Libya

Blast hits Libyan military intel office in Benghazi

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BENGHAZI, Libya - A strong explosion rocked the Libyan military intelligence offices in the eastern city of Benghazi on Wednesday but caused no casualties, the latest of several violent incidents to shock the birthplace of last year's revolt.

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Seven Iranian aid workers abducted in Libya

BENGHAZI, LIBYA - Seven Iranian aid workers were abducted on Tuesday by an unknown armed group in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, in the biggest operation of its kind against foreigners since the start of a revolt that toppled long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

World, 31 Jul 2012

Gaddafi son cannot get fair trial in Libya - lawyers

AMSTERDAM - Slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam cannot get a fair trial in Libya and he claims if he is executed it would be tantamount to murder, his defence lawyers said on Tuesday in a filing to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

World, 31 Jul 2012

Arab Islamist fighters eager to join Syria rebels

REYHANLI, Turkey - Abdullah bin Shamar, a Saudi student, puts a small copy of the Koran among his few belongings packed neatly in a holdall as he prepares to set off with a Libyan friend across the hilly terrain separating southern Turkey from Syria.

World, Syria 30 Jul 2012

Libya sees return to pre-war oil output in October

TRIPOLI - Libya expects to be back to pre-war oil production in October, later than previously forecast due to interruptions and the slow return of oil services firms to the North African country, Deputy Oil Minister Omar Shakmak told Reuters.

World, 26 Jul 2012

Libya's independents are kingmakers in new assembly

TRIPOLI - As soon as it was clear that independent candidate Abedrabbah Yussef Bubreg was set to win a seat in Libya's first free national elections for a generation, his phone started ringing.

World, 22 Jul 2012

Libya Olympic committee chief released - deputy

TRIPOLI - The president of Libya's Olympic Committee was freed on Sunday a week after he was taken from his car by gunmen in Tripoli, and is now in his home, his deputy said.

World, 22 Jul 2012

Family protest over missing Libya Olympic chief

TRIPOLI - Family and colleagues of Libya's Olympic Committee president protested outside the prime minister's office on Thursday, urging the government to do more to find him, four days after he was taken from his car by gunmen in Tripoli.

World, 19 Jul 2012

Libya's Jibril beats Islamists in vote, no majority

TRIPOLI - A moderate Islamic coalition led by wartime prime minister Mahmoud Jibril beat Islamist rivals in Libya's landmark election, results showed on Tuesday, but it was not yet clear who would dominate the new assembly as all sides scrambled to woo independents.

World, 18 Jul 2012

Libya's Jibril beats Islamists in vote, no majority

TRIPOLI - A moderate Islamic coalition led by wartime prime minister Mahmoud Jibril beat Islamist rivals in Libya's landmark election, results showed on Tuesday, but it was not yet clear who would dominate the new assembly as all sides scrambled to woo independents.

World, 18 Jul 2012

The conflict in photos

Anti-Gaddafi fighters fire 130mm howitzers at pro-Gaddafi forces near east of Sirte, September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

The battle for Gaddafi's hometown

A visual chronology of the rebel campaign to oust Gaddafi.  Slideshow