Libya

Libya elections commission says vote date not set

TRIPOLI - Libya's electoral commission said on Tuesday 4,000 candidates had registered for upcoming national assembly elections, but the commission head said he could not confirm the vote would be held on June 19 as set by the ruling National Transitional Council.

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Exclusive - Tunisia to extradite former Gaddafi PM to Libya

TUNIS - Tunisia will extradite former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's prime minister to Libya and the handover could take place in "days or weeks", Justice Minister Noureddine Bouheiri said on Tuesday.

World, 22 May 2012

Rocket damages Red Cross office in Libya's Benghazi

BENGHAZI - A rocket-propelled grenade hit the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi overnight, leaving a small hole in the side of the building but causing no casualties, an ICRC spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

World, 22 May 2012

Gaddafi ex-spy charged in Mauritania-source

NOUAKCHOTT - Muammar Gaddafi's former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi will stand trial in Mauritania for illegally entering the country, judicial sources said on Monday.

World, 21 May 2012

Gaddafi ex-spy chief to face charges in Mauritania-source

NOUAKCHOTT - Muammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, arrested in Mauritania in March and sought by Libya, France and the International Criminal Court (ICC), is to face local charges in Mauritania, a judicial source said on Monday.

World, 21 May 2012

Gaddafi ex-spy chief faces charges in Mauritania-source

NOUAKCHOTT - Muammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, arrested in Mauritania in March and sought by Libya, France and the International Criminal Court (ICC), is to face local charges in Mauritania, a judicial source there said on Monday.

World, 21 May 2012

Subdued Libyan funeral for Lockerbie bomber Megrahi

TRIPOLI - - The Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie was buried on Monday in a quiet family ceremony, ignored by most Libyans keen to forget the international controversy that surrounded Abdel Basset al-Megrahi in life.

David Cameron, World, 21 May 2012

Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya - brother

TRIPOLI - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer on Sunday at age 60, leaving many questions on the attack and its aftermath unanswered.

World, 20 May 2012

Vote in Libya's Benghazi tests support for autonomy

BENGHAZI - People in Libya's second biggest city, Benghazi, voted on Saturday in a local election that will test support for a proposal to set up autonomous rule for eastern Libya.

World, 19 May 2012

North Lebanon fighting kills 1; ninth in five days

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - A civilian died in fighting in Lebanon's port city of Tripoli on Wednesday night, security sources said, bringing the death toll to nine in five days of clashes in a city where sectarian tension has been growing over the revolt in neighbouring Syria.

World, 17 May 2012

The conflict in photos

Anti-Gaddafi fighters fire 130mm howitzers at pro-Gaddafi forces near east of Sirte, September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

The battle for Gaddafi's hometown

A visual chronology of the rebel campaign to oust Gaddafi.  Slideshow