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New Zealand Herald
May 16, 2012
He did not say what caused the violence, but clashes have been common since last year's overthrow of dictator
Muammar Gaddafi. They have involved rival members of the
militias that fought his regime as well as different groups with grievances dating to ...
Defence Management
May 16, 2012
More than six months since the end of operations in
Libya, many of the forces involved in the campaign to topple Colonel
Muammar Gaddafi are now looking over the lessons learned during the conflict. For those involved, the professionalism of the ...
Times LIVE
May 16, 2012
Hammerl was shot and killed on April 5 last year when a group of
Muammar Gaddafi loyalists attacked him and three other journalists outside
Brega.
New Voices (blog)
May 16, 2012
And his latest project, a satire loosely based on the of the rule of
Libya's
Muammar Gaddafi, is no exception. Forward Editor Dan Friedman has The Dictator's take on everything from the Arab Spring to underwear.
Zee News
May 16, 2012
Rome: A EUR 20 million (USD 25 million) hotel complex and land owned in Italy by the family of slain Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi have been seized. The complex is on the picturesque southern island of Pantelleria. Before his death,
Gaddafi was ...
Reuters
May 16, 2012
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Former Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi's son has refused to appoint a Libyan lawyer to defend him against accusations of murder and
torture during a crackdown on a revolt against his father's rule, the country said on ...
San Francisco Chronicle
May 15, 2012
Russia is also critical of US positions on opposition protesters in Syria and
Iran's nuclear program, citing the ouster of
Libya's
Muammar Qaddafi as evidence Western nations are pursuing
regime change in the Middle East.
The Guardian
May 15, 2012
Seven months on from
Muammar Gaddafi's butchering in the ruins of
Sirte, the fruits of liberal intervention in
Libya are now cruelly clear, and documented by the UN and
human rights groups: 8000
prisoners held without trial, rampant
torture and routine ...
Reuters
May 15, 2012
Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a former Islamist
militant who helped topple
Muammar Gaddafi in last year's revolt, has considerable resources and a well-organized network of followers.
New York Times
May 15, 2012
Aladeen, whose desert nation is a gilded monument to his own vanity, is a (perhaps only slightly) exaggerated cartoon of strongmen like Muammar el-Qaddafi and Saddam Hussein, but with certain identifying features strategically blurred.
The Star
May 15, 2012
If Muammar Gaddafi were still alive I am sure he would have considered this sweet revenge. The French and German 'Combo' has been the beating heart of Europe and President Hollande is seeking to change the ingredients of the 'Combo.
The West Australian
May 15, 2012
Belhadj, a former Islamist
militant who helped topple former Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi in last year's revolt, is to resign his post as head of the Tripoli Military Council and set up a political party, his aide said.
Independent Online
May 15, 2012
Anton Hammerl was his family's main breadwinner when he was shot dead in the Libyan desert by pro-Muammar Gaddafi forces last year.
BBC News
May 15, 2012
The figure is clearly inspired by leaders like
Muammar Gaddafi, killed after being ousted from power in
Libya last year. "
dictators can become self-delusional in a way, and think 'whatever I do is ok'," says Fred Coolidge, a psychology professor at the ...
Inter Press Service
May 15, 2012
This is true even for
Libyans, who, last year, did what seemed impossible, and freed their nation from
Muammar Gaddafi's iron grip. But
Gaddafi's four-decade rule has left its scars everywhere, including the nation's newsrooms, which, for so long, ...
Chicago Tribune
May 15, 2012
Belhadj was imprisoned under former
Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi and then helped topple him in last year's revolt. Libya holds its first ever election on June 19 for a special transitional assembly which will draft a
Constitution.
Chicago Tribune
May 15, 2012
The election, set to take place on June 19, will be a novelty for
Libyans as it will be the first since the fall in a popular uprising last year of
Muammar Gaddafi, who banned the ballot box during his 42-year iron-fisted rule.
