Qaddafi counteroffensive is closing world's window to aid Libya rebelsChristian Science Monitor
'We have God on our side and a just cause, but Qaddafi has better weapons,' says a rebel fighter in Ras Lanuf, which has come under withering assault by Libya leader Muammar Qaddafi's forces. Libyan rebels are loaded at the back of a pickup vehicle ...
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NATO to Send Ships Closer to Libya to Enforce Arms Embargo
Voice of America
Photo: AP The NATO alliance has agreed to send ships closer to the Libyan coast to monitor compliance with the UN arms embargo against the government of Moammar Gadhafi. But key alliance leaders, including US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, ...
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The Latest in Libya: Today's Qs for O's WH - 3/10/2011
ABC News (blog)
TAPPER: The French government is now recognizing some of the Libyan rebels, the Libyan opposition groups, as representatives of the Libyan people. Where is the US when it comes to assessing the opposition in Libya and recognizing them diplomatically? ...
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Kadafi victory or stalemate likely in Libya, a top US official says
Los Angeles Times
By Ken Dilanian, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi is unlikely to be ousted by rebels, the top US intelligence officer has told a congressional committee, and the United States must contemplate the national-security ...
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Brazilian journalist freed in Libya
CNN International
(CNN) -- A Brazilian journalist detained by authorities while reporting from Libya was released Thursday and will leave the country Friday, Libyan authorities said. The whereabouts of Andrei Netto, a correspondent for Brazil's Estado do Sao Paulo ...
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UPDATE 1-France wants targeted Libya bombing option explored
Reuters
By Emmanuel Jarry PARIS, March 10 (Reuters) - France wants to explore the possibility of targeted bombing of Libya as an alternative to imposing a no-fly zone, French officials and sources said on Thursday. President Nicolas Sarkozy raised the idea ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Libyan bombing may be crimes against humanity: U.N.
Reuters
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Libya's aerial bombing of civilians and use of heavy weapons on city streets must be investigated as possible crimes against humanity, the top UN human rights official said on Thursday. UN High Commissioner for ...
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Eni's Libyan oil production near complete halt
Washington Post
Libyan volunteers stand on the outskirts of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Government forces drove hundreds of rebels from a strategic oil port with rockets and tank shells on Thursday, significantly expanding Moammar ...
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Washington Post
S&P Cuts and Suspends Libya Ratings
ABC News
AP By TAREK EL-TABLAWY AP Business Writer AP Libyan volunteers stand on the outskirts of the eastern town of Ras Lanouf, Libya, Thursday, March... International ratings agency Standard & Poor's on Thursday downgraded Libya's sovereign rating to junk ...
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ABC News
US, Europe increase diplomatic pressure on Libya
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration cut ties Thursday with Libya's embassy in the United States and announced high-level meetings with opposition leaders, as France became the first nation to recognize the governing council fighting against ...
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LIBYA: Government forces preparing for full-scale attack on rebels; West ...
Los Angeles Times
Seif Islam Kadafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi , said Thursday that forces loyal to the government were preparing for a full-scale attack on anti-government forces and that Western countries would face defeat if they chose to support the ...
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NATO to Move Forward - Cautiously - on Libya
ABC News (blog)
Carney also said the US has had direct contact with the Libyan opposition and all senior members of the National Libyan Council. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today announced that the US has suspended recognition of the Libyan embassy in the US.
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Libyan TV: 3 detained Dutch marines being released
The Associated Press
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Three Dutch marines who were captured after a botched evacuation mission in Libya last month were being handed over Thursday to a European delegation, Libyan state TV said. The report said the marines had entered Libya illegally ...
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Mideast markets rise; Libya, Saudi Arabia in focus
MarketWatch
By Robert Daniel, MarketWatch TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) — Middle East stock markets were largely higher Thursday, while crude-oil futures dropped below $102 a barrel, as investors monitored the fighting in Libya and global trade data that showed the ...
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Key figures in Libya's rebel council
BBC News
By David Gritten BBC News Amid the popular Libyan uprising against Col Muammar Gaddafi, residents of towns and cities in the areas of eastern Libya controlled by rebels have formed an interim administration. The Interim Transitional National Council ...
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Obama faces rising pressure to 'do something' on Libya
USA Today
By David Jackson, USA TODAY Rebels and their supporters are also calling on US allies to establish a no-fly zone over Libya that would restrict Moammar Gadhafi's air force. "People are losing faith in the international community," said Essam Gheriani, ...
