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  23 Egyptians Kidnapped In Libya Freed

  Twenty-three Egyptian workers kidnapped in Libya were freed and returned to their country today, Egyptian state television reported.

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  Moldova Says Nationals Seized by Taliban, Calls on US for Help

  The government in Moldova said today that two of its nationals were among those captured by the Taliban after their helicopter crash-landed in northern Afghanistan and appealed to the United States for help.

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  Moldova Says Nationals Seized by Taliban After Helicopter Crash

  The government in Moldova said today that its nationals were among those captured by the Taliban after their helicopter crash-landed in northern Afghanistan.

• Libyan Protesters Shut Down Brega Oil Port

  Protesters have shut down the eastern Libyan oil port Brega, state firm National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Saturday, days after the government celebrated the reopening of major ports following almost a year of blockage.

• Libyan Protesters Shut Down Brega Oil Port

  Protesters have shut down the eastern Libyan oil port Brega, state firm National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Saturday, days after the government celebrated the reopening of major ports following almost a year of blockage.

• Libya: Two rebel helicopters downed near Brega

  Two rebel helicopters violating the no-fly zone over Libya were shot down by the Gaddafi regime in the Brega region in the east, deputy foreign minister Khaled Kaaim has said.    "The insurgents used two helicopters that were shot down in the Brega region," Kaaim told a news conference in Tripoli yesterday night.Asked if the choppers...

• Libya fight focuses on strategic oil town

  Libyan rebels skirmished with government forces around the strategic oil town of Brega on Sunday, making incremental gains backed by international air strikes in the see-saw desert battle for the country.In contrast to the rapid gains and losses of territory that characterized the fighting over the past few weeks, the conflict has stabilized recent...

• Gaddafi's forces drive rebels from key oil town Brega

  Moammar Gaddafi's forces swept rebels from a key oil town on Sunday with waves of strikes from warships, tanks and warplanes, closing on the Opposition-held eastern half of Libya as insurgents pleaded for a UN-imposed no-fly zone.Gaddafi's troops have been emboldened by a string of victories in the struggle for Libya's main coastal highway but thei...

• Libyan crisis: Pro-Gaddafi forces capture 3 Dutch airmen

  Libyan authorities loyal to Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi have captured three crew members of a Dutch naval helicopter who were rescuing European citizens, last Sunday, the Dutch Defense Ministry said on Thursday, the first report of foreigners being by held in Libya's bloody and unfolding uprising.Otte Beeksma, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry, said...

• Libyan warplanes strike rebel-held oil port

  Witnesses say Libyan warplanes have struck the rebel-held oil port in the eastern town of Brega.The area was the site of a fierce battle on Wednesday between leader Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists who tried to retake control of the strategic oil installation and armed rebels who repelled the attack after hours of fighting.In the nearby town of Ajdabiya...

• Rebels in Libya win battle but fail to loosen Gaddafi's Grip

  From the feeble cover of sand dunes, under assault from a warplane overhead and heavy artillery from a hill, rebels in this strategic oil city repelled an attack by hundreds of Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's fighters on Wednesday. The daylong battle was the first major incursion by the colonel's forces in the rebel-held east of the country since the Lib...