The Express Tribune
May 15, 2012
By Reuters The former
militant helped topple former
Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi in last year's revolt. PHOTO: REUTERS TRIPOLI: Abdel Hakim Belhadj, one of Libya's most powerful
militia leaders, is quitting to devote himself full-time to politics, ...
The Courier-Journal
May 15, 2012
Trailer: 'The Dictator': Sasha Baron Cohen plays General Aladeen, a North African dictator from the Saddam Hussein/
Muammar Gaddafi school of oppressive leadership. Associated Press Sacha Baron Cohen plays the big cheese - Admiral General Aladeen, ...
CNBC.com
May 14, 2012
Belhadj was imprisoned under former
Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi and then helped topple him in last year's revolt. Libya holds its first ever election on June 19 for a special transitional assembly which will draft a
Constitution.
Fifa.com
May 14, 2012
In 2011, the area in which this shot was taken was a mass weapons storage point in the Libyan Civil War, within touching distance of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's compound. Now, kids enjoy the novelty of performing keepy-ups atop of a tank as the Libyan ...
Reuters
May 14, 2012
(Repeats story from may 13 without changes) By Michael Shields and Alex Lawler VIENNA May 13 (Reuters) - Spat at in public by a fellow Libyan who called him a thief, watching his back on long walks through Vienna, eating poorly; Muammar Gaddafi's ...
Reuters Africa
May 13, 2012
...
NATO air strikes killed 72 civilians in
Libya last year,
Human Rights Watch said on Monday, accusing the western alliance of failing to acknowledge the scope of collateral damage it caused during the campaign that helped oust
Muammar Gaddafi.
Chicago Tribune
May 13, 2012
...
NATO air strikes killed 72 civilians in
Libya last year,
Human Rights Watch said on Monday, accusing the western alliance of failing to acknowledge the scope of collateral damage it caused during the campaign that helped oust
Muammar Gaddafi.
Daily Beast
May 13, 2012
The three of us who were captured minutes after he was killed cannot change these facts, as much as we've wished to in the year since forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi shot Anton, a South African freelance photojournalist, as he ran down the highway ...
Reuters
May 13, 2012
Egyptians have traditionally sought work in
Libya, but the conflict that toppled
Muammar Gaddafi last year forced many to leave.
Daily Nation
May 13, 2012
By AFP
Libya on Sunday extended the deadline for voter registration by a week in a bid to broaden participation in the first national poll since the fall of slain leader
Muammar Gaddafi's regime. "We have decided to extend the period of registration ...
Aljazeera.com
May 13, 2012
This is true even for
Libyans, who, last year, did what seemed impossible, and freed their nation from
Muammar Gaddafi's iron grip. But
Gaddafi's four-decade rule has left its scars everywhere, including the nation's newsrooms, which, for so long, ...
Chicago Tribune
May 13, 2012
VIENNA (Reuters) - Spat at in public by a fellow Libyan who called him a thief, watching his back on long walks through Vienna, eating poorly; Muammar Gaddafi's fugitive oil supremo was a troubled man in the months before he was found drowned in the ...
Brisbane Times
May 12, 2012
There was a golden moment for Libyan writer Hisham Matar when he realised - as a result of last year's February 17 revolution - that not even 42 years of dictatorship under
Muammar Gaddafi had crushed something precious and vital in the
Libyan people.
NDTV
May 12, 2012
Months after rebels brought down the extravagant dictatorship of
Muammar Gaddafi, the disarray in
Libya's state finances at the end of last year was so bad the new leadership did not know the size of state assets, how their
money was being spent, ...
Times of Malta
May 12, 2012
The tendency to resort to the arms which ousted
Muammar Gaddafi poses a roadblock to democracy in the new
Libya,
analysts warn, while recognising the government's growing capacity to defuse crises.
Huffington Post Canada
May 11, 2012
Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi (R) and former
Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak (L) arrive for a group picture ahead of the opening session of the Arab League extraordinary Summit in the Libyan coastal city of
Sirte, on October 9, 2010.
