ROME (AFP) - Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem announced Wednesday he had resigned and left Libya to join the uprising against Moamer Kadhafi "to fight for a democratic country," Italian news agency ANSA reported.
"I can't work in this situation so I have left my country and my job to join the choice made by young Libyans to fight for a democratic country," he said in Rome, followin [...]
TRIPOLI (AFP) - NATO Wednesday extended its Libyan air war by three months and said the departure of Moamer Kadhafi is only a question of time, as the strongman's oil minister reportedly defected to the rebellion.
Hours after NATO-led aircraft launched new raids on Tripoli, ambassadors of the military alliance meeting in Brussels decided to renew the mission for another 90 days to l [...]
TRIPOLI (AFP) - Libya Tuesday accused NATO of killing 718 civilians and wounding 4,067 in 10 weeks of air strikes, as African efforts for a truce stalled and Italy said Moamer Kadhafi's regime is "finished."
The toll of dead and injured was given at a news conference in Tripoli by government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim, who also warned the departure of Kadhafi would be a "worst case sce [...]
BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) - Libya's rebel leaders, the National Transitional Council (NTC), have announced that they have renamed their armed forces the National Liberation Army (NLA).
"The NTC hopes that the temporary name will help better define the increasingly professional and disciplined military efforts to overcome the Kadhafi regime," said the statement.
Rebels have been fightin [...]
TRIPOLI (AFP) - South African President Jacob Zuma met Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi for truce talks on Monday as NATO said the strongman's "reign of terror" was nearing its end and top military officers deserted him.
State news agency JANA said Zuma left the capital after a visit lasting several hours during which he met Kadhafi.
State television broadcast footage of Kadhafi welcom [...]
ROME (AFP) - Italian coast guards rescued 210 refugees escaping conflict in Libya as the interior minister complained of inaction by neighbouring Malta.
Their broken vessel was detected 100 kilometres (62 miles) south of the island of Lampedusa drifting aimlessly on the Mediterranean. Italian patrol boats brought the passengers safely to land.
But Italy's Interior Minister Roberto [...]
BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) - Libyan rebels applauded a G8 call for Moamer Kadhafi to go ahead of a visit on Monday by South Africa's president for talks that officials said will focus on an "exit strategy" for the strongman.
"The entire world has reached a consensus that Colonel Kadhafi and his regime have not only lost their legitimacy but also their credibility," rebel leader Mustafa A [...]
VALLETTA (AFP) - Two French Mirage F1 fighter planes taking part in NATO's Libya bombing campaign were forced to make an emergency landing in Malta on Saturday after running short of fuel, aviation authorities said.
It is the fourth time since April that a pair of French Mirages has had to land in the Mediterranean island as a result of fuel problems.
A French Navy Dassault Super E [...]
TRIPOLI (AFP) - NATO carried out fresh bombing raids at the heart of Tripoli's regime on Saturday, the military alliance said after G8 world powers intensified the pressure on Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi to go.
The alliance launched a first salvo at 1:00 am (2300 GMT Friday) followed by another strike nine hours later in Kadhafi's Bab Al-Aziziya compound, which NATO aircraft hav [...]
TRIPOLI (AFP) - The United States and France are united in their resolve to finish the job in Libya, US President Barack Obama said on Friday, as NATO reported that Moamer Kadhafi's forces had laid landmines in Misrata.
In a dramatic shift, meanwhile, Russia joined the call of Western powers for Kadhafi to step down but the outgoing head of the Arab League Amer Mussa said he doubted [...]
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