Politics
Gadhafi on the run as rebels fight in Tripoli
Updated: 2011-08-23 07:04
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Welcome to our live report on unfolding events in Libya. Remnants of forces still loyal to Muammar Gadhafi staged a desperate stand in Tripoli on Tuesday as rebels fought their way into the capital, but the whereabouts of the veteran leader was a mystery. Here we will bring you the latest news from Libya and reaction from around the world as it happens.
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A group of Libyan migrants stormed the Libyan embassy building in Athens Monday afternoon, as the opposition forces announced seizure of much of Tripoli, capital of the war-torn northern African country.
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4:45 am
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron will jointly host the meeting of the contact group on Libya next week in Paris, said a statement issued Monday night by the Elysee Palace, confirming Foreign Minister Alain Juppe's early remarks on local media.
3:40 am
The fall of Muammar Gaddafi's leadership in oil-rich Libya did not trigger a market rally in the Gulf Arab region Monday. Stock indices in Saudi Arabia and Qatar ended unchanged at 5, 916.31 and 8,095.54 points respectively.
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2:25 am
The day-after the Libyan rebels took control of Tripoli bringing the Gaddafi rule closer to the end, several Italian experts said the key to securing a bright future for Libya lied in the success of a national reconciliation process which had to be launched by the Libyan people as soon as the conflict was over.
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1:30 am
The Libyan embassy in Belarus on Monday replaced the Libyan state flag with the flag used by the Libyan rebels. The crescent and star emblazoned red-black-green flag that became a rallying symbol for the rebels in Libya was raised at the Libyan embassy in the Belarusian capital here.
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00:50 am
Tunisia's interim prime minister Beji Caid Essebsi congratulated Libya's people for their "victory on the way to freedom and dignity," the state-run press agency TAP reported on Monday.
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