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UK-based spokesman for the Libyan opposition group, the Transitional National Council, says Mr Ghanem is on his way to a European country.

The Libyan intervention feels like a last reprise of that old tune, rather than a bold statement for a new age.

Earlier, a Canadian newspaper reported it had discovered Libyan government documents regarding the meeting in a pile of trash in Tripoli.

We would have preferred him to be able to face justice at the International Criminal Court or in a Libyan court for his crimes.

And Sarkozy said the NATO campaign would continue until "there is no longer any threat to the Libyan people. "

She said the NTC leaders promised to give the case early consideration but she did not link it to the return of impounded Libyan funds.

He said, the Libyan leader, Col. Moammar Gadhafi, and his loyalists will be held accountable for continuing violence.

He said the Libyan government must 'face the cost of continued violations of human rights. '

But the spokesman refused to acknowledge and Ismail talks with Libyan officials said the contact did not reach an agreement.

The Libyan leader said he supported the eviction of white farmers, and said Zimbabwe's whites should return to their countries of origin.

Jinzhong Zhang, oil analyst at Standard Bank in London, adds: "The market is not going to see the return of Libyan oil any time soon. "

Libyan official who led CNN personnel on a tour of the area Friday said the commercial port, not the nearby military port, was hit.

Libyan government TV showed footage of what appeared to be a downed helicopter, including part of a rotor blade.

The Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa has arrived in London unexpectedly and is having talks with British officials.

Witnesses say many of the raids appeared to be close to a military compound where Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi may be hiding.

Speaking in condition of anonymity, a senior U. S. military official said the strikes targeted air defense sites along the Libyan coast.

Libyan opposition forces trying to oust Moammar Gadhafi from his four decades in power are heading to China to seek support.

We do not know how extensive the air attacks have been, but they clearly have dented the Libyan government forces' morale.

A British diplomat said the draft would be ready in the event of a serious attack on civilians by Libyan air power.

McVicar wouldn't say how much the Libyan rebels paid for the drone. But she noted when asked that the drone retails for $100, 000.

It is unclear how much support the Libyan leader has in the capital.

He said the Libyan government has announced ceasefires several times before only to continue attacking civilians.

Back in May, the British had expelled the Libyan Embassy in London, but there are still some embassy staff to remain in the UK.

Kousa said the Arab and Libyan people appreciated China's promotion of justice in the international arena and its support for Arab justice.

A spokesman for the rebel National Libyan Council, Abdul Hafidh Ghoga, said the group is not prepared to negotiate.

Britain said the military team would not train or arm Libyan rebel forces in fighting troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi.

Libyan air raids in the West began, the British Ambassador in Libya, had been called home, now is not the British diplomats in Tripoli.

He says that Mr. Gadhafi wrote that the Libyan people support him and he is ready to die for his people.

Marriage, a home of his own, kids -- all are dreams that the wiry Libyan had long ago steeled himself to stop hoping for.

of dollars in frozen Libyan assets are ready to be released to an alternative government .

A portion of every Libyan oil sale is credited directly to the bank accounts of all Libyan citizens.

The Libyan leader seems to have lost control of the east of the country, traditionally a hotbed of resentment towards his rule.

Speaking on Libyan state TV, Colonel Gaddafi also said he would be victorious.

Did the sudden collapse of most of the Libyan regime's defenses in and around Tripoli cause Assad to feel a heightened sense of anxiety?

Chen said Beijing is "ready to receive" the Libyan rebels in the near future - though he did not specify a date.

It has started to call for a no-fly zone and foreign intervention on the Libyan model, both of which are a further incitement to civil war.

U. K. government officials said killing the Libyan leader would be legal if it prevented civilian deaths as laid out in a U. N. resolution.

A spokesman said the Libyan government supported dialogue with the US but only if it was free from preconditions.

She said the Libyan government will ensure the team's security only in areas under its control.

The only ground on which the Arab world and then the United Nations could agree on the use of force was the protection of Libyan civilians.

A week later he had to cast off the Libyan leader, saying it was time to "end the bloodbath and support the Libyan people" .

