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The Long Road to Tripoli - part two. The Long Road to Tripoli - part one. Syrian refugees seek shelter in Libya. Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com. ‫عبد الله نآكر - هروب سيف قبل القاء القبض عليه مجدداً‬‎ Libya's fashion revolutionist takes on Paris catwalk. Moufida Dakhil, a 34 year old woman from Tripoli, Libya never imagined she would one day end up showcasing her collection in the fashion capital of the world Paris, France. Dakhil was one of the countless Libyans who participated in the resistance against the late leader Muammar Qaddafi during the uprising which initiated in mid-February. She was an active member on social media platforms and circulated pamphlets on the revolution, however in March; security forces found pamphlets in Dakhil’s car during a checkpoint.

She was detained and spent three days in jail where she said she was mistreated. "I felt really sad and I didn't have any hope at all of getting out, I was just waiting to die," said Dakhil before the show. Nevertheless, Dakhil made a lucky escape with the help of soldiers, and crossed into neighboring Tunisia, where she started a new phase in her life and began fashion designing. Newsbeat - Women are seeking a bigger role in new Libyan state. By Debbie Randle Newsbeat reporter Noor Toshani (far left) and Jumana Turki (middle) believe the new Libya will provide more opportunities In an area of Tripoli called Gargaresh, known for its younger vibe and busy coffee shops, sits a group of girls.

Newsbeat - Women are seeking a bigger role in new Libyan state

To say they're excited about the downfall of the Gaddafi regime would be an understatement. Libyan fighters join "free Syrian army" forces. Libyan rebels Libyan sources conveyed in recent days that 600 rebel fighters have already gone from Libya to Syria in order to support the Syrian opposition.

Libyan fighters join "free Syrian army" forces

The sources explained that the announcement of Libyan interim leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil regarding his country's willingness to provide support for the rebels in Syria, has actually opened the door to volunteers. The source pointed out that there is coordination between the Libyan interim government and the Syrian opposition. The source added that the Libyan rebels entered Syria through Turkey, to join "the free Syrian army" in order to counter the pro-Bashar al-Assad forces, asserting that the door is still open to more volunteers in Libya in case they wish to fight.

Omar : Pic of che guevara " el Ch... Libya new bank notes. Coming soon in a bank near your! #Libya. Libya to arm rebels in Syria. Divided ... a demonstration for Bashar al-Assad.

Libya to arm rebels in Syria

Photo: AP MISRATA, Libya: Syrian rebels have held secret talks with Libya's new authorities, aiming to secure weapons and money for their insurgency against Bashar al-Assad's regime, it has been revealed. At the meeting, which was held in Istanbul and included Turkish officials, the Syrians requested assistance from the Libyan representatives and were offered arms and, potentially, volunteers. ''There is something being planned to send weapons and even Libyan fighters to Syria,'' a Libyan source said, on condition of anonymity. ''There is a military intervention on the way.

Belhaj Arrested then Released at Tripoli Airport. Abdulhakim Belhaj reportedly held then released on his way to Turkey The head of the Tripoli Military Council and the former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Abdulhakim Belhaj, was stopped from flying to Turkey and accused of travelling on a fake passport, but after the intervention of the NTC chairman he was released, the British daily newspaper The report quotes Taher al-Tourki, head of the Zintan civilian council, saying that Belhaj was flying to Istanbul in Turkey on a fake passport – it had a different name but his picture - when he was stopped by the Zintan Brigade, which currently controls the main international airport.

Belhaj Arrested then Released at Tripoli Airport

Tourki said that the men at the airport contacted Mustafa Abdul Jalil the chairman of the National Transitional Council directly and he ordered them to release him. A spokesman for Mr Belhaj said later that after the incident at the airport he was able to board his original plane for to Istanbul where he went on "an important mission". Gaddafi son needs surgery on gangrenous fingers: doctor. (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam needs surgery to remove gangrenous flesh from a severed thumb and finger which if not treated could make him seriously ill, a doctor who examined him told Reuters on Thursday. Saif al-Islam has been nursing injuries to his right hand which he says were sustained during a NATO airstrike weeks ago. No further details have been available on the state of his heavily bandaged thumb, index and middle fingers. “This wound is not in good condition and requires amputation,” Andrei Murakhovsky, a Ukraine-born doctor working in Zintan, the town where Saif al-Islam is being held, and who treated him three days ago told Reuters.

