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Darfur: UN-backed ceasefire commission holds inaugural meeting

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Delegates at the All Darfur Stakeholders Conference in Doha, Qatar, on 31 May 2011

Libya: UN chief urges smooth and peaceful transition of power

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Muammar al-Gadhafi addresses the general debate of the sixty-fourth session of the UN General Assembly (September 2009)

Gadhafi Loyalists Resist Rebels In Tripoli

Libya's opposition leadership declared Monday that the decades-old regime of Moammar Gadhafi is finished, but intense fighting raged in parts of Tripoli as loyalists refused to cede control of the capital.

Libya Rebels In Tripoli, Gadhafi Defenses Collapse

Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli in a lighting advance Sunday that met little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenders melted away and his 40-year rule appeared to rapidly crumble. The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the capital in the...