News
"tripoli" Tagged News Stories (15 news)
Gaddafi rouses loyalists with promise not to leave Libya
Gaddafi rouses loyalists with promise not to leave Libya

A phone call to a pro Gaddafi tv channel seems to confirm that Colonel Gaddafi is still in Libya despite suggestions that he has sought refuge in neighbouring Niger, Burkina Faso or Chad. The conversation pours scorn on the theory that he was part of…

Submitted by avion

Journalists Freed from Rixos Hotel
Journalists Freed from Rixos Hotel

Around 35 foreign journalists have been able to leave Tripoli’s Rixos Hotel after having being trapped there for days. The journalists were released unharmed on Wednesday afternoon after being held hostage by armed guards loyal to Colonel G…

Submitted by csookun90

Animals Neglected as Tripoli War Rages On
Animals Neglected as Tripoli War Rages On

As Tripoli descends into war and images are being beamed to our television screens and newspapers around the world, it does seem that those without a voice are the ones suffering most. On Tuesday CNN’s Senior International Correspondent Nic…

Submitted by csookun90

Cyprus Recognises New Libyan Government
Cyprus Recognises New Libyan Government

Cyprus recognises the National Transitional Council (NTC) of Libya as the legitimate representative of the people of the country, until democratic elections are held, and points out that it is imperative that Muammar Gaddafi surrenders immediately, M…

Submitted by cyprus

Libya's National Transitional Council Flag Flies Over Nicosia Cyprus
Libya's National Transitional Council Flag Flies Over Nicosia Cyprus

The flag of Libya`s National Transitional Council is flying as of Wednesday at the Embassy of Libya in Nicosia, after the fall of the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. A group of Libyans living and working in Cyprus went to the Embassy on Wednesday …

Submitted by cyprus

Rixos Hotel siege situation
Rixos Hotel siege situation

While theconfusion in Tripoli continues, Colonel Gaddafi's whereabout are unknown and gunmen roam the streets, the Rixos Hotel has become a luxurious prison for the journalists and the foreign businessmen and observers unable to leave. The Rixos is w…

Submitted by avion

Cyprus Calls For End To Gadaffi Regime
Cyprus Calls For End To Gadaffi Regime

The position of the Republic of Cyprus is that there should be an end to the Gaddafi regime in Libya, Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou said on Tuesday. In a statement on the developments in Libya, Stephanou said the position of the Republ…

Submitted by cyprus

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi escapes capture
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi escapes capture

Amid the celebrations in Tripoli, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the leader's son andheir apparent,appeared at the Rixos Hotel to give an impromptu victory press conference to stunned journalists. Saif had been captured and this had been verified by internat…

Submitted by jamiekye

Location of Gaddafi Still Unkown as Rebels Take Hold of Symbolic Green Square.
Location of Gaddafi Still Unkown as Rebels Take Hold of Symbolic Green Square.

The green flags used to represent Gaddafi's regime were replaced in the Libyan capital's main square on Monday morning, allowing rebel fighters to rename the symbolic ground as Martyrs Square. Green Square, as the area was previously known, overf…

Submitted by randalll

NATO declares that weapon technical fault caused civilian deaths in Libya
NATO declares that weapon technical fault caused civilian deaths in Libya

Colonel Gaddafi's propaganda machine is capitalising on the deaths of a family of 9 in Tripoli following what NATO is calling a technical systems failure to one of it's missiles. The family's home seems to have been struck and destroyed by a stray mi…

Submitted by ajb1