Misrata

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  Indian Sailor Returns Home After Being Stuck In Libya For 19 Months

  Seafarers' body Maritime Union Of India (MUI) on Wednesday said it has helped an Indian seafarer return from Libya where he was stuck at a port after the owners ceased operations of the vessel.

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  Hundreds Of ISIS Corpses In Freezers, No Country Wants To Receive Them

  Seven months after Libyan forces defeated ISIS in the coastal city of Sirte, hundreds of bodies of foreign terrorists still lie stored in freezers as authorities negotiate with other governments to decide what to do with them, local officials say.

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  Dozens Of Casualties As Military Training Centre In Libya's Zliten Attacked: Reports

  A military training centre in the Libyan town of Zliten was hit by a truck bomb today, causing dozens of casualties, witnesses said.

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  Islamic State Video Shows 2 Warplanes Blowing Up at Libyan Base

  The militant group Islamic State's Libya wing released a video today purportedly showing it blowing up two warplanes at an air base while its fighters paraded heavy weapons in a show of force.

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  Italy Says 10 Migrants Die, 5,800 Rescued in Ongoing Mission

  Nearly 5,800 migrants were plucked from boats off the coast of Libya and 10 bodies were recovered in less than 48 hours, Italy's coast guard said, in one of the biggest rescue operations this year.

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  Islamic State Claims Tripoli Attack, Car Bomb in Misrata

  Militants loyal to Islamic State claimed a bomb attack on a police checkpoint in the Libyan capital on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks in Tripoli.

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  UN Security Council Threatens Sanctions Over Libya Turmoil

  The UN Security Council on Saturday welcomed a ceasefire announced by an Islamist-backed militia in Libya and threatened to impose sanctions on those who obstruct peace efforts.

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  Libya Faces More Chaos as Top Court Rejects Elected Assembly

  Libya's Supreme Court on Thursday declared the internationally recognised parliament as unconstitutional, in a ruling likely to fuel further chaos in the north African oil producing nation.

• War Planes Attack Libyan Capital Again: Residents

  Unidentified war planes attacked targets in Libya's capital Tripoli on Sunday, residents said, hours after forces from the city of Misrata said they had seized the main airport.

• Forces From Libyan City of Misrata Say They Seized Tripoli Airport

  Forces from the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday seized Tripoli's main airport after more than a month of fighting with a rival group, a Misrata spokesman said.

• Renegade Libyan Forces Say Their Planes Attack Tripoli Again

  The air force of Libya's renegade general Khalifa Haftar on Saturday attacked positions of Islamist-leaning militia in Tripoli for the second time in less than a week, one of his commanders said.

• James Foley: Focus on Humanity amid Suffering

  American journalist James Foley was a beloved companion to colleagues in dangerous corners of the Middle East and battled to tell the human stories of civilians caught up in chaos.

• Libyan official says Gaddafi buried at dawn

  A Misrata military council official said Moammar Gaddafi, his son Muatassim and a top aide were buried at dawn Tuesday in a secret location, with a few relatives and officials in attendance. In a text message shown to The Associated Press, spokesman Ibrahim Beitalmal said Islamic prayers were read over the bodies. The information could not be indep...

• Gaddafi's body taken from freezer, burial could be today

  The bodies of Moammar Gaddafi, his son Muatassim and a former aide have been moved from a commercial freezer in a warehouse area of Misrata in anticipation of burial, a security guard said.

• Angelina Jolie visits Libya to help aid agencies

  Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie has flown down to Libya to help aid agencies bring in supplies to the country.