From the very beginning of the Libyan uprising, the West continued to view the developments with a different prism.

It isn't clear how much the banks and securities firms knew about the disarray at the Libyan fund.

He said the protesters "do not want anything to do with Gaddafi" , and the green flag is closely associated with the Libyan leader.

Gates said the lack of unity and coordination is one of the Libyan rebels' biggest problems in their fight against Gadhafi's forces.

Qaddafi vowed to house every Libyan before his own parents. . . he kept his promise & his own father died before he was able to be housed.

This makes it relatively easy to process Libyan crude oil into ultra-low sulphur products that are increasingly required in global markets.

The Libyan representative accused the FAO of serving political interests and said there was no scientific basis for the listing.

The Libyan rebels' push into Tripoli Sunday night may end up being a bit of an anti-climax for the oil markets.

The Treasury Department said the sanctions against Gadhafi, three of his sons and a daughter also apply to the Libyan government.

But a no-fly zone could save thousands of Libyan lives, just as an earlier one saved Kurds in Iraq.

In his weekly address to the nation, Obama said the joint effort is showing results, and Libyan civilians have expressed gratitude.

And then as the Libyan revolution spread, he made bombs and smuggled weapons into Tripoli to help overthrow the Qaddafi government.

The commander whose forces captured Muammar Gaddafi has said he tried to save the former Libyan leader's life so that he could stand trial.

For all the festive bunting, and despite the fact that rebels have pushed the front far to the southeast, the Libyan capital remains wary.

He is now free to put a one-sided story to the court of Libyan public opinion, instead of having his case tested in a Scottish court.

The statement said the EU travel ban and asset freeze on sanctions list of new officers and a pro-Gaddafi, the Libyan airline.

Early in the Libyan crisis he carelessly said he would "not dare disturb" his friend, Colonel Qaddafi, about the violence in his country.

Although forces loyal to Mr Gaddafi have already killed hundreds, the Libyan leader said he had not yet ordered the use of force.

However, one person close to the coalition said such a highly controversial move would only be examined if the Libyan leader steps down.

The Libyan situation remains foremost, but it seems to have entered a quieter phase.

US President Obama called it a historical victory for the Libyan people.

"These gangs are like rats, " he said. "They represent nothing, not even one in a million of the Libyan people. "

Reporting from the front lines of the current conflict indicates that the rebels reflect a complex cross-section of Libyan society.

Libyan government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim, however, denied that the rebels had agreed to a ceasefire, insisting that it was a ploy.

Libyan rebels also welcomed news of his death and urged the United States to kill Colonel Gaddafi as well.

But we'll be in harmony to be sure (of) that Libyan people have to know Saif will face justice.

Up to now, the Libyan opposition leaders to reject any form of cease-fire, including Gaddafi's son to step down or conditions.

The Libyan leader's regime clamped down in its stronghold in the capital, where residents said food prices have skyrocketed.

One of its citizens, who represents a Swiss engineering giant, ABB, is still stuck in a Libyan jail.

After all, when Kusa was deputy director of the Libyan intelligence service in 1988, Megrahi had been one of his men.

US President Barack Obama has said the Libyan leader should step down and leave the country immediately.

His generous investment of Libyan oil revenues around the continent, of course, was a more venal inducement to African fealty.

Libyan military official suggested that Gaddafi had been injured and captured alive but then shot dead by his captors.

Now they've begun to inch back, regaining territory from Libyan troops pulling back in the face of Western air attacks.

"All our planes have returned to base tonight, " he said, and denied a Libyan TV report that a French plane had been hit.

He says the Libyan people did not get a chance to work out their ideas and opinions like those living in the West.

American diplomats said they did not fully understand the specific composition of the Libyan opposition.

The Libyan leader was an admirer of the Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser and his Arab socialist and nationalist ideology.

Last month a former colonel in Gaddafi's army said Libyan agents had assassinated Sadr and buried him in the southern city of Sabha.

After three weeks of intense military training, the recruits are ready to fight against forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

"At a minimum, " Mr. Ammerman said, "we should be providing weapons to the Libyan people who are trying to remove him from power. "

But his shadow will only be truly lifted if the new Libyan leadership draws the right lessons, not the wrong ones, from his demise.

