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A woman walks past pictures of the victims of the 1996 Abu Salim prison massacre [Reuters]

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4 min 51 sec ago - Libya

REUTERS - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is prepared to provide external financing to Libya if necessary but does not expect the country to need such help beyond the short term, a senior official of the global lender said on Monday.

"If there is a need for short-term financing, the IMF is there to provide," Masood Ahmed, director of the Fund's Middle East and Central Asia department, said in an interview.

But he added that Libya was not likely to need an extended aid programme, since an estimated $150bn of sovereign assets once controlled by former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his inner circle, now frozen abroad, were expected eventually to be available to the country.

"In the medium term, it should be able to finance itself," he said.

Tags IMF, International Monetary Fund

53 min 51 sec ago - Libya

REUTERS - Muammar Gaddafi urged Libyans not to give up to those he said were colonising the North African country, the Syrian channel Arrai reported on Monday in a message read out by the channel's owner.

"We were due today or last night to have televised speech of the leader of fighters but for security reasons the appearance of this televised message has been postponed," Mishan Jabouri said before reading out the message.

"It was meant to show the leader between his fighters and people leading the struggle from Libyan lands, and not from Venezuela or Niger or anywhere else," he said.

Tags Gaddafi, syria, Syrian TV

1 hour 13 min ago - Libya

China on Monday formally recognised the National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya's government after the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Beijing "officially recognised the... NTC of Libya as the ruling authority and representative of the Libyan people," the English service of the official newswire said.

Tags China, NTC

1 hour 16 min ago - Libya

AFP - Thirty-two members of Gaddafi's inner circle, including his son Saadi, have arrived in Niger since September 2, Niger's prime minister said on Monday.

"A total of 32 people are now here, including one of (Gaddafi;s) sons, Saadi, as well as three generals," Brigi Rafini said during a meeting with foreign diplomats in Niamey, the AFP news agency reported.

Tags Niger

1 hour 18 min ago - Libya

AFP - A massive explosion at an arms depot near the international airport in Tripoli's south injured two people on Monday, an AFP photographer and witnesses said.

"The munitions exploded because they were badly stored," a guard at the depot said. "Two people were hurt in the explosion and were taken to hospital."