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Militiamen attack gas complex in western Libya

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:59:11 -0400

TRIPOLI, Libya - A Libyan gas company official says militiamen have attacked a natural gas complex in the country's west, injuring two guards and stealing weapons and military vehicles.

Blasts rock Libya's capital and eastern city

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:32:44 -0400

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi, but no casualties were reported.

BP withdrawing some staff from Tripoli

Sun, 12 May 2013 09:53:30 -0400

LONDON - Oil company BP says it is temporarily withdrawing some nonessential and non-Libyan staff from its office in Libya's capital following similar action by Britain's Foreign Office.

Officials: US forces on alert in response to Libya

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:38:28 -0400

WASHINGTON - Marines and other U.S. forces in Europe are on a heightened state of alert in response to a deteriorating security situation in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, two U.S. officials said Friday.

Thomasson: Hearings highlight lack of security for U.S....

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:51:14 -0400

By DAN K. THOMASSON - Gregory Hicks' account of what amounts to State Department security failures in the tragedy in Benghazi, Libya, that cost the life of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three others proved to be riveting testimony before a congressional committee recently.

Court: Libyan trials could be a 'new Nuremberg'

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:14:21 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - If Libya can conduct fair trials of the top henchmen of the overthrown Gadhafi regime, it could be "Libya's Nuremberg moment," the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Wednesday.

Diplomat: US team stopped from going to Benghazi

Mon, 06 May 2013 22:06:47 -0400

WASHINGTON - Four members of Army special forces ready to head to Benghazi, Libya, after the deadly assault on the American diplomatic mission had ended were told not to go, according to a former top diplomat.

Gadhafi's son appears in Libya court; case delayed

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:18:14 -0400

ZINTAN, Libya - Wearing a sky-blue safari suit and a pair of sandals, the imprisoned son of slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi made his second court appearance this year on Thursday in a local court in Libya's western mountains where he is facing charges of harming state security.