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Gaddafi rejects death rumours
Libyan state television showed footage of Muammar Gaddafi meeting and talking with what it said were tribal leaders in a Tripoli hotel. A presenter said the meeting took place on Wednesday.
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Libya: Will Gaddafi use mustard gas?
Following Osama bin Laden’s death, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones says there are rising concerns over the fate of Libya’s chemical weapons.
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Allies to fund Libyan rebels with cash lifeline
Rebels are given a financial lifeline as allies seek to unlock Libya’s assets. A lawyer tells Channel 4 News the allies are now aggressively targeting Gaddafi while in Misrata the struggle continues.
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Gaddafi’s youngest son ‘killed in NATO air strike’
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survives a bomb attack in the capital Tripoli which kills his youngest son and three grandchildren, the government says. NATO insists individuals have not been targeted.
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Libya: NATO dismisses Gaddafi’s offer of talks
Gaddafi offers a ceasefire provided NATO stop aerial bombardment – but refuses to give up power as fighting continues. Alex Thomson reports from Misrata on the desperate struggle to save lives.
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The lucky ones stagger out – holding up a fist with fingers missing
It is little more than a white, air-conditioned tent set up in the car park of Hekma hospital in Misrata. But it is the point where they all arrive. The first you hear from inside the tent, the cries of “Allahu akbar” at the screaming sirens of the ambulances. Every few minutes they arrive today,…
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LIVE BLOG Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton
In the Queen’s own words it was an “amazing” day: see how the wedding of the century unfolded via the Channel 4 News live blog, plus the Royal Wedding in 60 seconds.
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The price for NATO's protection?
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on why the rebel forces in Misrata were being uncharacteristically reluctant to take them to the site of a recent explosion.
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Libya: Nato strikes Gaddafi’s Tripoli compound
An air strike by Nato forces flattens a building inside Colonel Gaddafi’s Bab al-Azizia compound in Tripoli. Meanwhile, government troops are reported to have resumed bombardment of Misrata.
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Reporting Libya’s war from inside Gaddafi’s Rixos hotel
Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller reports on the challenges of broadcasting stories from the parts of Libya still under Gaddafi’s control.
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Child soldiers sent by Gaddafi to fight Libyan rebels
A 16-year-old boy tells reporter Ruth Sherlock how Gaddafi loyalists forced him and other youths to fight the rebels on the front line of Misrata’s bitter siege.
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US deploys unmanned Predator drones over Libya
The use of the armed drones has been approved by President Obama, and they are already in operation. Predator drones have been used extensively in Pakistan and other areas without US ground troops.
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Tim Hetherington: a tribute
Photographer and filmmaker Tim Hetherington has died in Misrata, Libya. Channel 4 News Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Miller pays tribute to him.
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Gaddafi soldiers ‘hand themselves in’ to Tunisian military
Members of Colonel Gaddafi’s forces have reportedly handed themselves in to the Tunisian army after rebels seized a border crossing between Libya and Tunisia.
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Tributes to photojournalists killed in Libya
Tributes are pouring in for Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, the two photojournalists killed in Misrata, including from Channel 4 News Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Miller in Tripoli.