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Moammar Kadafi wife, sons, daughter flee to Algeria

Moammar Kadafi wife, sons, daughter flee to Algeria

Moammar Kadafi 's wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighboring Algeria on Monday, firm evidence that the longtime leader has lost his grip on the country.

 

Rebels give Gadhafi loyalists ultimatum

Rebels give Gadhafi loyalists ultimatum

Rebel fighters gave loyalists in Moammar Gadhafi's hometown until Monday to disarm or face "liberation," an opposition spokesman said.

 

Top rebel rejects reported Kadafi offer to negotiate

Top rebel rejects reported Kadafi offer to negotiate

A spokesman for Libya's ousted leader apparently sought talks on a transfer of power. Rebels offer only 'safety and a fair trial.' A top-ranking rebel government official Sunday dismissed a supposed offer by Moammar Kadafi to negotiate a transition, insisting that the country's long-time ruler should turn himself in.

 

Libyan rebels take control of last pocket of loyal resistance

Libyan rebels take control of last pocket of loyal resistance

There is no water, scarcely any gas or fresh food, and only intermittent power, but Tripoli’s heart is slowly beginning to beat again. Streets in the Libyan capital were mostly quiet Saturday, and there were no signs of snipers as the city’s new rulers eliminated a last pocket of loyalist resistance on the road to the international airport.

 

As search intensifies, will Gadhafi pull a Saddam?

It took 200,000-plus U.S. troops nine months to capture Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein after one of the largest manhunts ever....

 

Some fear post-revolution Libya may look like Iraq

Some fear post-revolution Libya may look like Iraq

Amid the euphoria of having forced Moammar Kadafi to flee, some Tripoli residents decry the lack of basic services and say they fear that chaos is imminent, like that in Baghdad after Saddam Hussein. The rapid rebel takeover has left Libya's capital teetering, with young men firing antiaircraft weapons into the air and gunmen at checkpoints hustling anyone they regard as mildly suspicious into overcrowded detention centers.

 

Report: Daughter Gadhafi claimed died in 1986 U.S. bombing is alive

Documents found in Moammar Gadhafi's Tripoli compound appear to put the lie to the ousted Libyan dictator's claim that his infant daughter died ...

 

Rebels find album of Condoleezza Rice's photos in Gadhafi compound

Libyan rebels rummaging through Moammar Gadhafi's compound discovered a photo album with pictures of Condoleezza Rice, who has long fascinated the Libyan leader.

 

Gaddafi says withdraws from Tripoli compound

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Wednesday that his withdrawal from his Bab al-Aziziya headquarters was a "tactical move" after the compound was leveled by 64 NATO air strikes.

 

EU to unfreeze Libya assets once UN approves - Houston Chronicle

The European Union's foreign policy chief says the 27-nation bloc is preparing to unfreeze Libyan assets quickly once the United Nations gives its approval. Catherine Ashton said Tuesday that Libya's transitional administration will ...

 

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