US forces conduct twin raids in Libya, Somalia
By
Tony G. Gabriel and Kimberly Dozier
| October 7, 2013 - 5:47am
The suspected al-Qaeda figure nabbed by US special forces in a dramatic operation in the Libyan capital had been living freely in his homeland after his return there three years ago, his family said. ...
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Held by militia, Gadhafi son misses Libya hearing
By
Esam Mohamed and Paul Schemm
| September 20, 2013 - 1:13am
The son of Libya's former dictator Moammar Gadhafi missed a court hearing Thursday after the militia holding him refused to...
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Bomb hits Libya's Benghazi on attack anniversary
By
Esam Mohamed
| September 12, 2013 - 6:18am
A powerful car bomb exploded yesterday near Libya's Foreign Ministry building in the heart of the eastern coastal city of Benghazi, exactly one year after the Sept. 11 attack there that killed the US ambassador and...
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Libya to try Gadhafi's son next month
By
Esam Mohamed
| August 28, 2013 - 5:43am
Late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's son and his spy chief were charged on yesterday with murder in relation to the country's 2011 civil war and are set to stand trial, said Libya's general prosecutor.
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Libya bans Gadhafi-era officials from state posts
By
Esam Mohamed and Aya Batrawy
| May 6, 2013 - 9:37am
Under pressure from armed militias, Libya's parliament passed a sweeping law Sunday that bans anyone who served as a senior official under Moammar Gadhafi during his 42 year-long rule from working in government...
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Libya passes ban on Gadhafi-era officials
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Esam Mohamed and Aya Batrawy
| May 6, 2013 - 5:28am
Libya's parliament passed a law on yesterday banning officials who served under ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi from government posts, a move that could push many of the country's new leaders from office.
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Fears grow that Libya is incubator of turmoil
January 27, 2013 - 7:00am
Libya's upheaval the past two years helped lead to the ongoing conflict in Mali, and now Mali's war threatens to wash back and further hike Libya's instability.
Hundreds of Libyans handover their weapons
September 30, 2012 - 6:24am
Hundreds of Libyans converged yesterday on a main square in Benghazi and another in Tripoli in response to a call from the military to hand over their weapons, some driving in with armored personnel carriers,...
Death of Libyan rebel raises calls for vengeance
September 26, 2012 - 7:00am
One of the young Libyan rebels credited with capturing Moammar Gadhafi in a drainage ditch nearly a year ago died yesterday of injuries after being kidnapped, beaten and slashed by the late dictator's supporters...
Libya appoints military officers to head militias
September 25, 2012 - 6:00am
Libya's military command appointed yesterday a pair of army officers to head two powerful Islamist militias in the country's east, part of the government's push to rein in armed factions.
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