Those women would leave with bags full of money, but he never gave any money to the Libyan girls he enslaved.

If it's any consolation, though, the Libyan people would be more than happy to send the colonel to Siberia for his retirement.

Mr Cameron said all countries had agreed to ask the United Nations for permission to unfreeze all Libyan assets.

"The defence lawyers, under Libyan law, have the right to appeal to the Supreme Court for a second and last time, " he told SciDev. Net.

Hannibal also is well-known for a series of violent altercations involving his wife, Libyan model Aline Skaf.

But, focused on protecting its oil interests above all else, it was the last major power to recognize the new Libyan government.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has said questions must be asked as to what more can be done to halt attacks on Libyan civilians.

S. House of Representatives voted down the date of an authorization to carry out military action against the Libyan government's motion.

'The march of the liberation of the Libyan people, ' he said, 'must not stop. '

But in recent years, the Libyan leader has been recast as a reformed sinner, an ally in the "war on terror" and a valued business partner.

In Geneva on Monday she said, "Nothing is off the table so long as the Libyan Government continues to threaten and kill Libyans. "

But the coast guard commandant denied that his vessels were used to attack Misrata or any other Libyan city.

Asked who the attackers were, he said they were local residents who wanted to topple the Libyan leader.

The proper spelling of the Libyan leader's name has long been a source of banter and argument among Western journalists and editors.

We had located the ever-changing front line of the Libyan civil war, a conflict we had come from all over the world to cover.

Gun battles have taken place in the Libyan capital Tripoli for the first time since anti-Gaddafi forces took control of the city in August.

Mr. Obama noted the responsibility for the Libyan operation is being transferred from the U. S. to its NATO allies.

Koussa expressed regret over the Security Council resolution, complaining that it would increase the suffering of the Libyan people.

Shortly after the coup d'etat that brought Qaddafi to power, he unceremoniously ordered all Italians to leave Libyan territory.

The 9-year-old boy who was the sole survivor of Libyan air crash is back in his home country. He arrived in the Netherlands Saturday.

Fighting between rival Libyan militias near the city of Zawiya left at least ten people dead.

Libyan leader Mouammar Gaddafi made his first public appearance in a week near Tripoli late Tuesday, vowing to fight on.

And they have to make it up to the Libyan people, they have to bear their responsibilities.

later, there was widespread speculation that the British government had agreed to free Megrahi to secure BP's access to Libyan oil.

Libyan officials insisted that the warehouse contained nothing but bags of flour.

As the Libyan regime totters, it no longer seems hyperbolic to call the events in the Middle East, "the Arab 1989" .

Libyan government units seem to have dissolved in front of them, rather than being defeated in battle.

There is no actual shortage and other producers are willing and able to make up for lost Libyan production.

It also called for an immediate end to use of force against civilians by Libyan troops and said those responsible must be held to account.

The Libyan fighters also seem to have arrived in Iraq over a short period of time, between March and August 2007.

The proposal includes dialogue between Colonel Gadhafi and Libyan insurgents, supported by an Arab League fact-finding mission.

What followed was an online uproar as her fans, Gaddafi loyalists, predominately non Libyan were furious her accounts were deleted.

Moreno-Ocampo is investigating Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, some of his sons and aides over a "pre-determined plan" to attack protesters.

But a Libyan spokesman denied media reports that rebels shot down a government warplane and that the military was bombarding Benghazi.

Delegates from several African countries gathered in Tripoli to hear Libyan officials slam NATO's intervention.

The U. S. State Department turned over the embassy to an American custodian chosen by the Libyan government.

You make the point that let the Libyan people be given a chance to talk among themselves.

Barney said: "The Libyan people now have the ability to defend the motherland, we are now more powerful than before. "

He later ordered an acid attack on the bouncer and was denied legal immunity though the Libyan Embassy accredited him as a diplomat.

The British embassy was completely burnt out, prompting the government in London to expel the Libyan ambassador.

