Gary Gibbon
Cameron seeks to soothe worried backbenchers
Our Political Editor reports on the tensions between the Prime Minister and his backbenchers ahead of his latest statement on the hacking scandal.
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How do you travel around a war zone?
People often ask me how we survive in war zones, where we sleep and eat, how we travel. Well, in western Libya it’s not easy – but neither is it impossible.
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Rebels launch Operation Mermaid to take Tripoli
Libya’s six month bloody uprising reaches Tripoli, as rebels launch an intense assault towards Gaddafi’s stronghold.
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‘Zawiyah – the most destroyed town I’ve seen’
Lindsey Hilsum reports on the devastation visited upon the coastal town of Zawiyah as rebels press on to Tripoli.
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Regime denies Khamis Gaddafi ‘killed’ in Nato strike
Muammar Gaddafi’s regime has denied reports that the leader’s son Khamis has been killed in a Nato air attack in Libya’s western city of Zlitan which killed 32 people.
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Syrian army hits Hama hard and fast
Syrian Special Forces and tanks are battling to wrest back control of Hama, reports defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones.
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Gaddafi regime taunts UK over general’s death
As it emerges Libyan rebel general Abdel Fatah Younes was killed by an Islamist militia fighting on his own side, the Gaddafi regime describes the death as a “slap in the face’ for the UK.
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Several dead in twin attacks on Norway
Seven people have been killed in a huge bomb attack in central Oslo, and police confirm 9 or 10 deaths at a shooting at a Norwegian Labour Party youth camp on an island south of the capital.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gaddafi to go claim ‘wishful thinking’
French claims that Colonel Gaddafi is ready to step down are just internal political posturing says defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones.
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Syria accused of crimes against humanity
Amnesty International says it has evidence that Syrian forces may have committed crimes against humanity when they crushed protests in the western town of Tel Kelakh in May.
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Tripoli pipeline attack ‘endgame’ for Gaddafi
Colonel Gaddafi’s regime in Libya could be entering a final, decisive phase, with reports that the main pipeline supplying oil to Tripoli has been cut.
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Gary Gibbon
China’s Wen snaps back at human rights ‘finger pointing’
Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the diplo-speak in force as Premier Wen addresses Chinese human rights at a press conference with David Cameron.
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Arrest warrant issued for Gaddafi
The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. But whether he will face justice or not still hangs in the balance, a lawyer tells Channel 4 News.
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Oppressed Berber people hope for the fall of Gaddafi
“But will Colonel Gaddafi be gone by then? Everyone has their own theories. It’ll be over by Ramadan. Nato has to end it by August. He won’t be here at the end of the year. And then the vague ones. His days are numbered. It’s only a matter of time.”
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Nato boss regret at loss of life in Tripoli
Nato’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen tells Channel 4 News he regrets the “tragic loss of life” following an off-target air strike in Tripoli, but says the mission is meeting its objectives.
