Africa

• Explosion rocks Egypt gas terminal near Israel
  AP (April 27, 2011)
  EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) - An explosion rocked a natural gas terminal near Egypt's border with Israel on Wednesday, sending flames shooting into the air in the early hours of the morning and forcing the shutdown of the country's export pipeline.
   
  
• Strike on Gadhafi compound badly damages buildings
  AP (April 25, 2011)
  

  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - NATO airstrikes targeted the center of Moammar Gadhafi's seat of power early Monday, unleashing guided bombs that destroyed a multistory library and office in his compound and badly damaged a reception hall for visiting dignitaries.
   
  

• Libya rebels claim control of Tunisian border post
  AP (April 21, 2011)
  
   
  
• Libyan rebels reject African cease-fire proposal
  AP (April 11, 2011)
  BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - Rebel leaders rejected a cease-fire proposal Monday fro
   
  
• Libya forces shell rebel-held city amid truce push
  AP (April 11, 2011)
  BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - Libyan government forces battered the rebel-held city of Misrata with artillery fire on Monday despite an announcement by African mediators hours earlier that Moammar Gadhafi had accepted their cease-fire proposal. The shelling killed six people, one of them a 3-year-old girl, a doctor sa
   
  
• Benghazi protest: No deal without Gadhafi leaving
  AP (April 11, 2011)
  BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - Several hundred Libyans are protesting in the eastern rebel stronghold, saying th
   
  
• Afghan president: West shares in Kabul Bank fiasco
  AP (April 11, 2011)
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Foreign advisers share a large part of the blame for the country's banking crisis and will face criminal investigation along with the bank managers and shareholders, Afghanistan's president said Monday.
   
  
• African Union says Libya accepts cease-fire plan
  AP (April 11, 2011)
  

  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - A delegation of African leaders said Sunday that their Libyan counterpart, Moammar Gadhafi, accepted their "road map" for a cease-fire with rebels, whom they will meet Monday. They met hours after NATO airstrikes battered Gadhafi's tanks, helping Libyan rebels push back government troops who had been advancing
   
  

• Oil falls as hopes grow for Libyan cease-fire
  AP (April 11, 2011)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Oil fell Monday as Libya's Moammar Gadhafi appeared to accept a cease-fire plan with rebel forces, increasing the chances that Libyan crude ill return to world markets soon.
   
  
• Witness: Clashes in Libya's rebel-held Misrata
  AP (April 08, 2011)
  BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - Anti-government fighters battled forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi for control of a key roadway Friday in the only major rebel-held city in western Libya, a witness said as international relief efforts were stepped up for civilians caught
   
  
• Oil near $112 as attacks damage Libyan oil fields
  AP (April 08, 2011)
  (AP) - Oil prices jumped to near $112 a barrel Friday as fighting in Libya damaged oil fields in the OPEC nation and a weaker dollar made commodities cheaper for investors with other currencies.
   
  
• Former US lawmaker hold talks in Libya
  AP (April 07, 2011)
  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - A former U.S. congressman says he told a senior Libyan official that it was time for Moammar Gadhafi to step down and hand power to an interim government.
   
  
• NATO says Libya, not Britain, behind oil attack
  AP (April 07, 2011)
  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - NATO on Thursday dismissed Libyan claims that Britain had struck the North African country's largest oil field, blaming Moammar Gadhafi's forces for the attacks that halted production. The eastern Sarir and Messla fields came under fire just as the rebels had sold their first oil cargo in weeks.
   
  
• Libyan rebels say NATO airstrikes hit their forces
  AP (April 07, 2011)
  AJDABIYA, Libya (AP) - Rebel fighters claimed NATO airstrikes blasted their forces Thursday in another apparent mistake that sharply escalated anger about the military alliance's efforts to cripple Libyan forces. At least five rebels were killed and more than 20 injured, a doctor said.
   
  
• Oil near $109 on Libya, threats to US demand
  AP (April 07, 2011)
  (AP) - Oil prices approached $109 a barrel Thursday as traders weighed the fighting in Libya and a weaker dollar against concerns rising fuel costs could undermine U.S. economic growth and demand for crude.
   
  
• Libyan rebels to resume oil exports through tanker
  AP (April 05, 2011)
  LONDON (AP) - A tanker arrived in Libya's rebel-held port of Marsa el-Hariga on Tuesday to load up a shipment of oil for export, potentially giving opponents of Moammar Gadhafi crucial funding amid escalating violence.
   
  
• Finance Minister: Egypt economy to grow at 2.5 pct
  AP (April 05, 2011)
  CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's finance minister sharply revised down earlier estimates of the country's economic growth rate to 2.5 percent and said the nation would seek to broaden its "fiscal landscape" by trying to secure aid and reaching out to the oil rich Gulf Arab states, a ministry statement said Tuesday.
   
  
• Tanker due to load Libyan rebel oil
  AP (April 05, 2011)
  LONDON (AP) - A tanker is headed for Libya's rebel-held port of Marsa el-Hariga on Tuesday to load up a shipment of oil for export, the first in almost three weeks amid escalating violence, according to shipping data provider Lloyd's Intelligence.
   
  
• Government bombardment pushes back Libyan rebels
  AP (April 05, 2011)
  

  BREGA, Libya (AP) - Libyan government forces on Tuesday unleashed a withering bombardment of the rebels outside a key oil town, pushing them back despite NATO reports that nearly a third of Moammar Gadhafi's heavy weapons have been destroyed.
   
  

• Libyan rebel leader says NATO isn't doing enough
  AP (April 05, 2011)
  

  BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - A rebel military leader lashed out at NATO Tuesday, saying it was falling short in its mission to protect Libyan civilians. The alliance said ruler Moammar Gadhafi's forces position heavy weapons in populated areas, preventing some
   
  

• Libyan rebels and government trade salvos at Brega
  AP (April 05, 2011)
  BREGA, Libya (AP) - Libyan government forces on Tuesday unleashed a withering bombardment of the rebels outside a key oil town pus
   
  
• Serb nationalists love Gadhafi on Facebook page
  AP (April 05, 2011)
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Five years after their leader Slobodan Milosevic died while on trial for genocide, some Serb nationalists have found a new idol: Col. Moammar Gadhafi.
   
  
• Libyan intelligence chief denies defection rumors
  AP (April 01, 2011)
  Libyan opposition sets conditions for cease-fire
  AP (April 01, 2011)
  Libyan opposition says it has oil deal with Qatar
  AP (April 01, 2011)
  BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - A plan to sell rebel-held oil to buy weapons and other supplies has been reached with Qatar, a rebel official said Friday, in another sign of deepening aid for Libya's opposition by the wealthy Gulf state after sending warplanes to help confront Moammar Gadhafi's forces.
   
  
• Gadhafi's gas stations pose dilemma for Europe
  AP (April 01, 2011)
  COLLOMBEY-MURAZ, Switzerland (AP) - Flames and smoke shoot up from the Libyan-owned oil refinery on the eastern tip of Lake Geneva, suggesting one of Moammar Gadhafi's outposts in Europe is still in business. As world powers tighten their military and financial grip around his regime, some governments are hesitating to freeze all of the assets contr
   
  
• More disciplined Libyan opposition force emerging
  AP (April 01, 2011)
  AJDABIYA, Libya (AP) - Something new has appeared at the Libyan front: a semblance of order among rebel forces. Rebels without training - sometimes even without weapons - have rushed in and out o