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Diplomat recounts frustration at lack of help during Benghazi attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former U.S. diplomat in Libya gave a dramatic account on Wednesday of the attack on the mission in B...
Obama vows to 'bring to justice' ambassador's killers
WASHINGTON/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to "bring to justice" the Islamist...
Torch heads to London as countdown enters final week
LONDON (Reuters) - The Olympic torch arrives in London on Friday a week before the Games begin, and organizers hope the media...
Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Libya leaving unanswered questions
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died ...
Taliban: Marine abuse tape won't hurt Afghan talks
KABUL (Reuters) - A video showing what appear to be American forces urinating on dead Taliban fighters prompted anger in Afgh...
Witness: Sleeping in Gaddafi's bedroom
The following story is the result of a reporting trip by Reuters correspondent Oliver Holmes to the Sahara desert town of Oba...
Hague court says in talks on Gaddafi son surrender
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - International war crimes prosecutors are in touch with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, urging him to give himsel...
Gaddafi body handed to NTC loyalists for burial
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Two loyalists of Libya's interim government were handed Muammar Gaddafi's body to bury secretly deep in t...
Obama: Gaddafi death a warning to iron-fist rulers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hailed Muammar Gaddafi's death on Thursday as a warning to authoritarian leader...
In death, Gaddafi still divides Libyans
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - After the anarchic drama of their capture and killing of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's new leaders argu...
Gaddafi killed in hometown, Libya eyes future
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi was killed by Libyans he once scorned as "rats", succumbing to wounds, som...
Libyans plan 'final' attack on Gaddafi hometown
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan interim government forces have pledged to mount a final decisive attack on Muammar Gaddafi's ...
Civilians flee Sirte battle, fighting hampers aid: U.N.
SIRTE (Reuters) - Civilians fled Sirte on Friday as interim government forces pounded the coastal city in an effort to dislod...
Exclusive: Concern grows over militant activity in Libya
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the dust settles after six months of fighting in Libya, U.S. officials are stepping up efforts to i...
At bay, captured Libyan spy chief defiant
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Defiant and angry, captured Libyan spy chief Bouzaid Dorda denied any wrongdoing when he was presented to...
Pro-Gaddafi forces kill 15 at Libya oil refinery
RAS LANUF, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi loyalists attacked an oil refinery on Monday, killing 15 guards, in an apparent ...
Tony Blair: No regrets about befriending Gaddafi
LONDON (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he has no regrets about helping bring former Libyan leader M...
Fugitive Gaddafi vows to stay in Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi resurfaced on the air waves to berate his enemies as rats and stray dogs and insist he wa...
Gaddafi tracked heading south: Libyan official
BENGHAZI, Libya/AGADEZ, Niger (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi was last tracked heading for Libya's southern border, the man leadi...
Gaddafi defiant as world frees Libya funds
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi urged his supporters to fight on as world leaders freed up billions of dollars to help Li...
Gaddafi said to be in desert town: Libyan military
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi is in a desert town outside Tripoli planning a fightback, a Libyan military chief said on...
Libyan leader sets ultimatum for Gaddafi forces
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Libya's interim leader on Tuesday gave forces loyal to deposed ruler Muammar Gaddafi a four-day ...
Gaddafi's foes advance on his hometown
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan forces converged on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte on Monday, hoping to seal their revolution...
Lockerbie bomber 'at death's door' in Libya
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Libyan convicted in the 1988 bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland has been fo...
Rebels send in special forces to hunt for Gaddafi
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan rebels said they were sending in special forces units in their hunt for fugitive strongman Muammar...
Libya rebels battle to root out Gaddafi diehards
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Rebel forces began to purge Tripoli's streets of diehard gunmen still loyal to fugitive Muammar Gaddafi T...
Gaddafi nearly captured on Wednesday: report
PARIS (Reuters) - Libyan commandos fighting Muammar Gaddafi came close to capturing the toppled leader on Wednesday when they...
Thirty Gaddafi fighters found dead at Tripoli camp
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - More than 30 men believed to be fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have been killed at a military encampme...
Ex-IAEA official warns of Libya 'dirty bomb'
VIENNA (Reuters) - A research center near Tripoli stocks uranium and other material that could be used to make a nuclear &quo...
Lawmakers urge move against Lockerbie bomber
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York and New Jersey politicians are demanding that any new government in Tripoli extradite to the ...
Gaddafi flees Tripoli HQ ransacked by rebels
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A beleaguered Muammar Gaddafi vowed on Wednesday to fight on to death or victory after jubilant rebels fo...
Gaddafi to 'fight to end' as rebels seize HQ
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Triumphant rebels seized Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli on Tuesday after a fierce battle with a lo...
Obama urges Gaddafi loyalists lay down arms
CHILMARK, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Monday for Muammar Gaddafi to end the bloodshed in Libya...
Gaddafi son rallies loyalists for Tripoli fightback
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A son of Muammar Gaddafi, previously reported captured, made a surprise appearance with jubilant supporte...
Gaddafi hunted as loyalists fight on in Tripoli
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi was a hunted man on Monday as loyal remnants of his forces made last-ditch stands in the ...
Analysis: Gaddafi collapse will embolden Arab rebels
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The implosion of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's 41-year-old rule will put a new spring in the step of the...
Rebels hold most of Tripoli, Gaddafi out of sight
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan government tanks and snipers put up scattered, last-ditch resistance in Tripoli on Monday after re...
Rebels enter Tripoli, crowds celebrate in streets
AL-MAYA/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Rebel fighters streamed into Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi's forces collapsed and crowds took to the...
Libyan rebels seize western oil refinery
ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels took control of an oil refinery in the western town of Zawiyah and blocked the main ...
Rebels launch push to consolidate Tripoli siege
ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels launched an assault on an oil refinery on Wednesday to drive the last remaining troo...
Gaddafi forces fire Scud missile: U.S. official
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi fired a Scud missile for the first time in the country's civil wa...
Gaddafi defiant as rebels poised to strangle capital
ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi urged Libyans Monday to free the country from "traitors," as rebels in t...
Libyan TV says children killed in NATO strike
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Libyan state media said on Tuesday dozens of civilians had been killed in a NATO strike on a village abou...
Libya denies report Gaddafi's son killed by NATO
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The government of Muammar Gaddafi denied a rebel report on Friday that a NATO air strike ...
Libyan rebels say military chief killed
BENGHAZI/NALUT, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's rebels said their military commander was shot dead in an incident that remained shr...