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Libya: PM ‘sorry’ for evacuation delay as Britons head home
David Cameron apologises for the delay rescuing Brits stranded in Libya as Channel 4 News learns that the Government only placed a firm order for the charter flight on Wednesday morning.
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Libya crisis: anti-Gaddafi militias seize towns near Tripoli
As fresh fighting breaks out in Libya, Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson says Colonel Gaddafi’s forces seem to be rapidly losing their grip on key western towns near Tripoli.
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Foreign Office ‘does not know’ how many Brits in Libya
As 10,000 foreign nationals pack tiny Tripoli airport to escape Libya’s growing crisis, an email seen by Channel 4 News shows the Foreign Office “does not know” how many Britons are in the country.
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Gaddafi: ‘I am not going to leave this land’
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says he is not going to leave Libya and will “die here as a martyr” despite huge protests, as Channel 4 News looks at his defiance, and the ongoing violence.
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Libya: Hague announces evacuation plan
Foreign Secretary William Hague says that Britain is to launch an air and sea bid to help evacuate its nationals trapped in Libya as Channel 4 News hears of rising numbers trapped at the airport.