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The United States Friday suspended operations at its embassy in Libya after U.S. diplomatic personnel were airlifted out of the country. However, officials say diplomatic contacts with representatives of the Moammar Gadhafi government continue. Offic
NATO Airstrikes on Libya Intensify NATO planes stepped up their bombing of Tripoli early Tuesday. A series of powerful explosions shook the Libyan capital Tripoli overnight after NATO warplanes carried out close to 20 bombing raids. Witnesses say man
Explaining his decision to authorize the use of U.S. military force as part of international operations in Libya, President Barack Obama said Monday night that the United States must act when its interests and values are threatened. The president rul
Libyan opposition forces are fighting for control of Sirte, the hometown of their avowed enemy, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The rebels have taken swift advantage of a U.N.-backed military campaign that is now under NATO command. Government forces
The United States said Thursday it will seek Libya's expulsion from the U.N. Human Rights Council as an initial step to try to bring an end to violence in the North African country. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will join in a meeting of the U.N
Libya's former justice minister, who has resigned following the government's crackdown on protestors there, says the country's leader Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie plane bombing in 1988. Mr. Gadhafi has always denied that he knew o
IN THE NEWS - Protests Spread Over Anti-Islam Video This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Violent protests spread across the Arab World and other areas Friday over a private video produced in the United States. Crowds targeted American and west
By Anita Elash Paris 25 July 2007 French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in LibyaWednesday to meet with Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi in Tripoli. Mr. Sarkozy agreed to the visit as part of a deal made Tuesday to free six medical workers convicted o
By Anita Elash Paris 23 July 2007 The wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in Libya Monday for a second time to negotiate the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to life in prison for allegedly contaminating chi
A son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi met senior Bush administration officials Tuesday in another sign of improved U.S.-Libyan relations. Saif al-Islam Gadhafi sees Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday. VOA's David Gollust reports from the
Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi has lashed out at the United States by likening the 1986 U.S. Strikes on Libya to Osama bin Laden's terror attacks on the United States in 2001. He was speaking Thursday in Rome, where he is on a three-day official visi
The International Organization for Migration says it believes more than 300 African migrants, possibly as many as 500, drowned after their boats sank off the coast of Libya. Libyan officials say 21 people are confirmed dead and about 20 others have
More than 40 European Union and African leaders met in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, for the third African Union-European Union Summit. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi chaired the summit, slamming international organizations, including the WTO, World Ba
West to Play Pivotal Role in Libya Rebuilding NATO played a crucial role in helping Libyans to oust leader Moammar Gadhafi from power after 42 years. Now as a transitional authority takes over, Libyans are talking about recovery and rebuilding with h
France, Italy to Send Military Advisers to Help Libyan Rebels NATO allies Britain, France and Italy are offering military advisers to help train Libyan rebels, as the military stalemate continues on the ground. Elsewhere, in Yemen and Syria, state cr
VOA标准英语2011--First Day After Revolution is Reason to Party For Libyan Students Libyans went about their normal business Monday, the first day after the official end of their revolution, which overthrew Moammar Gadhaffi after 42 years of one-m
Libyan Uprising Boosts Morale in Mideast The apparent victory by rebels in Libya is sending shockwaves throughout the Middle East. An uprising that appeared to be lost is boosting the morale of protesters facing other Arab governments that have respo
The man convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, could be released from prison next week on compassionate grounds, according to British television. The reports of a release have prompted mixed reactions from famil
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 17 July 2007 The death sentence of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus, HIV, has been commuted to life in prison. Sabina Castelfranco reports
The just completed African Union summit in Addis Ababa was partly a celebration of the continent's achievements, and partly a reminder of how deeply it remains troubled by wars, poverty and flawed leadership. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon address