The prediction of Arctic weather this winter has led experts to warn about another major spike in home heating oil prices. The fear is that vulnerable people like the elderly living on their own might freeze to death if they can’t get their oil tanks filled because of the cost or because delivery lorries can’t [...]
TRIPOLI, Libya — The Libyan capital saw its first major gunbattle since Moammar Gadhafi fled Tripoli more than two months ago, as his supporters traded fire with revolutionary forces Friday after a crowd raised the ousted regime’s green flag. Fearing more attacks, revolutionary forces set up checkpoints manned by young, armed men across the metropolis [...]
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan fighters fanned out in Tripoli neighborhoods Saturday to search for armed supporters of fugitive leader Moammar Gadhafi a day after a major gunbattle rocked the capital for the first time in two months. Dozens of men combed apartment buildings for suspects and weapons in the Abu Salim neighborhood, which is home [...]
SIRTE, Libya — Revolutionary fighters assaulted Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown from all sides Friday in what they hope will be a final all-out offensive to crush resistance in the most important bastion of regime loyalists. Libya’s new leaders say Sirte’s fall is critical to formally declaring liberation and setting a timeline for elections – even if [...]
TRIPOLI, Libya — The trappings of Moammar Gadhafi’s regime crumbled Sunday as hundreds of euphoric Libyan rebels overran a major military base defending the capital, carted away truckloads of weapons and raced to the outskirts of Tripoli with virtually no resistance. The rebels’ surprising and speedy leap forward, after six months of largely deadlocked civil [...]
ZAWIYA, Libya – Libya’s rebels threatened to isolate Tripoli by blocking key supply routes and cutting oil pipelines on Monday after a dramatic weekend advance put them in the strongest position since the 6-month-old civil war began to attack Moammar Gadhafi’s stronghold. In Washington, the Obama administration said the U.S. was encouraged by the rebel [...]
BIR SHAEB, Libya — Libyan rebels fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya west of Tripoli on Saturday in their most significant advance in months, battling snipers on rooftops and heavy shelling from Moammar Gadhafi’s forces holding the city. Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the capital, is a key target for rebels [...]
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