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USA Today
Libya Bangladeshis 'to get help'
BBC News
The Bangladeshi government says that it is stepping up its efforts to bring back thousands of its nationals stranded in violence-hit Libya. It is estimated that a total of about 50000 Bangladeshis are stranded, with nearly 12000 on the border with ...
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Libya Cancels China-Bound Crude-Oil Shipment
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Reza Amanat and Sarah Kent Libya canceled a crude-oil shipment that China International United Petroleum & Chemical Corp., or Unipec, was supposed to load at Libya's Sidr oil terminal, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday. ...
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LIBYA: BBC crew reportedly detained, beaten up by Kadafi forces near strife ...
Los Angeles Times
Members of Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi's security forces hauled a team of BBC reporters into custody, beat them up and subjected them to mock executions before releasing the trio 21 hours later, the broadcaster said on Thursday. ...
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Libya Protesters Take Over £10m Saif House
Sky News
A group calling themselves "Topple the Tyrants" have taken over a £10m house thought to be owned by one of Colonel Gaddafi's sons, insisting the property belongs to the Libyan people. Anti-Gaddafi banners and Libyan flags have been put up on the house ...
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Sky News
Gillard rejects rift with Rudd on Libya
ABC Online
By North America Correspondent Jane Cowan Prime Minister Julia Gillard has rejected suggestions the government is divided on the prospect of a no-fly zone in Libya. During Ms Gillard's tour of the New York Stock Exchange overnight she faced a barrage ...
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EU Extends Libya Asset Freeze to Include Five 'Key' Entities
Bloomberg
By Jones Hayden - Thu Mar 10 13:40:18 GMT 2011 The European Union extended an asset freeze against Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi and his associates to include “five key financial entities.” The decision, which becomes effective tomorrow, ...
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Libya's fledgling alternative government Who's in charge?
The Economist
IF THE Libyan rebel movement in the east is to survive, it needs international recognition soon. France was first to give it; the European Union was due to discuss the matter urgently on March 10th-11th. But the rebels' interim national council in ...
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'Operation Safe Homecoming' from Libya draws towards a close
Daily News & Analysis
Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI About 15400 Indians, out of the initial presence of 18000 in strife-torn Libya, are back in the country as 'Operation Safe Homecoming' rapidly draws towards a close tonight, the government said. ...
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Russian warning on Libya
The Hindu
Russia warned against foreign meddling in Libya and called for an “independent assessment” of the situation in the North African country. “Intervention in internal affairs, especially military interference, is unacceptable” in Libya or any other state, ...
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IEA Cites Concern Over Attacks On Libya Oil Region
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The recent attacks on Libya's oil region appear to have damaged key oil infrastructure and herald “a worrying escalation from an oil-sector perspective,” the International Energy Agency said Thursday. The comments suggest rising worry among consuming ...
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Libya: Group Occupies London Mansion Owned by Gaddafi's Son ...
By John Liebhardt
Our aim is to make sure that the assets stolen by Gaddafi are returned to the Libyan people and don't disappear into the pockets of governments or corporations. In the meantime we want to welcome refugees from the conflict in Libya and ...
Global Voices in English - http://globalvoicesonline.org/
Libya Live Blog - March 10 | Al Jazeera Blogs
By Al Jazeera Staff
As the uprising in Libya continues, we update you with the latest developments from our correspondents, news agencies and citizens across the globe. Al Jazeera is not responsible for content derived from external sites. ...
Al Jazeera Blogs | Al Jazeera blogs Feed - http://blogs.aljazeera.net/
In the Thick of Libya's Brutal Fighting: Tyler Hicks Describes One ...
By By KERRI MACDONALD and DAVID FURST
Tyler Hicks has covered Kosovo, Chechnya, Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan. He said the battling Wednesday in Libya ranked among the worst he has seen.
Lens - http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/
Patterico's Pontifications » BBC Journalists Brutalized in Libya
By Aaron Worthing
Members of the three-man team were beaten with fists, knees and rifles, hooded and subjected to mock executions by Libyan troops and secret police. The three were detained on Monday and held for 21 hours, but have now flown out of Libya ...
Patterico's Pontifications - http://patterico.com/
BBC Reporters Beaten in Libya: 'Can't Describe How Bad It Was'
By Dana Kennedy
Three BBC reporters were allowed to leave Libya after being held for almost 24 hours by pro-Moammar-Gadhafi security forces who beat them and subjected them to mock executions.
