In gruelling conflicts in Pakistan and now Libya, the spotlight is being thrust on America's use of pilotless drones. But US military officials insist they are far from faceless machines.

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Sri Lanka warned the United Nations on Thursday against publishing a 'preposterous' report on alleged war crimes during the island's ethnic war, saying it could badly harm reconciliation efforts.

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Fierce fighting erupted afresh around the battleground Libyan crossroads town of Ajdabiya on Thursday, an AFP correspondent has reported.

A convoy of some 60 rebel vehicles at a staging point west of

A team of African leaders arrived in the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Monday to try to sell a peace plan already accepted by Muammer Gaddafi's regime.

But the rebels were demanding that any

France said on Thursday that it was now only a question of how Muammer Gaddafi's regime meets its downfall rather than whether the veteran Libyan ruler can survive in power.

"The question today is to

A Ukrainian nurse who treated Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi on Tuesday dismissed rumours that he had a nurse as a mistress but said the man they call 'Papa' gives his staff gold watches every year.

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Libya's government said on Tuesday it is ready to negotiate reforms but only as long as Muammer Gaddafi is not forced out, as loyalists troops pushed rebel fighters back from the key oil port of Brega

Libyan rebels have penned a deal with Qatar to market their crude oil abroad in exchange for food, medicine and - it hopes - weapons, a top official in the transitional government said on Friday.

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The CIA has deployed covert operatives into Libya to gather intelligence for military airstrikes and initiate contacts with rebels seeking to oust leader Muammar Gaddafi, The New York Times reported.

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi on Tuesday pushed back rebels in east Libya, pinning them down in Nofilia 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Sirte, AFP correspondents said.