Muammar gaddafi
Tunisian president in Libya for talks with new unity govt
The turmoil has impacted Tunisia by sharply reducing cross-border trade and because jihadists used lawless Libya as a staging area for a series of bloody...
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Libya mired in chaos 10 years after Arab Spring
A decade on, it is clear that the so-called Arab Spring revolts in Libya brought carnage rather than the longed-for freedom and progress, a fate rivalled only by the suffering in war-torn Syria and Yemen.
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A decade on, Muammar Gaddafi's cousin sees Arab Spring as Western plot
Since the 2011 Nato-backed uprising that toppled the veteran dictator, Libya has been riven by conflict, with multiple militias filling the power vacuum and civilian authorities struggling to impose their authority.
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Libya rivals agree to hold polls - UN
Libya has been torn between rival administrations and a myriad of militias since the Nato-backed overthrow and killing of dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
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Desolation, dismay await Libya displaced
Human Rights Watch this week raised the alarm over the fate of Tawergha, a town in northeast Libya that also sided with former dictator Muammar Gaddafi during the revolt.
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France's Sarkozy to face trial for corruption, influence peddling
Thursday’s development came just over a week after Sarkozy, 63, was told he was being formally treated as a suspect in the election campaign investigation.
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Report: Sarkozy says Libya lies make his life ‘hell’
Nicolas Sarkozy, who came under fire for giving Gaddafi a red-carpet reception in Paris in late 2007, said his problems began in March 2011 after he hosted Libyan rebels.
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France's Sarkozy told he is suspected of taking Gaddafi election money
It is the second major investigation for Sarkozy, who also faced charges of illicit campaign spending overruns during his failed re-election bid in 2012.
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France's Sarkozy faces second day of questioning in Gaddafi funds case
Neither Nicolas Sarkozy nor his lawyers have commented publicly about the latest development in an inquiry that began five years ago.
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Man known as Gaddafi’s banker shot in JHB
South African authorities have not confirmed the attack on the man who invested more than $1 billion of Libyan oil money here.
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Benghazi car bombing death toll rises to 35 - medics
The toll was one of the highest from a single attack since Libya slid into turmoil after the uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
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Obasanjo: Decisive leadership could have seen African solution to Libya crisis
Olusegun Obasanjo says if African leaders were more decisive there could have been an African solution to the leadership crisis Libya.
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Muammar Gaddafi’s son ‘freed’ in Libya
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has left the town of Zintan where he had been held since 2011 after being freed by an armed group, according to one of his lawyers.
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Questions about Zuma’s relationship with Gaddafi surface
The Mail & Guardian is reporting that Zuma was in Gaddafi’s pocket & received funding from him.
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New Lockerbie suspects include Gaddafi spy chief
Pan Am flight 103 was blown up over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, killing 270 people.
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Gaddafi's son sentenced to death
Saif al-Islam & 8 former govt officials were sentenced for war crimes committed during the 2011 revolution.
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Nine killed as gunmen storm luxury hotel in Tripoli
Militants claiming ties with Islamic State have taken responsibility for the attack.
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Libya's new Parliament opens as fighting rages
Lawmakers gathered in a heavily guarded hotel in the eastern city of Tobruk after three weeks of fighting.
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Libya asks UN Sec. Council for help
Without assistance the North African oil producer could become a failed state.
