TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and dozens wounded as Libyan militias operating alongside the defense ministry shelled the former Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid and faced counter-attacks, a resident and medical source said on Wednesday. Full story
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Shelling by Libyan pro-government forces has killed three people including a child in the former Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid, a local militia leader said on Tuesday. Full story
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - For Misrata shopkeeper Akram Abdesalam Sider, there is only one way Libya's leaders should deal with the former Muammar Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid - attack it. Full story
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - One of the Libyan rebels who helped capture Muammar Gaddafi in a drain pipe was buried early on Wednesday after his relatives said he had been shot and tortured in a rival town. Full story
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Two Libyan journalists kidnapped in a former stronghold of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi while covering the country's elections last week have been released, a colleague and an official mediating in the stand-off said on Sunday. Full story
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The National Forces Alliance of Libyan wartime premier Mahmoud Jibril extended its lead over Islamists in landmark free elections with a landslide victory in the eastern city of Benghazi, new partial vote tallies showed on Wednesday. Full story
Journalist Marie Colvin, second left, poses for a photograph with Libyan rebels in Misrata, June 4, 2011.
Head of the Misrata military council Ramadan Ali Zarmoh gestures as he speaks, in Misrata October 3, 2012. Libyan militias, operating alongside the defence ministry, have deployed their forces around a former Muammar Gaddafi stronghold, stoking fears of impending fighting. The forces are surrounding
Khaled Ahmed Atwil, member of the Kanoon brigade, speaks at the brigade's base in Misrata October 3, 2012. Libyan militias, operating alongside the defence ministry, have deployed their forces around a former Muammar Gaddafi stronghold, stoking fears of impending fighting. The forces are surrounding
A rebel from Misrata test fires a machine gun at Bir Doufan checkpoint, about 70 km from Bani Walid July 12, 2012. Talks to release two Libyan journalists, Abdelqadir Fassouk and Yusuf Badi, kidnapped in a former stronghold of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi while covering the country's elections hav
