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Obama vows to “bring to justice” ambassador’s killers

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to “bring to justice” the Islamist gunmen responsible for a ferocious assault that killed the U.S. ambassador

In Libya, deadly fury took U.S. envoys by surprise

YoopyaSep 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Diplomats had long been on their guard in Benghazi, a city that was the cradle of Libya’s Western-backed revolution but also home to

Human rights group alleges U.S. waterboarded Gaddafi opponents

YoopyaSep 6, 2012March 8, 20230

(Reuters) – A human rights organization says it has collected evidence of two previously unreported cases in which U.S. agents used waterboarding or a similar

Libya Sufi shrines attacked ‘by Islamist hardliners’

YoopyaAug 26, 20120

A shrine in the Libyan capital Tripoli venerating a Sufi Muslim saint has been partly destroyed – the latest in a series of attacks blamed

Libya ‘sets September trial’ for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

YoopyaAug 23, 20120

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, will go on trial in Libya in September, a Libyan prosecution spokesman has said.

Libya Olympics official ‘abducted’ in Tripoli

YoopyaJul 16, 20120

The president of Libya’s Olympic committee, Nabil Elalem, is reported to have been abducted in Tripoli. According to eyewitness accounts, Mr Elalem was in his

No foul play in death of Gaddafi oil boss-Austria

YoopyaJul 11, 20120

(Reuters) – Libya’s Gaddafi-era prime minister and oil chief Shokri Ghanem died after suffering heart failure and falling into the Danube river and there is

Libya’s Jibril extends lead in latest vote tallies

YoopyaJul 11, 20120

(Reuters) – Libya’s wartime prime minister Mahmoud Jibril extended his lead in the North African country’s landmark elections, partial vote tallies showed on Wednesday, as

Libya’s Jibril urges grand coalition ahead of results

YoopyaJul 9, 20120

(Reuters) – Libya’s wartime rebel prime minister Mahmoud Jibril called for the some 150 political parties in the North African nation to back the creation

Joyful Libyans brave violence to grasp free vote

YoopyaJul 7, 20120

(Reuters) – Crowds of joyful Libyans, some with tears in their eyes, parted with the legacy of Muammar Gaddafi’s dictatorship on Saturday as they voted