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Libyans to decide where Qaddafi is tried: Sarkozy

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:51:00 +0200

Libya's ousted strongman Muammar Qaddafi should be arrested and tried but it is up to the Libyan people to decide whether to try him themsleves, Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron said on Thursday.

Libya rebels get $15 billion boost

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:09:00 +0200

World leaders meeting in Paris unlocked $15 billion in funds on Thursday to help Libya's victorious rebels rebuild the war-torn country as fugitive strongman Muammar Qaddafi issued a new barrage of threats.

Libya rebels deny promising France oil

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:36:00 +0200

Libya's new rebel government dismissed claims on Thursday that it had promised France control of 35 percent of the country's oil production, rubbishing a purported letter from their government.

France strikes oil deal with new Libyan regime: report

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:39:00 +0200

France has secured a deal with Libya's rebel interim rulers to exploit a third of the country's oil reserves, the daily Liberation reported on Thursday, citing a letter to the emir of Qatar.

Qaddafi son defiant as world leaders meet

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:28:00 +0200

Fallen dictator Muammar Qaddafi's son Seif al-Islam vowed that loyalists would fight their rebel enemies to the death, as world leaders gathered in Paris on Thursday to plot Libya's post-Qaddafi future.

French, British operatives alongside Libya rebels: AFP

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:45:00 +0200

French and British operatives have been working with Libyan rebels on their eastern front, where the insurgents scored strategic blows against Muammar Qaddafi's forces, an AFP journalist discovered on Thursday.

France seeks to free frozen Libyan assets

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:52:00 +0200

France is working with its allies at the United Nations to draw up a resolution to unfreeze Libyan assets blocked by Security Council sanctions, a diplomatic source told AFP on Wednesday.