VOA慢速英语2011--Moammar Gadhafi: The Making of a Libyan

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 Moammar Gadhafi came to power in Libya on September first, nineteen sixty-nine. He led a military overthrow while King Idris was away. Early relations with t

VOA标准英语2011--Battered Gadhafi Hometown Faces Long Recovery

Battered Gadhafi Hometown Faces Long Recovery In former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, the process of cleaning up from weeks of fierce fighting has begun. Sirte was the last battleground in the uprising that led to Gadhafi's ouster and dea

VOA标准英语2011--Libyan Rebels Move on Gadhafi's Hometown

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

Gadhafi Calls UN Resolution on Libya ‘Invalid’ as Battle

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has sent urgent messages to world leaders Saturday, claiming that his country is fighting al- Qaida and that the United Nations resolution on Libya was invalid. The messages come as fighting intensified on the outskirts

Gadhafi Says Other Nations Should Follow Libya's Example

Roger Wilkison Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has hailed his first visit to Europe in 15 years as historic and followed up his renunciation of weapons of mass destruction with a pledge to work for worl

Gadhafi Buried in Secret Grave in Libyan Desert

Libya's ousted leader, Moammar Gadhafi, was buried before dawn Tuesday in a secret desert location five days after he was captured, killed and his slowly decomposing body put on public display in a meat locker in the city of Misrata. Officials from t

VOA标准英语2008年-Gadhafi Seeks Revenge Following Son's Arrest in

Tensions between Switzerland and Libya are continuing to escalate as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi enacts a number of retaliatory measures to protest the recent arrest of his son and wife in Geneva. The son, Hannibal Gadhafi and his wife were arrest

voa标准英语2008年-Gadhafi's Son Meets Senior US Officials

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

VOA标准英语2009-Libya's Gadhafi Lashes Out at US

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

VOA标准英语2010年-End of Gadhafi's AU Presidency Stirs S

Malawi is scheduled to take over the rotating African Union presidency from Libya at an AU summit next week. But, delegates gathering for pre-summit sessions are expecting the unexpected from the outgoing president, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Lib

VOA标准英语2010年-Gadhafi Blasts AU as He Steps Down as

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has stepped down as chairman of the 53-nation African Union, but not without firing a few verbal broadsides at the organization. Mr. Gadhafi chastised his fellow heads of state for refusing to go along with his plan for

VOA标准英语2009年-Libyan Leader Gadhafi Presides Over Mauritania

Libyan head of state Moammar Gadhafi is in Mauritania, where he opened multi-lateral talks aimed at resolving the months-old political crisis there. Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi (file photo) In his capacity as current head of the African Union, Li

VOA标准英语2011--Gadhafi Loyalists Flee in Convoy to Nige

GadhafiLoyalistsFleeinConvoytoNiger Reports that a large convoy of Moammar Gadhafi's supporters has fled Libya for Niger have angered many in the Libyan capital. Citizens want to see their former leader and those around him facing justice at home. A

VOA标准英语2011--US: A Victorious Gadhafi Could Return to

A senior U.S. State Department official is warning that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, if he prevails over opposition forces, could return to fomenting terrorism and regional instability. Under-Secretary of State for political Affairs William Burns a

Gadhafi Son Vows Fight Until Death

One of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's sons told a Syrian television station late Wednesday he is in the suburbs outside Tripoli and that loyalist commanders have told him their men would fight to the death. Seif al-Islam Gadhafi vowed that he

Gadhafi Death Marks End of NATO Mission

NATO's operations against Moammar Gadhafi's forces began in March, with French and British airstrikes on Libyan army positions. And it was French warplanes that ultimately brought the mission to an end, bombing Gadhafi's convoy as it left his hometow

Obama: Time for Gadhafi to Relinquish Power

U.S. President Barack Obama has called on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to relinquish power once and for all, saying the momentum against him has reached a tipping point. In a statement late Sunday after Libyan rebels pushed into the capital, Tripoli

VOA标准英语2009年-Libya's Gadhafi To Take UN Stage

By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo, Egypt 18 September 2009 Mural of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will make his debut at the United Nations General Assembly later this month, after many years in the diplomatic wilderness. Mr. G

Libyan Rebels Seize Gadhafi Compound

Rebel fighters have seized Moammar Gadhafi's compound in the capital, Tripoli, and are celebrating what they consider a major victory over the Libyan leader and his loyalist troops. The rebel fighters fought their way into Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya co

Obama: Gadhafi Regime Ending

U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that Libya's people are within reach of the future they deserve as the 42-year rule of Moammar Gadhafi comes to an end. The president spoke in Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts where Mr. Obama is vacationing w