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Libya government: Over 100 civilians killed in coalition fire
In Tripoli later on Friday, a Health Ministry official Khaled Omar said a "total of 114 Libyans" have died and 445 were injured in the international airstrikes, but he did not provide a breakdown of how many were soldiers or civilians. US and British officials insisted civilians have been spared and retort that the Libyan leader has engineered...
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Freed New York Times journalists give harrowing account of captivity
The Libyan government freed four New York Times journalists on Monday, six days after they were captured while covering the conflict between government and rebel forces in the eastern city of Ajdabiya. They were released into the custody of Turkish diplomats and crossed safely into Tunisia in the late afternoon, from where they provided a harrowing...
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Brazilian journalist freed in Libya returns home
Brazil's Estado de S. Paulo newspaper says a correspondent who had been missing in Libya has left the country after being imprisoned.Executive Editor Luciana Constantino says Andrei Netto is headed to Paris, where he lives.Netto was released on Thursday after being held for several days. Libyan Ambassador Salem Omar Abdullah Al-Zubaidi says Netto w...
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Libya government: Over 100 civilians killed in coalition fire
In Tripoli later on Friday, a Health Ministry official Khaled Omar said a "total of 114 Libyans" have died and 445 were injured in the international airstrikes, but he did not provide a breakdown of how many were soldiers or civilians. US and British officials insisted civilians have been spared and retort that the Libyan leader has engineered...
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Freed New York Times journalists give harrowing account of captivity
The Libyan government freed four New York Times journalists on Monday, six days after they were captured while covering the conflict between government and rebel forces in the eastern city of Ajdabiya. They were released into the custody of Turkish diplomats and crossed safely into Tunisia in the late afternoon, from where they provided a harrowing...
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Brazilian journalist freed in Libya returns home
Brazil's Estado de S. Paulo newspaper says a correspondent who had been missing in Libya has left the country after being imprisoned.Executive Editor Luciana Constantino says Andrei Netto is headed to Paris, where he lives.Netto was released on Thursday after being held for several days. Libyan Ambassador Salem Omar Abdullah Al-Zubaidi says Netto w...