These firms are to hold the money until the Treasury lifts the freeze, allowing a new Libyan government to claim the funds.

"As long as he was on the run he represented a very ominous danger to the Libyan people, " Saad told CNN.

Earlier, it emerged that France and Britain are to deploy attack helicopters against Libyan to try to break the military stalemate.

Colonel Gaddafi's son is wanted by the ICC on charges of committing crimes against humanity during the early stages of the Libyan uprising.

Responding instantly to the resolution, the Libyan regime announced a ceasefire and said it would comply with UN demands.

We want to be treated as 100 percent Libyans, not as a minority, and not as if we were faking being Libyan.

Clinton further amplified the president's position, saying that it is clear the Libyan people want Qadhafi out of power.

It was Libyan women and girls who hung flags and smuggled weapons to the front.

She called for the Libyan seat at the United Nations General Assembly to be transferred to the interim government.

As the rebellion started, the Libyan leader had no qualms about ordering troops to open fire on unarmed civilians.

Moammar Qaddafi has lost the confidence of his people and the legitimacy to rule, and the aspirations of the Libyan people must be realized.

At present, said the Libyan authorities, fully occupied only need two days to Sirte.

Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim, told The Wall Street Journal Mr. Koussa 'was on a diplomatic mission. '

All of this would be implemented only if requested by the Libyan transitional authorities and approved by the Security Council.

But at the start of the Libyan uprising, Saif was quick to join his father's side, much to the disappointment and astonishment of the West.

A rainy day fund of such dimensions helps Colonel Qaddafi withstand economic sanctions and a freeze on Libyan government assets abroad.

Statoil ASA, the Norwegian oil company, said it had shut its office in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

Meanwhile, clashes have been continuing on the road to Sirte, one of the few Libyan towns still under the control of pro-Gaddafi forces.

Independent news media are beginning to emerge in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, two weeks after the fall of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

On the front lines, rebels dodge Libyan air strikes and fire back at Libyan military jets overhead.

While US troops may not be an option, other NATO allies are sending trainers to help the Libyan opposition.

Ibrahim denounced the airstrike as a deliberate attempt to assassinate the Libyan leader.

But soon after joining one of his training camps, they realized the Libyan dictator was using them.

Finally, the Libyan people: Your courage and character have been unbreakable in the face of a tyrant.

On taking power in 1969 through a military coup, he nationalized Libya's oil and used much of that money to develop the Libyan economy.

Second, the new production cannot replace lost Libyan supply in terms of quality; only the IEA has such high quality crude in storage.

The United States is temporarily removing further staff from its embassy in the Libyan capital, the state department has said.

Rasmussen did not confirm growing reports that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is exploring options to step down.

Mr Cameron has called for a range of economic actions against the ailing Libyan regime, including sanctions, travel bans and asset seizures.

On Monday, the pilots of two Libyan fighter jets landed in Malta and defected after they had been ordered to attack protesters in Benghazi.

Rather, such a measure should have the effect of further demoralizing air force pilots and effectively grounding all Libyan aircraft.

At a news briefing, State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said Libya's treatment of Megrahi will affect the U. S. -Libyan relationship.

Libyan state media said the strikes caused casualties in Tripoli.

On Monday, a spokesman for the foreign ministry said China respected "the choice of the Libyan people" and hoped for a return to stability.

Earlier this week, NATO warplanes bombed the Libyan capital, Tripoli, with Libyan television reporting the deaths of at least 19 people.

Subsequently, the Libyan armed opposition of the pickup was first ambushed by government forces, and later was outflanking the side.

The official China Daily noted that the Libyan embassy in Beijing had already replaced the old flag with the flag used by the rebels.

A report from Washington (by The Associated Press) said U. S. officials believe the Libyan plane was a military training craft.

The U. S. military's main task is to help others clear the Libyan air force air missile positions. 19 U.

The United States and other countries have begun the process of releasing frozen Libyan assets through the U. N. Sanctions Committee.

Libyan media showed wreckage of the plane spread over a wide field, with rescue and emergency workers on the scene.

