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LIVE Libyan Unrest: October 17, 2011
We are tracking the latest developments to keep you updated on the situation on the ground. There are interactive maps located in the Protest map page to keep up with the latest movements. Also check out the featured twitters on the sidebar. On the Go? Follow us on Twitter @Feb17Libya for Live updates and discussion.All updates are in Libyan local time (GMT +2).
2:40pm: Five wounded Libyan fighters are receiving hospital treatment in Germany, and some 40 more are to be flown in by the German military on Tuesday, hospital and foreign ministry officials said on Monday. One of them, a 29-year-old who suffered severe brain injuries, was in intensive care. The condition of the four others, wounded by firearms, was described as “relatively stable”.
2:31pm: Actavis, a developer of generic pharmaceutical, has donated $2.7m worth medicines to compensate shortages of essential supplies in Libya. Actavis is donating 170 pallets of urgent medicines including cardiology, anti-infective, pain management and gastrointestinal products.Actavis’ donation will be sent to the Medical Supply Organisation within the Ministry of Health in Libya, for distribution to all affected areas within the country.Actavis CEO Claudio Albrecht said the goods will leave Malta on Sunday and arrive in Tripoli during next week. Please thank Actavis for their gift to Libya here.
2:30pm: The State of Qatar and the National Transitional Council of Libya signed yesterday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between the public prosecution offices in both countries.The MoU urges the two sides to exchange information with each other on laws, regulations, rules and criminal justice systems of each side as well as bilateral cooperation in the training of staff working in the Attorney General offices provided that such training is to be given to areas of priority in accordance with the agreement between the two sides.
2:20pm: In case you missed the historic moment yesterday, here is a video of Libyans using two excavators guarded by armed men started to demolish the walls around the Gaddafi’s former home in Bab Al Azizyah Tripoli
2:00pm: Families of former Libyan regime officials streamed out of Sirte on Monday, including the mother and brother of Moamer Kadhafi’s spokesman Mussa Ibrahim, an NTC field commander said. “These are families of regime officials; there is Mussa Ibrahim’s mother and brother among them,” said Wessam bin Hamaidi gesturing at seven cars loaded with men, women and children fleeing a disputed pocket of Kadhafi’s hometown. A throng of some 150 National Transitional Council fighters formed around the vehicles in a chaotic scene before the families were whisked off, an AFP reporter at the scene said.
1:30pm: UK Foreign Secretary William Hague visit Tripoli, Libya today. He said this in his remarks: “Today marks a watershed in the UK’s relations with Libya. Having been one of the first diplomatic missions back into Tripoli after its liberation, we have now formally reopened our embassy and appointed an excellent new ambassador to Libya, Sir John Jenkins. William Hague pledged Britain’s ongoing support, including £20 million pounds ($32 million) for Libya’s stabilisation fund and another £20 million to support political and economic reform.
1:00pm: In Libya, there is fierce fighting around Bani Walid – the desert stronghold of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi. National Transitional Council forces are also keeping up their siege of Sirte, Gaddafi’s hometown. Al Jazeera’s Khadija Magardie has more:
12:00pm:A television station based in Syria that supports Muammar Gaddafi confirmed on Monday that the deposed Libyan leader’s son Khamis had died in fighting southeast of the capital Tripoli on Aug. 29. Arrai television announced Khamis’s death, along with that of his cousin Mohammed Abdullah al-Senussi, son of Gaddafi’s wanted intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi , saying they were killed during a battle with National Transitional Council (NTC) forces in the city of Tarhouna, 90 km (60 miles) southeast of Tripoli.
10:00am: Libyan interim government forces said on Monday they had raised the country’s new flag over Bani Walid, one of the last bastions of pro-Muammar Gaddafi loyalists, but it was not yet clear if the town had been completely captured. “We have reached the city centre (of Bani Walid) and have raised the flag,” Colonel Abdullah Naker, head of the Tripoli Revolutionist Council, told Reuters on Sunday.