''A group of Islamist extremists is holding hostage security elements and civilians, threatening to execute them unless a siege by security forces is lifted"

Tripoli: A group of "Islamist extremist

Cairo: A doctor in the Libyan city of Benghazi says his hospital has seen the bodies of at least 200 protesters killed by Moammar Gadhafi's forces over the last few days. The official spoke on conditi

Manama: Embattled regimes across the Middle East cracked down on swelling anti-government protests on Friday, as the traditional Muslim day of prayer gave way to violence and bloodshed in Bahrain and

San Francisco: Internet service was cut off in Libya on Friday as the regime evidently moved to strip anti-government protestors of ways to organize and communicate, according to Arbor Networks.

Liby

Manama: Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi faced the biggest challenge of his rule on Saturday amid reports that dozens of people have been killed as an offer by Bahrain's king of national dialogue to end t

Cairo: Libyan security forces killed at least 84 people over three days of protests, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday, citing telephone interviews with local hospital staff and witnesses.

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Cairo: Moammar Gadhafi's forces fired on mourners in the eastern city of Benghazi, wiped out a protest encampment and clamped down on Internet service throughout Libya on Saturday as the regime trie

Libyan security forces killed at least 24 people in a violent crackdown on anti-regime demonstrations during a "Day of Anger" against strongman Moamer Kadhafi, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.

At least four people were killed in clashes with Libyan security forces, opposition websites and NGOs said today, as the country faced a nationwide "Day of Anger" called by cyber-activists.

Tripoli: Fourteen people were injured in clashes in the city of Benghazi, a Libyan newspaper said on Wednesday, as the country braced for a 'Day of Anger' following the revolts in neighbouring Egypt a