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Protesters end siege of Libyan PM's office
About 200 militiamen and protesters demanding the resignation of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan have ended their day-long siege of his office, a ...
Former rebels besiege Libyan premier's office
About 200 former rebel fighters in Libya have besieged the prime minister's office, demanding that he resign. The militia members, who did not ...
Egypt: Libya demands handover of ex-regime members
An Egyptian security official says a Libyan intelligence delegation has arrived in Egypt to negotiate the handover of wanted members of the former ...
Rights group to Libya: Stop destroying town
An international rights group on Wednesday urged the Libyan government to halt the "systematic destruction" of a town whose residents backed ousted ...
Top aide of Libya's Gadhafi arrested in Egypt
Egyptian security forces arrested a close aide of ousted Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi on Tuesday following a siege at his Cairo home, a security ...
Libyan Embassy in Cairo suspends work
Libya said Saturday that it had suspended work at its embassy in Cairo, a move that comes days after demonstrators burned a Libyan flag at its gate ...
Witnesses: Church torched in eastern Libya
Witnesses say that unidentified assailants torched a church used by Egyptian Christians in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Thursday, a week after ...
6 months post-Benghazi, Obama taps new Libya envoy
President Barack Obama nominated a new ambassador to Libya on Wednesday, filling a post that has been vacant since Chris Stevens was killed in the ...
Libya's militarized youth feed into economic woes
More than 18 months since the end of Libya's civil war, the most attractive job for many of the young is still to join a militia. In fact, just under ...
Libya: Gunmen storm private TV office
Dozens of Libyan militiamen stormed the headquarters of a private TV network on Thursday in Tripoli, looting and smashing equipment before abducting ...
Libya women face Islamist rise since Gadhafi fall
On her way back from her job as a lecturer at a university near Tripoli, Libyan poet Aicha Almagrabi was stopped by a group of bearded militiamen.
General: Many of Ghadafi's weapons unaccounted for
The chief of the U.S. Africa Command is telling Congress that thousands of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft weapons from the arsenal of deposed Libyan ...
NKorea: Cold War history with US justifies nukes
The Cold War still rages in North Korea, and enemy No. 1 is the United States, which Pyongyang blames for making its much-condemned drive to develop ...
Ex-Libyan rebel offers to settle with UK govt
A Libyan military commander who is suing the British government over its alleged role in his detention and rendition has offered to settle for 3 ...
Libya: Gas exports to Italy halted after clashes
Transport of natural gas from Libya to Italy through a major pipeline in the country's west was halted Sunday after clashes between tribesmen and ...
UK, FBI delegations visit Libya in Lockerbie probe
Scottish police and FBI agents visited Libya this week to gather evidence about the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, in which 270 people died, Scotland's top ...
Officials: France in Mali until July or later
French troops will stay in the West African country of Mali at least until July, amid tougher-than-expected resistance from Islamic fighters, ...
Key military players in Syria's civil war
A list of key military players in the Syrian civil war: —SYRIAN REGIME: Despite major defections and the loss of significant territory to rebels, the ...
As atrocities pile up, Syrians collect evidence
Syrian activist Yashar hopes the security agents who tormented him during five months of detention will one day be put on trial. In detention, he ...
Symbolism weighs heavy at Iran nuclear talks venue
The venue for talks on Iran's nuclear program between world powers and Tehran carries a symbolism that Western negotiators will hope serves as a ...
Former Ivory Coast president faces charges
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was prepared to go to any lengths — including using lethal force — to cling to power after losing ...
Libya's struggle to deliver justice fuels violence
Col. Faraj el-Dersi, who defected to the rebel side from Moammar Gadhafi's police force, was gunned down late last year on the streets of Benghazi, ...
Libyan leader calls for unity on 2nd anniversary
Libya's leader called on Sunday for unity in the North African nation as it celebrates the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime ...
Correction: Cuba-Television story
In a story Feb. 10 about the network Telesur in Cuba, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the Committee to Protect Journalists. A corrected ...