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Leaders meet in Paris for ‘friends of Libya’ summit
As world leaders meet for a key summit on Libya, one analyst tells Channel 4 News there is a diplomatic scramble to establish Libya’s new government and avoid a “terrific embarrassment”.
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Where were the women in Libya's revolution?
Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum asks ‘where were the women’ during Libya’s revolution?
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Libya sees no role for UN military peacekeepers
Libya rejects the idea of international peacekeepers playing a role in the country’s future, as thousands in Tripoli freely celebrate the end of Ramadan for the first time in 42 years.
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No more 'crazy hair' as Gaddafi's Libya lies wrecked
Tripoli airport is a quiet place these days. Colonel Gaddafi’s golf buggy used to transport him to his jet, lying on a pavement outside the terminal building, blogs Alex Thomson.
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Evidence of Libya massacre as remains of 50 people found
As the charred skeletons of more than 50 people are found in a farm building outside Tripoli, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson tracks the terrifying ordeal of black Africans caught up in the war.
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Q and A: Alex Thomson on reporting from Libya’s frontline
How do you stay neutral in a warzone? And how do you stay focused when all around is chaos? Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson – currently in Libya – answers your Facebook questions.
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Britain to send emergency aid to Libya
Britain will help Libya’s new rulers restore basic services as they strengthen their grip on the country. But the hunt for Colonel Gaddafi continues.
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African Union refuses to recognise rebels
As Libya’s National Transitional Council moves to Tripoli to attempt to restore normality, the African Union has refused to recognise the new government in a sign of support for Colonel Gaddafi.
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Rebels circle Abu Salim, Gaddafi loyalists’ last stronghold
As the hunt for Colonel Gaddafi continues, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson watches Libya’s rebels close in on Abu Salim, the last district in Tripoli held by forces loyal to the despot.
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Defiant Gaddafi rallies supporters as rebels target hometown
Colonel Gaddafi calls on his supporters to march on Tripoli and “purify” the capital of Libya’s rebels, as International Editor Lindsey Hilsum meets neighbourhood groups patrolling the streets.
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In Libya you can have any colour you want, as long as it's green
For mile upon mile as we drove into Tripoli today, the colour was green. But the future of Libya is no longer green, blogs Channel 4 News cameraman Stuart Webb.
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Libya campaign ‘initially a mess’ – Whitehall source
As regime change unfolds in Libya, Channel 4 News also learns a recent intelligence assessment believed Gaddafi would still be in power in September.
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Euphoria and anxiety for Manchester’s Libyan exiles
Thousands of Libyan exiles in Manchester celebrated during the fall of Tripoli, but the mood is punctuated with fear for the safety of relatives back home – as Jane Deith reports.
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Libya faces ‘difficult days’ warns Cameron
David Cameron says Libya faces “difficult days” following the rebel advance into Tripoli. The Prime Minister says there is no room for complacency as fighting rages in parts of the Libyan capital.
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How tweets and texts helped the rebels take Tripoli
Libyans are free to text, call and blog again after a long telecommunications blackout, in a powerful symbol of how the rebels are ringing the changes.