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The United Nations refugee agency says almost 100,000 people have fled Libya into neighboring Egypt and Tunisia in the past week, to escape a deadly anti-government uprising. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres asked the international community Sunday to…

Saturday's Security Council referral of Libya to the International Criminal Court marks a historic moment in accountability for crimes under international law, Amnesty International said today. The Security Council's vote came after a plea for action from Libya's own UN…

Libyan anti-government protest leaders say they have formed a "national council" in eastern cities seized from Moammar Gadhafi, following days of fighting with forces loyal to the Libyan leader. Council spokesman Hafiz Ghoga said Sunday that the council serves as the…

Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said that the international community must quickly come to the aid of victims of Libyan repression as well as refugees. Estonia is supporting people who have suffered under the violence of the Libyan authorities with…

Geneva (ICRC) - The situation in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi was calm on Sunday according to staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who arrived there from Egypt late on Saturday. They reported that…

Egyptians and Libyan Refugees Continue to Pour Across Tunisian Border (Ras Ijdir, Tunisia, February 27, 2011) - There have been few, if any, abuses by the police in the city of Zuwara, 109 kilometers west of Tripoli, during and since…

Estimated 1.5 million workers were in Libya * Workers drawn by oil and construction jobs * Wealthy countries send ships and planes to evacuate By Alexander Dziadosz BENGHAZI, Libya, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Omar Chand, 50, a driver from India, joined hundreds of his…

Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, made today the following statement: "I welcome today's adoption of a resolution by the United Nations Security Council in regard to…

Security Council SC/10187 6491st Meeting* (PM) Situation Referred to International Criminal Court; Secretary-General Expresses Hope Message 'Heard and Heeded' in Libya Deploring what it called "the gross and systematic violation of human rights" in strife-torn Libya, the Security Council this…

In Benghazi, euphoria mixes with concern * Some worry about food, cash shortages * Queues form at banks By Tom Pfeiffer and Mohammed Abbas BENGHAZI, Libya, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Euphoria was tinged with unease in this rebel-held eastern Libyan city…