Libya: why intervention into revolution may not go
Libya is not like the other Middle East revolutions – but that does not mean that the intervention route is the right one, writes Jon Snow.
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Colonel Gaddafi’s son vows the Libyan regime will fight until the “last man standing”, as an engineer in Tripoli tells Channel 4 News the city is shaking.
All foreign journalists are released from the Rixos hotel in the Libyan capital Tripoli, after being trapped there by pro-Gaddafi forces.
Russia and China step up pressure on the West over its action in Libya, urging “meticulous adherence” to the UN resolutions authorising the action. Lindsey Hilsum reports from Tripoli.
As Libyans in Britain anxiously watch events in their homeland, a few choose to return and fight with the rebels. Jane Deith has been talking to one of them.
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Benghazi celebrates as the UN Security Council imposes a no-fly zone over Libya authorising “all necessary measures” to protect civilians just hours after Gaddafi threatens “no mercy and no pity”.
After Libya declares a ceasefire in line with a UN resolution President Obama voices strong warning to Gaddafi to adhere to the terms of the agreement.
Protesters who are occupying the north London home of Colonel Gaddafi’s son Saif tell Channel 4 News they won’t go until it is sold and the money is given to the Libyan people.
As Libya’s Transitional National Council calls for a no-fly zone over the country Channel 4 News looks at what that would mean.
The latest updates, video and #c4news tweets from Libya as pro-Gaddafi forces fight rebels in Zawiyah, Ras Lanuf and Bin Jawad.
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Libya is not like the other Middle East revolutions – but that does not mean that the intervention route is the right one, writes Jon Snow.
Libya becomes the first member state to be suspended by the UN Human Rights Council after a day of tension and the prospect of military action and civil war, as our Correspondents in Libya report.
Two RAF Hercules planes rescue 150 civilians from Libya’s desert as Colonel Gaddafi’s son says civil war is now possible, contradicting a statement made earlier to Channel 4 News.
Libya’s revolt is an uprising of the poor, who “have nothing to thank Gaddafi for or stop them from aspiring for a change of rule”, writes Middle East expert Dr Larbi Sadiki for Channel 4 News.