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Libya: US to deploy armed drones - Robert Gates
April 22, 2011Armed US Predator drones are to carry out missions over Libya, Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said. Mr Gates said their use had been authorised by President Barack Obama and would give "precision capability" to the military operation. ...
Two photojournalists killed in Libyan city of Misrata
April 21, 2011Two award-winning photographers have been killed while covering the conflict in the Libyan city of Misrata. Briton Tim Hetherington, 40, is said to have been killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack. US photographer Chris Hondros, 41, was also killed...
Libya: UN warns of blurring aid and military operations
April 21, 2011The UN's aid chief has warned against blurring the lines between military operations and relief work in Libya. Valerie Amos said there was no need yet to accept an EU offer of military escorts to protect aid deliveries. Meanwhile, Oscar-nominated Tim...
Libya: Abdul Ati al-Obeidi warns UK plan may worsen war
April 20, 2011Libya's foreign minister says a British plan to send a military team to advise rebels fighting Col Gaddafi would harm chances of peace in the country. A UK military presence in rebel-held Benghazi would "prolong" fighting, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi...
Afghanistan: Kabul attack on defence ministry kills two
April 18, 2011Two soldiers have been killed and seven people hurt after a man in army uniform opened fire inside the Afghan defence ministry in Kabul, officials have said. The attacker, who was also wearing an explosive vest, reached the second floor, where the defence...
Libya: Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy vow Gaddafi must go
April 15, 2011The leaders of the US, the UK and France have said in a joint letter that there can be no peace in Libya while Muammar Gaddafi stays in power. Barack Obama, David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy say Nato must maintain military operations to protect civilians...
US condemns 'renewed atrocities' in Libya
April 14, 2011The Obama administration has condemned what it says are "renewed atrocities" by Libyan forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. "Snipers have targeted civilians seeking medical assistance," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said...
Libya: Nato foreign ministers hold talks in Berlin
April 14, 2011Foreign ministers from Nato countries are meeting in Berlin, amid differences among members over the air campaign to protect civilians in Libya. The UK and France have been pushing for other countries to increase military pressure on Col Muammar Gaddafi...
Libya crisis: 'Race against time' for civilians
April 13, 2011An international summit on Libya is under way in Qatar, with delegates hearing there is a "race against time" to help Libyan civilians. Qatar's crown prince said that every day that passed meant more victims. Rebels seeking to topple Col Gaddafi...
Ex-Gaddafi aide Moussa Koussa warns against civil war
April 12, 2011The most high-profile minister to flee Libya has warned against the risks of civil war and the possibility of his country becoming "a new Somalia". Speaking publicly for the first time since coming to the UK, Moussa Koussa told the BBC that...