Muammar Gaddafi’s forces wrested back part of a town in western Libya from rebels, but his foes said they had seized the oil port of Ras Lanuf.
Interpol delivered a global alert against Gaddafi and 15 members of his inner circle to help police around the world enforce United Nations sanctions.
The man who overthrew a monarch 41 years ago
is now but a pale shadow of his predecessor.
<b>Martin Chulov</b> talks to leaders at Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, during a pause in the fighting.
Muammar Gaddafi struck at rebel control of a key Libyan coastal road for a second day on Thursday but received a warning he would be held to account.
It may have become acceptable to question Muammar Gaddafi’s state of mind but it’s a futile exercise to try to predict his behaviour.
Muammar Gaddafi has warned "thousands" would die if the West launched a military intervention in Libya.
Muammar Gaddafi, orchestrating a populist response to rebels threatening his rule, blamed al-Qaeda on Wednesday for creating turmoil.
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have recaptured a town in Libya’s mostly rebel-held east, rebel military officers said on Wednesday.
If Libya is the epicentre of the earthquake, seismic waves washed up last Saturday night at the UN’s headquarters along Manhattan’s East River.
US warships will pass through the Suez Canal on Wednesday on their way to Libya as Western nations put more pressure on Moammar Gadaffi.
Internet campaigns calling for protests against the rule of President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday did not lead to any mass gatherings in Zimbabwe.
Libya leader Moammar Gadaffi insisted his people loved him but was slammed as "delusional" as Western nations prepared on Tuesday to ramp up pressure.
China said on Tuesday it hoped the crisis in Libya would be resolved though talks, and suggested it had misgivings about any military action.
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi were massed near the Tunisian border on Tuesday, and the US said it was moving warships closer.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the leaders of Libya and Côte d’Ivoire for waging war on their own people.
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/ 28 February 2011
South Africa called on the African Union on Monday to end the "excessive use of force against demonstrators" in Libya.
South Africa and the African Union have adopted a kid-gloves approach, failing to condemn Gadaffi.
Libya’s ambassador to SA Abdullah Alzubedi said on Monday Moammar Gaddafi must resign from his post for the sake of his people.
Pressure mounted on Monday on Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi as anti-regime forces overran towns in his traditional western stronghold.
Rebels awaited a counter-attack by Moammar Gadaffi’s forces on Monday, after the Libyan leader defied calls for him to quit.
Thirty South Africans who were evacuated from Libya landed on home soil on Monday after political unrest reached boiling point in the country.
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/ 27 February 2011
Armed rebels opposed to Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi were in control of Zawiyah, about 50km west of the capital Tripoli.
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/ 27 February 2011
The UN Security Council unanimously imposed travel and asset sanctions on Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi and close aides.
World powers struggled to find a way to stop Libyan leader Moammer Gadaffi lashing out at his people as he clings to power in Tripoli.
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/ 26 February 2011
Poor neighbourhoods in Tripoli openly defied Moammar Gadaffi on Saturday as his grip on power after 41 years of rule looked increasingly tenuous.
African governments are "failing" Libyan citizens and all Africans, according to civil society organisations on Friday.
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/ 25 February 2011
For Jacob Zuma a possible dilemma presents itself. Zuma visited the Libyan tyrant at least once and presumably it wasn’t to drink tea.
The Gadaffi family could have billions of dollars of funds hidden away in secret bank accounts in Dubai, Southeast Asia and the Persian Gulf.
In the past few weeks the world has been gripped by news from North Africa. Tunisia and Egypt are in the throes of change brought on by people power.
Moammar Gadaffi was looking increasingly isolated after damaging defections by senior regime figures and key military commanders and units.
And there is barely a trace left of Libya’s dictator in the city where he launched his rise to power.