“The wound is covered with gangrenous tissue and necrotic tissue,” Murakhovsky added. Gaddafi son needs surgery on gangrenous fingers: doctor. ‫بيان رئيس المجلس الانتقالي الليبي‬‎ ‫سيف الإسلام يتحدث إلى معتقليه من ثوار الزنتان‬‎ LIVE November 19, 2011: Saif Gaddafi Has Been Captured. Photos du mur. Sarah LFFR: Pic of #SaifCaught #SaifCa... Libyan, posthumously, is winner of the Louis Lyons Award. SHOWCASE | November 18, 2011 Mohammed Nabbous, killed in March during anti-Gadafi fighting, sent out the first images and sounds of the unrest from Benghazi to the outside world.

Libyan, posthumously, is winner of the Louis Lyons Award

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Nieman Fellows at Harvard University have selected Mohammed “Mo” Nabbous, founder of Libya Alhurra TV, as this year’s recipient of the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism. Nabbous, who was killed in March, was chosen as a representative of all those who courageously worked to disseminate news during the Arab Spring. In doing so, they helped further the cause of a free press. In their citation, the Nieman Fellows stated: “Mohammed ‘Mo’ Nabbous and others like him, at great personal risk, helped report the facts and spread the news of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings.”

Libya's schools trying to reform pro-Gaddafi curriculum. Story from The World.

Libya's schools trying to reform pro-Gaddafi curriculum

Listen to the above audio for a complete report. السفارة الأميركية في إعلان ليبيا منحة فولبرايتScholarship Opportunities for Graduate Students ~ السياســــي الليبــــي. Exclusive - Libya wealth fund cash to finance reconstruction. By Mahmoud Habboush DUBAI Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:39pm GMT.

Exclusive - Libya wealth fund cash to finance reconstruction

Libyan cleric announces new party on lines of 'moderate' Islamic democracy. Misrata Update for the 13th of May #libya #feb17 · changeinlibya. Adam : #AJA - Abdulrahim Alkeeb i... Maroc : des combattants blessés du CNT attendus dans des hôpitaux marocains. News, First for Breaking News, Latest News and Video News from the UK and around the World. Libya fighters seize Sirte police HQ. Libya’s main airport to reopen within month: NTC. Libya’s provisional government took over Tripoli International Airport from a group of regional fighters on Monday as part of its efforts to consolidate control over strategic infrastructure.

Libya’s main airport to reopen within month: NTC

Al Italia has agreed to restart flights on Nov. 2, interim minister for transport and communications, Anwar Alfituri, told Reuters. He said the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) had also received requests to restart flights from Air France, Egypt Air, Royal Jordanian, Tunis Air and Austrian Airlines. “I would say international flights will start up again within a month,” he said. Libya says only a third of assets unfrozen. By Jessica Donati TRIPOLI Oct 10 (Reuters) - Just a third of Libya's assets have been unfrozen despite pledges by global powers to free up billions to rebuild the country after months of war, an official at the Finance Ministry told Reuters in an interview on Monday.

Libya says only a third of assets unfrozen

More than a month has passed since world leaders agreed to unblock $15 billion to help the new government restore vital services after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi. Emraja Gaith, a secretary of finance with the transitional government and a former university professor in Benghazi, said unfreezing assets owned by the central bank should be a priority. "I hope the money is put into the central bank, which has the means to spend it properly and quickly," said Gaith. The funds made available from assets unfrozen so far have been used to pay salaries through September, he said, providing urgently needed relief to regions that had not received any money since war broke out in February.

Sirte gains for Libya's NTC forces. Tripoli gets new militia in apparent rebuff to Islamists. A Libyan revolutionary officer announced the creation on Sunday of an armed group to keep order in Tripoli, a mission analysts say may overlap uneasily with an existing Military Council with the same job which is led by a prominent Islamist. Announcing the Tripoli Revolutionists Council at a news conference in the capital, Abdullah Ahmed Naker said his force had 22,000 armed men at its disposal, drawn from what he said were 73 factions which had agreed to pool resources. The move may stir concern about tensions among the many revolutionary militias who play a de facto security role in the capital, where residents say they fear some groups may resort to violence as they jockey for power.

Visiting U.S. Republican Senator John McCain called on the country’s interim rulers, the unelected National Transitional Council (NTC), last week to move quickly to get the armed groups under control. Photos du mur. Libya's Latest Tourist Attraction: Qaddafi's Old Homes - Global. As a degree of normalcy returns to Libya, with airports reopening, oil production resuming, and ports springing back to life, Libya's new leaders are hoping to give the tourism industry a jolt by highlighting the country's Roman ruins and stretches of undeveloped beaches.

