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Behind front-lines, Libyan rebels escalate media war

Young Libyan hackers, designers, and editors create material about the uprising for distribution over the Internet in the eastern city of Benghazi, February 27, 2011. Libyan protest leaders established a transitional "national council" in cities seized from Muammer al-Gaddafi, as world leaders called on him to quit and protesters closed in on Tripoli.
25 Apr 2011
Benghazi -- While Libyan rebels fire rockets and heavy machine guns against Muammar Qadhafi's troops in the east, a group of young volunteers are adding newsprint, television cameras and microphones to the arsenal. Writers, cartoonists...
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South Sudan militia head 'surrenders,' toll soars

25 Apr 2011
Juba -- A top militia chief has surrendered in South Sudan after clashes that killed more than 160 people, the army said on Monday, as the soon to be independent nation reels from a string of bloody battles. The deaths over the past week...
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NATO bombs Qadhafi office, Misrata rebels advance

25 Apr 2011
Tripoli -- NATO bombs destroyed Libyan leader Muammer Qadhafi's office in his immense Tripoli residence on Monday, while rebels pushed forward against the strongman's troops in the besieged city of Misrata. Heavy explosions had...
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Libyan rebel oil production down for 4 more weeks

This handout picture taken on March 15, 2006 shows production facilities of the German oil firm Wintershall in the Libyan desert. Wintershall said on February 23, 2011 it had stopped oil production in Libya due to the security situation in the violence-hit country.
25 Apr 2011
Benghazi -- Libyan rebels fighting Muammar Qadhafi won't be able to produce more crude oil for at least another four weeks and are taking steps to conserve precious supplies of fuel and money, said the top oil official in the breakaway...
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Libyan rebels: Misrata comes under heavy bombardment

A Libyan rebel fighter run for cover as shells explode nearby during a battle with forces loyal to leader Moamer Kadhafi, just few kilometers outside the oil town of Ras Lanuf, March 9, 2011.
24 Apr 2011
Benghazi -- Forces loyal to Muammar Qadhafi bombarded Misrata on Sunday, a day after rebels celebrated the pullback of government troops from the western Libyan city, a rebel spokesman said. "The situation is very dangerous,"...
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Thousands of protesters demand 'A New Morocco'

24 Apr 2011
Casablanca -- Thousands took to the streets of Morocco on Sunday in peaceful demonstrations to demand sweeping reforms and an end to political detention, the third day of mass protests since they began in February. Desperate to avoid the...
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Iran, Iraq sign agreements on Iranian opposition

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a press conference at the Ministry of Interior on June 7, 2010, on the developing of the border crossing points along Iraq's five frontiers.
24 Apr 2011
Tehran -- Iran and Iraq on Sunday signed agreements to return each others' detainees, which could lead to the forced repatriation of an Iranian opposition group based in Iraq, Iranian state TV reported. The countries' respective...
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Minister: South Sudan army and militia clash kills 55

24 Apr 2011
Juba -- At least 55 fighters were killed when South Sudan's army clashed with a rebel militia, a state minister said on Sunday, the latest in a wave of violence across the territory ahead of its independence in July. Scores of troops...
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Syrian forces raid homes as Assad opposition mounts

24 Apr 2011
Amman -- Secret police raided homes near Damascus overnight, rights campaigners said on Sunday, as popular opposition to Syria's authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad increased following bloody attacks on pro-democracy protesters....
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Libyan tribes try to negotiate Misrata rebel exit

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24 Apr 2011
Tripoli -- Libyan tribal leaders are trying to get rebels in the city of Misrata to lay down their arms within 48 hours, a government official said early Sunday, after a day of fierce clashes between opposition fighters and Muammar Qadhafi...
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