So integral was the Libyan leader's involvement that the Special Court for Sierra Leone reportedly considered indicting him.

Libyan rebel urged people to leave as government forces shelled an area near Bin Jawad in northern Libya on Tuesday.

Libyan officials pressed ahead with their tour. They took us to a second bomb site. They told us that it was a lung disease clinic.

Then weapons, weapons equipped with "Tomahawk" cruise missiles, since the Libyan war began, everyone on the "Tomahawk" very familiar.

Italy, France, China, Germany and Spain are the largest buyers of Libyan oil, according to the U. S. Department of Energy.

Attempts to call Libyan telephones were unsuccessful late Monday.

In Bamako, the capital of the desert nation of Mali, one huge Libyan-funded mosque was built right next door to the U. S. Embassy.

British and South African passengers are also thought to have been on board. The 11 crew were said to be Libyan.

Targeted attacks on senior Libyan officials might be justified if this is the only way to stop attacks on civilians.

And the officials of the NTC whom I was able to reach sounded perfectly aware that the fate of the Libyan Spring may hang on these images.

The debate over a Libyan no-fly zone makes that criticism look prescient: a carrier would be rather useful in enforcing one.

Questions about how the Libyan leader died have raised the possibility of an international investigation.

The very best Libyan tanks - the T72s are likely to be with the elite 32nd Brigade led by one of Colonel Gaddafi's sons.

Three and a half years later, the Libyan data in the Sinjar records have become a subject of renewed interest, for obvious reasons.

Libya evening of 19 local time, France, Britain and the United States fighter or ship out to the Libyan military strikes on targets.

Human Rights Watch accused the day, government forces in Misurata Libyan residential uses at least 3 times a cluster bomb.

A rebel spokesman in another Libyan city Misrata told the BBC that fighting was continuing for control of the main roads through the city.

The so-called Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya is nothing more than an empty promise.

Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the head of the Libyan rebels' National Transitional Council in Benghazi, suggested celebration was premature.

Khamis Gaddafi was the commander of the 32nd Reinforced Brigade, the best trained and equipped force in the Libyan military.

A coalition that included the United States, NATO and Arab nations persevered through the summer to protect Libyan civilians.

A person close to the Libyan military command said reinforcements for government forces have been sent to Sirte from several southern towns.

The man who was to become Alsature, now a 55 year old with a youthful twinkle in his eyes, is a Libyan who was born in 1955 in Benghazi.

A portion of Libyan oil sale is, credited directly to the bank accounts of all Libyan citizens.

Afterward, a Sarkozy spokesman said France would recognize the National Council as the 'legitimate representative of the Libyan people. '

Rebels also attacked the building where Libyan state TV is based, taking the channel off air in the middle of a broadcast.

The Libyan revolutionaries are more of a band of enthusiastic amateurs than experienced soldiers.

The British Daily Post reported that without NATO's air support, Gaddafi's troops would certainly have crushed the Libyan uprising.

The boycott should target, in particular, the oil organisations on whose revenue the Libyan regime is now almost completely dependent.

For decades, they have had the ability to arrest, interrogate, torture and imprison Libyan citizens at will.

There are long queues at petrol stations, and Libyan oil experts say fuel stocks could run out in two weeks' time.

The United States is bracing for possible Libyan-backed terrorist attacks, President Obama's top counterterrorism official said on Friday.

Last night, NATO decided to take on the additional responsibility of protecting Libyan civilians.

The tribal nature of Libyan society adds a further layer of uncertainty.

On the Libyan street there is a palpable desire to see the two men hanged.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the former regime Sirte home the night of the explosion of an oil depot 24, at least 100 people were killed.

A week on, we look at what the Arab papers have been saying about the demise of the Libyan dictator.

For the two dozen Libyan students, most of them in their early 20s, the concept of human rights was new.

At least 51 people have died after drinking tainted homemade alcohol in Tripoli, Libyan health officials say.

The visit was designed, he said, to show support for the Libyan people.

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Libyan Movement for Change and Reform: based in London.

Near the western rebel-held Libyan city of Zawiya, a heavy government military presence could be seen.

