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Cover Story: Voices from Libya
Benghazi :: Libya | 4 months ago
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The mechanism of change drawing on civil resistance strikes, protests, rallies and the use of social media first came into action, according to reports, more than two years ago on December 17, 2010 when Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old Tunisian fruit
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The Guardian first book award: the shortlisted authors introduce their work
Tripoli :: Libya | 6 months ago
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The hope was to draw out a more respectful, constructive connection between slum-dwellers and readers'. Photograph: Randy Olson As a journalist covering issues that affect the poor , I'm not too interested in poignant snapshots of passive people in
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After Gaddafi, Libya splits into disparate militia zones
Benghazi :: Libya | 11 months ago
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Though former rebels fly the new Libyan flag their loyalties are split. Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian National flags from around the world flutter in the bright sunshine by a city gate made of shipping containers painted in the Libyan
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Gaddafi's last stand
Tripoli :: Libya | 1 year ago
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I and other journalists saw the extraordinary bravery of many Libyans opposed to the colonel, from the long-persecuted Amazigh, or Berber, people battling out from their western mountain redoubt, to the Tripoli dissidents who tried to protest even as
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Syrian refugees arrive for overdue medical care
Beirut :: Lebanon | over 1 year ago
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When 10-year-old Khaled awoke at Tripoli Public Hospital over the weekend, he had been unconscious for two days and he was missing a leg. A missile hit his home near Homs 17 days go, but it took him two weeks to make it to a hospital. A siege by the
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Libya after Gaddafi: new freedoms and songs of revolution bring same old fears
Tripoli :: Libya | over 1 year ago
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In post-Gaddafi Libya, patrols by fighters from rebel military councils have led to clashes with residents in districts around Tripoli. Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP The military council of the Freemen of Libya Brigade sat around a table in an
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Gunfire Erupts on the Streets of Tripoli
Tripoli :: Libya | over 1 year ago
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Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. There were reports of gun battles between Qaddafi loyalists and former rebel fighters in the Abu Salim neighborhood, a center of hard-core support for Colonel Qaddafi during the
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Gaddafi supporters clash with NTC in Tripoli
Tripoli :: Libya | over 1 year ago
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41 A gun battle has broken out in the Libyan capital Tripoli between 20 to 50 armed supporters of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi and forces of the National Transitional Council (NTC), a witness and residents have said. NTC fighters mounted on pick-up
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Baltimore writer is taking up the Libyan rebel cause
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | over 1 year ago
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As described by those who know him, Matthew VanDyke comes off as footloose and maybe a little feckless. He has worked sporadically, sometimes getting freelance writing or teaching gigs but more often traveling to the Middle East for months at a time
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Gadhafi May Be Hard To Find, But Not His Supporters
Tripoli :: Libya | over 1 year ago
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October 6, 2011 In Libya, anti-government fighters are facing fierce resistance in Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte. It's one of the last areas that has not fallen to rebel forces. But it's hardly the last bastion of support for the deposed leader.
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