AOL News - http://www.aolnews.com/
France Recognizes Libya Rebel Government
By The Huffington Post News Editors
RAS LANOUF, Libya — Libya's opposition battled for military and diplomatic advantage against Moammar Gadhafi's regime on Thursday, winning official recognition from France and hitting government forces with heavy weapons on the road to ...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raw_feed_index.rdf
Stay Out of Libya - Reason Magazine
By Steve Chapman
The civil war in Libya was barely underway before some American politicians were insisting the United States crash the party. We have been fighting in Afghanistan for nine years and Iraq for eight, but the typical Washington hawk views ...
Reason Magazine - http://reason.com/
Clarence Lusane: Zimbabwe May Emulate Tunisia, Egypt, Libya...
By Clarence Lusane
The likely fall of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is not a good sign for Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe. No other international figure has been more politically and economically friendly to Mugabe than he.
The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/
Intervention in Libya? A case of shooting from the hip, slowly ...
By Dan Smith
It is hardly surprising that, faced by Qaddafi's air power, the Libyan opposition has come out in favour of the no-fly zone. But it is extremely unlikely that what they want is a drive-by intervention. If no-fly doesn't work, ...
openDemocracy - OurKingdom - http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/front
Libya and Obama's Free Range Chicken Foreign Policy | RedState
By Ben Domenech (Profile)
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today's edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Robert Tracinski to.
RedState - http://www.redstate.com/
Libya asks for Algerian 'mediation with UN' | www.bullfax.com
By marketmaker
Libya has asked Algeria to mediate with the UN Security Council to obtain a lifting of sanctions against Tripoli, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said Thursday in an newspaper interview.The Security Council last month passed a ...
Bullfax.com - Market News & Analysis - http://www.bullfax.com/
Red Cross: Civilian Casualties Rising in Libya - World - CBN News ...
A giant yellow fireball shot into the sky Wednesday after fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi set two oil installations ablaze.
CBN.com - CBN News - http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/feed/
Zawiya Libya: In Zawiya, Libya, a celebration of a victory claimed ...
Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi's regime offered a $400000 bounty on the head of opposition leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil as Kadafi loyalists continued to wage a ...
www.latimes.com/.../la-fg-libya-kadafi-20110310,0,3582701...
Libya
The United States warns U.S. citizens against travel to Libya and recommends that U.S. citizens in Libya depart immediately. The United States advised the ...
travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_5358.html
Libya Energy Data, Statistics and Analysis - Oil, Gas, Electricity ...
Libya hopes to increase oil reserve estimates with incentives for additional exploration both in established oil producing areas as well as more remote ...
www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/libya/oil.html
BBC News - Libya: France recognises rebels as government
France recognises Libya's rebels as the country's legitimate government but other members of the European Union hold back.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12699183
Opposition in Libya Struggles to Form United Front - NYTimes.com
Rebels are facing a perhaps fatal obstacle: the need to forge a substitute to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in a state that he embodied.
www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/world/africa/09rebels.html
Witness: Peaceful protesters mowed down in Libya - CNN.com
"Indescribable" and deadly violence rippled through the Libyan city of Zawiya on Friday, according to a witness who said pro-government forces gunned down ...
www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/04/.../index.html?hpt...
Rebels say Libya peace talks offer a trap - ABC News (Australian ...
A Libyan opposition figure has accused Moamar Gaddafi of trying to trap opponents by apparently offering to start negotiations with opposition leaders in ...
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/08/3158337.htm
Libya 'dispatches emissaries' - Africa - Al Jazeera English
Diplomats said to be holding talks with EU officials in Brussels while deputy defence minister arrives in Cairo.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/.../20113911921436551.html
Libya in turmoil - live updates | World news | guardian.co.uk
Gaddafi speaks to supporters in Green Square • More Libyan diplomats abandon regime • Foreign Office denies paying bribes at Tripoli airport • UN security ...
www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/.../libya-turmoil-gaddafi-live
FT.com / Middle East & North Africa - France recognises Libyan ...
France on Thursday intensified diplomatic pressure on Muammer Gaddafi by announcing that it would formally recognise the opposition Libyan National Council ...
www.ft.com/.../c531f524-4b08-11e0-911b-00144feab49a.ht...
NATO to Send Ships Closer to Libya to Enforce Arms Embargo
Photo: AP The NATO alliance has agreed to send ships closer to the Libyan coast to monitor compliance with the UN arms embargo against the government of ...
www.voanews.com/.../NATO-Will-Send-Ships-Closer-to-Liby...
America's secret plan to arm Libya's rebels - Middle East, World ...
Desperate to avoid US military involvement in Libya in the event of a prolonged struggle between the Gaddafi regime and its opponents, the Americans have ...
www.independent.co.uk/.../americas-secret-plan-to-arm-libyas...
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