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Libya: Sirte, Birthplace of Gaddafi, has Finally Fallen

Anti-Gaddafi fighters stand guard at an area that they have taken control as their forces capture main landmarks in Sirte
Libyan fighters have overrun the last positions of the Gaddafi loyalists holding out in the city of Sirte, so with the colonel's birthplace now controlled by the NTC, can the transitional government finally say that Libya is liberated?
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Berbers, Other Groups Stake Their Claims on the 'New Libya'

While the situation in Libya is still far from stable as the National Transitional Council forces are still fighting pro-Gaddafi forces and the new government struggles to implement the transitional plan regulating the transitional phase, emerging political voices are starting to surface. For example include the Berbers, who after fighting with the NTC now want to be assured more political space in the 'new' Libya.
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File photograph of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gesturing from a car in the compound of Bab Al Azizia in Tripoli

Libya Conflict: All Wonder, Where Is Gadhafi?

Sounds of intense fighting echoed Monday morning around Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi's compound in central Tripoli as his forces continued to fight rebels who swept into the capital Sunday night.
Libyan leader Gaddafi greets Algeria's President Bouteflika before opening of the African Union summit in Sirte

Algeria-Libya: Will the accusations of Algeria sending troops impact on the countries relationship?

Although the transitional council headed by Gaddafi's former Justice Minister has in the space of just under four months made a lot of new friends and with the coalition forces now backing it and countries such as China and Russia slowly opening up to it as well, the would be sucessor to Gaddafi has still made quite a few enemies in the African continent itself. While the African Union is becoming more vocal on the need for Gaddafi to step out of power, tensions between several African govern...
Father, Son and The Holy Ghost by Vivek "UBIK" Premachandran is displayed during "Relate to the Matter as I Drop the Bomb"

Bin Laden VS Col Gaddafi: In the theatre of the absurd

A recording allegedly made by former Al-Qaeda number one Osama Bin Laden shortly before he died has been released. The 12 minute long message sees him praise the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt and speak of a "rare historic opportunity" for Muslims to rise up against the "tyrants". He repeatedly refers to and encourages the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt but does not mention Bahrain, Syria, Libya or even Yemen.
American evacuees from Tripoli disembarking from the chartered ferry that brought them out of Libya

Is $100 oil an economic death-knell?

Recent turmoil in the Middle East has contributed to a surge in oil prices. While prices began to march upward in the last several months on the back of improving global economic conditions, threats that a supply disruption coming from a strategically important oil producing country sent prices higher by more than 10 percent in just the last week.