Libya

Saif al-Islam, appearing in the streets of Tripoli Tuesday morning, proclaimed: "We broke the backbone of the rebels. It was a trap. We gave them a hard time. So we are winning." Could he be right?

As the 41-year-old regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi is falling apart, leaving space for the National Transitional Council to take over the country, analysts are already attempting to look at the consequences of the fall of the man that managed to cling to power for so many years.

While the world asks what will happen to Moammar Gadhafi in the coming hours or days, rumors about his whereabouts and his next move are rampant.

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.

In a speech to the British Council later Monday, Deputy Prime Minster Nick Clegg is expected to say the Libyan people will be safe with the departure of Moammar Gadhafi.

Hundreds of rebel fighters entered the centre of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, late on Sunday and their battle to overthrow the 42-year rule of Muammar Gaddafi looks set to end in their favour as reports of Gaddafi's sons being arrested emerged.

The United Nations announced on Friday it would mount an operation to evacuate thousands of foreigners trapped in Tripoli as the rebels prepare for a potential assault on the capital.

As Libyan rebels advance on Tripoli, civilians caught in the crossfire are fleeing for their lives.

Since it decided to intervene in March, NATO has been fighting in Libya on the rebels side but after months of stagnation, in the last few weeks, the conflict appears to have turned in their favour.

According to their spokesperson, the Libyan rebels have seized a second strategic town near Tripoli and are now encircling the capital.

The father of a Scottish victims wants Megrahi alive but back in prison.

After more than six months of conflict could Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's rule come to an end? In his latest speech, he called on his supporters to prepare for "the fight," s news that the rebels gained control over the towns of Sorman, located in the west of Tripoli and Garyan to the south.

Following four days of rioting in the UK, with groups of people causing havoc on the streets in cities such as London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester, the Libyan leader, has criticised David Cameron's call for more police power and accused him of launching a 'crackdown on protesters'.

Khamis Gaddafi, the youngest son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, currently embroiled in a standoff with rebel forces and NATO, was shown on state TV Wednesday, just days after rebels claimed his death.

As the Libyan conflict continues to drag on, more and more conflicting reports emerge, making it difficult to dissociate propaganda from facts.

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As refugees from Libya desperately try to reach Europe at the cost of their lives, Italy -- the EU country the most affected by the influx of asulum seekers -- is struggling to cope with the new arrivals.

After months of blaming al-Qaeda style Islamists for the uprising that led to the implementation of a NATO-led operation in Libya, the Gadhafi regime it seems is ready for an image overhaul.

France announced on Thursday that its aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle would return on French territory for maintenance next week after being used for the NATO-led mission.

President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday issued a decree authorising multi-partism in Syria, the official SANA news agency reported.

According to the National Transition Council sources, on Sunday, rebel fighters became engulfed in an eight-hour gunfight against what their leaders called the "fifth column" of Gaddafi loyalists in Benghazi.While previous warnings that more background checks and a higher training standard were necessary to prevent rogue elements from infiltrating the rebel movement have been issued by political analysts for months, it seems now that dissident elements from within the movement are thre...

The head of the Libyan rebels' armed forces and two of his aides were killed by gunmen on Thursday, and despite officially confirming the news, the death of Gadhafi's former close friend is still surrounded by mystery.

The head of the Libyan rebels' armed forces and two of his aides were killed by gunmen on Thursday.The head of the rebels' National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, announced the death of Abdel-Fattah Younis at a news conference in the de facto rebel capital, Benghazi,on Thursday.The death of Younis remains unclear, prompting speculations about whether the NTC leader was killed by Gaddafi loyalists or his own camp.

As news emerged that diplomatic effort and negotiations to finally put an end to the five month conflict centred on the establishment of a five-man interim government led by the National Transitional Council (NTC), Col. Gaddafi it seems is still laughing at reports he would be prepared to step down.

The Gaddafi regime was quick to condemn the UK for recognising the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as the "sole governmental authority" in Libya and Deputy foreign minister Khaled Kaim has hit back by saying the decision was "unprecedented in diplomatic history" and that he considered it "a stain on the forehead of Britain".

Al-Megrahi, the man convicted of killing 270 people by bombing a Pan Am jet in 1988 was11 years later released from Greenock Prison by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds.

Gaddafi is once again causing havoc it seems as coalition forces supporting the Nato-led operation in Libya appears to be at loggerheads with the International Criminal Court.Recent weeks have been marked by declaration from France, the U.K and the Rebels saying they could allow for Gaddafi to remain in Libya.

Over the week end, Algeria was forced to deny charges that a Libyan ship offloaded weapons for Muammar Gaddafi's troops at one of its ports.

William Hague, the UK foreign secretary, has said that although the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi must hand over power, he may not have to leave the country.

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