Libya's Latest Tourist Attraction: Qaddafi's Old Homes - Global

Lonely Planet's Libya guide still warns against traveling to the country, but one tourist attraction is already becoming popular, at least for Libyans: Qaddafi's homes. In a fascinating New York Times Magazine piece today on Libya after Qaddafi's fall, Robert F. Worth recalls that when he first arrived at Qaddafi's ransacked Bab al Aziziya compound in Tripoli, Libyan families were "strolling through and gazing wonderingly at the ruins. " Worth isn't alone in observing the phenomenon. The revolution belongs to all Libyans, secular or not. It was 20 years ago that I left my hometown, Tripoli, in search of refuge. Colonel Gaddafi's security apparatus had the country in an iron grip; the eyes of its agents were everywhere. No one was safe. Libya: Gaddafi son spotted in Bani Walid as heavy fighting continues. Gaddafi's son Saif Al-Islam shakes hands with supporters in Tripoli earlier this summer. Photograph: Reuters TV/Reuters Free Libyan forces have taken key parts of the southern desert town of Sabha, a bastion of support for Muammar Gaddafi and other senior regime fugitives, the new rebel government in Tripoli announced on Monday.

Confirmation of the capture of Sabha's citadel and airport marks a significant military advance, though the fate of the rest of the town was unclear. Qasr abu hadi surt libya. N rebels say they have Gadhafi surrounded. Rebels transport armored vehicles near Bani Wali, Libya, on Wednesday. Niger says France should not interfere on Libyans. Photos de FreedomGroup. Cameron and Sarkozy visit Tripoli hospital. ‫صور حصرية لأخبار الان من على مشارف بني وليد‬‎ The members of Libya's National Transitional Council. Last week, Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) released an expanded list of its members and their geographic affiliation. Skip to next paragraph Recent posts. France 24: REPORTERS - Tripoli Birgade and the Fall of Bab Azizia. Algeria Expels Pro Gaddafi Officials. Septimius severus: NEW Libyan currency design... Gaddafi called Algerian president: report. Septimius severus: BREAKING: Photo revealing...

The situation in #Nafusa Mountains as of Jun 28th,2011. #Liby. The NTC press conference speech I'd write: "For the first time in 42 years, the Libyan people' Vidéos publiées par Tunisie : تونس تعترف بالمجلس الانتقالي اللي. Is this what history's dustbin looks like? Tripoli Grand Prix 1937 سباق الملاحة‬‏ T.co / Twitter. Defected officer speaks of fighting in Gaddafi's army. #Libya latest map. Updated 06-06-2011 @ 18:00pm Libyan Local. TRIPOLI BREAKING - 05/06/2011 - Latest Tripoli update #libya #feb17 FOLLOW ON TWITTER - @Niz_FGM -

Moai en Lybia. The Arab Spring, Hitchhiker's Guide to The Near and Middle East. Vidéos publiées par انتفاضة 17 فبراير 2011- لنجعله يوم للغضب في ليبيا : 3 juin 2011 12:24. Help the Silent Victims of Gaddafi's Rape Machine - Petition Online - UK. To the NTC Gaddafi is using rape as a systematic method of war. Rape is happening everyday and mass rapes are taking place as we speak. The victims of such crimes are not only entitled to adequate medical treatment but also to psychological support and specialized therapy.

Along the Tunisian boarder, a clinic taking care of victimized girls and women has successfully been established. Its female staff are trained to deal with these cases and has been of great support in helping the women to cope with the aftermath of their traumatic experiences. We request that a similar clinic be set up inside Libya itself to specifically take care of the women and girls who have been traumatized by the effects of sexual abuse carried out by Gaddafi soldiers. It is not their fault to have been targets of a systematic machinery of war. 1‬‎ CNN Interview with Benghazi Radio Station Tribute FM! Président fondateur, SECOPEX / CSA INTERNATIONAL. Vidéos publiées par Libyans Without Borders ليبيون بلا حدود : ‏حركة بنات طرابلس - عن طريق ليبيون ب... [HQ]‏

#Libya latest map. Updated 12-05-2011 @ 16:20pm Libyan Local. Free Libya ! #Libya latest map update 09-05-2011. Allgov. The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating a Harvard-connected consulting firm for helping the government of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi without complying with federal law. Monitor Group, an international consulting firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has admitted it violated the Foreign Agent Registration Act by failing to register that it was lobbying on behalf of Gaddafi’s regime.  Libyan NGO NPO Federation Solidarity for Libya – charity registered under French Associative law. TUNISIA #SYRIA & LiBYA IRAN ... HELPFUL RESSOURCES.

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