Libya

Armed groups bomb Libyan military posts in Benghazi

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BENGHAZI - Armed groups attacked military posts in Libya's second city Benghazi with bombs and a rocket-propelled grenade, an army commander said on Saturday.

White House releases Benghazi attack emails

WASHINGTON - The White House on Wednesday released 100 pages of emails detailing discussion inside the administration over last year's deadly attacks on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.

Politics, United Nations 15 May 2013

Factbox - Benghazi attacks and U.S. politics

WASHINGTON - Republicans and Democrats are waging a political battle over attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi in September that killed Washington's ambassador to Libya and three other Americans.

Politics, United Nations, 15 May 2013

Man killed in attack on police station in Libya's Benghazi

BENGHAZI, Libya - A man was killed in an overnight attack on police in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi and their station was later set on fire in a possible act of revenge for the killing, police sources said on Wednesday.

World, 15 May 2013

Deadly Benghazi blast caused by fisherman's explosives

TRIPOLI - A blast that killed three people in Libya's second city Benghazi was caused by fishing explosives that detonated accidentally, not a car bomb as originally thought, a local government official said on Tuesday.

World, 14 May 2013

Car bomb kills three outside hospital in Libya's Benghazi

BENGHAZI - A car bomb killed at least three people outside a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Monday, doctors said, in a further sign of the growing disorder that threatens to unhinge an already creaking transition to lawful, democratic rule. | Video

World, 13 May 2013

Gaddafi cousin goes on trial in Egypt for attempted murder

CAIRO - A cousin of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi went on trial in Egypt on Monday on charges of attempted murder in a case that has blocked his extradition to Libya.

World, Egypt, 13 May 2013

End of siege fails to dispel Libyan security fears

TRIPOLI - Gunmen have ended a siege of Libya's foreign and justice ministries but the two-week standoff has left many unresolved questions about the government's ability to impose its authority in the capital, let alone the restive east of the country.

World, 12 May 2013

Benghazi police bombed for second time in three days

BENGHAZI - Two more police stations were attacked in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi in the early hours of Sunday morning, the local council said, after two others were bombed on Friday.

World, 12 May 2013

BP withdraws staff from Libya due to security concerns

TRIPOLI - British oil company BP said it is withdrawing some non-essential staff from Libya after Britain's government warned about deteriorating security in the capital Tripoli.

World, 12 May 2013