kill him! Don't kill him! We need him alive!”
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| Al Qathafi's Body May be Handed to Extended Family |
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The National Transitional Council's, NTC, is reported to have agreed a deal to hand over the dead body of the former leader Muammar Al Qatafi to his extended family.
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| The People of the revolution |
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I have had the urge to write about this revolution from the very first day it started. It started with the odds stacked high against it and survived in spite of all the hardships it faced, because of God's guidance and because of the determination of the millions of Libyans who decided that they could no longer be oppressed and abused.
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| Summary of the American and International Press on the Libyan Revolution - Morgan Strong |
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The chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council Mahmoud Jibril says elections will be held within eight months. Libya's interim leaders will declare liberation on Sunday and hold elections in the coming months as the war-torn country works toward building a new society in the post-mortems Al Qathafi era.
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| Alitalia to Resume Flights to Tripoli November 2 |
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Italy's national carrier, Alitalia will resume flights to the Libyan capital, Tripoli on November 2 provided airport security will be restored.
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| NATO's Mission in Libya Ends October 31 |
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NATO's operations in Libya are very close to completion and it has taken a preliminary decision to end Operation Unified Protector, OUP, at the end of this month, the alliance's secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at the end of the meeting of the North Atlantic Council with the OUP partners to assess the situation in Libya.
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| NTC Postpones Declaring Libya Free to Sunday |
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The National Transitional Council has postponed by one day, to Sunday its announcement proclaiming the liberation of Libya. It will now be made on Sunday in Benghazi, the country's eastern city where the uprising began in mid-February, and the NTC is still based, at 5:00 pm (local) at the court of justice.
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| Summary of the American and International Press on the Libyan Revolution - Morgan Strong |
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Euphoria in Libya over the death of Col. Muammar Al Qathafi was tempered on Friday by frictions and confusion over where and when to bury the former strongman, as well as a formal request by the United Nations for an inquiry into the final moments before his violent, messy demise while in the custody of the fighters who captured him.
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| NTS Delays Former Libyan Leader Al Qathafi Burial |
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Libya's National Transitional Council, NTC, has delayed the burial of former Libyan leader Muammar Al Qathafi who was killed Thursday in Sirte. No decision has yet been taken on when or where his body will be buried, Libya's information minister said Friday. In the meantime his body is to be kept in cold storage before secret burial
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| NATO Confirms Struck Al Qathafi Convoy Before He was Killed |
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Now that NATO has had the opportunity to conduct a post strike assessment of Thursday's strike over Libya Friday it was able to provide a more comprehensive picture of events on an air-strike that its jet conducted at 8.30 a.m. (local) and targeted a convoy of vehicles that later emerged, included former Libyan leader Muammar Al Qathafi, his son Muatassim and other top former regime officials.
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