Search results for ‘MISRATA’
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Two photographers die in Libyan rocket attack
British filmmaker Tim Hetherington and US photographer Chris Hondros were killed and two other journalists injured by mortar fire in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Jonathan Miller pays tribute.
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Libya: Mountain villagers facing ‘starvation’
Channel 4 News speaks to a source in Libya who tells of the potential starvation of thousands in the Nafusa Mountain range due to Gaddafi forces blocking aid, medicine and water.
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British military to advise Libyan rebels: where does it end?
As the British Government announces it’s sending British military advisors to Afghanistan, Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson asks whether the EU could end up fighting on foreign soil for the first time?
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Libya denies using cluster bombs as ‘children pick them up’
A Libyan army officer insists “we do not have” cluster bombs. But writing for Channel 4 News, reporter in Misrata Ruth Sherlock says they are in use, nicknamed “candy bombs” and harming civilians.
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Libya: Gaddafi forces are ‘using cluster bombs’
Human Rights Watch backs claims by rebel fighters that pro-Gaddafi forces are using cluster bombs in Misrata, as a freelance reporter in the city tells Channel 4 News the evidence is highly visible.
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Aid agencies warn of humanitarian crisis in Libya
Aid organisations are warning of a humanitarian disaster in Misrata, the last major rebel enclave in western Libya, where hundreds of civilians are said to have died in a “medieval” six-week siege.
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Spare parts shortage grounds RAF jets
Pilots of the RAF’s top fighter jets – currently in action over Libya – are being grounded as a lack of spare parts means they cannot put in the flying hours to keep their skills up to date, MPs warn.
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Leaders: Libya campaign will continue until Gaddafi goes
The leaders of Britain, France and the United States vow to continue the military campaign in Libya until Colonel Muammar Gaddafi “goes, and goes for good.”
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Libya: Koussa’s sanctions lifted as fighting intensifies
Former Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussas EU sanctions have been removed and his assets unfrozen, as a divided NATO bombard Tripoli and a defiant Gaddafi attacks Misrata.
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Hague in Doha for Libya talks
Foreign Secretary William Hague is attending international talks on the Libya conflict in Doha, amid fears that a bloody stalemate has taken hold of the country.
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Libya summit: Britain aims to increase pressure on Gaddafi
Britain and France hope to persuade members of an international ‘contact group’ meeting in Doha that Gaddafi must go if the Libyan crisis is to be resolved.
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Libya summit: ‘Gaddafi must go’
After a day long meeting in Doha, the Libya Contact Group has “affirmed that Gaddafi’s regime has lost all legitimacy and he should leave and allow the Libyan people to decide their future.”
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Libya: my last night in Tripoli
As Jonathan Rugman leaves Libya, he remains concerned about the civilians left behind in what he fears will be a long drawn-out conflict.
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Libya: Gaddafi ‘accepts African Union peace plan’
Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi accepts a roadmap for ending the conflict, but Jonathan Rugman says the rebels will find any deal which sees Gaddafi remain in power “difficult, but not impossible” to accept.
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Libya woman accusing Gaddafi forces of rape speaks out
Eman al-Obeidi, the woman who says she was raped by Gaddafi’s forces in Libya, speaks about her ordeal, as in the east a setback for the rebels as NATO planes kill five. Jonathan Rugman reports.