On Tuesday, Libyan state television broadcast images of dozens of bound men lying face down on the ground.

Ramping up above this level would then be complicated by extensive damage during the war, Libyan oil officials say.

By waiting weeks, and then only after submitting for United Nations approval, Qaddafi positioned the Libyan chessboard to his liking.

Libyan government forces appear more cohesive and have been able to regroup, a senior U. S. official said.

He must never again be able to threaten the lives of Libyan civilians, nor to destabilise Libya once he has left power.

The main threat from the Libyan revolution to its southern neighbours is the economic impact.

Libyan government TV broadcast images of Gadhafi supporters chanting and dancing as they waved posters of the embattled leader.

Now with a Libyan stalemate as the most possible scenario, Beijing is factoring its influence in the price of oil.

The coalition will not change its declared position that killing the Libyan war leader is not on its list of objectives.

In the face of the world's condemnation, Qaddafi chose to escalate his attacks, launching a military campaign against the Libyan people.

Nato says it's destroyed guard towers around a compound used by the Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi in two air raids on the centre of Tripoli.

However he spent his time in the capital, it was not with its community of Libyan exiles - most of whom were opponents of Gaddafi.

I cannot take the consequences of revealing my identity in the conservative Libyan society.

In addition, the Libyan state television broadcast said to be 10 to see Gaddafi's son Khamis picture.

Libyan military aircraft have again bombed a refinery and a rebel checkpoint near the oil port of Ras Lanuf, east of Tripoli.

Ten days ago, Mr. Sarkozy met with representatives of the Libyan opposition and recognized it as the country's legitimate government.

U. S. troops fired at least 192 of the 199 Tomahawk cruise missiles launched against Libyan air defenses and command centers.

Only a handful of heads of state were in the room to hear the Libyan leader's closing remarks.

President Jacob Zuma's visit was billed as a last chance for a diplomatic solution to the Libyan crisis.

If I were superstitious, I would have said that the evil eye has hit the Libyan bloggers.

Libyan fighters, with backing from NATO airstrikes, came close to taking control of the key eastern oil hub of Brega.

The Transitional National Council established itself as a credible representative of the Libyan people.

multi-national fleet has also assembled the Libyan Sea, the implementation of the United Nations " the arms embargo " resolution.

Meanwhile, Nato says it's carried out an air strike against Libyan munitions bunkers near Tripoli.

Philippe Sands, professor of law at University College London, believes the Libyan leader is at personal risk.

The Libyan, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, is said to be near death from cancer at his home in Tripoli.

Libyan man stands near the site of a massive explosion at an ammunition depot in Benghazi.

The parties have also discussed whether International Criminal Court charges against the Libyan leader could be dropped.

Their enthusiasm will have been shared in Western capitals that once lamented Turkish reluctance to sever ties to the Libyan leader.

The Libyan leader targeted a number of its senior officials during his campaign to eliminate exiled dissidents.

With rebel troops advancing swiftly along the Libyan coast, the supporters of the intervention will be feeling cheerful.

He was Libyan, but his wife, Suzi, was half American.

Nato said its warplanes carried out a precision air strike against a key command-and-control site of the Libyan government.

A boat carrying more than 250 illegal migrants heading for Europe is reported to have sunk off the Libyan coast.

He was followed by Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, who gave a marathon speech three times as long.

This week imprisoned leaders of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group began publishing a "revision" of their previous understanding of jihad.

After all, they easily captured so much equipment from the Libyan Army, why do they need foreign military support?

The Libyan leader, speaking from the ramparts of a historic Tripoli fort, told supporters to prepare to defend the nation.

UN Security Council resolution 1970, freezing Libyan assets, is still in place, and negotiations are continuing in New York to unwind it.

September 22, NATO began to increase the region controlled by the Libyan army air force.

Not long after China had contacted the opposition, the Libyan foreign minister visited China to try to ascertain China's position.

In the Libyan capital, Col Gaddafi issued a message of defiance, with his spokesman stating that he would remain in the country.

Attempts to contact Saif Gadhafi by telephone and through a Libyan government contact were unsuccessful.