Reuters AlertNet
May 11, 2012
Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) should immediately amend a new law that protects from prosecution people who committed
crimes if their actions were aimed at "promoting or protecting the revolution" against
Muammar Gaddafi.
Aljazeera.com
May 11, 2012
Muammar Gaddafi's public persona during the Libyan civil war was that of a confident, defiant leader - a man who (in a much-parodied speech) threatened to hunt his enemies from house to house, room to room, alley to alley.
Al-Arabiya
May 11, 2012
By Noora Faraj
Libya's current rulers along with local rebels ousted despot leader
Muammar Qaddafi from his 4-decade rule last year in a national uprising against his regime.
Pakistan Daily Times
May 11, 2012
More than a million
Libyans have registered to vote in landmark elections due to be held next month in a show of enthusiasm for democracy after decades of dictatorship under
Muammar Gaddafi. Hundreds of candidates have thrown their hats into the ring ...
Middle East Online
May 11, 2012
Mitiga airport, east of Tripoli, is now the headquarters of the Tripoli Military Council, the forces loyal to the National Transition Council (NTC) that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi and took over Tripoli. The head of the Tripoli Military Council is Abdel ...
Chicago Tribune
May 11, 2012
The UN human rights agency and aid groups have accused the brigades of torturing detainees, many of whom are sub-Saharan
Africans suspected of fighting for the toppled government of
Muammar Gaddafi during
Libya's nine-month civil war.
Sydney Morning Herald
May 11, 2012
He discovered that not even 42 years of dictatorship under
Muammar Gaddafi had crushed something precious and vital in the
Libyan people.
Chicago Tribune
May 11, 2012
Libya last month halted a scheme to pay compensation to people who fought in last year's revolt against
Muammar Gaddafi because it was riddled with corruption and paying out cash to people who did not qualify. A spokesman for the ruling National ...
Khaleej Times
May 11, 2012
More than a million
Libyans have registered to vote in landmark elections due to be held next month in a show of enthusiasm for democracy after decades of dictatorship under
Muammar Gaddafi. Hundreds of candidates have thrown their hats into the ring ...
AllAfrica.com
May 11, 2012
Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) should immediately amend a new law that protects from prosecution people who committed
crimes if their actions were aimed at "promoting or protecting the revolution" against
Muammar Gaddafi, Human Rights ...
Public Radio International PRI
May 11, 2012
Rebels confront the forces of Muammar Gaddafi in February 2011 during the beginning of the Libyan Civil War. (Photo by LibyaIsTrue via Wikimedia Commons.
RTE.ie
May 11, 2012
The Haughey family have stated that former Taoiseach
Charles Haughey never entertained former British prime minister
Margaret Thatcher or former Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi at Abbeville. The Haughey family have stated that former Taoiseach Charles ...
People's Daily Online
May 11, 2012
The upcoming polls, first of its kind since the October 2011 death of former Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, are just one part of a process that requires addressing key issues such as ensuring public security and promoting human rights, ...
CNBC.com
May 11, 2012
Libya last month halted a scheme to pay compensation to people who fought in last year's revolt against
Muammar Gaddafi because it was riddled with corruption and paying out cash to people who did not qualify. A spokesman for the ruling National ...
BusinessWeek
May 10, 2012
By Finbarr Flynn on May 10, 2012 The 247-acre (100-hectare) country estate where former Irish Premier
Charles Haughey entertained Libyan leader
Muammar Qaddafi and opera singer Luciano Pavarotti is on sale for 7.5 million euros ($9.7 million).
San Francisco Chronicle
May 10, 2012
May 10 (Bloomberg) -- Members of Libyan leader
Muammar Qaddafi's inner circle, including his son and heir-apparent Saif al-
Islam, ordered the killing of opponents, according to intercepted phone calls obtained by
Al Jazeera.
