Omar Shakir, an activist in the city, told Al Jazeera that the deaths of Marie Colvin, a US reporter working for the UK’s Sunday Times newspaper, and French photographer Remi Ochlik occurred as a building used by activists as a media centre was shelled on Wednesday. French government spokeswoman Valerie Pecresse confirmed the names of the slain reporters.
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Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — In Tripoli, “no guns” signs outnumber ones that say, “no smoking.” Khadija Teri made that trenchant observation in her blog a few days back. She witnessed men drawing weapons while arguing on the street. “Seeing men shouting, waving guns and pointing them at each other just because of a silly argument
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Libya’s government will give each family more than $1,500 and pay unemployed former revolutionaries who fought in the war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi last year, the prime minister said, in an battle to win over those who want faster progress.
It used to be the impenetrable fortress of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. Only workers or members of the troubled Libyan leader’s inner circle could see inside.
18 February 2012 Last updated at 08:56 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Shashank Joshi, Royal United Services Institute: “They’ve considered that this an extremely useful insurance policy” Iran’s nuclear ambitions could plunge the Middle East into “a new Cold War”, the UK foreign secretary has warned. William Hague told the
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Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — In Tripoli, “no guns” signs outnumber ones that say, “no smoking.” Khadija Teri made that telling observation in her blog a few days back. She witnessed men drawing weapons year arguing on the street. “Seeing men shouting, waving guns and pointing them at each other just because of a silly argument
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16 February 2012 Last updated at 23:23 ET By Gabriel Gatehouse BBC News, Benghazi Libyans are celebrating their new freedoms, but new dangers also lurk In Benghazi, they started their celebrations early. On Tuesday they were already parading through the streets. It was here one year ago that protests turned into a revolt that eventually
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9 February 2012 Last updated at 11:07 ET By Shashank Joshi Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute The Free Syrian Army claims to have tens of thousands of fighters in its ranks Pressure is building on the Syrian legion with a deepening armed uprising and growing defections. Shashank Joshi of the Royal United Services Institute
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9 February 2012 Last updated at 06:29 ET By Jonathan Head BBC News, Sirte The final battle for Muammar Gaddafi’s home-town lengthen October was brutal and drawn-out. Hundreds died on both sides, and it is hard-won to finger a building undamaged by bullets or shells. Occasionally you see grotesquely twisted conjoin structures, barely recognisable now,
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6 February 2012 Last updated at 03:11 ET Please type on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC’s Paul Wood reporting from inside Homs: “There’s been pretty constant shelling” Heavy artillery fire has been rocking Homs, as Syrian troops step up an attack on the restive city. A BBC correspondent there says attacks resumed
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